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The top 10 cities for full-time songwriters | DIY Musician Blog

Posted on February 20, 2020 By W A

4. Toronto, Canada I recently hung out with one of Toronto’s heads of Government arts funding. Let’s just say she had an annual arts budget comparable to the salary of an NBA superstar. All of that money went to Ontario-based indie artists to release their own albums.  Toronto also has perhaps the highest talent per…

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Iggy Pop interview: “Punk has to have a sense of hopelessness about it”

Posted on September 16, 2019 By W A

Source: Iggy Pop interview: “Punk has to have a sense of hopelessness about it”

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The coming death of just about every rock legend

Posted on September 2, 2019 By W A

Actually this is a bullshit article but well worth reading for the perspective it provides or should I say POV. Like all monumental acts of creativity, the artists were driven by an aspiration to transcend their own finitude, to create something of lasting value, something enduring that would live beyond those who created it. Source:…

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Cage the Elephant, Beck’s Tour: Photos From the Road – Rolling Stone

Posted on August 17, 2019 By W A

I helped set up this show along with 50 other Stage Hands at Budweiser Stage in Toronto. It was the morning the truss fell off the forklift onto my shoulder. Wish I could have afforded to see the show. I like both bands a lot. Note: this is a link to a slide show. Source:…

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BBC: Marc Bolan – The Final Word (2007) – YouTube

Posted on June 23, 2019 By W A

…very well done and enlightening documentary on Marc Bolan and his bands. 1:17:00

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Beastie Boys – Gratitude – YouTube

Posted on May 25, 2019 By W A

DO it all with GRATITUDE! and Pink Floyd’s equipment

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Cannes rocks! Tsunami of pop stars make film festival splash

Posted on May 13, 2019 By W A

AFP Relax News•May 13, 2019 Bono, Elton John, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits… The red carpet at Cannes is shaping up to look like a dream rock festival line-up. Not to mention Rihanna and a couple of the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, who may yet put in an appearance at the world’s biggest film festival,…

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5 Things You Should Never Do When Pitching to Playlist Curators

Posted on April 2, 2019 By W A

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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The Sacred Triangle; Bowie,Iggy & Lou Reed – YouTube

Posted on March 31, 2019 By W A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmZsu8Ue7Hw&t=12s

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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “Stranger To My Happiness” – YouTube

Posted on March 16, 2019 By W A

You like retro? You like this.  

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Music Genre List – A complete list of music styles, types and genres

Posted on March 14, 2019 By W A

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

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The 17 Best Songs In 7/4 Time Signature – Stereogum

Posted on March 8, 2019 By W A

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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A Broken Vintage Piano Turned Into a Unique Analog Hybrid of 20 Instruments Connected to the Piano Keys

Posted on February 22, 2019April 7, 2024 By Editor

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:…

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YouTube and the ever-confusing world of Art Tracks – DIY Musician Blog

Posted on November 22, 2018 By W A

And because I didn’t know it was there, here is a link to my Art Tracks in the form of a YouTube page called a Topic page. I am a Topic now.   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwL8zxgkuNCum2S3GI4toNw By Nicholas Salomone February 27, 2018 What is an Art Track on YouTube? One of the most common areas of confusion…

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How Buying a Party Palace Helped the Dandy Warhols Survive | Portland Monthly

Posted on November 15, 2018April 7, 2024 By Editor

“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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  • ‘Fake band’ Threatin just played a UK tour to… absolutely no-one – NME
  • ‘I Was Allowed to Practice 30 Minutes a Day’: Bassist Tal Wilkenfeld Reveals Method She Used to Get Better With Limited Playing Time
  • ‘Rockers and spies’ – how the CIA used culture to shred the iron curtain | US news | The Guardian
  • ‘The Public Image Is Rotten’ Review: John Lydon’s post-Pistols Band | Variety
  • ‘The Velvet Underground’: Film Review | Cannes 2021 – The Hollywood Reporter
  • ‘The working class can’t afford it’: the shocking truth about the money bands make on tour
  • “A tax in the middle of a crisis, on people who need the money” – is the new licence fee for live-streamed gigs a kick in the teeth for UK music? | MusicRadar
  • “What technology has done to disrupt the music business in terms of not only how people listen to music but the value they place on it is defeating.” Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor offers damning critique of the state of music in 2024
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  • 10 Tours That Changed the World | SPIN
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  • 11 Music Conferences to Keep Your Eye on in 2018 – Soundfly
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Afghanistan (lyric video) by Desmond Grundy released July, 2024
Closer to Heaven (lyric video) by Desmond Grundy released June, 2024
Door Rain Me (lyric video) by Desmond Grundy released May, 2024
On a Corner (lyric video) by Desmond Grundy. Song released April 2024
Double Standard (lyric video) by Desmond Grundy. Song released March 2024
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Popcorn with Humans by Desmond Grundy. Song released January 2024
Animals on the Farm. 12 original songs released January 2021

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