A while back you might recall that I reviewed a band called Mugshot who have made a name for themselves in New Hampshire as being a great cover band on any given night. While Mugshot is still plugging away each weekend, their vocalist/guitarist Brien Sweet is also making tunes under the name Safer by the Shore. True, playing covers can be a lot of fun and gives you some flexibility to stretch out and show off a bit -- but creating your own material has rewards as well.
In 2007 Brien released his first album of acoustic original songs
Posts Tagged ‘Internet’
Company of Thieves, Running from a Gamble, 2011
Sometimes you hear a song on the radio for a few weeks and you say to yourself: gee, I kind of like this and I wonder where I can get more of it in short order. Most times, avid reader, I would truck up to my favorite record store and pick up a copy of said album, but this time I decided to hit the Internet instead. I wanted to review an album without having the album in front of me; it would just play on my Zune. The results might shock you and challenge your faith in recorded
Ditching That Lossy Audio
Back in the day, we used to listen to vinyl and 8-track tapes. Soon after, our music was delivered on compact cassette tapes, then CDs. For a time, there were Super Audio CDs and even DVD-Audio. These are only physical media formats, mind you. This doesn't take into account the evolution of digital media formats over the years from MIDI to low-fidelity WAV files, to RealMedia, to MP3, M4A, and the various lossless formats. Changing in step with all of these different formats is the quality and clarity of the audio.
I began listening to music on vinyl and cassette
I began listening to music on vinyl and cassette
YouTube Sensation: Kina Grannis
If you're already familiar with this artist, there are two possible reasons: 1. You use YouTube, and every now and then listen to newest YouTube artists who seem to have some potential or 2. You watched the Super Bowl XLII and have a very good memory of the commercials. What do these two conditions have in common? Kina Grannis. Grannis was the winner of the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest. As a result, her video "Message From Your Heart" was featured during the Super Bowl XLII commercials. Thanks to the contest, Grannis landed a record deal with Interscope Records, but
On the Value of Recorded Music
This past week I had the chance opportunity for a brief discussion about the state of music and various other topics. The man I spoke to was Bob Power, award-winning producer, mixer, and audio engineer who has worked on music by artists like A Tribe Called Quest, Run-D.M.C., The Roots, and Erykah Badu. He even had a hand in crafting the Men in Black soundtrack.
We spoke briefly about recording music, about performing live music, and about getting good sound out of the gear you have. It was funny to me that we both prefer the Shure
We spoke briefly about recording music, about performing live music, and about getting good sound out of the gear you have. It was funny to me that we both prefer the Shure
