Have you ever watched a music video or listened to a song playing on radio and felt sad that you might never see or listen to it again? Buying your own music in this case is not such a bad idea. There are many places you can get your own music today. From your local [...]
When their band L.A.P.D. dissolved, band members Reginald Arvizu, James Shaffer, and David Silveria decided to keep going. They recruited guitarist Brian Welch and a singer named Corey to help them start a new band called Creep. Later, in 1993, the band saw vocalist Jonathan Davis performing with his band, Sexart. The musicians met and [...]
I started in music video production over 12 years ago first doing music videos for independent artists in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, but after my 4th “indie” music video I had my first major music video for U-God of the Wu-Tang Clan which aired on B.E.T’s Rap City.I got into music video production [...]
The music industry has been bemoaning its fate, as the costs of promoting artists and their songs soar while sales slump. It seems that it’s facing a slow, self-inflicted implosion. It blames its demise on the Internet and the easy access that fans have to music that has yet to be released for public consumption. [...]
I was listening to the news about the thug tho attacked Noel Gallagher live on stage last month at the Oasis gig in Canada when my mind started wondering. Then i thought about musicians who may have died on stage whilst performing.It is a morbid subject but one that’s strangely impelling. The more i thought about [...]
The origin of hip-hop can be traced back as far as the ancient tribes in Africa. Rap has been compared with the chants, drumbeats and foot-stomping African tribes performed before wars, the births of babies, and the deaths of kings and elders. Historians have reached further back than the accepted origins of hip-hop. It was [...]
So Long So Wrong is the latest Country CD put out by the extremely talented Alison Krauss who once again has delivered a brilliant collection of tracks. I’m confident Alison Krauss fans, and Country fans alike will be pleased with this one.This one grabs your attention right from the beginning with So Long, So Wrong [...]
The Texas Hold’em poker phenomenon has taken the country by storm. There are reportedly over 100 million active poker players worldwide. Poker’s popularity is largely the byproduct of technology and several recent trends: 1) online gaming, where players engage and socialize in real-time over the Internet, and 2) the broad publicity created by high profile [...]
The exceptionally talented Jazz group Weather Report have released their CD entitled Heavy Weather. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Weather Report fans, and Jazz fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Heavy Weather their artistic excellence is on full display as they have once [...]
In this article I’m going to tell you about the joys of making music on a Macbook, and why I have ditched my trusty copy of Pro Tools for some free software!It’s kind of embarrassing to say but when I first used Pro Tools I found the whole thing rather confusing, so after spending hours [...]
