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Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 962: The History of Distortion and Feedback

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Amplifiers, Distortion, Electric Guitar, Feedback

Once upon a time not that long ago, all music was expected to sound clean and clear. Pure, accurate, right

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Random music news for Tuesday, April 5, 2022

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Cancer Bats, Electric Guitar, Harry Styles, Midnight Oil, Noel Gallagher, Radiohead, Spotify, The Smile, Ukraine, Will Smith

This Twitter rat hole looks to be very, very deep. It’s almost as deep as music news for April 5,

There’s been a survey of the greatest guitar riffs of all time. Thoughts?

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments Best Riffs, Electric Guitar, Guitars, Survey

A British company called Muse Group (it deals in music content and software) conducted a survey of 1500 people throughout

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Random music news for Friday, April 1, 2022

April 1, 2022March 31, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Covid, David Bowie, Electric Guitar, Foo Fighters, Morrissey, Nick Cave, Pantera, Podcasts, Queen, Roger Taylor, Rolling Stones, Royal Blood, Taylor Hawkins, Ukraine, YouTube

Aliens are among us. Really. Be paranoid about that as you look through music news for April 1, 2022. No

Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 942: The story of the electric guitar, part 3

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Electric Guitar, Johnny Ramone, Jonny Greenwood, White Stripes

In assessing the popular music of the last half of the 20th century, rock music was undeniably king. It was

Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 941: The story of the electric guitar, part 2

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Electric Guitar, Epiphone, Fender, Leo Fender, Les Paul, Rickenbacker, Stratocaster, Telecaster

For centuries, music and nice and clean. While different instruments gave notes different timbres, the frequencies of these notes were

Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 940: The story of the electric guitar, part 1

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Electric Guitar, History, Rock and Roll

There are few instruments more powerful than the electric guitar. When the first primitive models appeared in the 1920s, no

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Random music news for Monday, April 26, 2021

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aaron Sorkin, Apple TV, EDM, Electric Guitar, Elon Musk, Eminem, Guy Oseary, Iceland, Johnny Lydon, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, New Zealand, NFTs, Paulina Porizkova, Radio, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ric Ocasek, Sisters with Transistors, SNL, Space, Spotify, U2, UFOs

Before we begin, please give it up for this rooster who gave it his all. Now go out there are

A cool art installation: 70 birds play the electric guitar

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Electric Guitar

This just might make your day. 70 birds naturally playing guitar in random synchronicity is one of my favorite art

Cool read: A history of guitar distortion.

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amps, Electric Guitar

The thing that gives the electric guitar is sonic power is its ability to use distortion and volume to the

An interesting read: The best electric guitar for each genre

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Electric Guitar

While the electric guitar is a wondrously versatile thing, some types work better for some genres than others. This article

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