Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Learn Music From the Greatest Band Ever
November 14, 2009 | 
Author Well who do you think is the greatest band ever to exist? Ya know there are just so many to choose from it’s hard to tell. I think by far the greatest pop band there ever was is The Beatles.
They simply hit every range of music and have influenced coutless artists over the years. You want to learn about how to do music on your own? How to consturct songs? Listen to the Beatles first.
Some things the Beatles can teach you.
How to play percussion - In the times I have played with a band that had somebody playing percussion they usually didn’t know when to play and when not to play…They would simply shake something constantly throughout the entire song. If you listen to The Beatles who often used percussion, they didn’t do this but used the percussion to “build” a song.
How to sing and harmonize – I have heard people say “the Beatles can’t sing” Sorry…But your mistaken. They took pop singing to a new level.
How to construct songs – Verse, choirs, verse choirs, middle, verse choirs End. They simply had the system down to perfection. And they often expanded on these simple techniches and took it to new levels.
Various rhythm ideas – Like to strum a guitar? Just learning? Pay attention to the strumming techniches done on Beatles songs. The acoustic rhythms they did on so many songs is incredible. Different time signatures too.
Colorful Bass Playing – It’s amazing how much can be done with a bass on a song. Sure it can be overdone. But Paul did it to perfection.
Lyric Writing – From boy meets girl to girl loses boy to trippy kaleidoscope scenes, political revolution, drug craziness, religion, sexual orientation, comical storytelling. These guys did it all and more.
Studio Recording – Nobody had ever done the wacky stuff that they came up with in the studio. From fake stereo to delayed tape effects and backward guitars. Sure everybody does it now…They did it first.
Oh I could go on and on…But I’ll let ya disagree with me if ya want… Please, tell me why you HATE them guys…
Opinion: Free Music on the Internet
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Free music marketing. When you do a search for “free Music” or “free music downloads you don’t get any “free music” It’s all about radio. Last FM consistantly comes up #1 on in a google search… That is internet radio. Then it’s GrooveShark, Pandora Radio ETC.
These systems look and seem to work pretty good. But my goal is to get MY music heard. You know, little ole ME.
Not that the music I have done with different bands is any good or anything. But I’d like to get noticed anyhow… You dig? Heck, I wanna record contract and make millions of dollar too…. What garage band musician doesn’t?
Using basic make money online for beginners methods taught by this Grizz guy who I was introduced to by another blogger who teaches passive online income I have started a SEO campagn to try to drive traffic to my free music site.
To get “Free Music” hi on the search engine rankings could prove to be a impossible task. But what’s a mediocra song writer supposed to do? Except sing for a rock and roll band? I just gotta take on the challenge.
I’ll fill all you loyal Hip Opinion readers in later about how it’s going and let you look at the projects I have put together to try to get this agenda going.
Until Later… Happy Labor Day!
Do Drugs Enhance Musical Creativity?
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I took some Tylenol PM last night. I was playing my heart out on the guitar.. I played some of my favorite covers.. Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, The Beatles. Tossed in a few of my originals… I may play a little picnic gig thing in May.
You know, I think it sounded better because I was getting a little woozy from the “PM” part of the Tylenol. Or maybe it was in my head. In any case:
DO mild altering drugs enhance musical creativity? Do they make you play better? You know there are tons of musicians out there that think so. And some of the best records in history were made while “under the influence.” Or that’s what is said in musician drug circles.
Some Bands on Drugs:
- Beatles
- The Who
- Pink Floyd
- David Bowie
- The Doors
- Greatful Dead
- Rolling Stones
- Jefferson Airplane
- Led Zeppelin
- ETC..etc..etc
But drugs have a way of telling lies. Maybe these people were talented and creative rather they were on drugs or not. Perhaps creativity is a gift… Drugs are just taking the credit. What do you think?
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Pink Floyd – Do They Trip on Acid?
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Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands… I can trip on acid to almost any of their records all they way back to the beginning. If I tripped on acid 
They were the first to really do the “space sound” You know what I mean?
They are the poster children of Acid Music. Right? But were they actually acid junkies? Somebody recently was telling me that Roger Waters says he rarely ever took acid… He just enjoyed having a few beers…Wow… I thought it took acid to actually influence them to come up with that spacey sound.
Which perhaps leads me to another post for tomorrow (or sometime)
Does Drugs enhance creativity?
The Best Drummer Who ever Lived
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There is always a debate as who is the best of something… I used to do this a lot over the years as a kid.
So who is the best drummer who ever lived? How can we know when there are so many awesome drummers out there.
Favorites Drummers
- Keith Moon
- Ringo Starr
- Stewart Copeland
- John Bonham
- Charlie Watts
- Neil Peart
- Nick Mason
- Buddy Rich
That must be because they played in some of my favorite bands huh?
There are many other drummers that are either just as good or “underrated“…
So, who is the best drummer who ever lived?
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