Songwriting and Music Production
I’ve been following this guy for a couple of years now. It’s good stuff. And the songs are quite mercurial. Following its release – when he finally let go – time and touring helped heal those wounds. The ensuing tour in support of ‘Currents’ took Parker to festival headline slots and arenas across the globe….
I’m not a big FOO fan but I do like the man called Dave. Foo Fighters’ debut album turns 25 on July 4, which began a long run of success for Dave Grohl, one that seemed impossible in the wake of Kurt Cobain’s death a year earlier. To mark the big anniversary, Grohl spoke with…
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Your first tour with Blondie was opening for Iggy Pop and David Bowie. What did you learn from watching them perform? There was a certain amount of improvisation in their performances. It wasn’t robotic, and the passion was there. Mr. Pop is passionate. It’s pretty obvious he’s kind of a wild guy, but he has…
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So many stories about this man. There’s a lot of them in that beard. He’s kind of the HST of the music world. From what I can tell you either liked him or you did not like him. Much sound and much vision. ~D He and Easton signed The Stones to a management deal, securing…
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What were your feelings about the Yardbirds? Well, when I joined the Yardbirds, I got the impression they just wanted my playing to enhance their group as much as possible. Right, so I just worked on the whole act until we got it down so great that we started bringing in bits of destruction to…
“During rehearsals, I draw up set lists on big canvases, putting down the songs and the keys they’re in,” Wood explains. “We hang these set lists on the rehearsal room walls so we know where we’ve been and where we’re going.” Read the whole article at Source: Ronnie Wood: Artist, Painter, Author, Rolling Stone (The…
It’s a classic story of songwriting. “When I originally wrote about Major Tom,” Bowie said, “I thought I knew all about the great American dream and where it started and where it should stop. Here was the great blast of American technological know-how shoving this guy up into space, but once he gets there he’s…
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Now, it turns out, that sparkler-swaying anthem may have been contrived by US intelligence as cultural subversion of communism. An upcoming podcast series, Wind of Change, by the New Yorker’s Pat Radden Keefe, investigates whether it was – as the journalist was told a decade ago – actually a CIA-crafted confection. The producers can be…
Where did all the good music go? Here’s one answer and it makes sense considering what we have had to endure. Quickly after the meeting began, one of my industry colleagues (who shall remain nameless like everyone else) thanked us for attending. He then gave the floor to a man who only introduced himself by…