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There are trends, fads and flashes in the pan that draw a lot of attention initially, but then fade quickly from memory after they are brought outdoors and seen in the unyielding clarity of pure sunlight, never to be heard from again, and often that’s probably just as well; however, this is not always true.
Posted: 2011-11-15
Category: Arts & Entertainment
Most people would be surprised to learn that even with today’s digital music technology, vinyl albums are making a comeback. Record album sales are on the rise, and it isn’t just from older fans. Vinyl albums are being noticed by the iPod generation, making them cool once again. Purchasing of vinyl albums has become a major trend for a number of different reasons. Those reasons seem to range from sound quality and elaborate album covers to the idea of collecting something vintage.
Posted: 2011-11-15
Category: Music
LPs on vinyl have been around even when CDs threatened to sweep them away, but renewed interest in vinyl promises to again put them in the spotlight. It looked like vinyl discs in general were going down for the third time when CDs came along and threatened to destroy them.
Posted: 2011-11-15
Category: Music
Famous DJ and the mayor of Sunset Strip, Rodney Bingenheimer is a star in LA. At 64 he is still an innovator in indie music with an ear for the next big thing.
Posted: 2011-11-09
Category: Music
If you are an enthusiast of classic rock, then chances are, you've listened to it in more than one format, providing you an even look at the different quality of sound you'll experience while enjoying the tracks that you adore in different settings with an assortment of enhancements or changes to the music itself, providing you with another interpretation of the track every time you hear it.
Posted: 2011-11-09
Category: Music
There are so many choices in the sounds of music these days. If anyone is complaining about the kind of music that is out there, that just means they have not tried every place that is available to hear music. Music is not only what is played on television or on the newest radio station.
Posted: 2011-11-09
Category: Music
The popularity of canonized books is due in part to the morals and stories the books discuss that continue to make them motivational long after their publication. As with classic books, musicians try to do something similar with songs, helping artists make music that will continue to be heard and enjoyed well after their death. Some would say that a classic song must come from an iconic group, while others would consider a classic song as a one-hit wonder.
Posted: 2011-11-04
Category: Music
Believe it or not, grunge music had been available long before the end of the twentieth century. Flannel has not always been the attire of grunge, but the fight against the government has been. It appears that the prior generation, who was all about greed and hairspray, ran out of steam when grunge hit the scene.
Posted: 2011-11-04
Category: Music
The gap between rocking out is greater than most metal fans desire, and bridging that gap is usually difficult. It is never an unacceptable time to unleash a barrage of sweep picked guitars onto a metal fan's ear drums, and every second they get, it happens.
Posted: 2011-10-31
Category: Music
Try telling someone from the Baby Boomer era that digital albums are better than vinyl. He’ll laugh in your face, and give you a list of arguments as to why vinyl is better than digital LPs. Both sides of the music war may produce rational points, but neither medium is entirely better than the other. It is non-arguable that each music medium has its advantages over the other, but they both have various flaws that make them as undesirable as they are attractive.
Posted: 2011-10-25
Category: Music
One of the most influential bands of all time, The Beatles continue to leave their mark on pop culture, continuing to earn additional fans with each new generation, showing that they posses the longevity to withstand the test of time.
Posted: 2011-10-25
Category: Music
Elvis Presley is largely regarded as the King of Rock and Roll, but his trip to the peak was much more unpretentious than you might imagine, growing up a quiet boy without any siblings, who was very close to his parents, and teased in class for being a “momma’s boy” before starting his profession in the music industry.
Posted: 2011-10-18
Category: Music
Despite vinyl being over 50 years old, the debate continues on: vinyl or digital, which is better? For the generation of lovers who grew up listening to Beatles vinyl records, vinyl lives on as king, but for the newer generation, CDs and MP3 songs continue to keep a special place in their mind.
Posted: 2011-10-18
Category: Music
The digital revolution killed off the CD. The cassette player was made obsolete by the Compact Disc during the middle of the 1990s. When cassette players were invented in the 1980s, did they have the same effect on vinyl discs as CDs had on cassettes? Despite the invention of newer technology in digital songs and MP3 players, vinyl remains as a popular item that has stood the test of time. Hit LPs become collector’s products, mainly from artists such as the Beatles or Rolling Stones.
Posted: 2011-10-12
Category: Music
Whatever the industry, revolutions aren't plentiful enough to easily find. Typically there's a leader who destroys barriers and opens the door for others to follow. This is definitely true within the music industry. With the coming of the Beatles after Elvis Presley's revolution, popular music changed considerably. Even though the Beatles got off to a bad start in America with Capitol Records, their popularity in the UK had already given them a firm stepping stone to become legends.
Posted: 2011-10-12
Category: Music
