I’ve been listening a lot to Chinese Democracy, the product of Axl Rose’s 17-year stint as a psychopathic hermit in Malibu. I’ve been a huge GNR fan since the 5th grade of elementary school (1986 I think?), so I’ve been looking forward to this forever. In 1999 or 2000, my then-girlfriend sent me a copy [...]
It’s 8pm, do you know where your children are?
If your child is Anthony Mena, well then, he’s having an existential crisis somewhere. But don’t worry, it appears that the forces of tranquility will prevail over his darker impulses.
Listen to the Song – 8pm
What Does Screwmaker say about his song?
“ScrewMaker? What the hell is a ScrewMaker? [...]
The Music Snob is now introducing meta-reviews to this fine cyberworld. While some of you may have an idea of what this is, and it may in fact exist in many locations elsewhere, I can’t be bothered to seek out and destroy these other locations, or even inquire as to their existence, and so, according [...]
I just came across a great site called Indie on the Move.
What is Indie on the Move?
The site is a free database of booking information for music venues across the US, designed to help bands book tours.
Booking a Music Tour Just Got Easier
The information is helpful and to-the-point. Contact info and booking tips.
The site design [...]
Yesterday’s New York Times has an interesting discussion on the detrimental effects of music licensing on the creation of music itself.
The question is: What happens to the music itself when the way to build a career shifts from recording songs that ordinary listeners want to buy to making music that marketers can use? That [...]
One of my favorite possessions in the entire world is my pair of
Bose® QuietComfort® 2 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® Headphones
These headphones have totally improved my quality of life. Gone are the days in college when I would dedicate long nights to hanging out and listening to music. Since I’m so busy now, most of my real [...]
The doctors in our music snob laboratory tell me that we need to mix things up a bit here and try to steer ourselves further off the cliff. So we’ve decided to try something new here at TheMusicSnob.
The Music Snob Challenge
We want musicians to write reviews of their own music. But not boring reviews. And [...]
Turning back to the old subject of this blog, how to promote independent music, Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby, recently posted an article about how nobody’s going to help you out to advance your music career.
This is my experience on the subject. It’s not in anyone’s financial interest to help a struggling musician. [...]
CHANES from Brooklyn on the Microphones! All 5,000 of them!
This dude is so busy studying his lyric sheets that he hasn’t stopped to notice the thousands of microphones raining down on him. Crazy. After getting an email asking me to check out his tunes, I went to his MySpace page, but was unable to get [...]
I’m enjoying checking out the eclectic and bizarre mix of music that’s finding its way to TheMusicSnob. My goal with this blog isn’t to tell you what to listen to. I’m NOT some super obscurist toolbox trying to find the next hottest band that you need to know about. Instead, I’m just applying my ridiculous [...]
