Category Archives: Music

New Music Guide

We’ve all done it. We’ve all purchased music not knowing if we’ll like it or not. Most of those purchases come as a result of the music being from a new artist or trying to identify new music.
Esquire has published A Guide to Picking New Music. This handy little checklist makes some good points to […]

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New members of the hall

New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel was the place where history was made on Monday night. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Patti Smith, Van Halen, the Ronettes, REM and the first ever hip-hop act, Grandmaster Flash.
The night was filled with joy and tension. Van Halen frontman, David Lee Roth was MIA, due to […]

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Brad Delp, 1951-2007

Brad Delp the lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead in his home late Friday.
Delp was inspired to purchase his first guitar at age 13 after seeing the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. From there, Delp formed a tribute band while making heating elements for Mr. Coffee machines. It was there […]

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A “Taylored” lineup

I’ve always been a huge fan of Taylor guitars, but the 2007 lineup is probably the best yet. The new line up summed up by Bob Taylor himself:
“The 2007 line is our most focused ever. We’ve grouped our most popular acoustic/electrics together, created a whole new acoustic category based on the GS…. Oh yeah, you […]

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