Hop on Spotify and you’ll find a playlist, The Jimmy Webb Songbook, lovingly created by one Motokuni Kiyomiya: it’s 697 songs strong, 43 hours and 57 minutes long.
How did a reverend’s son from Elk City, Oklahoma wind up standing among the most prolific and successful songwriters of modern pop Read more...
It’s easy to forget what we’re supposed to remember on Memorial Day – the fallen heroes who bravely stood up for America.
Everyone I know works hard, and when the calendar gives an opportunity to sleep in, eat a little extra, and put the brain on ice, everything else tends Read more...
Anyone who has spent some time in the music business would probably agree that it’s a pretty strange way to make a living.
But even in spite of all its strangeness (or maybe because of it) I can think of no better and more fulfilling way to carve out my Read more...
Jesse Klapholz‘ analysis of Rudy Van Gelder’s place in recorded music history is excerpted and adapted from his upcoming textbook, The New Cyclopedia of Jazz Recording Techniques.
It offers what may be considered a controversial take on the legendary recordist, but one worth considering and debating. These are the Read more...
I would suspect that all of us have been to a concert and have experienced less-than-stellar sound.
I know that this happens quite a bit because concertgoers are quick to point it out:
“Dude! Did you go to the show?”
“Yeah, it was killer but it sounded awful. The sound Read more...
