Best Beat-Making Software in 2024: Top 6 Programs
Want to skip right to my list of the top 6 beat-making software in 2024? Here you go: Want more details? Keep reading. Beat-making software is fun stuff. As the beat drops and the bass vibrates through your bones, have you ever found yourself wondering what secret weapons are out there that let the producer […]
The Top 12 Music Magazines to Read in 2023
It’s subjective, but here’s my list of the best mags spinning music stories this year.
8 Best Websites to Download MIDI Files
The right MIDI files can make your next track a lot more fun. Here are a few good sites to get them.
Saintseneca’s New Monster is “Wild Violent”
Saintseneca’s songwriting is a unique beast. Lead singer Zac Little writes with internal rhymes and assonance as dense as those of Gerard Manley Hopkins (“Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’s / Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name” – Hopkins could’ve been an indie singer-songwriter, if he wasn’t a […]
Portishead Lets Us Down Softly on “Roads”
Are we there yet? Undoubtedly, reading this question likely conjures one imagined scenario: A long, less-than-exhilarating road trip, where anticipation of some form of accomplishment or great adventure fuels and fills the passing miles. One could argue that life is a nearly-imperceptible reflection of a long, arduous road trip, and that is precisely where Portishead […]
Oversoon’s “Reflection” – A Thoughtful Pizzicato Expression of Love and Faith in Relationship
“Reflection”, by Oversoon, and “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye, share pizzicato stylings and a mournful beginning. However, where “Somebody That I Used To Know” continues to wallow in regret and self-pity (and hey, sometimes you gotta wallow a bit, you know?), “Reflection” resolves to overcome both personal failings, and disappointment in a […]
Grab a partner and dance to Daffodil Floors by Mandi Mapes
I love a waltz, don’t you? I’ve got a feeling Mandi Mapes might be partial to one as well, judging by the joyous way she delivers Daffodil Floors. I found myself immediately swaying my head from side to side as her latest song started to play with a sweet little piano line. It’s pretty, pretty […]
How to Play House Shows: A Quick Guide
The other week, I asked you what you wanted me to write about. Pretty much everybody who replied said something about house shows. So consider this the house show post. Good news: I spent all morning reading, cleaning my apartment, doing laundry, and eating a breakfast of mostly fruit. The stars have aligned, and to […]
Angel Envy’s “Forlorn Cactus” Portrays How Love Makes Fools Of Us All
If every rose has its thorn, does every cactus have a rose? Love is confusing. Angel Envy’s “Forlorn Cactus” hits like a young kid in the back seat of a car on a first ever family road trip, trying to make sense of how everything is new and strange by narrating their feelings in a […]
The Stolen Hours of H.C. McEntire’s “Soft Crook”
It’s a small thing, but also not a small thing, for someone to hold your hand on the street, to kiss you goodnight in her doorway. “Never seemed to ask for much / a lover not afraid of love” H. C. McEntire sings on “Soft Crook” – and it’s not too much to ask. Love […]
