Jeff Beck might have been the perfect guitar player. It’s not due merely to his supreme mastery of the instrument or his unique touch, it’s because he never stopped challenging himself. He called the guitar “a tool of great inspiration and torture at the same time. It’s forever sitting there, challenging you to find something…
Morale has a notable effect on a baseball player’s performance. Due to that, walk-up songs can have a surprisingly practical purpose in a baseball game. Moreover, they are also a lot of fun because they say so much about the people who choose them. Of course, some walk-up songs have been much better choices than…
Immigration is a complicated experience. It is always challenging. That is particularly true when people move somewhere strange to them. However, they wouldn’t immigrate if they didn’t think it was worth doing so, though the exact reason can see enormous variation from case to case. As a result, immigration is good fodder for music-making because…
Did you know that music is made up of three fundamental parts? It’s true, music is comprised of melody, harmony and rhythm, and the bass is responsible for 2 of those elements: Rhythm and harmony. The bass is often passed over when fans speak of their favorite music. In general, it’s the lead guitarist and…
Rock and roll music in the 1960s marked a new era in the industry that pushed so many boundaries that it’s little wonder the explosion of pop culture resulted in so many contrasts of style. There were the hippies who rebelliously embraced freedom while there were racial issues that were shed to light through music….
The 1998 remake of Godzilla was originally intended to be the first in a trilogy. As it turned out, the first one drew so many negative comments and turned in such a minor profit, all of the planned sequences got shelved. But even if the film was a dud, the soundtrack wasn’t. Consisting primarily of…
White Lion is an American hard rock band that was active in the 1980s. The band stamped a solid mark in the late 80’s, defining the MTV generation with a series of hit videos and music singles. The hard rock band achieved moderate success during the 1980s and early 1990s, but broke up in 1991,…
The Devil’s Rejects was only a minor success back in 2005, but in the years since its release, it’s become a cult favorite. The soundtrack has also weathered well, with an eclectic mix of southern rock that might have its roots in the 1970s, but still sounds fresh today. If bands like the Allman Brothers…
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom and Zooey Deschanel as Summer, 500 Days of Summer became one of the biggest sleeper hits of 2009, drawing $60 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of $7.5 million and capturing millions of hearts with its offbeat story of a doomed love affair. Given the significant role…