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Rock n' roll, boy bands, jazz trios, and more; the greats, newbies, and forgotten icons who create our favorite groups.

Pink Floyd: The Band That Transcends Time and Space.
In my youth, the only music I was exposed to was Mexican music and whatever I heard in public, tv, or the radio. It wasn’t until late 8th grade when I discovered Pandora and slowly started listening to different kinds of music such as rap or EDM. A few years passed and I became more musically cultured by listening to a variety of music. While this was the case, one genre that I didn’t listen to at the time was Rock music. This changed early in my sophomore year of college when I was introduced to Pink Floyd by a movie podcast I listen to which recommends movies to watch and discuss. A movie that they recommended for an episode was Pink Floyd’s: The Wall. The film is based on the bands album of the same name using music from said album. I watched the film and I fell in love with both the movie and the band. After I listened to their Wall album I started listening to them more and soon became a fan.
By Goodybad6 years ago in Beat
Fools Rush In
Living and gigging on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana can afford a multitude of kinetic energies constantly zapping at your 👠 with every step. Not only was I gigging on Bourbon Street but I was also gigging on Frenchmen Street in the summer of 2005. I began picking up my guitar for the first time in months inspired by a newly added guitar player to the band. To me he was so gorgeous and so talented his voice could make you melt into a sound sleep even with all the clanking and clamoring going on outside of Bourbon street. His name was Brad. With his long sandy brown hair barely touching at his shoulders, wearing hazel eyes and tan skin and nearly standing 6ft tall with a slender physique, I knew I could look past the heaving drinking and into the talent of a man that turned me on terribly. Somehow I found myself in love almost instantaneously. After the gig we would get so turned on that all we wanted to do was go back to my place and have sex. Playing with Brad weekly truly inspired me and made me feel so happy and dreamy on stage naturally giving me a euphoric feeling. I just couldn’t believe all the dreaminess of my reality, I could touch it. I could touch my dream coming true, and then, I began to levitate. Kissing 💋 him passionately after a gig became a regular thing. And I did. I never wanted this feeling to end even if he has a girlfriend I later found out. I was so pissed off at him for not telling me. Jimmy and Michelle, bartenders husband and wife team, broke the bad news to me. I nearly fired him from the band but...just the way he looked at me made me reconsider. He claimed that they are ending the relationship soon and she is 10 years his senior so he feels that he could never love her rightfully. Hook, line and sinker is what happened to me. He stopped by my little pink house on Bourbon one afternoon to play me his five song EP that he just picked up from a local recording studio dude named Chris who lived uptown. And to my amazement, his songs were so beautiful written and orchestrated all the way down to the quality of the mix, it sounded mastered and ready for distribution. All produced from Chris’ home studio. It blew my mind away so much so that I picked up my guitar for the first time since moving to Bourbon Street in June. I had just moved back to Bourbon Street for the second time leaving the Treme behind reluctantly. I found a house a beautiful 2-storied pink Creole cottage on Bourbon Street paying $1500 a month where I could live the old French Quarter life downstairs with it hardwood floors, 15ft ceilings, crystal Chandeliers and mock fireplaces opening up to a bricked built courtyard from the kitchen. From the patio I climbed the black metal spiral to the lounge landing opening the door and walking into what I dubbed the rat pack room. An attic apt with a 60s floor plan built out of wood paneling, a mock fireplace and dim lighting where the living room had a kitchenette and set apart from the bedroom with balcony overlooking Bourbon street and bathroom furnishings with pink tile and pink toilet to match blew away everybody’s mind away that I would bring upstairs. I would secretly freak out not believing this was all really mind too. We’d call it the Dean Martin rat pack room because Dean was always the coolest and we’d jam for hours on songs from covers to originals.
By Lani Ramos6 years ago in Beat
Daikaiju,There Will Be Fire
A Band Review From A Bookers Point Of View My name is Salina Brilla. I book shows in Huntsville Alabama. I have a podcast with Spice Radio Huntsville called Red Magic Imports. I make a YouTube Channel called DIYLive Huntsville with a friend of mine where we record and interview bands. I work with underground to midlevel bands local and world wide. I write about shows I see and bands I know.
By Salina Brilla6 years ago in Beat
Something that must not be named.
This is a story that starts with my love of Harry Potter and my depression, a strange crossover of sorts. It's the winter of 2016.
By Char6 years ago in Beat
Ian Guerin - R&B, Pop Recording Artist
Ian Alejandro Guerin, popularly known to many by his stage name - Ian Guerin is a Mexican R&B/Pop recording artists. He works independently as an artist, producer, as well as a songwriter. Ian was born on June 23rd 1990 and at only the age of 9, he started singing and recorded his first song.
By mysoundMusic6 years ago in Beat
My Top Ten Queen Favorites
I am Queen-obsessed. I hadn't always been this way though. I have always loved Queen's music, well, at least what the radio played. And Freddie Mercury's voice was music to my ears because it is one of the purest sounds ever. But I had never appreciated their music, their art, their story, Freddie Mercury's life, and their contribution to rock and roll as I do now.
By Ellen Andaya6 years ago in Beat
You’re Favorite Band Was Local Once
Ever wonder what crosses someone’s mind when they say music is their life? It’s hard to understand why someone devotes their life to music but if you got to know them; it sometimes does make sense. It’s because music is the one thing that is always there for them whenever they need it because people are not going to stand there waiting for you. Sometimes, being alone and listening to music is what makes that individual happy; you get your own little bubble, where you can let go and not overthink anything. Music is a person’s safety net, it is what makes someone happy and drowns out the things holding them back in life. You’d be surprised knowing that some people cannot go a day without listening to music. I personally am one, music has been in my life since I was a youngster. No matter what I’m doing or where I go, I’m always ready to have some type of music in the background to get me through the day.
By Jen S6 years ago in Beat
A Teaser from MCR!
Pull out your band t-shirts and get ready to smear your liner back on! My Chemical Romance has put out their next teaser! While there are no confirmed UK dates yet, the band took to their official Twitter to post this:
By Chelsea Winona6 years ago in Beat
The Beatles: A Life-Long Impact on This Millinial
During the 90s, I was a shy little girl living with her grandparents in Mississippi. Because they grew up in the 50s and 60s, I was introduced to the music from their generation at an early age. While other girls in my class was listening to the boy bands that were coming out at that time. I was gifted tapes of Elvis and Buddy Holly. I daydreamed of living during that time which seemed so much more care-free with poodle skirts, sock hops, and milkshakes.
By Judith Jascha6 years ago in Beat
Jimi Hendrix Lost the Original Mix Tape to One of His Albums
Yes, Jimi Hendrix lost the original studio mixtape that was going to be used for one of his albums. The album was the second one that he recorded in London with his band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix lost the tape inside a cab after a long day of work at the studio. Fortunately for the band, it was only the first side of the album, but it was lost.
By Bazooka Teaches6 years ago in Beat
7 Music Film Biopics We'd Love to See
After the dizzying success of 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody, there seems to be a buzz in Hollywood about the biographical music film. Elton John’s biopic treatment Rocketman just opened in theatres in May, Mötley Crüe’s gritty romp The Dirt roared to the top of the Netflix charts in March, and word is already out about a David Bowie movie in the works called Stardust. Perhaps Bohemian Rhapsody was the catalyst for the new trend in Hollywood to replace the tired superhero film movement of the last decade. Regardless of whether that’s true or not, the music biopic isn’t necessarily anything new. Films like 1991’s The Doors, all the way to 2015’s Straight Outta Compton have proven to be box office busts and booms over the years. Despite that it’s not a cutting-edge genre, there’s still so much excitement to imagine all the great artists that could get the silver screen treatment in the future. While there are many legendary artists with huge legacies, like Elvis Presley and The Beatles, there are some artists whose stories possess such unique elements that make for a dangerously compelling narrative. So, without further boring lecture from me, here are 10 artists whose music biopics would be incredible to see on the big screen.
By Mark Janz6 years ago in Beat
Campbell Scott and the Disappointments - Please Come Back to Katonah
Andy Keir of the Katonah band - The Disappointments - has always had an interest in the bass guitar. That doesn't mean in the pursuit of that interest he ever owned one or any other musical instrument. So about six years ago, he traded in the air guitar strings on his tennis racquet for an actual bass. Its calling, though, still did not arrive until several of his Mahopac High School buddies found themselves faced with the disappointment of midlife and started a band. "They had two guitars, a singer and they needed a bass," Keir said. So his friends told him he had to learn to play the thing, and today 40 (or 45), never sounded so good.
By Rich Monetti6 years ago in Beat