Mary Spender: Why My Album Won’t Be On Spotify

Mary Spender: Why My Album Won't Be On Spotify

Artists often voice concerns about Spotify’s payment structure, feeling that the platform does not adequately compensate them for their music. One of the main reasons for this sentiment is the low royalty rates that artists receive per stream. While Spotify pays a fraction of a cent for each play, this amount can be meager, especially […]

impromptu metallica… while dressed for church (Kayla Kent)

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Kayla Kent cracks me up! I’ve been a long time subscriber of her channel and she is a seriously impressive guitarist who NAILS Pantera Dimebag solos…but as she shows in this off the cuff Metallica jam, that she has a lot more skills too.  Check out her channel if you dig metal guitar covers. 🤘

Old Band, New Sound – Yay Or Nay?

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Everyone likes to be hip, new, fresh, and on top of the charts. But when bands start to slide, sometimes they try to reinvent themselves. The question is…. did it work? Join me as I run through 10 old bands changing their sound hoping to be popular again. I’ll give my opinion and you decide […]

The 8-Track History & Music Revolution

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The 8-track was a magnetic tape cartridge format used for music playback that was popular in the United States from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. It was developed by a group of companies led by Lear Jet Corporation, and was initially marketed as a way to listen to music in cars. The format was […]

The Biggest Album Fails From The Last 40 Years

It’s nothing new for a band to try new things. Sometimes it works and they hit pay dirt. However that is a rarity as usually the change ends up being off-putting. And sometimes such a miscalculated step can almost be unrecoverable and create some of The Biggest Album Fails. PART 2:

Steven Wilson: The Modern Rock Producer (Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Yes, etc)

I interview Steven Wilson He is the founder, guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Porcupine Tree, as well as being a member of several other bands, including Blackfield, Storm Corrosion and No-Man. He is also a solo artist, having released 6 solo albums since his solo debut Insurgentes in 2008. In a […]