Archives for: "June 2010"
No Idea What It Means to Be Creative
06/28/10 03:31, by paul.bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: benzedrine monks, creative writing, divine inspiration, dreams, gregorian, music
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois
Be creative!?! I have no idea what that means, to be creative. It means nothing really. We just do something… write a song or a book or story or get up on stage and try to entertain. It’s all part of the… more »
Monday Morning Blues with Dan Grigor and the Green Screen Trio
06/28/10 03:14, by dang, Categories: Monday Morning Blues, Dan Grigor , Tags: 12 bar, 12-string, am, barefoot, bass, blues guitar, e, e7, grigor, monday morning blues, pentatonic
This video really isn't so much green screen as it it composite but it was still a challenge to shoot and edit. Once we had a setup with the jib and the lights and the background that we liked it took, on and off, 4 days to edit the 6-camera, 2-day shoot… more »
More than 100 Injured at Los Angeles Electric Daisy Carnival
06/27/10 17:01, by wakitu, Categories: Music News, Festivals and Events , Tags: electric daisy carnival, exposition park, lafd, los angeles coliseum, moby, will_i_am
More than 100 people were taken to local hospitals during the 14th annual Electric Daisy Carnival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Park.
The LA Fire Department said some of the injuries occurred as people rushed barriers Saturday to… more »
The Hang Factor
06/25/10 00:21, by catfish, Categories: Catfish , Tags: barefoot musicnews, catfish butler, debbie shair, hang factor, tour bus, touring musician
by Frank “Catfish” Butler
So there I was, sitting in a meeting at the Los Angeles office of BareFootMusicNews when in walks Debbie Shair, the keyboard player for Heart. You couldn’t find a cooler, more laid-back person if you tried. She was in… more »
Summer NAMM a Hit in Nashville
06/23/10 17:18, by wakitu, Categories: NAMM 2010 , Tags: all-industry drum circle, summer namm, wanna play
Summer NAMM was kicked off in Nashville on June 17 by NAMM Young Professionals (NAMM YP, for NAMM member under 40 years of age) hosting its first annual Networking Reception coinciding with NAMM’s Pre-Show Party. It ended June 20th on an optimistic note… more »
Theory! We Don't Need No Stinking Theory!
06/21/10 01:59, by paul.bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: arpeggios, harmonica, keys, meditation, modes, music theory, rhythm, scales, zen
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois
This is actually Part II of Are Harmonica Players Real Musicians? but the above title is so much cooler. Every time Eric and I write a new song I am just bowled over by a “We did that!” feeling. The universe is an… more »
Dear Daddy, What would you say to your Dad today if you could
06/19/10 20:12, by dang, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Dan Grigor , Tags: dad, daddy, fark, fark_com, father_s day, flamenco, grigor, guitar, music_ father_s day poems
The best thing my Dad ever did for me was buy me a guitar. He was kind of a mess otherwise. My folks split when I was rather young. For a while Wednesday visitation with my Dad was spent driving to the city and taking Flamenco guitar lessons. The memor… more »
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