Guitar Gear Alert: January 2023
5 Tips on How To Enjoy (and Survive) New Year’s Eve Gigs
Professional Cards Antelope Galaxy 32 and Discrete 8 Pro from Synergy Core Edition
What? Mariah Carey didn't want to record "All I Want for Christmas Is You"? She was only twenty-five years old in 1994, and Christmas albums were reserved for established artists or aging legends. Photo: Krakenimages
TOP 5 Interesting Facts About the Megahit "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
Post-Christmas Bonus: Lyrical Keramorchestr
All of our material has been documenting life under neoliberalism and the way it's been crushing people all that time. | Photo: Andy Lee
Steve Drewett (Newtown Neurotics): I Wanted to Write Music That Could Connect to People Emotionally
This model is a bit forgotten today, partly because it has never been reissued | Photo: Tom Carmony (Flickr)
Under the Hood #31: The Almost Forgotten Fender Bronco
What the Year 2022 Brought Musicians World-Wide
I'll have a rollmop with a piece of bread and a shot of rum for dinner while listening to the Christmas single by the band Canned Heat. I hope the God of all outsiders and bluesmen will forgive me. | Photo: c_slavik (Flickr)
Christmas Is Here Again – Let’s Be Merry Rather Than Serious
So, let's be honest: who does not have at least one mug with a sheet music pattern at home?| Photo: Lyudmila Izmaylova (flickr)
TOP 5 Music Gifts No Musician Wants
In its essence it's simple but sophisticated, borrowing influences from many corners of popular music. | Photo: United States Army Band (CC BY 2.0)
Story of a Hit Xmas Special: "All I Want for Christmas is You"
Jolyon Thomas (laptop), Dik Evans (electric guitar) and Dave Mooney (bass guitar) performing at Gavin Friday's performance in Dublin, in 2011 | Photo by Caroline van Oosten de Boer (CC 3.0)
Milestones in Music History #28: Virgin Prunes, Remember to Always Dare
Going Skiing or Snowboarding? Get a Pair of Fender Goggles!
Elvis is alive – probably the most famous and best known conspiracy theory in the music industry. Photo of Elvis with Scotty Moore and Bill Black on the Radio Mirror TV show (September 1956). | Photo: Wikimedia Commons
TOP 5 Music Conspiracy Theories
The idea was that kids and students would play smaller guitars which they would later trade in for adult professional models. And the theory was not wrong at all.
Under the Hood #30: Fender Musicmaster a Duo-Sonic
Quick Pedal Review: Strymon Blue Sky
Billy Rowe with his mode Revenge l Photo: Tommy Sommers
Dreamstruments #8: Billy Rowe and His Rock N' Roll Relics
Miscellaneous Gear Alert: December 2022
"It's not worth turning on the heating in the venue and paying the staff." Is such brutal honesty with the fragile soul of an artist even legal? | Photo: Nick Vidal-Hall (Flickr)
TOP 5 Lame Excuses for Cancelling Your Concert
While Radiohead partly resented and resisted its fame, "Creep" has lived on. | Photo: Brett Jordan (CC BY 2.0)
Story of a Hit #5: "Creep"
They were one of the most controversial and scandalous bands, who were able to mix art, music, sexism, mysticism and religion. | Photo by Levi Manchak (CC BY 2.0)
Milestones in Music History #27: Psychic TV, Art in Music
Guitar Gear Alert: December 2022
"Hysteria" by Muse is a favourite cover version of not only bassists but also footballers. | Photo: flickr
Footballers with Musical Talents
Can You Choose the Right Guitar Pick?