Category: Music

  • It’s Friday, Mofos: Therefore, JAZZ.

    It’s Friday, Mofos: Therefore, JAZZ.

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    So I’m bombing down the dark backroads of New Brunswick between the Hinterlands of Chipman and Fredericton last night and listening to jazz on CBC Radio2’s Tonic – you know – cause that’s how us New Brunswickers take the sting off an hour back and forth drive for a tough Atom Rec Hockey 8-0 pasting…

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  • The Return of Green Day?

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    Ok, so pursuant to a thread last week on my Google+ page about Green Day records, for the past week I’ve been checking out their latest ‘trilogy’ for lack of a better word, Uno! Dos! Tré!. I remember being nonplussed when they started releasing these. I have to admit that my first reaction was, they’re…

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  • Storytime with Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Jumped in the truck the other day and caught Skynyrd’s ‘Freebird’ on the radio. Very 80’s moment, I know. It’s a shame that this has become the cliché/parody of itself that it is now, but maybe that’s precisely because it remains one of the baddest jams out there. When I was working with a band…

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  • The Sound of Sound City Studios

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    When it comes to music recording and studios I’m a total geek. Half the reason I read liner notes is to find out where, how and by whom something was recorded. I wanna know how things were miked. Where the instruments were set up. What gear was used. Who pushed the faders. All that. I…

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  • Kill Your Music Collection – The Reformation of A Music Pirate.

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    If you follow the music industry/world at all, you may have heard about the NPR/David Lowery back and forth, if not, here’s a quick lowdown. An NPR DJ, Emily White posted a blog entry about her large – and relatively unpaid for – music library which sparked a lot of discussion. Dave Lowery (someone I have…

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  • The Travel Playlist

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    I recently took a family vacation to California and in addition to packing and making sure everyone’s assorted stuffed animals were in tow, I did the most important thing; stock the iPod with music. This will be boring to some (most?) but to music geeks like me it’s a big deal, especially when you consider…

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