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Record Store Day
For the past 13 years, cities across the United States have declared Record Store Day an official holiday. Co-Founder Michael Kurtz was honored in France with the Chevalier of the Ordre...
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Using Headphones For Mixing
Headphones and mixing have gone together for almost as long as mixing has been a thing. Sure, some will say they only mix on reference speakers - but for many artists,...
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The Passing of Jim Steinman
On April 19, 2021, James Richard "Jim" Steinman departed the Earth, presumably bound for a gig in Valhalla. His absence leaves the world feeling a bit less epic. Casual listeners and...
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Did John Lennon Break Music?
Is Revolution #9 the most influential Beatles song? That song on the White Album that everybody skips and some people call ‘unlistenable’. It’s the song most likely to top the ‘worst Beatles song’...
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The $300 Million Dollar Man
For fans of 60s counterculture, it may hurt a bit knowing that Dylan's catalog is now in corporate hands for perpetuity. However, at least it guarantees that his music will...
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Long Live Rock
Statistics show Classic Rock is still the favorite genre of the largest number of people in the United States, which you wouldn’t guess because it doesn’t correlate with music sales.
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