I just recently bought a System of A Down’s album Mesmerize. As always, it a test listening and dissecting sonically the band’s music as it defies every categorization and convention thrown at them.
Put the CD in my player, please play and I didn’t get any surprise from the …

Kill Each Other/Live Forever is a song by Scars On Broadway which appears on their debut self-titled record. I’ll say right now that this track is extremely repetitive and there isn’t a lot of diversity in the song, but I’ll also say that Daron Malakian gives once of his …

I am a huge fan of and specialist in KMFDM music. I have been listening to them for a very long time. I find their music very original, very special and characteristic to them. They created their own style, and they follow by it. But, on this album, this …

Funny is a song by Scars On Broadway which appears on their self-titled debut record. Going along with Serious, the opening track of the album, Funny is sort of the opposite of Serious because it is far more melodic and more moderately paced than Serious which was extremely aggressive …

Pep Love, from the infamous Hieroglyphics and Souls of Mischief crew is not famous. He is not featured on the radio. He has no videos on MTV or BET. But he is one of the best rappers in the business. Catchy, intelligent lyrics matched with a spitfire style, Pep …

The Rat is my favourite distortion/fuzz pedal. This pedal is always on my board and I’m always using it as my ‘go to’ distortion. It’s so versitile, with sounds ranging from just a slight boost to a full blown rough fuzz. It’s very easy to use and …

Long way to go by Cassie is a song about how this girl is saying this guy has a long way to go before he can even date her. This song is another song I like by cassie because it’s about a girl making a guy wait because he …

The Buffet R13 is a standard issue clarinet for all clarinetists that want to play the clarinet throughout their lifetime- not just to be used through your school years and put aside forever. There are two types- the silver plated and nickel plated keys. It is made of premium grenadilla …

Ten Years After, I’m Coming Home, released in 1996, compilation.
A band that defintelt stands the test of time is Ten Years After. Alvin Lee and company could really belt out the jams. It’s sad that a lot of teenagers into heavier music today don’t realize how important the …

I really loved the Barry Manilow: Singin’ with the Big Bands CD. It was near perfection in my opinion. I love Manilow, and I love big band, even though I don’t listen to it all that much; still, I do enjoy it greatly. Put the two …

Sounds of the Earth: Ocean Waves - Sounds Of The Earth Series is a pretty relaxing audio CD that is quite pleasant to listen to. It accurately and clearly brings the sounds of the ocean to my ears and to my mind. Unlike some other audio CDs of the …

On youtube I found a video entitled worlds fastest banjo player. This unique country instrument with four strings has been the bone of all kinds of folk and country music. Todd Taylor is probably the master at the instrument. In the video he plays dueling banjos at a …

I heard this song while I was on the beach one night, and some really good firedancers were singing to this tune! The song is titled Fire Burning On The Dance Floor, and what better song to use than this one when the group perfoming are firedancers! This is …

I am a guitar player and I am carrying my guitar constantly. To gigs, band practice, or even school. My guitar case by the brand road runner is great and very reliable. The top pocket is good for my picks and my other important accessories for maintenance and …

Slower music is a divisive topic among my friends and I, as well as many people within the rock community. Personally, I do not mind a slower song from singers or bands typically known for being more hardcore, but there are a lot of people out there who see …

Taylor Swift’s song called, “You belong with me” is an extremely touching song that most teenagers can relate to.
It is about two neighbors, one being a boy and the other a girl. The boy is pretty popular; he is on the football team. The girl is kind …

Hollywood Undead released their debut album “Swan Songs” in August 2008. It’s hard to describe their music genre, as they pull from so many different styles. They are most commonly referred to as rap rock, but I feel their music goes so beyond that label.
The …

Viva la white girl by gym class heroes is a song I like a lot but of course I normally like any song by gym class heroes. This song is about the lead singers addition to music not his addiction to cocaine. This song is a wonderful song in …

I am one of those people who found out about the Pixies after paying attention to the song in the end credits of The Fight Club movie. I unwillingly paid attention to that song, and tried to find out what the name of the band and the song was …

Garth Brooks sings a song called Standing Outside the Fire. It is about a group of people who are often left out when it comes to even some of the simplest events. Some of them have special needs and against all odds try to win a race against …

When I was in high school, I liked listening to Garth Brooks, among others. But, I haven’t really listened to any of his classic songs until recently; when my wife bought me his Ultimate Hits Collection for our anniversary. Now it’s all I listen to.
I haven’t had a chance …

*Just a note to anyone who read my last two reviews on the music videos for Peace Sells and Wake Up Dead. For some reason I kept saying Marty Friedman’s name rather than Chris Poland. I’m not really sure what I was thinking since Friedman didn’t join Megadeth until …

P. Diddy ft. Usher and Loon
“I Need A Girl, Part One”
The Saga Continues…/We Invented The Remix
Bad Boy Entertainment
“I Need A Girl, Part One” serves as a third single and music video from P. Diddy’s third album “The Saga Continues…”, following “Let’s Get It”, “Bad Boy For Life”, and “Diddy”, …

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their second album of the same name. Opening up with an acoustic strumming pattern similar to that of The King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1, Jeff Magnum comes in with a vocal delivery …

Overview - Dark Side Of The Moon, the album considered to be Pink Floyd’s best work and one of rock’s greatest albums in history, is primarily a record more on the mellow side, although still a very powerful album. Roger Waters did a lot less songwriting on this album …

Homecoming, the second musical epic of this album along with Jesus Of Suburbia, is honestly just as good as Jesus Of Suburbia in my opinion. I praise both of these tracks heavily, not so much because the parts themselves are brilliant but because the whole song is very well …

Adam Lambert has recently released an Acoustic Live! EP which consists of five songs he sang during radio performances and during his Glamnation Tour concerts. It is selling on iTunes at USD1.29 per track of USD4.99 for the complete album. I have to say that this album …

Mariah Carey really has a very sweet voice. I love her voice so much; she sings love songs very well and has wonderful voice interpretation of R&B songs too. She is the very first girl we have known to have collaboration with “hip hop” singers, and this is the …

Bizzy Bone’s first solo album Heaven’s Movie is a musical masterpiece. He really shows what he can do on this great album. I really love the single he chose for this great CD. The song Thugs Cry is a classic rap song in my eyes. If you liked the old …

“Undying Love” is a lyrical masterpiece from the rapper Nas. This song appears on his album “I Am” which in itself garnered mixed reviews. I’ll tell you this though, never will you hear such a well thought out and well told story in today’s rap/hip hop scene. Fittingly this …

Overview —“ 21 Guns, the ballad of 21st Century Breakdown is one song that at first I really didn’t like it much at all, but after listening to it since the release of the album, I have to say that it’s probably one of my favorite songs on the …

Odds And Ends is a song by Bob Dylan and The Band which appears on their record The Basement Tapes. Odds And Ends starts off primarily with a piano and guitar part accompanied by a drum rhythm which all end up giving the song a blues like feel, similar …

Calling you by Blue October is a beautiful song to me because it is talking about a person who is surprised this other person to pick them to go out with them. This song is also wonderful in the way it is talking about a person who is …

Wesley Willis is one of those weird musicians that I’ve heard. He was a guy who made random albums over a five year period using mostly keyboard sampling. There pretty funny because most of them sound similar and they use beats that sound the same. He also uses …

I have mixed feelings about the X-Factor finalists Hero song. I appreciate that it was all for a very good cause with all money raised going to Help The Heroes, but this is done each year in some format or another and whilst I appreciate the sentiment, I do …

Lady Jane is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Aftermath. When I first listened to this track I wasn’t all that impressed with it but I think I’m beginning to develop an appreciation for the song. Lady Jane has a very English sounding tone …

I wasn’t anticipating much from the Tennessee band the Kings of Leon when I foremost heard they were releasing a fresh album, and this is mostly since they haven’t done something major (in my view) like Aha Shake Heartbreak. Their final album, Because of the Times, did okay with the …

James Ingram is one of a few male singers I admire. Everytime I hear any of his singles, it gives me the impression that he can sing any song no matter how difficult or challenging the notes could be. And his performance pays off the program that …

Show me someone that claims they dislike Bon Jovi, give them a couple of drinks and then whack Living on a Prayer on the Jukebox. I have to say that im not sure I have seen many tracks get a better reaction when it’s been sang at a Karaoke …

Elysian Fields is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album Youthanasia. The track opens up with some brief noise before leading way to a heavy guitar riff with Mustaine singing over it in his characteristic Mustaine snarl. The guitar riff on this song isn’t exactly thrash metal …

This is an old CD track, that I browsed through the other night, and was going like “OHHHHHh”. I gushed loudly, as I was missing this track so much, and to finally found it in a box stacked away in my store-room, was like a feeling of meeting …

Artist: SWV
Video: “Weak”
Album: It’s About Time
Label: RCA Records
Director: Lionel C. Martin
“Weak” is the third single and music video from SWV’s debut album “It’s About Time”, following “Right Here” and “I’m So Into You”. Once again helmed by music video director Lionel C. Martin (who is this guy, the Hype …

This is a good new cd. It is Lenny Kravitz’s newest cd. Compared to Lenny Kravitz’s other cd’s, such as Baptism, and the Lenny Kravitz Greatest Hits, this is nothing. With his other cd’s compared to other cd’s he has to many slow songs. By slow, I mean a …

Type O Negative’s brand of music has always been hard to digest for listeners like me and modern rock radio and the band’s October Rust CD is not helping to solve the problem at all. Not only the album will alienate the band further from mainstream music but might …

Everytime I listen this song, I feel all the emotion is blend become one. This song is really unique, the mix of hip hop, jazz, swing, and dance are come in one melody in this song. But I think mostly the genre is hip hop, but the sound of …

The hardcore rock scene has seen a decline in its hardcore aspect over the last few years, sounding more like pop driven radio friendly alternative than anything else. While Hopesfall may be a decent band, “Head General Hospital” seems to try to hard to reclaim some of the edge …

Stand up for love is an inspirational song coming from Destiny’s Child. I feel goose bumps every time it is playing. The message of this song is truly for the victims of Hurricane Katrina although it was written even before the hurricane happens. It makes my heart soft and …

The wide variety of guitars in the market today makes guitar shopping a tough challenge for beginning musicians. With today’s economy the instrument of choice should deliver the needs of the musician with an affordable deal.
The Yamaha F-325 Steel String Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar is a prime choice …

Old Time’s Sake is a song by Eminem which appears on his record Relapse. I should also mention that this song features Dr. Dre in various parts of the track. The song opens up with a brief intro with Eminem before Dr. Dre goes into the first verse. Though …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Bills, Bills, Bills
Album: The Writings On The Wall
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
Ah yes, this was the era of ‘male-bashing’. First, TLC came onto the scene with “No Scrubs” in early 1999 and then a whole bunch of similar sounds followed shortly after - “Where My Girls …