Category: Music
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Music Monday: Steven Wilson | Hand. Cannot. Erase.
One of my favorite bands is Porcupine Tree. Yes, that’s right, Porcupine Tree. The conceptual and sonic architect of the band is artist and producer Steven Wilson. These days, he is more focused on putting out solo albums, but they more or less still sound like Porcupine Tree so it’s all good. The above video…
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Music Monday: Guitar Covers by Andre Antunes (Uptown Funk + Get Lucky)
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Music Monday: Louisville Kids Cover Led Zeppelin
When I was in high school, I not only played the drum set, but I learned how to play the marimba. I don’t think any videos survive. Also, YouTube didn’t exist anyway. But, if it had, and if I wasn’t homeschooled, I might have been involved in something like this: For comparison, here’s the original…
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Music Monday: The Thundersnow Song
Hopefully you saw this video of Jim Cantore freaking out about thundersnow: Like all good things, it was “songified” by the Gregory Brothers and it’s a good jam for your winter weather blues:
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Metal Monday: Ukulele, Banjo, and 9-String Guitar
I’ve recently been enjoying some videos from Rob Scallon. Here is his cover a couple of Slayer songs, first on a ukulele, and second on a banjo: Then, here is his video noting how you can make a pretty decent metal song (at least djent style) using only one note on a 9-string guitar. It…
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Ancient Music Monday: “The Flood,” An Album of Sumerian and Babylonian Poetry
If you’re like me, you might have wondered what ancient music sounded like. Well, you can’t really know for sure, but this project uses ancient Sumerian poetry and instruments to try to recreate what it might have sounded like. From Laughing Squid: The Flood is the self-described “first-ever CD of new music sung entirely in…
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Most Hit Country Songs Are All The Same, Here’s Proof
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You Know These Songs, You Just Didn’t Know the Names Until Now
There is also a part II:
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Metal Monday: August Burns Red | Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy
I know we did August Burns Red last week, but this is one of the new tracks added to their Christmas album for this year. Next week, we’ll broaden our horizons a bit.
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Metal Monday: August Burns Red | O Holy Night
They actually have a whole album of Christmas songs if that’s your jam, and you can check out their label’s Christmas album that just came out.