Gustav Holst (born September 21, 1874, died May 25, 1934) was a British composer who became fascinated with astrology in 1913. In the spring of 1914, prophetically before the outbreak of World War I that summer, Holst composed the first of seven pieces for his orchestral suite The Planets– “Mars, the Bringer of War”. In …
My last article was about the beast that is the guitar solo, the reason I got into rock’n’roll at all. I wrote a lot about how the solo came about and what it means for rock in general. I was just reading the article, as you do as an egomaniac, narcissistic writer, and just had …
I’m a sucker for a guitar solo, I love ’em !! Doesn’t matter what, where. How or when! My parents didn’t really listen to music at all, so I had no real musical upbringing. My older sister started to actively listen to music when I was 10 or so, but she heard a lot of …
“So that’s how Manowar started, in Black Sabbath’s backstage !!” Why did you feel the need to pick up a fucking guitar? I actually started playin’ piano when I was around seven, and I was doing really well. My theory teacher always said that my musical aptitude was off the charts, but in Junior High …
March 24 is the birthday of two of the most legendary bassists in music history: Carol Kaye and Holger Czukay. Carol Kaye was a rarity in the male-dominated Hollywood industry of the 1960s- a female musician who could outperform most of her male counterparts. She was the go-to bassist for Los Angeles studio sessions and …
