Jamais 3 sans 4… plongées dans le groove français ! A l’heure où nos dealers préférés sont en service réduit et officient en Click & Collect, le camarade Raistlin ouvre à nouveau les portes du patrimoine national avec le quatrième Funky French Mix. Quatrième mix mais second à circuler en […]
Loin de clivages, il y a des morceaux qui nous rappelle que ce monde continue d’accueillir des beautés du quotidien. Air Masses, le nouveau titre d’Elif Dame en fait partie.
Troisième album long format pour une quasi-décennie de féerie chez Jellyfish Recordings puis Bastard Jazz. Une stèle de plus à l’édifice du binôme canadien. Un pas de plus vers les sonorités organiques. De l’espace supplémentaire pour les instruments. Le regard rivé vers la voute stellaire.
Electronic music history pre-dates the rock and roll era by decades. Most of us were not even on this planet when it began its often obscure, under-appreciated and misunderstood development. Today, this ‘other worldly’ body of sound which began close to a century ago, may no longer appear strange and […]
As a bassist, bandleader, teacher, and music copyist, I’ve worked with hundreds of singers throughout the years. Though working musicians know hundreds of tunes, singers need to have good charts in order to have their music played the way they want. I define a « good chart » as a piece of […]
Most guitarists want to be able to express themselves better with their guitar playing; however, the majority of guitar players have no idea how to actually practice this skill. This leads to a lot of time being wasted on practicing guitar in a way that does not produce big results. […]
However, the answer to « How do I get more fans and promote my music career? » is not easily found by taking a highly generalized approach that ‘seems’ to work for other musicians. At any given moment, you (or the band you play in) may be struggling with various unique challenges […]
Most of the qualities I will be discussing have to do with the way you ‘think’ rather than the specific actions you take. It is rare to find someone who has the right mindset that contains all of these qualities. However, you can get ‘trained’ to develop a success oriented […]
Are you searching for ways to make it in the music industry? In order to break into the music business and develop a long-lasting, successful career, it is important to (first) eliminate all of the misinformation you have heard about becoming a pro musician. Truth is, believing in music industry […]
Many years ago, I had a college friend who was an evangelizing devotee of the abstract painter Marc Rothko. I remember her gushing over a catalog of Rothko’s work, while I was thinking that I must be aesthetically challenged; I just didn’t « get » it. After all, most of the paintings […]
