Music, at its finest, is an amalgamation of sounds that can brighten your spirits, or drive you deeper into despair.

I discovered the Dave Matthews Band at a time in my life when I needed my spirits lifted, and they certainly did.  They provided something to look forward to and instilled a level of community you don't find in music anymore.  Not to ( Read more... )

I came across this 'behind the scenes' vignette of one of the greatest albums ever made and I thought I would share, since some of you will enjoy watching it.

Apple has agreed to pay $400 million for the rights to distribute the entire Beatles' catalog on iTunes.  The money will be distributed to Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, the families of George Harrison and John Lennon, Michael Jackson, EMI and Sony.

The number of downloads will have to match the amount of dollars spent for this deal to make sense for ( Read more... )

I just came across a PDF of the worst album covers of all time, and I was laughing out loud at my cube while looking at it.

If I can figure out how to post a PDF, you all can join in the fun. 

I love the Dave Matthews Band just as much as any hardcore fan.  But even I am having a difficult time convincing myself to drop 20 dollars on the latest Live Trax.

Even though I'm extremely appreciative of the regularity in which they release old shows (they far and away exceed the typical output of other bands), I began to grow disenchanted with ( Read more... )

( Brad's Top Six Albums )

Before my first "musical awakening", music was something I could take or leave; it didn't hold a place in my life because, frankly, the shit that I listened to was...shit.

C&C Music Factory

Vanilla Ice

MC Hammer

The first CD I ever bought was Vanilla Ice's "To The Extreme" album that came with my Columbia House subscription; one of those "Eight CDs ( Read more... )

Tonight I decided to take advantage of the mild evening and go for a run.  So I stretched, turned my iPod to shuffle mode, and took off.  The first song that came up was The Who's "Baba O'Riley".  The combination of the opening synthesizer loop, and my moonlit shadow running on the sidewalk, gave me the feeling of being in a Nike commercial, or ( Read more... )

I was whistling a tune in the shower a couple days ago, but for the life of me, I couldn't place it.

It wasn't a song you would hear on the radio.

"What is this song?" I asked myself.  It was driving me crazy.

Finally, after drying off, it hit me: It was the music they play on the conference call lines at work while you're waiting for the other party ( Read more... )

When you spend four hours stuck in gridlock waiting to enter and exit a concert venue, it takes a toll on your mood.  We sat in line on I-75 for over an hour and a half, watching other drivers zoom past us to the front of the line.  What we hoped would be an arrival time around 7 p.m. turned into an oh shit, we might miss the opening song arrival ( Read more... )