If you are reading this, then you’re into guitars and if you’re into guitars then you no doubt know of the passing of guitar legend Jeff Beck. There are plenty of online articles and videos that have gone into Beck’s…
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Cause We Ended As Lovers . . : Jeff Beck 1944 – 2023
Tagged with: David Bowie, guitar, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John McLaughlin, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rod Stewart, Rolling Strones, Tal Wilkenfeld
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“It’s The Freakiest Show” . . : David Bowie’s Life On Mars?
I’m starting a project that (hopefully) will include fingerstyle guitar arrangements of classic rock songs. For some reason I thought I would have a go at David Bowie’s classic song “Life On Mars?”, a song that I had been listening…
Tagged with: David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Life On Mars?, Mick Ronson, Rick Wakeman
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Bowie Via Brazil . . . : Songs From Wes Anderson’s “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou”
I’m a fan of Wes Anderson films. Let me clarify that. I’m a big fan of some Wes Anderson films. There are moments form his movies Rushmore, The Royal Tannenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel that move me in ways…
Tagged with: David Bowie, Seu Jorge, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Music Appreciation and Analysis
“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…
“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
“We Can Be Heroes” . . .: David Bowie (1947 – 21016)
When you turn on the morning news and you hear an old David Bowie song, you know it can’t be good. There is no shortage of news articles talking about the life and career of David Bowie so I’ll just…
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