It is an indisputable fact that Reggae is counted among one of the most prevalent music genres of all time. If we look back into the account, we will find out the fact that Reggae is a music formed from the island of Jamaica. History is filled with names of Reggae artists, who have created [...]
Guitars are something that many people have, but did you know that there are many different styles of guitars out there? Gibson Les Paul guitars are some of the best guitars on the market today and in this article, we are going to explore why these particular guitars are the best and overall, why you [...]
An old friend of mine that I had not heard from in nearly 20 years called me up the other day and we talked for several hours. He said he had just been thinking about me and some the good times that we had had hanging out in high school, and just wanted to see [...]
For such a small island, Cuba has asserted incredibly big influence over the music of many countries around the world. Long renowned for their great artists such as Tito Rodriguez, Celia Cruz, Ibrahim Ferrer, and many others, Cuban dance music has transcended popular music and crossed international and language barriers all around the planet. Cuba [...]
Sometime in the early 80s a genre called Modern Rock was born. It evolved along the way to what we now know as Alternative Rock. Some stations call it Adult Alternative and that encompasses slower material usually or mid tempo songs. The real alternative rock stations are ones like K-ROC in Los Angeles, or 105.3 [...]
An 80′s Pop Culture Love Affair… For the Most Part History repeats itself, or at least, that’s what we are often told. When it comes to the history of 80′s pop culture, there are probably some things that are best left in the past, and others that could at least provide some fluffy entertainment. If [...]
With the success of the iPod, Apple has just come to control 70% of the MP3 player market. It has cornered the market for digital downloads too – with iTunes. For all its popularity though, iTunes isn’t all pleasant from a user standpoint. It’s unnecessarily large, and what does one do about it the way [...]
Modern culture, some would even call it, post-modern culture, today’s culture of rock and roll, rap, jazz, is best described as culture for the populace, popular culture. This ambiguous yet identifiable culture is the one we are most familiar with and what we oppose to the ‘old’ culture, the culture before Elvis Presley, the Beetles, [...]
2009 proved to be a banner year for the music industry, even amid the recession. It seems that when people only have a few bucks in their pockets they would rather spend it on a good bit of music than save it. This is good news for the music industry which has been suffering from [...]
When there is a song on the radio that interests you, pretty often you do want to know exactly what the singer says – to sing along with the song don’t you? Lots of people do apparently, and hence the popularity of lyrics sites. For any given song that you look up, you’re guaranteed to [...]
