Musical artist Bobby McFerrin directs his audience in a demonstration of the power of the pentatonic scale at the event “Notes Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus” from the 2009 World Science Festival. Do people instinctively know the sound patterns of the pentatonic scale? Is there a base level of musical knowledge in all…
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/90469488″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This is a song I wrote, called “You Bring Me Back”. My favorite part is the guitar at 1:54-2:10.
Wes Kirkpatrick’s music has been compared to some heavy-hitters, including Josh Ritter and Jason Mraz, and he’s shared the stage with Martin Sexton, Blues Traveler and the John Butler Trio. The guy can play. “It is a powerful thing when music can take you out of your current mindset and completely transport you to another time…
Album Preview New song from my upcoming album with the New Utah Ramblers. The song is called “Avalanche”: [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/90054355″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]
Album Preview New song from my upcoming album with the New Utah Ramblers. The song is called “When the Dark Angel Comes”: [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/88468769″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] When the Dark Angel Comes There’ll come a day, I’ll get old and gray and they won’t notice a thing. There’ll come a time when…
THIS WEEKEND I thought that I’d take a break from talking about my Monster Look-N-Find book on Kickstarter to get you excited for the weekend! For those of you who have been following this blog, you’re probably familiar with the band John-Ross Boyce and His Troubles. The Utah-based Gutter/Country band has been getting a lot…
Not that anyone asked, but I thought that I’d share some of my favorite music albums from the past year. In no particular order, here are five that I’ve really connected with over the past 12 months. Love This Giant / David Byrne & St. Vincent Swing Lo Magellan / Dirty Projectors Be The Void /…
Beck has released a barrage of incredible music – everything from Odelay to Sea Change, and Midnite Vultures to Geuro. “The four-time platinum artist rose to underground popularity with his early works, which combined social criticism with musical and lyrical experimentation. Beck is known for creating musical collages of a wide range of styles.” (wikipedia)…