A Field Guide to Hand Percussion: More Than Just Toys
With a playlist that most definitely (vibra)slaps, it’s Contributing Author rollerboogie,with a virtual percussive symphony of booms, clicks, clangs, whistles and dings
Contributor Posts and Articles
Theoretically Speaking -S5:E10: What Makes Swing Swing ? Part 1
‘Stompin’ at the Savoy’ sounds like a lot of fun: Join Contributing Author Bill “Virgindog” Bois as he presents another Theoretically Speaking: Music Theory for Non-Musicians. Bonus points for reminding me about my father, by name-checking his favorite band leader of all time
Dude, Where’s My Van? Part 17: Les Champs Magnetiques
”Who was the first musician to create their own electronic compositions? Regardless of who was first, I’m giving out some awards for pioneering efforts. Let’s see who makes it on the stage.” It’s the latest from from Contributing Author & Resident Vanguard Phylum Of Alexandria
The Top Ten Most Successful “Missing” Number Ones Artists – Number 10: The Grass Roots
Living for today, making a midnight confession, and [something something temptation eyes,] it’s time for Contributing Author thegue with the latest episode of his mini-series featuring the “Missing:” those who never quite got their due over at The Number Ones
The Next Best Thing: The Billboard Hot 100 Number Two’s Countdown… Numbers #20-1
In the finale of their terrific series, Contributing Author I Survived Pop is here with the the big reveal – The Sirius XM Number 2 Countdown Top 20
The Fantastic 40 – Episode 10: Top-40 Chart Domination for 1989
Join Contributing Author Chuck Small as he takes us back to the days of Tiananmen Square, Dead Poets Society,and… The 40 Biggest Billboard Artists of 1989
(Even More) Fantasy Number Ones
With inspiration from Contributing Author Ozmoe, it’s another Fantasy Number Ones Lover: Contributing Author Napoleon Of Birds, with imagined chart-toppers – and a certain head-scratcher from a Billboard doppelganger
Music In IMAX – Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Take it to the (I)max with Contributing Author and Celluloid Hero Bill “Virgindog” Bois, for a comparative look at two recent and wildly popular concert films
Dude, Where’s My Van? Part 16: The Ultra-Modernist Meet and Greet
”Then again, Varese later famously asked “What is music but organized sound?” To which I can only answer: Touché.”
It’s the latest from from Contributing Author & Resident Vanguard Phylum Of Alexandria
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