Chicago Blues Reunion Thrills at Live Oak Music Festival
07/06/10 13:10, by ed.lapple, Categories: Music News, Festivals and Events, Ed Lapple, Bands , Tags: barry goldberg, chicago blues reunion, corky siegel, gary mallabar, harvey mandel, kcbx public radio, live oak music festival, marcy levy, nick gravenites, rick reed
by Edward Lapple
The beautiful Santa Yenz valley is nestled in the hills just north of Santa Barbara. It is the home of the annual Live Oak Music Festival. This was the festival’s 22nd year and it promised to be a great one. Held on… more »
21st Century Schizoid Band
07/05/10 02:30, by paul.bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: 21st century schizoid man, blues, emerson lake and palmer, king crimson, music, performance, scale, the blue monsters, theory
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois
“Cat’s foot. Iron Claw. Neuro-Surgeons scream for more. At paranoia’s poison door. 21st Century Schizoid man.” I can remember belting that out in the basement of our apartment building with a five-piece… more »
Beyond the Lighted Stage
07/02/10 22:05, by wakitu, Categories: Music News, Bands, Review, Steven Rask , Tags: alex lifeson, beyond the lighted stage, film review, geddy lee, moving pictures, neil peart, rush, steven rask, time machine tour
A Film Review by Steven Rask
Success is often measured on different levels. However it may be measured, true success is a result of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. In 1974, a band of ordinary guys with extraordinary talent had just been… more »
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 »
