Songwriting and Music Production
SO good. Like only rich musicians can say it. Lukather: I’ve never met Brian. Love his work, but he wrote a 30-second theme and basically got the same credit as us. They used him because of his name value, so people attributed our work to him and his work to us, and it was confusing….
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Important times for music. It will come back. It will. It really will…. Depending on your age, Denmark Street is checking the walls for band members-wanted notices; drooling over the displays of guitars in the music-shop windows; bourbon-tinged nights at the 12 Bar; unearthing out-of-print volumes on Dylan at Helter Skelter; collecting autographs outside the…
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He played with Johnny Winter, battled addiction, then joined a band with his childhood friend, Stevie Ray Vaughan. In this candid interview, the Double Trouble bassist recalls the highs and lows of life with one of the all-time guitar greats, playing Woodstock on acid, and why he still thinks he’d be the best bass player…
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I have a Talking Heads in 78 story I will tell… one day. That’s one pissed David Byrne Responding to criticism in The New York Times, a spokesperson for the production claimed that the decision to use pre-recorded music was “part of the karaoke genre inherent to the musical and the production concept.” Byrne issued…
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Source: Thew Beatles’ Revolver: How Giles Martin remixed and de-mixed a classic | Louder
This is a change I can live with. Source: Unless you’re Adele, you have no business releasing album tracks all at once
As usual, I have been confused about this for years and until I made a mistake with exporting audio I didn’t really have to figure it out. Well, now I know. 24bit is used to edit with. 16bit is used to actually distribute the music on CD or otherwise. 16bit is still the standard for…
I always loved both bands and II once did a cover of The Rocker, which is a great Thin Lizzy song. Deep Purple got me with Machine Head and Made in Japan was a well-done piece of rehash. I’m not sure this supergroup would have ever taken off. Too much attitude and ego for one…
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Source: Brian Eno is MORE DARK THAN SHARK