David Vickers takes an in-depth look at the composer, his life, and works… Not so long ago George Frideric Handel was best known to the general public for a few predictable things: Messiah, being ‘German’, his obesity, and for going blind. Thankfully that narrow perception has substantially altered over the last 30 years. Nowadays we […]
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Art Miller, Musician Songwriter Photographer expresses a point of view: None of the answers below seem to have read the question. Why are the Stones erasing Bill from their history? Read Bill’s excellent autobiography. He never quite fit in. Yes, we all know he was older. But he also didn’t take drugs or drink to […]
Brittany Nicole Ribeiro writes ….. Dear God, my cheeks are burning red because of what I’m about to tell you in this story. And if my mom knew I’m telling you, she would roll over in her grave- may she “Rest In Peace”. But here it goes. My dad loved the old rock music (AC/DC, […]
John Mellor, Freelance Audio Editor for Film. Audio Engineer writes ….. Because of the Loudness War. Its as simple as that. Forget things you’ve been told about analogue warmth, and how digital is harsh sounding because it’s sampled ect. 44100 samples every second is enough. It’s enough to capture audio accuratley, its enough to capture […]
Ken Hower, IT consultant and guitarist in Priest /DC with Jeff Martin and Scott Travis answers: There are usually 5 reasons why a guitar player switches guitars….. 1) Breaks a string/Out of Tune. I combined these, because usually string breaking with a floating bridge, means out of tune. In larger bands, an out of tune […]
Thomas J. Beaver, Classical musician and rock musician, fanatic of the 60s/70s replies ……. The famous 20th century classical musician/composer Leonard Bernstein, long-time conductor/director of The New York Philharmonic (and composer of the musical “West Side Story, and the operetta “Candide”) liked the Fab Four too! Bernstein’s daughter, who was 6 when Beatlemania hit the […]
Matt Rimmer Queen information sponge (1975 – present day) answers ….. “Does Brian May still play his original Red Special in concerts or is it now a museum piece and he plays a replica of the original he made with his dad at the beginning of his career?” Yes, he still prefers to play his […]
Harrison Boyle (composer) replies …… In terms of music as music – apart from some of the social/political afflatus mentioned in the answers so far – the major candidates for controversial in terms of the actual notes (or absence thereof) are probably, from oldest to most recent: Stravinsky Rite of Spring Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire George […]
David Stewart replies ….. Only if the average bar band had some of the world’s greatest songwriters coming up with original songs for them. And only if every member of the bar band could sing well and harmonise together. And only if they all had engaging personalities and tangible onstage charisma. I don’t understand why […]
Timm Davison, studied Media Communication at University of Washington (2017) replies: For a rock band, bringing it to the stage is supremely important, as much so now as ever before (there could be an entire post about how touring is really the only money-maker these days, as streaming has taken precedence over physical sales, there […]
Mark R Frank, replies ….. The aqualung was invented by Jacques Cousteau. It’s known by the acronym, SCUBA—Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Anyone who has watched “Sea Hunt” or any number of underwater nature shows has heard the noisy intake and release of air. In the song, “Aqualung” is the tramp’s nickname, given to him because […]
Al I. Husain writes ….. This is an interesting question as my interpretation of the answer is people who intentionally left and/or voluntarily left rather being dismissed or succumbing to illness or death, which is also leaving I suppose, but not necessarily by someone’s own volition. I’m also trying to apply some measures around the […]
Something many of us have known for a long time, music brings people together. I am always dumbfounded when someone posts a topic entitled “leaving the hobby”! I just fail to get my head around this – What? You aren’t going to listen to music again? Okay, I know what some mean, they have reached […]
Having only heard the ‘Inspired by Bach’ CD plus whatever I’ve heard on the odd movie soundtrack, I was wondering if anyone can give me any pointers towards other albums to start with? There’s obviously the enormous 90 CD box set available but it seems quite a big leap for someone who hasn’t heard much, […]