Radiohead are that rare thing: a band that has maintained is artistic freedom over the years, despite being signed to a major label — and a band that has constantly developed. This article looks at the story of how Radiohead got to where they are today, and hopefully you can take a few tips …
No band develops in a vacuum; every band starts out thinking, at least a bit, of other musicians that they want to take after or rebel against. But Nirvana was the first great band of actual music snobs: record fiends who wanted to make it very clear exactly what they listened to. They all …
1. Skills You can get mad and storm off. You can get pissed and start to cry. You can get angry enough to toss a pitcher of water in the faces of the audition panelist. But no matter how heated you may get, nothing will change that fact that you might not be as …
Today click-and-download technology presents a greater threat to the music recording industry than all other past music-delivery technologies combined. Music piracy exists in 3 different planes: – Illegally mass-manufactured pirate music CDs – Illegal copies of legitimately purchased music CDs – Illegally downloaded digital copies of recorded music A research study on the economic …
The South is a haven for recording artists to take to studios in towns large and small. Probably the best known of these are in the Northwest Alabama town of Muscle Shoals, home of Rick Hall’s FAME Recording Studios, at 603 Avalon Ave. Artists including The Allman Brothers Band and The Rolling Stones have …