Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
21 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
This YouTube video serves as a brief introduction to what is being called “The Loudness War”, which is the issue of modern music being released (and older music re-released) with too much compression and volume and a lack of dynamics.
If the video piques your interest, check out the more in-depth article to follow. It’s an important topic and worth your attention if you care about how your music sounds.
05 Mar 2012 2 Comments
Speaking of Carol Kaye, her bass line from “Good Vibrations” is the first music you hear in this clip.
As Jimmy Webb says of the LA Wrecking Crew, “There may never, ever be a group of Rock n Roll musicians of that caliber again”.
03 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
My favorite moment: about 2:14 and the line “let me get my things”
02 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
Lyle Lovett and his Large Band performed a smokin’, solo-filled four-and-a-half minute version of Townes Van Zandt’s “White Freightliner Blues” on Austin City Limits. The song appears on Lyle’s new covers album, Release Me, which Lost Highway Records did this past Tuesday.
Nice to see the boys in suits and ties. Lyle’s Large Band have always epitomized class and musicianship.
One other thought: This song, true to its title, actually is a “blues”. More often than not an artist will tack the word “Blues” to the end of a song title when the song clearly isn’t.
01 Mar 2012 5 Comments
On the one hand, it’s comic. On the other, it’s no joke–these guys have real chops. And it’s their obvious seriousness about the music that makes it all the more funny. This is one of those vids I feel I could watch every morning, just to get my day off right.
They are award-winning Finnish street band Porkka Playboys. Check out http://www.porkkaplayboys.com/ if you’ve also got a hankering to see Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” performed in a sauna (naked of course).
Every Moment Has A Song 