The Beatles’ released their first single record, “My Bonnie”, today in 1961. [media-credit name=”Discogs” align=”alignleft” width=”300″][/media-credit] It featured English singer Tony Sheridan. “The Saints” was on the b-side, credited to Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers, it made number five in the German singles chart. ‘Beatles’ resembled a vulgar slang word in German, so The Beatles‘ name was…
Read More
Kevin is the guitarist and composer of instrumental rock band Pyramids on Mars. His music is hard rock, industrial, and metal infused with lead guitar melodies inspired by violin melodies of Baroque classical composers Bach & Vivaldi. In this lesson, we look at a 3-String Sweeping Arpeggio in the style of Yngwie Malmsteen that modulates from…
Read More
On Oct 13th, 1965, The Who recorded “My Generation”, at Pye Studios, London. It reached No.2 on the UK chart. Roger Daltrey would later say that he stuttered the lyrics to fit them to the music. The BBC in the UK refused to play the song because it did not want to offend people who…
Read More
Amy Winehouse released Back in Black on this day in 2006. The album won the Best Pop Vocal Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. Back to Black sold 3.58 million copies in the UK alone, becoming the UK’s second best-selling album of the 21st century. Worldwide, the album has sold over 20 million copies….
Read More
On October 26, 2004, Apple introduced the U2 Special Edition iPod as part of a cooperative between Apple, U2, and Universal Music Group. The new U2 iPod held up to 5,000 songs and featured a red Click Wheel and custom engraving of U2 band member signatures. The iPod was being introduced as the band dropped their current album How to Dismantle an…
Read MoreWe support independent artists with free promotion and coverage for new music with our blog & podcasts.
