" A Change Is Gonna Do You Good"
By Mick Polich - 08/23/2008 - 10:22 AM EDT
Change can be good (or so Sheryl Crow says). How do we get there, with music, art, and life? Mick looks at a few point on the matter.....
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Music Life: 5 - Technology Is Your Songwriting Partner
By Brian Donovan - 08/21/2008 - 11:25 PM EDT
Too many gadgets in your pockets: a pen, paper, a recorder of some kind? Just trying to decipher what you need to turn your ideas into completed songs? This is how I do it everyday.
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CD REVIEW: Earl Musick and Mark Merritt - Woodshed'n
By Don Sechelski - 08/20/2008 - 09:10 PM EDT
Americana, Folk, Acoustic
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Interview with Beeb Birtles
By Jan Fabyankovic - 08/18/2008 - 11:39 AM EDT
A Q&A interview with Beeb Birtles who is a founding member of the Australian group, Little River Band, now on his own and still making the music he loves.
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Blue Collar's Guitar Gunslingers!
By Mick Polich - 08/18/2008 - 08:43 AM EDT
First in a series perhaps (always seems to be a lot of hotshot guitarists out there), Mick looks entry-level at the concept of 'guitar gunslingerism', and why it transcends thru generations of players!
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Guest Blog: Keith Siegfried on"How to Rehearse The Neighborhood Band" Part Two!
By Mick Polich - 08/14/2008 - 03:12 PM EDT
Well, old buddy/bassist/singer/guitarist, and soon-to-be web site designer and curator for the Mickster, Keith Siegfried, is back with part two of our series on the very blue - collar aspects of rehearsing a neighborhood band. Schedules, keeping band mates happy, the drama, blah, blah -yes, folks, it's all there as the Bridge Brothers prepare for an annual fall tradition back in Alpharetta, Ga. - KreiFest!!
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CD REVIEW: Purrr - Purrr
By Alex Jasperse - 08/14/2008 - 09:13 AM EDT
Electronc Rock and Dance Rock
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Blue Collar Presents (Some Of) The Classic Midwest Party Bands!
By Mick Polich - 08/09/2008 - 10:24 AM EDT
Ah yes, the good ol' Boogie/Rock era of the 1970's - glad we survived all that moo-ha! Mick looks at a few of the era's classic bands and suggests some album primers to get you started before you raise your glass high and shake that thang!
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CD REVIEW: Jenn Lindsay - A For Effort
By Chip Withrow - 08/08/2008 - 11:45 AM EDT
Alternative Folk/Pop
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CD REVIEW: Bill Popp and The Tapes - My Lonely Mind
By Don Sechelski - 08/07/2008 - 09:17 PM EDT
Pop/Rock
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CD REVIEW: The Histrioniks - Thin
By Chip Withrow - 08/06/2008 - 09:47 AM EDT
Alternative Rock
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CD REVIEW: Blue Line Highway - A Perfect Curve
By Chip Withrow - 08/04/2008 - 10:35 AM EDT
Americana, Folk, Acoustic
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Blue Collar's Short Look At The Small Music Store Industry
By Mick Polich - 08/01/2008 - 09:31 AM EDT
Are we meant to live in a world of Wal Mart - like music stores? Mick makes comment in a short essay on small music stores, and puts forth a few comments to get the thought process rolling. Talk amongst yourselves!
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