I haven’t seen the movie yet but with the recent release of the Queen/Freddie Mercury biopic, I thought it would be a good time to share this great video of classical guitarist Edgar Cruz playing a solo guitar arrangement of…
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Queen For A Day . . . : Bohemian Rhapsody On Classical Guitar
Tagged with: Bohemian Rhapsody, Classical Guitar, Freddie Mercury, Queen
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical
“He is poetry, he is innocence, he is energy, he is Flea!” – Flea at the Pathway to Paris, 09/14/2018
With that great introduction from none other than Patti Smith, the bassist extraordinaire Flea (born Michael Peter Balzary) proceeds to give a short but beautiful solo set playing bass and trumpet. The performance is loosely divided into three sections with…
Tagged with: Bass, Flea, Looping, Pathway To Paris, Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Posted in Bass, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Bass, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Give the drummer some” . . . : What Makes John Bonham Such a Good Drummer?
Forgive me for I have sinned. I will admit that that I got in Led Zeppelin relatively late. I partially blame high school tribalism for it. You see my group of friends were the freaks. We were into the Grateful…
Tagged with: drummers, Drums, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Hey Bulldog” . . . : From Forgotten Orphan To Cult Favorite
I remember when the Beatles movie “Yellow Submarine” came out. I went to see it with my older brother and a couple of his friends when I was about eleven years old. I watched and liked the Saturday morning Beatles…
Tagged with: Beatles, Hey Bulldog, John Lennon, Lady Madonna, Paul McCartney, Yellow Submarine
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis, Music Theory
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis, Music Theory
“What Makes This Song Great?” : Rick Beato Videos Look Under The Hood of Classic Songs
I have written previously on how hearing individual instrument parts of a favorite tune can give you a whole new perspective and appreciation of the song (https://roymusicusa.com/2018/04/12/and-now-for-something-completely-different-listening-to-music-before-and-after-isolated-tracks/). Along those lines I want to let everyone know about a great series…
“And Now For Something Completely Different” . . . : Listening To Music Before And After Isolated Tracks
I was recently watching a movie with my wife called French Kiss (1995) with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. It’s a lightweight romantic comedy but there was one scenr that I found interesting. It takes place in the childhood home…
“David Bowie is” . . . : Bowie at The Brooklyn Museum, a Synthesizer and Cut-Up
Last week I saw “David Bowie Is . . .”, the exhibition currently at the Brooklyn Museum that examines the art and career of David Bowie. Any fan of Bowie will be impressed by the breath and depth in which…
Tagged with: Brian Eno, Cut-up technique, David Bowie, David Bowie is, Earthling, EMS Synth, Verbasizer, William Burroughs
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“I Love The Colorful Clothes She Wears” . . . : The Beach Boy’s Good Vibrations
In my previous post I briefly talked about the great bassist, Carol Kaye. In a career of over 50 years and over 10,000 recording, spanning artists from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley to The Monkees to practically every TV show…
Tagged with: Carol Kaye, Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys, The Wrecking Crew
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Bass Is The Place” . . . . : Reverb Bass Tricks Videos
Reverb?? On a bass?!! No, I’m not talking about using reverb on a bass (reverb, the audio effect that makes the instrument sound like it was played in a bigger space, is generally considered not be good for bass as…
Tagged with: Bass, Carol Kaye, James Jamerson, Motown, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth
Posted in Bass, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Bass, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Might Be Your Man” . . . : “One Way Out” – A Comparative Study In Blues
My cable provider has a section of channels called Music Choice which are basically a bunch of audio music channels with each channel dedicated to a specific music genre/style. I sometimes put it on as background while I am working.…
Tagged with: Allman Brotheres Band, Allman Brothers, Blues, Elmore James, Fillmore East, Mike Bloomfield, Onre Way Out, Sonny Boy Williamson II
Posted in Blues, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Blues, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
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