Since we started back in 2000, we have been hard at work on the Music Genome Project. It’s the most comprehensive analysis of music ever undertaken. Together our team of fifty musician-analysts has been listening to music, one song at a time, studying and collecting literally hundreds of musical details on every song. It takes…
Ah, the wonders of the internet. As each day goes by, more and more mundane items are added online, removing the need to keep many physical objects around. Take, for example, the metronome. A metronome, in case you didn’t know, is a practice tool that produces a steady pulse (or beat) to help musicians play…
Carnegie Hall. Home of classical music performances extraordinaire. And in today’s FamilyFirst video, home to possibly the most amazing harmonica solo you’ve ever seen. I play a little blues harp myself. It doesn’t sound good, according to my friends. Just imagine what my enemies say. But the musician spotlighted in today’s FamilyFirst pick takes the…
There are lots of talented musicians out there who are getting their starts by advertising their stuff via the world wide web. One such individual is Scott Albert Johnson. Scott Albert is a fantastic singer/song writer and harmonica player from Mississippi. With a toddler, a newborn and a brand new CD “Umbrella Man” he is…
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been thirty years since we lost the King. Next month will mark the 30th anniversary of Elvis’s road manager, Jerry Esposito, walking into the bathroom at Graceland and finding the King of Rock and Roll dead on the floor. Of course, we refused to believe it, and within months,…
Today’s FamSite takes a look at one dedicated to a musician who had a career that lasted barely two years on a national scale, yet has influenced more performers, songwriters, and entertainers than just about anyone. His career was cut short on a cold February night in 1959, a date that has become known as…
About two years ago I had the opportunity to see the Rolling Stones in concert. It was a great show, really fascinating seeing those legends in person, and hearing all those hits. But their opening act that night was a new artist; one who I felt was destined to make an impact on the music…