This was the single worst job I have ever worked. People don't call customer service because they're happy about something, and since you're just a voice on the other side of the phone line you'll be treated as
After that process and building out the "canvas" with the rest of the band, they sat with everything for a while. Then with all of the programmed pieces, Mushok, bassist Johnny April and drummer Sal Giancarelli played their parts live — and they did that, for the most part, remot...
That’s part of why she doesn’t hesitate to call out anyone who mocks her or others for not adhering to the music industry's expectations of women as they age. Alicia Keys' Nonprofit Encourages Women In Music Alicia Keys has long been ...
Band Aid’s call to arms began with Bob Geldof famously bypassing any manager or agent and using his network of friends to cough up popstar’s numbers so that he could pressure them in person. The recording of Do They Know It’s Christmas had taken place on 25 November, 1984, and had...
Released on King Records, John’s interpretation was a well-conceived straightforward R&B arrangement featuring foreboding tenor saxophones, a heavy driving beat, and bluesy backing vocals. John’s crooning baritone soars passionately over smooth guitar chords and swinging finger snaps, displaying an ...
"It's not an overstatement to say thatBerlinwill be theSgt. Pepperof the seventies," blustered Larry "Ratso" Sloman inRolling Stone. Which is laughable today — but it helps frameBerlinin its time and context. "When people thought of a concept album, they thoughtSgt. Pepper," singer/son...
“They’re rockers,” says Daniel Glass, president of their label, Glassnote. “Yes, they had banjos; yes, they had kick drums; but when they come into town, it’s a rock’n’roll experience. It’s late nights. They live to tour and to play.” ...
I started learning this ferociously difficult lump of wood almost 17 years ago. My musical brain is almost old enough to drink. My cat took her first breath, crapped herself and passed on since the day I first struggled with barre chords. ...
TheWhoreleased their debut single, "Zoot Suit" backed with "I'm the Face," on July 3, 1964, in what could be the first example of niche marketing in rock history. Only they weren't called the Who at the time, but the High Numbers. ...
Ask a musician, and there’s a good chance they’ll tell you that the piano is either their main instrument, or they have some knowledge of it – whether they play it as a second instrument or have just fiddled around on it at some point in their musical journey. ...