Stumbled on a video of Sir Paul McCartney talking about where songs come from. We all know there really aren’t any rules to writing songs (sure most pop tunes have a variation of the verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus outline) and inspiration comes from all sorts of places, but Mr. McCartney talked about how [...]
Say wahhhhhh??? via Rolling Stone Abbey Road Studios in London has launched an online service in which users can pay to upload tracks to be mixed by engineers at the studio made famous by the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Radiohead. Prices for mixing will start around $800 for recordings with up to 24 tracks and [...]
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 [...]
If you enjoy beautifully organized sound waves then you’ll most likely enjoy Alan Parsons. A man who’s led an enviable life as a recording engineer for The Beatles, Pink Floyd, champion of Prog Rock, concept albums, and all around bearded bad ass. Boomitude has a quick and informative podcast with the man, where he reveals [...]
A close friend of mine is in, what I would consider, a fairly successful band. They sell tickets, they sell merch, they move units…but there is one problem; he doesn’t like his audience. As he’s grown older, so has his musical taste. He no longer floats in the world that his audience still does. He [...]
Over the past year, while doing research for The New Rockstar Philosophy book, we’ve had a chance to speak with some very talented and knowledgeable people. One of the standard questions I’ve asked is; in our internet age “will there be a band as successful as The Beatles?” A band that the majority of the [...]
There’s word that everybody’s favourite band, The Beatles, may finally be available digitally. The Guardian is reporting that George Harrison’s son, Dhani Harrison, has raised the idea of letting The Beatles catalog out in a stand alone digital store. Although there have been rumors for years about the possibility of The Beatles music being available [...]
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 [...]
Hypebot posted a link of Malcolm Gladwell speaking about the success of The Beatles. Once again he is talking about the incredible work ethic that molded The Beatles from a band that by all accounts was not that good, into the world’s greatest rock act. Malcolm Gladwell has gotten some flack recently. Some folks have [...]
3 Tips For Recieving Music Criticism
I love how subjective music can be. Especially at the fringes. Those artists who are doing things against the grain typically face a number of criticisms. When you’re faced with naysayer keeping the momentum going can be difficult. I read a great quote by Animal Collective which was essentially, when making art expect that there [...]