By Long Bong on Jul 30, 2010 in Features | 0 Comments
Having been inspired by Guitar Man to get serious about my guitar playing again (Next Level Guitar) I was looking around for ear training videos on YouTube to help me to memorize the melodic intervals when I found this: It seems to really be helping. I’ve also ordered the EarMaster Pro software as I’ve read [...]
By Marvin Marks on Jul 27, 2010 in Features | 0 Comments
I thought this YouTube video on the music used in the movie Inception (which is brilliant, go see it if you haven’t yet) was cool enough to share it here so I’m going to embed it even though I usually have a no YouTube video policy (since they so often end up getting deleted.)
By Long Bong on Jul 22, 2010 in Features | 0 Comments
Last week I wrote a post mentioning how I had been reading Guitar Man by Will Hodgkinson (and how it inspired me to start learning guitar again with Next Level Guitar.) I actually finished the book not long after making that post (this is probably the quickest I’ve read a book in a long time) [...]
By Long Bong on Jul 15, 2010 in Features | 5 Comments
I used to play a bit of guitar but I never got very good at it. Recently I’ve been inspired by a book I’ve been reading (Guitar Man) to pick it up again and after coming across a few of their YouTube videos while looking for guitar lessons I’ve decided to buy the 12 DVD [...]
By Marvin Marks on Jul 14, 2010 in Features | 1 Comment
Check out M.I.A.’s insane performance of “Born Free” on Letterman last night complete with lots of M.I.A. doppelgangers. This is just too noisy for many listeners but I think it straddles the border of unlistenable dissonance on the right side. The insistent drums and bass along with the sloppy energy of the vocals makes it [...]
By TheRoboticMushroom on Jul 14, 2010 in Features | 4 Comments
Occasionally I like to peep into the world of mainstream music to check out what teenagers and secretaries are listening to lately. This could be seen as a waste of time (and I won’t argue too strongly that it’s not) but I do think it’s a decent idea to keep a bit of perspective on [...]
By Marvin Marks on Jul 7, 2010 in Music Trivia | 2 Comments
Ringo Starr turns 70 today. He was born as Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940. Ringo was the oldest Beatle. John Lennon would be turning 70 on October 9 of this year and Paul McCartney just turned 68 (June 18th.) George Harrison was the youngest Beatle as he would have turned 67 this year (on [...]
By Marvin Marks on Jul 5, 2010 in Song Reviews | 0 Comments
It’s been nearly two months, but I’m finally picking up with the next entry in my series on each of the original Beatles songs. “Hold Me Tight” is #9 in the series. “Misery” was #8. This song was one of the band’s earliest originals as it had been a part of their live act from [...]
