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Artists Finding Their Tone at Home – Music Connection Magazine

October 23, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

What sets your studio apart?My instrument collection. I have a ton of interesting vintage and new instruments. An 1880’s pump organ, for example.What are some of the biggest challenges about running your home studio?Keeping my instruments, mics and computer running properly. Especially the computer.What have been your favorite tech developments over the past few years?I…

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Brian Johnson couldn’t watch Axl Rose perform with AC/DC | Louder

October 23, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

“Part of the pain of it was that I blamed myself. For most of my career, I’d been in the loudest band in the world. I’d flown constantly. I’d flown even when I knew I wasn’t well.”For a while, people would ask me if I was depressed, but depression is treatable. My hearing loss wasn’t….

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Watch Bruce Dickinson drag a stage invader offstage during an Iron Maiden show without missing a beat\

October 13, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

Ok, I helped set up a Maiden show once. All I can say is all the objects and props and attitude on stage and at home ARE REAL! In a battle between Bruce Dickinson and a stage invader, there’s only going to be one winner Source: Watch Bruce Dickinson drag a stage invader offstage during…

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Alvin Lee: the story of the fastest guitar In the west

October 3, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

I had always heard Alvin was a big racist. If I searched I could find a bit in the lyrics. He was a very good guitar player and songwriter and fell totally into the star trap. “I took LSD in San Francisco in 1968 and found it very illuminating,” said Lee. “We played with the…

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John Phillips: The Sordid Life of ‘The Mamas and the Papas’ Co-Founder

August 17, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

Sordid indeed! “Mackenzie went on to say that her incestuous relationship with her father had become consensual and the two engaged in sexual activity for years despite being directly related and both being married. Mackenzie eventually became a member of the New Mamas and the Papas, and toured with John during the early 1980s. John…

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The day John Lennon became a disc jockey on New York’s biggest radio station | Louder

August 12, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

A fun-loving guy for sure In his storied four-decade career in radio, that rainy September afternoon remains a highlight. “I’m so happy that it literally has stood the test of time,” Elsas said. “It was totally unscripted and off the cuff. John was just a musician up to chat about his new album, very happy,…

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How The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II’s Chris Holmes pool scene killed off 80s metal excess clichés

July 17, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

I remember when this came out. What a great set of movies. But of course, there’s no accounting for taste. Especially when it tastes like pool water. Oi! “Yes, Ma’am,” Holmes replies, clearly intoxicated.“Do you drink very much?”“Pardon?”“Do you drink very much?”“Uh, yes,” he replies, “I’m a full-blown alcoholic.” Source: How The Decline Of Western…

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Steely Dan’s Reelin’ In The Years: Jimmy Page’s favourite solo and the song that made them stars | Louder

July 15, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

Very interesting article. I love that solo too but I always thought Walter Becker did that solo. Guitarist Elliott Randall only took two takes to nail his part, only because the studio engineer hadn’t recorded the first one Source: Steely Dan’s Reelin’ In The Years: Jimmy Page’s favourite solo and the song that made them…

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Mick Fleetwood: my stories of Jimmy Page, Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger and more

June 23, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

Jimi actually came to one of Fleetwood Mac’s first rehearsals in London, because I’m sure he’d heard about Peter Green. He came down with producer Mike Vernon to the funny little club where we rehearsed, and I remember he was very shy, a lot like Brian Jones in many ways. Shy but suddenly bigger than…

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