It’s that time of year, and International Strange Music Day is once again upon us — can you believe it’s already been a year?? Okay, okay … none of us have actually ever heard of this holiday, but when it came across the calendar, I just had to have a little fun with it. So what actually qualifies as “strange music”? Well that, of course, depends on your definition of […]
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A generation ago, the music listening experience was just that: an experience. Having returned from the record store, the eager listener – usually in the company of like-minded friends – would peel the shrinkwrap from the rather large cardboard sleeve and remove the inner, thinner paper sleeve to reveal the all-important vinyl record that awaited inside. After placing the fragile disc carefully on the turntable, the stylus would be lowered […]
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Ask 20 random people off the street what instrument Roger Waters, Paul McCartney or Sting play, and odds are you’ll get a blank look (or a, “They sing, right?”). In fact, show those same 20 people video from a random rock concert, and they’ll likely see “a singer, a couple of guitarists, a drummer, and … that other guy standing over there by the drummer … what’s he do??” The bass […]
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