This past Monday December the 6th was the 30th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. A huge moment in music history that clearly affects people today. So if you haven’t seen the U.S. vs John Lennon, then needless to say it’s required watching. It shows the struggles that this man went through to stay in [...]
“Song writing is about getting the demon out of me. It’s like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won’t let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you’re allowed to sleep.” – John Lennon You’re reading this blog because you’re a music fan [...]
Music Success in Nine Weeks! What an audacious claim indeed. Music Success in 9 weeks is a music business book that lays out a 9 week plan for world domination…well, not necessarily world domination, but you’ll definitely learn a thing or two. What Ariel Hyatt writes about is a weekly plan to increase your fan [...]
Rock music has become culturally insignificant. I’m watching the Superbowl pre-game circle jerk and I stare in amazement. Old men pretending to be Rock’n’Roll. Bruce Springsteen claiming that his band in 1978 has nothing on his band in 2009. Journey playing the Pepsi sponsored tailgate party without Steve Perry. The Rock Music juggernaut whoring itself [...]
– From The New Rockstar Philosophy book out in March 2009– I came out of the fuckin’ sticks to take over the world. I was an emperor. -John Lennon, Rolling Stone Interview. Everyone’s version of success is slightly different. Some people may want to take over the world and some will be happy making music [...]
Since Hoover posted about Noel Gallagher yesterday, I though I would let you know what the real McCoy has to say about songwriting. This is an excerpt from the book The Rolling Stone Interviews: In a rock band you have to make singles; you have to keep writing them… I was in Kenwood and that [...]
So the Beatles, arguably the best band in history, have joined the video game world by striking a deal to have a Beatles Rockband Game come out. The game apparently features the entire catalog of the material and marks their entry into the new world. They know the game will introduce new generations to the [...]
Is That Song Worth Remembering?
Like I promised, another Sir Ken Robinson post. During his talk, he alluded to the end of a songwriting session between McCartney and Lennon. McCartney was worried they may forgot the song they just wrote (they apparently never left a songwriting session without at least completing one song). Lennon casually responded, “Well if you can’t [...]