Songwriting and Music Production
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:…
“We had a little rager with Wolfmother last night,” says Dandy Warhols bandleader Courtney Taylor-Taylor, as he clears empty wine glasses from the large dining table. His bandmate Zia McCabe suns on the sidewalk, smoking a cigarette in the unseasonably hot March sun as a symphony of construction fills the air. The Odditorium, the band’s longtime…
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The Beatles in February 1968, the year Hey Jude was written. Photograph: Rex Features/Blackbrow You could argue forever about which of the Beatles’ songs is the greatest. According to the Daily Telegraph, it’s something nostalgic: In My Life. According to the NME, it’s something psychedelic: Strawberry Fields Forever, which wasn’t even the best song on…
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Here’s a wake up call for you, and I will do my best to remain objective yet blunt. Your scene is dying, and it’s your fault. Promoters and bands alike. Your fault. You. Pissed off yet? Well strap Source: LOCAL BANDS & PROMOTERS: YOUR SCENE IS DYING AND IT’S YOUR FAULT | Bloodrock Media “THE…
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Some good shots of the lower east side in this nice winter song video. What makes a winter song video, besides the people in gloves and the girders of bridges covered with snow? The pretend anonymity. They see you hiding in your houses, staying warm –laughing at the Donald.
In His Own Words: Why Bob Dylan Paints
In the introduction to a new exhibition of his landscapes opening Saturday at London’s Halcyon Gallery, the recent Nobel laureate says, “The idea was to create pictures that would not be misinterpreted or misunderstood by me or anybody else.”
Age-ism. They never heard of it and if they did I believe they would ignore it as they ignored sex-ism, rac-ism, and classic-ism. Be yourself always. The Rolling Stones have gone back to their roots to create an album of blues covers for their next record. Source: The Rolling Stones going back to the blues…
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