Top 13 Beatles Albums What made No.1 and why? Michael Charles Dirksen S.A. I thought it might be fun to take a trip down Penny Lane and do a countdown of my favorite Beatles albums. “The Beatles were banned throughout most of the apartheid years (in South Africa).” Are you going to agree with the [...]
Top 5 Driving Songs of 2012 (Mainstream) by Matt Jones. Whilst we predominantly feature MT Members and their music here in the magazine it is also nice to have a look at the ‘mainstream’ music business from time to time. Particularly of interest to those members seriously intending to take over the World ! no harm looking [...]
Alan’s Christmas Sunday Jam December 23rd. 2012 http://musicianstogether.com/video/4GH62NHGU641/8217Copperhead-Road8217-Pat-Murphy-Christmas-Sunday-Jam
You’ve got the band, you’ve got the songs and you’ve rehearsed until you’re ready play in front of an audience. But where do you go and what do you do to organise your first gig? In this guest post, Vicky shares some great tips to help ensure your first gig goes smoothly. The Venue [...]
In this thoughtful and inspiring article, Stewart Murdoch recounts his experience of learning to play a new instrument – and shows how you can too! I wish I’d taken up an instrument when I was young. The ability to create and play music is one of the most joyous things that [...]
Hard Working Class Heroes – 2012 Ireland’s Annual Showcase Festival and Conference for New Music – 10th Birthday!!! Thursday 4 / Friday 5 / Saturday 6 October – Dublin I dropped in briefly to the launch this evening for the 2012 HWCH, what a well turned out and well behaved bunch of people. Ambassadors, not [...]
WHAT CAN YOU CHANGE OR DO DIFFERENTLY? Some people will love you and love your music, some people will love you and not love your music, some people will love your music and not love you, some people will not love you and not love your music, some people will love you and listen to [...]
PEOPLE WOT HIT THINGS: Drummers are radical. Specific personalities may vary, but they are always extreme. A drummer might be the funniest person in the world, or the most psychotic, or the smelliest. Most drummers are highly excitable, and when excited, they play louder. Sigh. Oh, and if you decide to talk to the drummer [...]
Lisa J. Aston is a multi-talented Australian singer/songwriter. Her varied career has seen her in the role of solo musician, music executive, filmmaker, author, animal-rights advocate and just about everything else in between. In this article, an extract from her book, “Pop Stars & Idols – The Recipe for Success,” Lisa shares some of her [...]
I must admit, I got a huge shock tonight, when I saw two 18 year old entrepreneurs, Ryan Ashmore and Liam Webb, walk away from the Dragon’s Den (‘Shark Tank in the US’) with £50,000 ($75,000). It wasn’t their age, but that their business was a brand new start-up record label, which had recently signed [...]
ALAINA BLAIR – Self Titled CD reviewed by Robert Craven
‘Alaina Blair’ Self Titled CD reviewed by Robert Craven . Describing her music as ‘soulful pop-rock’ 20yr old Alaina Blair belies her youth with an accomplished album with each tack showing a high degree of nous for radio-friendly airplay. Citing her influences as Joss Stone, Sheryl Crow, Grace Potter and Norah Jones, Aliana’s debut album [...]
MT Saturdays (1) Darkey Kelly’s
MT Saturdays (1) Darkey Kelly’s May 18th. 2013. Our first Saturday afternoon MT session in Darkey Kelly’s. Music and song by Ciaran Brennan, Brian Aherne, Sean O’Neill and Tony Floyd Kenna. Book reading by Robert Craven. Poetry reading by Daniel Wade. An easy going relaxed vibe contributed to this very successful mixed media presentation. . [...]
CONTEMPLATING THE MUSE – No. 2 – Linda Ibbotson with guest Ryan Cole
CONTEMPLATING THE MUSE – No. 2 – Linda Ibbotson With guest Ryan Cole. . “The idea is to write it so the people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart” Maya Angelou A warm welcome and thank you for joining me. I invite you to pull up a [...]
BANNED FOR LIFE (Paperback) by D. R. Haney, reviewed by Robert Craven
BANNED FOR LIFE (Paperback) by D. R. Haney – reviewed by Robert Craven Just as bebop was the soundtrack to Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg and Neil Cassady, so the sounds of CBGB’s, The Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges, The Clash, The Sex Pistols and New York Dolls fuel D.R. Haney’s odyssey `Banned for Life’. [...]
ROBERT CRAVEN – Writer and music reviewer, in his own words.
Robert Craven is an author and music reviewer for Musicians Together Magazine. Robert lives in the seaside town of Rush in County Dublin, Ireland. . I have two novels; ‘Get Lenin’ and the sequel ‘Zinnman’, published by Taylor Street Publishing and which are currently available for Kindle download and paperback on Amazon.com and Amazon UK. [...]
SONGWRITING REFINED – Justin (Oswlek)
Songwriting Refined Justin (Oswlek) Hello everyone, welcome to my initial foray into the writing-about-songwriting realm. This will either be the first of several installments on a series of different subjects, or an experiment gone horribly wrong. Time will tell. I should admit that I have no great qualification for this role. I’m neither an acclaimed [...]
