SIDENOTE:In my previous“Reborn Mono To Stereo”review I explained how I do have an interest in hearing old mono recordings brought to new life in stereo, and not just Elvis’ 50s recordings. I find it fascinating to even have the possibility of examining how “Mono” classics were created....
I think we’re in a really amazing place. There are singers that fill that craving for the golden era of the 1990s. There are others with really solid vibes that feel like the '60s. And then there are people like myself who are blending genres and time periods while having fun, not ...
Newport was beautiful; Joan Baez was running around barefooted. I’d never seen that before coming from Chicago. Everyone was sleeping in these big mansions on cots. It was amazing. I didn’t even realize it at the time. Michael [Bloomfield] had known Bob from the recording sessions [they...
“Especially since this time we’re doing the simpler tunes. One of the songs is like two riffs in the whole song with different singing over it, which is pretty cool.” He’s talking about Enter Sandman. With its doomy, clean-picked minor-key riff, haunting lyric and massive sound, ...
music, so through him I managed to get things organized, including some funding from the municipality. The name of my hometown is Forli', in the north-centre part of Italy (south of Bologna, north of Rimini, two towns that are better known). I was 25 at that time, and a few months...
” It does sound so cool, and I loved the way it turned out because [it] was exactly what we were hearing the whole time.<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, ...
Although hedied much too youngat the age of 29,Hank Williams Sr. did live to see himself become a major country music star when 33 of his songs hit the charts while he was still alive. However, it seemed like no one at the time would realize the impact his songwriting would ...
playoffs were taken for granted as a Lakers fan. They only missed the postseason twice from the time I was born in 1984 through 2013. They have missed the playoffs in each of the past five seasons, giving me and Lakers fans a harsh dose of reality—the playoffs should be an accomplishmen...
in some of my old film music I find that there are some sounds that I used again and again because I liked them. There was one bass sound in the synthesizer that I used always for a long time. I had one of the first digital drum synthesizers, the first Linn-Drum ......
I had to play it on my girlfriend’s portable record player since I didn’t have one at the time. I think this was the turning point to my interest in pop music. Shortly after, the Beatles and British Invasion hit America, and I got my first transistor radio (one earphone / AM onl...