I have a wish to record what I’m doing because it’s very important, and I don’t have a very close friend at the moment to whom I can reveal my worries.'" ---Chapter Eight, Substitoot (Substitute): "‘Substitute’ began as a homage to Smokey Robinson by way of The Rolling St...
The sequel, Basement Fables, is coming and once again it combines rap and instrumental jazz, disciplines he refuses to separate. Take his music and you must take his words as well.In his case it's worth the effort even if, like me, your brain tends to lock down when confronted by ...
In addition, the collection will offer a new interview with Townshend, and sleeve written notes by Who archivist Matt Kent. Pete Townshend: The Studio Albums can be pre-ordered now.Here’s a brief look at Townshend’s solo studio albums:...
." Learn how certain grace notes can give your playing a "flavor" of it's own. Learn about triplet fillers, non-chord leaders, imitations, moving bass lines, tremelo, and other improvisational techniques. Improvisation is not a magical ability possessed by only a few -- it can be learned...
it enables the mother and daughter to break the order of time—the fixed past, the dynamic present, the open future. Their ghosts can now visit the present for the purpose of exacting revenge against any samurai who enters the bamboo grove. The mother and daughter lure them to their home,...
“We don’t need the arrogance of the billionaire class to feel like they can just come in and solve everything. Even without him involved, I just find that it has become such a toxic environment,” he said. “For my mental health, I need to tune out. I don’t feel good being th...
“This whole thing about classifying music (by category) is only useful when you walk into a record store and someone can say, ‘Oh, jazz? That’s over there.’ The rest of the time it’s the quality of the music that is important,” he said, resuming the thought. ...
Although Liverpool can claim to have started the beat boom it certainly didn't hold a monopoly in good beat groups. Manchester contributed its fair share and, arguably, the Hollies were the greatest from that city. The Hollies strength was their ability to harmonise; something which gave them...
It’s funny how birds like that can be so rare in Minnesota yet so easily found in North Dakota. This was a fun little trip that produced some great memories for me and the kids and gave me three key lifers. I’m not sure why it took me so long to write about it. There are ...
Though Republicans can confirm nominees without Democratic help, they would have had to wait until later in the week had all senators not agreed to speed up the confirmation vote. It's not clear who will be next in the queue. Republicans are planning to vote on ...