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  1. Old Dude

    Radio Grievance

    But we don't pay licensing fees to the government for the privilege of watching TV like you lot do. We have some excellent commercial-free networks that we pay to subscribe to, like HBO, Netflix, and many, many more. And we have lots and lots of networks with programs we see for free because...
  2. Old Dude

    Radio Grievance

    Why would anyone say such a thing? One of the things that made classic rock so special was that back in the day, "classic rock" covered a wide range of music, from metal through power ballads, and even singer/songwriters. It wasn't just the radio suits who screwed up classic rock. It was narrow...
  3. Old Dude

    Great New Stomp Box - Harmony Singer

    Got a new stomp box for Christmas. Since a lot of what I do is one-man troubadour gigs (that's like a singer/songwriter who can't write, so he sings covers and uncovers), this gadget really helps. I plug a guitar in one side and out the other. It's a straight pass-thru for the guitar signal...
  4. Old Dude

    Radio Grievance

    The suits will swear on a stack of Arbitron ratings books (which is more important to them than the Bible) that the "college station" format won't attract a mass audience. And all they care about is as big a mass audience as they can attract. They sell commercial time to other suits from the...
  5. Old Dude

    Rock n roll based creations you made

    Yeah, that's a very "high school" thing to do. I think many of us did that when we were children. I did when I was a child.
  6. Old Dude

    Radio Grievance

    It doesn't much matter where you live in the US. There are a handful of consulting companies that do all the programming for classic rock (or sometimes called "classic hits") radio stations. It's the same for every other music genre as well. They pick the songs by starting with a relatively...
  7. Old Dude

    Vocalist Required

    Based on people I've worked with on creative projects in the past, in either music or theater, anyone who would write a post like that looking for a collaborator is not someone anyone would want to work with.
  8. Old Dude

    Vocalist Required

    You're kidding, right? This is a joke post, isn't it? You don't really think anyone with a "checkable track record of previous work" will accept a no=pay, free project working for someone who doesn't even have "checkable" examples of the instrumental tracks already completed, do you?
  9. Old Dude

    What Did Your Parents Listen To?

    Perhaps it's because my mother was a trained opera singer, and worked as a professional, and I got lots of professional musical training as a vocalist as well. I was trained to break songs down to all their parts in order to learn them. One tiny example that illustrates what I'm talking about...
  10. Old Dude

    Covers, uncovers, remakes, etc.

    There's been a lot of ridiculous bullshit going around about this alleged "Christmas" song. I don't get it. It has nothing to do with Christmas. There are dozens and dozens of songs about winter weather that have nothing to do with Christmas. But they used to overplay this every year, till some...
  11. Old Dude

    What Did Your Parents Listen To?

    I grew up hearing that in the background of life. It gave me a great appreciation for sonic dynamics, harmonies, and listening to the entire piece instead of just waiting for a shredded guitar solo. Having that music as part of my musical foundation made me appreciate The Moody Blues, ELO, ELP...
  12. Old Dude

    Meet the Beatles VS Beatles 2nd Album

    When you say "First" and "Second", are you referring to the true release dates in the UK, or the confusing, out-of-sequence release dates in the US? Not counting their appearance on Tony Sheridan's album, their first UK release was Please, Please, Me, released March 22, 1963. Their second was...
  13. Old Dude

    This is just some good feedback

    Am I the only one who wants to see the newest threads, only to discover that one person has posted something trivial in all the trivial time-waster threads, and knocked all the interesting stuff off of the list on the right of the most recent threads?
  14. Old Dude

    The Form of Water ❄

    One small piece of procedural advice. If you're going to share a video on Classic Rock Forum by posting a link to YouTube, don't set your video to "playback on other websites has been disabled by the video owner".
  15. Old Dude

    What's the most overrated classic rock song?

    Deep cuts are seldom even rated, let alone overrated.
  16. Old Dude

    Covers, uncovers, remakes, etc.

    Another Jim Steinman Power ballad. The original, from his project "Pandora's Box". This is an incredible, over-the-top video. The version that became a hit. Celine Dion is, by definition, over-the-top. Yet another version, by Meat Loaf, turned into a duet.
  17. Old Dude

    Halloween Music

  18. Old Dude

    Radio Staples

    I disagree.
  19. Old Dude

    Covers, uncovers, remakes, etc.

    The original Covers and remakes
  20. Old Dude

    What Did Your Parents Listen To?

    Some of my dad's favorites: Some of my mother's favorites
  21. Old Dude

    OZZY ISN'T RETIRING

    I can't wait until he gets a residency at a place in Branson, MO.
  22. Old Dude

    New sound: Delicious Grace

    Excellent advice, especially what I highlighted. I'd like to expand on that a bit. Playing covers so that you sound "just like the record" (or CD or digital download) is good, but remaking the songs to some degree is better. There's an expression called "making it your own". Audiences like...
  23. Old Dude

    New sound: Delicious Grace

    Having a good way to deliver songs is important. Having good songs to deliver is even more important. I realize this is old-school advice, but it's the best I can give you. Pay your dues. Play live gigs, even if they don't pay all that well. Work on your sound with a live audience reacting to...
  24. Old Dude

    New sound: Delicious Grace

    What other said about the recording quality was correct, and doesn't require repeating or piling on. However, if a song is written and played in a particular key, say C for example, then the singer should sing notes that are also in the key of C, not B or Bb. If a guitar player's guitar is out...
  25. Old Dude

    David Bowie vs Alice Cooper

    For what it's worth, originally Alice Cooper was the name of a band in which all the men wore dresses as a joke. Later, the lead singer changed his name from Vince Furnier to Alice Cooper, but he stopped wearing dresses. David Bowie was originally David Jones, but didn't want to be confused with...

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