Songwriting and Music Production
Quit defending the Eagles! They’re simply terribleZip it, Chuck Klosterman! Rock critics want you to reexamine the much-hated band. Don’t — they’re still loathsome One of the sliest and funniest jokes in the Coen brothers film “The Big Lebowski” is the constant conflict between Creedence Clearwater Revival fans and Eagles fans. The film is set…
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When the Ukrainian band Brunettes Shoot Blondes came across a vintage broken piano, they decided to transform it into a unique and completely analog hybrid of 20 different instruments that are each connected and controlled by the piano keys. The band prominently featured this wonderful instrument in the music video for their song “Houston”. Source:…
A large screen projects a video of Neil Young during Daniel Lanois’ Nuit Blanche installation where Young released his latest album ‘Le Noise’ at Nathan Philip Square. (Oct. 2, 2010) – Staff photo/JEFF HAYWARD Daniel Lanois, a world-renowned music producer has set up shop in an old Buddhist temple in Parkdale. The space has undergone…
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“People just don’t realize how much fun it is to be depressed,” he says with a grin—this from the man whose moods may have had as much historical impact on the gloominess of Northwest rock as the surfeit of negative ions in the air. more @ Source: Chris Cornell, Searching for Solitude | Pitchfork
Gibson will unveil a limited edition limited-edition Chris Cornell Tribute ES-335 guitar at “I Am the Highway.” They’ll release 250 of the guitars later this spring. That’s what it looks like below. Read “Chris Cornell, Searching for Solitude.” Source: Fiona Apple to Perform at Chris Cornell Tribute Concert | Pitchfork
Searching for a connection he could nurture, Glass focused on Bowie’s words, and ultimately discovered the seed of his symphony. “The writing was remarkable,” Glass concluded. “It was someone who had created a political language for themselves.” So Glass stripped “Lodger” of its music until only the lyrics remained. Then, Glass says, he “reset the…