Should we call it a talent, the ability to attract exceptional collaborators? I think we should. Ozzy Osbourne has a knack of attracting high-caliber collaborators. They go on to establish themselves as top-tier talent in the rock/metal domain. The major reason must be Ozzy’s status as the vocalist …
I’m a musician. In particular, my primary interest is in creating original music. And when I make music, I want it to touch other people like some of my favorite music did to me. So I started analyzing music that spoke to me, to learn what made it so …
Radiohead evolved in leaps and bounds through their first four albums. So when the third album OK Computer arrived with the lead single “Paranoid Android,” the audience was blown away. Bends was an excellent album on its own, but this was on an entirely different level. This was the first album produced …
My son, 11 years old, listens to electronic and gaming music. He doesn’t listen to rock bands. Imagine Dragons is the lone exception. It is debatable whether they “rock” or not, but they certainly are a band, a band made up of the traditional pieces like guitar, bass, drums. So …
Ah…. Stairway. There’s so much has been said about “Stairway to Heaven” that the song needs no introduction. Clocking in at 8+ minutes, it is THE song in Led Zeppelin’s catalog that people point to. How did they craft such a massively popular song that defines not just their sound …