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The shot heard ’round the world. That’s what some have called the guitar solo that Eddie Van Halen performed in Sunset Studio 1 in Los Angeles on September 8th, 1977. Forty years ago last month. It’s called “Eruption”. If you’ve never heard this piece, go look it up now, and really give it a good …
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We’ve all heard it: a famous musician from the classic rock era comes to town for a concert, sells out the arena, and puts on a great show. We either hear them at the show or on some new live recording shooting up the YouTube charts. But… that voice. That’s not the voice you remember …
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You’ve heard it before; you’re walkin’ the sidewalk somewhere, maybe downtown, and a car goes by that has the music up so high you know their ear cilia is getting as fried like KFC chickens. Interestingly though, the only thing you can hear is that big, low rumble of the bass frequencies rolling past and …
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The lights. The hundreds of voices. The instruments across the stage, positioned just so in front of a backdrop you’ll probably never see again. Fan faces that remind you of how your own must look – excited, hopeful, grateful.. wired! All part of going to a concert to see one of your favorite musicians, right? …
In 1995, I saw an ad that stopped me in my tracks. And my recording world would never be the same. Funny how that ad so long ago has led straight to this AT4050 review. But before we go there, let’s go even further back… to dear ol’ high school! I’d been in marching band since 7th …
Rroawg was a cutting-edge cave man. He always had his ear to the ground, not only to hear if the wooly mammoth’s were stampeding, but also to find out what was ground-breaking, new, inventive. Oh, sure, he’d had the rock wheel, but that was so… last year. Now we wanted a better stone roller; one …
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