Songwriting and Music Production
Tarantula Meets Mustang: Dylan Calls on Patti Smith July 7, 1975 A copy of “Witt” was slid across the table to Patti Smith. “Would you sign this for me, please?” “Sure,” said Patti, “what’s your first name?” He told her. “Like in New Jersey?” Patti asked, and he said no: with a z. “Well, I’ll…
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As a keen-eyed chronicler of British manners and mores, Ray Daviesis thinking about Brexit a lot. He’s currently writing a book about Britain – “focusing on what it had when I was young” – and he predicts a potentially problematic departure. “It’s going to be a shift of gigantic proportions,” he warns. “Bigger than the…
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Excellent advice here (courtesy of MICCO) – 1. Do not send them your entire album Unless you are Billie Eilish, the chances of someone actually listening to your entire album is pretty slim… Even successful artists struggle to get their fans to commit to their entire album so don’t ask a busy curator to listen…
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IN case you ever wondered what a useful list of music genres looks like, here’s a good place to start. 100s! Source: Music Genre List – A complete list of music styles, types and genres
Prince maneuvered better in his high heels than most stiletto-clad women do. He would do the splits, jump up, high kick, squat, and run back and forth onstage with specially built 4-inch and 3 1/3-inch height boosters at his soles. After all, Prince Rogers Nelson was a man of mega-talent and charisma but was also…
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All 17 videos of these 7/8 songs are available at the link below. It took a bit of fudging to put this together as most of these songs are not completely in 7 beats to the bar, but they do throw a spanner in the works of the toe-tapping crowd. -dg There’s a reason why…
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Making new music as The Who We’re just doing a new album at the moment. But it’s a very weird [time] because we’re not really a band anymore. I just love my job of being the guy who takes what Pete’s written as a solo song, looking at it and thinking, ‘How do I make…