Songwriting and Production
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…
No watching unless you go to the link at the bottom of the page By Calum Slingerland Published Mar 07, 2019 As part of a screening event for Epix’s forthcoming docuseries Punk, a host of genre icons got together this week for a panel discussion. Unexpectedly, some serious punk rock angst was captured onstage rather than…
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Some record executives are starting to sweat, as the music industry morphs into one where the climate is significantly more favorable towards a DIY way of doing business and many artists are eschewing traditional label deals in favor of doing things their own way. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 If you speak…
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…And so it goes Competency. Do you do things efficiently, and correctly? Now that the internet has presented us with millions of options, people are getting better at ranking brands’ abilities to do things the right way. In today’s world, competency seems to be measured by social influence. Social influence is measured by how many…
“I’m a person who likes to do what he wants to do, whether people like it or not,” Zappa says in a clip from a 1984 interview. “And what I do is designed for people who like it, not for people who don’t.” Source: Watch Frank Zappa Hologram Dismiss Artwork Censorship in Tour Promo –…
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Quit defending the Eagles! They’re simply terribleZip it, Chuck Klosterman! Rock critics want you to reexamine the much-hated band. Don’t — they’re still loathsome One of the sliest and funniest jokes in the Coen brothers film “The Big Lebowski” is the constant conflict between Creedence Clearwater Revival fans and Eagles fans. The film is set…
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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:…
Jackson agreed with McCartney that the original does not represent what was actually happening in the studio at the time. “I was relieved to discover the reality is very different to the myth,” Jackson said. “After reviewing all the footage and audio that Michael Lindsay-Hogg shot 18 months before they broke up, it’s simply an…
When was the last time you bought a CD? Many of us have fond memories of growing up with CDs. I can remember rushing to the local record shop after school (or cutting class altogether) to pick up the latest CD from my favorite artists. But the last time I bought a CD at a…
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A large screen projects a video of Neil Young during Daniel Lanois’ Nuit Blanche installation where Young released his latest album ‘Le Noise’ at Nathan Philip Square. (Oct. 2, 2010) – Staff photo/JEFF HAYWARD Daniel Lanois, a world-renowned music producer has set up shop in an old Buddhist temple in Parkdale. The space has undergone…
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