The Producers

Here, for your listening enjoyment, is a list of the TOP 16 PRODUCERS working in music today! The link leads to the corresponding artist’s song on iTunes; the songs were picked at random, and the list is in no particular order.
1. Steve Lillywhite (“Satan Rejected My Soul” by Morrissey)2. Jerry Harrison (“Ominous [...]

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Robert Moog, 1934-2005

Of course, the news that Bob Moog died of an inoperable brain tumor is the biggest news to hit popular music all summer — and perhaps all year. Bob’s contribution to music makes him one of the most important figures of the 20th century; I think it’s safe to say that the synthesizer was [...]

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Holy Crap! New David Rice album!

Download my album for free by clicking below. Download some of David Rice’s new album for free by clicking here:
David Rice | “Gravity”
David’s in my “Top Five Artists Who Have Influenced Me Musically.” Seriously. He’s up there with XTC, Elvis Costello, Blur, and the others…!

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"The Paine Road E.P." Digital Download

FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!
In honor of its release, you can download “The Paine Road E.P.” as a digital album complete with a digital booklet!
Click on either of the links below to download the album as MP3 files or as AAC files (iTunes ready and mother approved). The digital booklet will download as a [...]

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"Grammy Winner Marc Cohn Shot in Head"

Read more here.
UPDATE: Marc Cohn is an incredible musician. You may remember him from his single “Walking in Memphis,” but all of his albums are worth owning.
His website:
Marc Cohn dot org
His albums:
“Marc Cohn” (1991)“The Rainy Season” (1993)“Burning the Daze” (1998)“Marc Cohn Live 04/05″ (2005)

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Why am I watching this?

I’m glued to a documentary about ABBA on WGBH. It’s fan-freaking-tastic.
UPDATE: I didn’t want to add this to the Marc Cohn post — thank God he’s all right — but iTunes has put a Power Pop iMix up this week. Check it out.

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The Music Collection

For some reason, my most recent update of my music collection spreadsheet (March 2005) is nowhere to be found. It’s not on either computer. I think it was sucked into the vortex of computing space.
This list is, therefore, incomplete. It doesn’t list half of the music that I’ve bought since then. [...]

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Plus…Tubular Bells!

My next collaboration will be with Nick Gathany. We are doing a split/maybe double-sided ambient, atmospheric, instrumental album that will be a companion piece to his “Fangdango: The Halloween E.P.” It should be more fun than a barrel of saber-toothed monkeys dripping with the blood of innocents. (After all, it is a [...]

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With Arms Not So Wide Open Kinda

I mean, really. What would you so if you found out that Scott Stapp, former lead singer of Creed, was at your local Denny’s? You’d do what this guy did, that’s what.
Maybe he just needs someone to love, man!

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TFStWtYCLD (MP6 Edition)

This week’s easy. Each of these songs is by Michael Penn. For some reason, at this moment, I feel closer to Michael Penn’s music than any other music I’ve ever heard.
1. “Walter Reed” (from Mr. Hollywood, Jr. 1947)2. “Try” (from Resigned)3. “Whole Truth” (from MP4: Days Since a Lost [...]

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