Apparently, I have been in the dark about the awesome site Pandora.com. For those of you out there like me that were not privy to this great find, I want to share my new found joy!
In its basic sense Pandora is an online radio station that is generated by referencing an artist or song [...]
I’ve been fighting a headcold lately, so my usual writing “prowess” (anti-prowess?) may be a tad off. You may have heard of the fourth greatest folk-parody band in New Zealand (which isn’t part of Australia) known as Flight of the Conchords. I purchased their EP, The Distant Future after Bill and Ang played [...]
I enjoy playing drums, but sometimes I just feel like I am playing the same old beats. I need recharged, I need a muse, I need inspiration. That’s when I turn to a dear old friend who has been with me most of my life. Yep, the internet.
While searching around, I found [...]
I was waiting in the doctor’s office the other day and noticed they had free Wifi, so I whipped out the old iPhone and started to browse the Top 10’s for various music genres on the iTunes Music Store. I branched out into the “Folk” Top 10 and came a across a group called [...]
I’m writing this during the aftermath of my recent dental work. Why oh why must the only way to prevent the pain of a dental drill is to cause pain with long needles!? My pain, I want to write a song about it, get screwed by a record company, revolt and give away [...]
Old record albums are the supreme music collectable, but what do you do with them. They could sit in your milk crates, or perhaps make it into your DJ collection, but we’ve found something else. Behold, entertainment:
There are several pages worth looking at. Some are serious, others humorous, but if you have [...]
I was on a quest the other day to find studio recordings of two Tool songs, “Cold and Ugly” and “Jerk-Off.” I had bought the album Opiate a long time ago, and it always bothered me that these songs were live recordings. I’m really not a fan of live recordings; if I’m at [...]
Check out this music video. If you like odd animation, or are a pear enthusiast, you may enjoy it:
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This next performer is not a lead guitarist, but he inspires me just as much as Mongrain and SRV. I once, many years ago, was privileged enough to see Bela Fleck and the Flecktones live. My friends and I, while we enjoyed the music, were there for one reason: To see Victor Wooten. He is [...]
Well I hope everyone enjoyed Erik Mongrain. This next artist, much like Mongrain, has to be seen to be believed. At the ripe age of 16 I was introduced to the man who would become my guitar hero. And, unless you play guitar it’s kind of hard to understand his brilliance by just listening to [...]