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The Dirt Is Red!

oh… and what's a grit?

Amazing Infographic – The propagation of music throughout history

This is absolutely facinating. This infographic offers a view of the journey different genres of music have made throughout history in a nice timeline format. Do yourself a favor and check this one out. See the infographic

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” – Harvey Fierstein

In Case You’d Forgotten, Real Music Still Exists: Snarky Puppy

Twitter Happiness

People sometimes ask me why I like Twitter so much. The answers are many and vary on my mood, but getting an email like this in the morning certainly doesn’t hurt. There are so many things cool about this, not the least of which is that Stefan actually controls his own Twitter account and takes…

Counting Crows – August & Everything After – Live At Town Hall

In Case You’d Forgotten, Real Music Still Exists: Ryan Spendlove

In today’s world the term “music” covers everything from arriving on stage in an egg wearing a dress made of meat to sprinting around on scaffolding with dancing ninjas while music someone else made plays (neither of which include someone actually playing or singing music at the time). Sometimes it’s nice for me to remind…

The Vegabonds – Dear Revolution

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby

Musical Stockholm Syndrome – America’s Captive Musical Tastes

American musical tastes have been taken hostage by a record industry far more concerned with making money than developing art. The result is a captive audience willing to accept anything new as if it were original; and anything over-marketed as if it were musically significant. I contend it has resulted in Musical Stockholm Syndrome. I…