Songwriting and Music Production

Tool’s Maynard James Keenan doesn’t care all that much about TikTok | Louder

November 15, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

When questioned by host Rogan whether relevancy matters to him as an artist, the singer replies: “You can’t [think about that], because then you’ll be desperate and get plastic surgery and look an alien trying to insert yourself into some stupid fucking thing. It turns to desperation really quickly, so just maintain your art.” Source:…

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Watch Jethro Tull, Soft Machine and Lemmy in wild French TV London special from 1969

November 8, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

It begins with interviewer/narrator André Maurice wandering through Portobello Road market, the epitome of a French intellectual in his immaculate tie and rain mac. It feels like we might be watching a Jean-Luc Godard film, an impression reinforced by a sudden jump-cut to a pirate ship floating down the Thames towards Tower Bridge. But then…

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The Cult’s Ian Astbury says no recent rock album comes close to the “essential” new album from… The Cult: “It’s a gift” | Louder

October 31, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

It’s a cult. The Cult. The 2022 album. Must have a listen. “If you’re a fan of rock music, our new record’s essential,” the singer stated boldly, modesty be damned. “I don’t think there’s any recent releases of rock music that comes close to Under The Midnight Sun. And to say that, it may sound like…

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A Unified Field Theory of Bob Dylan | The New Yorker

October 26, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

“These songs didn’t come out of thin air,” he said. “I didn’t just make them up out of whole cloth. . . . It all came out of traditional music: traditional folk music, traditional rock and roll, and traditional big-band swing orchestra music. . . . If you sang ‘John Henry’ as many times as me—‘John Henry was a steel-driving man…

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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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Roxy Music review – arch art-rockers peacock their peerless anthems | Roxy Music | The Guardian

October 11, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

I saw the band at Massey Hall in Toronto, just after their productive years were over. It was a different set with many hanging curtains and not quite as many musicians on stage. A special kind of music. Reuniting for a 50th anniversary tour, the band have lost none of their sophisticated swagger in a…

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King Crimson: How we made In The Court Of The Crimson King | Louder

October 11, 2022March 27, 2024 Editor

It’s a masterpiece The Court Of The Crimson King The lush-textured, panoramic, epic title track that closes the album was actually the first track the band recorded, on July 16. Hearing this huge, gothic, densely orchestrated piece, it’s almost impossible to believe that it was originally “a sort of Bob Dylan song, if you can…

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