June 29th, 2008
James and Gus photo by John Katz. Used with Gus’ permission.
The Good Musician interview with Dallas-based composer and sound designer, James Neel, principal of James Neel Music House. James is the very definition of “a musician’s musician.” And he’s been doing it for a long time. Maybe this interview will stir up some of the […]
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June 24th, 2008
OK. So what in the heck do you pack for a ten day tour in Central Europe? One bag allowance, which has got to hold music and concert gear. Not a lot of options after that, it’s purely a priorities and puzzle-solving game. Official papers and coin of the realm in my bum bag. Hmmm… […]
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June 5th, 2008
Bruce created a robust body of information for all good musicians before he said goodbye to his colleagues at b5media. I encourage you to take advantage of his expertise in the music business. His Music 2.0 and Music 2.0 Bookshelf pages will move you smartly toward building your personal database of helpful tips and resources […]
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June 1st, 2008
The Good Musician introduces a new project: TGM exclusive interviews with local Texas musicians.
Today we’re talking with Rick Blincoe, who just released his first solo CD, “Don’t Bet the Farm.” You can listen at Rick’s My Space page, or at CD Baby.
Rick has been a musician most of his life, and paid his dues […]
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May 27th, 2008
My three favorite foreign movies this decade are Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers, Deepa Mehta’s Water, and The Kite Runner from Swiss director Marc Forster.
I happen to adore Bollywood, it reminds me of the sumptuous saturated colors of 1950’s musicals of my childhood. Operetta under the stars on a Dallas summer evening was a […]
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May 2nd, 2008
Jazz violist, arranger, educator, and musical entrepreneur Will Taylor specializes in very tasty arrangements of popular musicians’ songs and albums. He teams with one or more artists to arrange their original tunes, orchestrating them for string quartet. A sort of instrumental The Bobs.
Will is committed to music education as well, and when enough folks sign […]
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April 29th, 2008
Here is a cool track by Cornell West and Talib Kweli–Bushonomics.
The sampling is compelling, and the music is gorgeous, no matter the politics. Nothing wrong with socially-conscious music. Hip-hop is the new folk-protest music. In the 50’s and 60’s we got the Weavers, Peter, Paul and Mary, and now we have Cornell and Talib.
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April 17th, 2008
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Just got a 411 from an associate. Introduced me to Joell Ortiz. The song is A Letter to Obama. An authentic, reasoned plea to the next president, whomever that may be, to listen to the people and address the very real social issue of the survival […]
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April 16th, 2008
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Lovely photograph of large drums being prepared for the Olympics in Beijing. In Western music, there are five categories of instruments, based on how one produced sound: idiophones (shell, horn, wood), membranophones (drum world), aerophones (trumpet, clarinet, flute) chordophones (all y’all strings), and […]
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April 15th, 2008
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) tagged twenty-six U.S. colleges and universities for file sharing. Five hundred and sixty-nine letters went to students across the country, reports Wired Campus, the Chronicle of Higher Education online ‘zine.
Some universities have refused to forward letters from RIAA to students, and others cite the Family Educational Rights and […]
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