The opening chord of “A Hard Day’s Night.”
Sunday, October 25th, 2009You can’t figure that chord out, can you? Turns out there wasn’t just guitars in the studio, but a piano as well — as determined by mathematical analysis of the recording.
Archive for October, 2009
20 years on, woman finally deciphers meaning of mix tape.
Saturday, October 10th, 2009From NewsBiscuit: “Two decades after being given a C60 cassette of specially selected songs, Rachel Hannigan, a 38-year-old consultant from Knutsford, finally realised the collection of tortured alternative rock songs given to her by her chemistry lab partner James Barr was not just a compilation of some of his favourite songs that he thought she might like, but was intended as a declaration of love.”
A buncha MP3s just really doesn’t cut it. Who has time, for one thing?
Shut up ’n play yer Wangcaster.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009Solid body electric guitars are only shaped like an acoustic for reasons of familiarity — get the neck right and you can do anything else. Unfortunately, there are those who fail to recognise the difference between “can” and “should.” The Lego one is way cool, though.
Featured Artists Coalition terminally shoots self in foot.
Monday, October 5th, 2009If you’re trying to be the peak body for musicians in the UK, it helps not to alienate anyone who can read. Supporting Lily Allen’s several strikes’ worth of copyright violations is a really bad start. I’d say its quite ovious.
Take it to the bridge.
Thursday, October 1st, 2009My first thought was: “Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey will be more than a little annoyed.”
