IT’S TIME FOR ANOTHER MUSIC REVOLUTION

I wasn’t alive to see the civil rights movement or even the first British Invasion. I even missed out on Woodstock: an event that some call the crowning act of the 1960’s. To make matters worse, the extent of my knowledge on interesting cultural figures of the [...]

COREY’S PICK: SUNDAY MAY 3RD, 2009 BAND: ETERNAL ESSENCE TYPE OF MUSIC: Progressive, Instrumental, Rock/Metal ATOMIC RATING: 6 Mushroom Clouds

Let me start out by saying that Eternal Essence absolutely rocks. This is so good, I have to grab my pair of Sennhiser headphones for another listen while I write. My initial impression of this band was that it was heavily influenced by Dream Theater. You [...]

COREY’S PICK: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22nd, 2009 BAND: QUANTUM SOUL TYPE OF MUSIC: Dub / Electronica / Drum & Bass ATOMIC RATING: 6 Mushroom Clouds

  This one man band, namely Guy chambers, from the UK is too much.  The sound effects are eerie, the beat is hypnotic, and the overall feel is like being drug underground and left in a dark cement walled tunnel with the echoes still bouncing around in your head to prove [...]

A FEW INTERESTING IDEAS FROM MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO

MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO:
In this three part lesson, Michael Angelo Batio takes us through how to harmonize the A harmonic minor scale, applying the Phrygian and Aolean Modes, and some thoughts on his approach to writing songs.
MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO: Harmonizing the A harmonic scale

MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO: Interesting Mode [...]

A CLOSER LOOK AT MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO

  We all dream of it: a two car garage, a job we absolutely hate, and even looking forward to coming home at night to flop down in front of the boob tube to waste what remains of those few precious moments we refer to as life.  If we are lucky, [...]

GENE SIMMONS AND THE FALLEN TOWERS OF MUSIC BABYLON!

In a recent controversial exchange with music industry commentator Bob Lefsetz, a defiant Gene Simmons made a plea to bands and the music
industry corporate structure to urge both to realize the dependency that they share on one another in his grand vision of how to rebuild the music industry.  The moment [...]

THE GUITARIST YOU WANT TO BE

  Playing the guitar is easy, it’s becoming the guitar player you want to be that is the hard part.  Most people can reasonably learn to play a few chords, crank out a little lead piece, or make it over a hump or two in the learning process.  But, when they [...]

HOW TECHNOLOGY IS KILLING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

  No matter how hard the RIA tries to put an end to online music piracy, the truth is that the RIA has accomplished nothing.  Internet piracy is just a symptom of a more serious problem.  That more serious problem is that technology itself has advanced to the point where the [...]

MONSANTO AND THE GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS

  Whether you realize it or not, you are a lab rat in a sick human experiment being conducted by the Monsanto and other like minded companies.  For years, Monsanto and friends have been tampering with the food supply.  A little genetic modification here and a little genetic modification there, and [...]

ARPEGGIOS AND SWEEP PICKING

  To be a true shredder, you have to understand the whole concept of arpeggios and sweep picking.  And, there is always the fact that sweeping arpeggios sound awesome.  This first video that I include below, draws on your knowledge of diatonic progressions.  And even though Siggi may not be as [...]

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