Strict tempo is often an important requirement for dancers; so if you’re a dance band you may need to sit up and take notice when choosing arrangements. Here’s an article written by George Pytlik on the Delta Dance website: 'Music Read More …
Author: bandskool
The Forgotten World of Pre-Rock Pop Music — Maddy Costa
Here is an article written by Maddy Costa for the Guardian newspaper January 14th, 2010. It makes for a good read and illustrates the vagaries of passing trends, musically or otherwise. 'When Bert Ambrose died, on 11 June 1971, he Read More …
Caleb Chapman’s Crescent Super band
I’ve got a chance to record these guys next Monday night, at the Cinnamon Club in South Manchester. Just pondering about the best approach: just two condensors in XY coincident style? How about adding some spot mikes or a mike Read More …
Stan Kenton
Stairway to Nowhere?
Currently there is some legal kerfuffle over who rightfully 'owns' the descending line in Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin. That’s because it sounds rather similar to one used in a song called 'Taurus' by 60's group, Spirit. Indeed, the Read More …
Swing Patrol
When 3 is not a crowd!
I will say it again… the trio format is a wonderful thing! The freedom to improvise without the risk of tredding on someone else’s toes. And the challenge of creating a complete sound with just three players. I am principally talking Read More …
Gil Evans
To be (big) or not to be (big) — that is the question!
There is no beginning… and there is no end. But still we try to make sense out of things: we ask questions like where, when, how and why things started and where, when, how and why they end. We try to Read More …
Your song
Song ownership can be a contentious issue; something which sometimes takes a courtroom full of barristers to resolve. On the one hand, a song might have been 'influenced' by something that already existed.'Influenced' in the conscious sense or indeed subliminal Read More …