Keke Wyatt In previous posts you may remember me writing about the difficulty of navigating within the music industry. Well, it is complicated no matter the level of your achievement. I can remember in years past speaking with so many aspiring artists working hard in order to get the attention of record executives, and subsequentlyRead More
Month: August 2014
They Cannot Slow Down
Lady Antebellum I am always amazed when people feel they know all about my musical background. If we never sat down and discussed specific aspects about my education and career achievements, it is safe to assume you really have no clue. When I started learning music in high school, diversity was not a musical goal.Read More
Might Be A Good Idea
Sam Smith Please pardon the cliché, but this past month I have experienced many “ups and downs“. The “ups” involve this blog as I took advantage of two opportunities to work on my music historian skills with posts about Johnny Winter and James Brown respectively. The “downs” have been dealing with the deaths of twoRead More
A Fitting Tribute to the Godfather
James Brown This has been a good week for me. Everything has lead up to last weekend’s release of the James Brown biopic Get on up. I have been looking forward to this movie for several months now, and here I was preparing to finally see this major film event. I easily have that opinionRead More
Johnny Was Good!
Johnny Winter Do you remember Chuck Berry’s hit song Johnny B. Goode? I’m sure most of you reading this post have heard it before as it is considered one of the most popular songs of all time. The third verse of that song really sums up the life and career of this week’s featured artistRead More