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Denmark Street: London’s Street of Sound — Paradise Road

Posted on September 16, 2023 By webcatt_admin

Important times for music. It will come back. It will. It really will….

Depending on your age, Denmark Street is checking the walls for band members-wanted notices; drooling over the displays of guitars in the music-shop windows; bourbon-tinged nights at the 12 Bar; unearthing out-of-print volumes on Dylan at Helter Skelter; collecting autographs outside the offices of Acid Jazz Records; eavesdropping on journalists conducting interviews at the Gioconda. For musicians and songwriters, Denmark Street was nothing less than the gateway into the business. Britain’s own Tin Pan Alley, Denmark Street was at one time alive with the sound of hammered pianos, and sung melodies and choruses. Its songwriters knocked out tunes on the fly and rushed to the street to sell them to pay for the next round of drinks. The street’s importance was such that the Melody Maker and the New Musical Express were both started here. The street’s heyday was the 1960s however, when musicians would shop for guitars in between visiting managers and publishers or recording in one of the studios. The Rolling Stones and The Kinks came here, so did Donovan and Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and Elton John, Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck. A popular dive was La Gioconda, a cafe/bar in which most members of the nascent R&B revolution visited at some point or other – David Bowie was said to practically live there.In later years, the street declined in importance – although when Malcolm McLaren was looking for a rehearsal space for the Sex Pistols he was delighted to find room in Denmark Street, installing his upstarts in the heart of the traditional music industry like Greek soldiers inside the Trojan Horse. The street continues its music associations, mainly in the form of its many instrument shops. How long it can retain that heritage in the face of the rapacious demands of the London property market combined with the way we play and consume music, remains to be seen.The story of Denmark Street, London’s street of sound, is the story of popular music in Britain, and the people who made, bought and sold it.

Source: Denmark Street: London’s Street of Sound — Paradise Road

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Tommy Shannon on his wild ride with Stevie Ray Vaughan

Posted on September 10, 2023September 10, 2023 By Editor

He played with Johnny Winter, battled addiction, then joined a band with his childhood friend, Stevie Ray Vaughan. In this candid interview, the Double Trouble bassist recalls the highs and lows of life with one of the all-time guitar greats, playing Woodstock on acid, and why he still thinks he’d be the best bass player for the Rolling Stones

Source: “That final show was one of our best gigs. I can still hear that first note Stevie played… that one note will remain with me forever”: Tommy Shannon on his wild ride with Stevie Ray Vaughan – and the “total chaos” that followed his tragic death | Guitar World

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David Byrne and Broadway Musicians’ Union Reach Hiring Agreement for Here Lies Love

Posted on June 9, 2023September 18, 2023 By Editor

I have a Talking Heads in 78 story I will tell… one day. That’s one pissed David Byrne

Responding to criticism in The New York Times, a spokesperson for the production claimed that the decision to use pre-recorded music was “part of the karaoke genre inherent to the musical and the production concept.” Byrne issued a statement of his own defending the production choices, explaining the “dance club track-act immersion” as part of the show’s nontraditional staging. “The performance of the live vocals to pre-recorded, artificial tracks is paramount to its artistic concept. Production has ripped out the seats in the theater and built a dance floor. There is no longer a proscenium stage,” he wrote in part.

Source: David Byrne and Broadway Musicians’ Union Reach Hiring Agreement for Here Lies Love | Pitchfork

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The Beatles’ Revolver: How Giles Martin remixed and de-mixed a classic | Louder

Posted on February 6, 2023September 18, 2023 By Editor

Having literally dissected the Revolver album, what’s your takeaway about The Beatles at that point in their musical evolution? You can hear them like kids in the back of a car saying: “We’re bored! We want to do something different.” That’s what’s going on with Revolver. It’s like a prog record – kind of like: “Look how many ideas we have!” And what I find fascinating is that they went from being this four-headed monster with Beatles suits on to being these four individuals going in different directions – but helping each other. Like, no one’s saying: “Come on, John, change chords on Tomorrow Never Knows.” Or, you know: “Why are we doing Indian songs? We’re from Liverpool!” It’s like that pure confidence of jumping out of the plane without a parachute and knowing you’re going to land safely. Revolver is kind of a fearless record.

Source: Thew Beatles’ Revolver: How Giles Martin remixed and de-mixed a classic | Louder

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Unless you’re Adele, you have no business releasing album tracks all at once

Posted on January 11, 2023September 18, 2023 By Editor

This is a change I can live with.


To be clear: The album isn’t dead. As Taylor Swift, Drake and other Billboard topping artists have proven, fans still look for albums of their favorite artists. In fact, overall album consumption across all platforms, including track equivalent digital albums and streaming equivalent albums, increased 14% during the first half of the year, the Nielsen report estimated. And there are creative reasons why an artist might choose to release an album in its entirety.But to really make money that way, artists need a strong fan base. And a good way to build that in today’s competitive landscape is by staying in their minds.

Source: Unless you’re Adele, you have no business releasing album tracks all at once

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16-Bit vs. 24-Bit vs. 32-Bit Audio

Posted on January 3, 2023September 18, 2023 By Editor

As usual, I have been confused about this for years and until I made a mistake with exporting audio I didn’t really have to figure it out. Well, now I know. 24bit is used to edit with. 16bit is used to actually distribute the music on CD or otherwise. 16bit is still the standard for mass accessible audio.


We have inaudible noise with 16-bit audio and better editing with 24-bit audio, but what’s the deal with 32-bit audio? You get 4,294,967,296 different combinations of binary digits with 32-bit audio, but is that really necessary? To be honest, not really.The only real benefit of 32-bit audio is the added headroom when it comes to editing. While you get less distortion with 32-bit audio, you have enough headroom with 24-bit audio with room to spare. The differences between bit depths are inaudible and not really worth the hype.

Source: 16-Bit vs. 24-Bit vs. 32-Bit Audio

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The tantalising story of Baby Face, the supergroup that almost was

Posted on December 27, 2022September 18, 2023 By Editor

I always loved both bands and II once did a cover of The Rocker, which is a great Thin Lizzy song. Deep Purple got me with Machine Head and Made in Japan was a well-done piece of rehash. I’m not sure this supergroup would have ever taken off. Too much attitude and ego for one band IMO. I’m more into Supper Groups.

“It was meant to be a free-flowing kind of thing,” recalls Paice, who says the reason nothing came of Baby Face was purely musical. “It never got off the ground mainly because Phil wasn’t really a good enough bassist yet.“Phil’s voice was staggering, wonderful. But he couldn’t play, at least not to the standard that we needed if it was just Ritchie, myself and a bass. When there’s only three of you, everybody’s got to be really good on everything they do. “Really, the bass playing had to be on a par with someone like Jack Bruce. And, God bless him, Phil wasn’t there yet. He was pretty simple, and quite often out of tune and out of time. And although he became really, really good at everything he did, at that point he wasn’t.“Ritchie and I looked at each other and went: ‘It’s not working. It’s a nice attempt to try and do this three-piece thing, but let’s go and rethink it.’ But we never did rethink it. We got back on the road with Purple and it just sort of disappeared into the mist.

Source: The tantalising story of Baby Face, the supergroup that almost was | Louder

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Brian Eno is MORE DARK THAN SHARK

Posted on December 17, 2022September 18, 2023 By Editor

Arch English ‘non-musician’, Roxy Music’s departed distortion master, the producer Television rejected, progenitor of the whole radical synthesizer trend, the receding video experimenter who breathed new life into New York by unearthing the ‘No Wave’ bands, Robert Fripp’s sidekick, the guy who helped David Bowie re-invent himself with Low and, perhaps most remarkably, the producer/collaborator who’s led stark American outfit Talking Heads through a series of albums which saw them ultimately metamorphose late last year, with Remain In Light, into a bizarre funk orchestra gang amid accusations of cultural imperialism.Nevertheless, after various copyright problems, group leader David Byrne and Eno have just unleashed a much-discussed LP project which further explores what Eno refers to as his ‘African psychedelic vision’. Called My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, it features much ‘found’ material from disc and radio (everything from Algerian chants to politicians to exorcists) backed by Eno, Byrne and a host of other musicians working up a percussive sweat.What can it all mean? To try to find out we talked to Eno by ‘phone in New York, where he was busy smoking ciggies and drinking cups of tea…

Source: Brian Eno is MORE DARK THAN SHARK

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Talking Heads’ Chris Frantz to Bob Dylan: “Suck a Dick” | Exclaim!

Posted on November 16, 2022 By webcatt_admin

He shared on Facebook: “I love Bob Dylan’s new book The Philosophy of Modern Song. But I have one little bone to pick with the author when he writes ‘Elvis Costello and the Attractions were a better band than any of their contemporaries. Light years better.’ With all due respect to the Attractions and to drummer Pete Thomas in particular, I’d like to say to Bob something he once said to a buddy of mine. ‘Suck a dick.'”

Source: Talking Heads’ Chris Frantz to Bob Dylan: “Suck a Dick” | Exclaim!

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The Cult’s Ian Astbury says no recent rock album comes close to the “essential” new album from… The Cult: “It’s a gift” | Louder

Posted on October 31, 2022 By webcatt_admin

It’s a cult. The Cult. The 2022 album. Must have a listen.


“If you’re a fan of rock music, our new record’s essential,” the singer stated boldly, modesty be damned. “I don’t think there’s any recent releases of rock music that comes close to Under The Midnight Sun. And to say that, it may sound like an arrogant statement, but I’m tired of this bullshit. Stop it. Stop phoning it in. Stop exploiting your fans. Stop patronising your fans. And stop calling them fans. They’re your benefactors. Our audience are our benefactors.”

Source: The Cult’s Ian Astbury says no recent rock album comes close to the “essential” new album from… The Cult: “It’s a gift” | Louder

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