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A song that really annoys you a lot

We all have songs that annoy the hell out of us. Here's mine... Feel free to share if you have any...

REVOLVER...

Music of The Beatles changed my life. Sure other artists influenced me too, but it's said The Beatles were inspired from many of the American musical artists. Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bob Dylan to name a few. Oddly, I never really fol

Where are the 40 and 50+ Ravers ;) Techno and Trance Lovers to share some good memories?

Techno and Trance are not just some kind of electronic music styles , it is a life style and a love for music, beats and memories we made in our youth. Techno had been proven to increase mental health and positively influence anxiety and depression i

I'm getting a bone nut...

Relax, this is guitar tech talk and not what you are thinking. Ten years ago I bought a left-handed Les Paul style guitar made in Asia. I paid $250 and it looks much like a $2,500 Gibson Les Paul. Does it sound like a Les Paul... Naah, but who cares?

Kurt...

Did Kurt Cobain and Nirvana really change the landscape of music?? It's been 30 years since his death. Bassist Krist Novoselic's career faded and drummer Dave Grohl's career soared. They still play Nirvana songs on classic radio. https:/

Mike Portnoy is back with Dream Theater...

13 years ago, drummer Mike Portnoy at the top of his career, decided to leave the group Dream Theater. After dozens of exhaustive auditions, the band selected Mike Mangini to replace him who played on an impressive one-third of their studio albums.

Drummer Stewart Copeland...

I've increased my YouTube music obsession lately. The channel Drumeo came up on my suggested list. They offer drum lessons and do detailed videos on many famous drummers, breaking down equipment, background and a little documentary of the drummers th

The pipes are callin' me...

I'm moving some things around tonight and came across a bunch of CD's that looks like archived music I transfered to another computer. On it was several tunes of Irish Uilleann pipes. I'll have to do a time-line one day to see when I started to st

Cuts, taps, pats, rolls, crans... ornamentation in Irish music

Blog 70,000 The music I most listened to was Rock. It wasn't until Riverdance came out in 1994 that I started listening to Irish music. Actually, that's Irish music 'watered down' and not real traditional Irish music. From the video, I was blown awa

Randy Meisner, rest in peace...

Randy Meisner was the original bassist, singer and co-founder of the EAGLES. He was 77 years old and died due to complications of (COPD) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease. Randy left the band in 1977 and though he avoided any reunions, he was pr

Cover Band...

Cover Band is a name that describes a musical group who plays songs written by other artists. You have to start somewhere and newly formed groups are known to cover songs by other groups. Usually, depending on their talent, it's a reasonable copy of

In The Still Of The Night

my heart.. is........

afraid of saying anything. Mera dil bhi kitna paagal hai ye pyaar to tum se karta hai par saamne jab tum aate ho kuchh bhi kehne se darta hai mere saajan, mere saajan saajan saajan, mere saajan Kitna is ko samjhaata hoon, kitn

Frozen doctor...

This is a strange story about a doctor who leaves the hospital on Thursday and disappears. Police were able to access his home surveillance video and see he left on foot Thursdayafternoon, so they searched using K-9's drones and officers on foot. No

The ROCK & ROLL Hall of Fame...

Now that I have a subscription to satellite radio, I'm listening to lots of 70's and 80's bands I may have known, but didn't actually listen to all of their songs back then. There is a channel called Deep Tracks that feature songs from famous groups

McCartney and Rush...

Canadian rock band RUSH called it quits after their drummer Neil Peart passed away in 2020. They have been to a few tribute shows and appearances but decided not to continue as a band. If Paul McCartney's suggestion has any weight, Alex Lifeson and G

Muscle Shoals...

Muscle Shoals is a city in Alabama. It's also the name of a recording studio that formed in 1969 and has a list of artists who recorded strings of hit songs that's longer than my arm! Who? Artists like The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, George Mi

Copyright infringement...

Ed Sheeran has defeated a copyright infringement lawsuit involving his Grammy-winning song "Thinking Out Loud" to the Marvin Gaye classic "Let's Get It On." Stated publicly, he felt frustrated by the baseless claims and praised the jury's decision

The End...

The End is a song off The Beatles Abbey Road album that features 3 lead guitar solos. McCartney, Harrison & Lennon each taking turns and each having a distinct style. It was known that George Harrison and Eric Clapton were friends (perhaps more than

MUSIC AND MOOD

Music can make you happy, sad, romantic, wish to dance. Can be supportive in all these situations when words are added, it can help with your feelings about life and encounters with what the world throws at you. Certain artists can deliver a story wh

A quiet moment to reload

Another Bella Ciao. (click on 'Watch on YouTube' to view.) Casually noticing their versions of gun are the current AK12 obtainable mostly from dead Russians. Slava Ukraine

Ukrainian Infantry song (not too shabby)

Fiddling around with a violin...

My ex-wife wanted to get her niece interested in music, so she bought her a cheap violin and paid for lessons. I contributed a music book and a folding music stand. The whole episode only lasted a few weeks before everyone realized she had no musical

My Blues impairment...

I've been working with a contractor and his clients for a few weeks now. Tweaking the layout of a remodeling job. Originally, it was a kitchen. Then they added the master bath, display, laundry and window seats for 2 bedrooms. I waited for my finish

Pack leader gone

Mary Weiss, the lead singer of the 1960s pop group the Shangri-Las, whose hits included Leader of the Pack, has died at 75.

Travelin' Man...

I'm not sure why the Ricky Nelson song Travelin' Man popped into my head. For me, Sunday morning usually means 4 hours at the model aircraft field but we had rain, so I responded to a few customer emails, made some sketches for a client and did some

Two Icons Tour...

In music news, Stevie Nicks has teamed up with with Billy Joel for a nine date concert tour. They kicked it off in Los Angeles last night (Friday March 10) to a packed crowd of 70,000. The event is called: Two Icons Tour. They each performed thei

A promising singer of a different genre

A song to start a long lazy days

Just Came Back

Here I Go Again

Nice remix of a classic

But each day, when she walks to the sea...

But each day, when she walks to the sea, She looks straight ahead, not at he... Lyrics from the song The Girl From Ipanema, a 1960's Brazilian Bossa Nova international hit. It's in the song list of music I'm learning, for an upcoming gig. Rehears

Fly To The Angels

A 90s song that is really a 80s song

Great singer and songwriter

Sharing her songs that were a part of my youth.

Woke up...

Fell out of bed... dragged a comb across my head. Found my way downstairs after having a cup. I noticed I was late. Put the helicopters in my car... my friends know I'm sometimes late. I'll use sunblock at the field... or my skin will peel. It's

Antoine Baril: One man band...

While surfing YouTube last year, Antoine Baril came on my radar as the one man band playing songs from top rock groups like Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Yes group, Genesis. It's amazing how well he plays all the musical parts. Keyboards, bass guitar,

Name that tune... aka busking or begging?

Name that tune started as a TV game show in the 1950's where contestants competed to correctly identify songs. It had gone through changes over the years, but the main part of the game had contestants stating the lowest number of notes to be played f

Dickey Betts RIP...

One of the founding members of the Allman Brothers band passed away at the age of 80. He was a singer and guitarist, born in West Palm Beach, Florida and retired in Osprey, Florida. Betts had some health issues dating back to a stroke in 2018 and di

Opening songs...

In the late 60's and early 70's there was a popular venue where they held teen dances Saturday and Sunday nights. It was originally a grocery store that went bankrupt, not long after it became a gathering place where they projected surfing movies on

Think about me every now and then old friend...

It's Sunday night and I'm wrapping up another YouTube marathon weekend, where I came across some stories about Paul McCartney and John Lennon. American singer/songwriter/guitarist Carl Perkins had enormous influence on The Beatles, early in their car

Does size really matter...

In 1951 Leo Fender's musical instrument company released an electric bass guitar. He wasn't the first, as electric bass guitars and bass amplifiers were around at least 12 years before. What Fender did was mass market guitars that were manufactured b