Geeks&Beats Podcast, Episode 115: Star Trek: The Phantom Menace
No, that title isn’t a typo. We do, however talk a lot about Star Wars and Star Trek in this week’s installment–not that this is a bad thing, of course. And if anyone
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Classic Rock Ain’t What It Used to Be. Here’s Why.
This is a simple question: what, exactly, is classic rock? What bands and songs fall under this umbrella? The answer gets more complicated every year. FiveThirtyEight, the site that usually spends its
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10 Music Genres Perfectly Explained with Bar Graphs
This comes from Dose. I’ll give you one and you can go here for the rest. (Via SF Peter)
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There’s More Truth Into These Song Anatomies That You Might Want to Admit
This graphic comes courtesy of Bobby Owsinski’s Big Picture Music Production Blog. It’s pretty close to the truth.
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Your Guide to the Biggest Douchebags in Classic Rock
Tom forwards this article from LA Weekly that purports to out the biggest d-bags in the classic rock world. What qualifies someone for such an honour? Narcissism, egoism and assorted examples of bad/stupid/disrespectable
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The UK’s Impression of the Top Canadian Rock Artists [Spoiler: There’s a LOT Wrong Here]
A number of concern Canadians passed on this list from Ultimate Classic Rock that purports to list Canada’s Top 10 Rock Artists. Let’s review: Neil Young Rush The Band The Guess Who Joni
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What Will Become of Classic Rock? I Think It’s in Trouble
I’ve been thinking a lot about classic rock lately, specifically as a viable radio format. At what point do demographics make classic rock irrelevant? If the sweet spot for advertisers is adults 25-54,
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The Slow Death of The NME (And Other British Music Magazines)
For decades, there was no such thing as commercial radio in the UK. It was all BBC, all the time. The only other alternatives were the high-power stations beaming in from the continent
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8 Reasons Old Music Is Better Than Old Music
This comes from The Smoking Section and although the author focuses on rap, hip hop and R&B, you might find that a lot of the same arguments are applicable to rock. Thoughts? Do
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