HOME RECORDING with the BOSS BR series – A STUDIO IN A BOX. In simple language, by Tony Floyd Kenna. Boss produce a range of compact Multitrack Digital Recorders, full of magic. Magic? You say. Yep, you get lots of really good effects, virtual tracks for alternate takes, built in drum machine, cut & paste [...]
ZINNMAN by Robert Craven (follow up to GET LENIN). . Robert Craven, who kindly gives of his time helping with CD reviews and the like here at MT Magazine, has just released the follow up to his renowned and critically acclaimed novel ‘Get Lenin’. To quote from Amazon.. ‘In this assured and compelling sequel to [...]
Chasing the Essence by Liam Oragh A Review of: Collaborations – Tracks, Demos & Songs by Tony Floyd Kenna and Friends (M.T. Friends). When I first discovered MT recently I was first struck by the warmth of the welcome and the generosity of the members by way of their positive comments and encouragements. And while [...]
Each month Ciarán Brennan’s show, “The Music Ladder” features a small selection of Musicians Together members. The show is designed to pick out artists or bands in the early stages of their musical journey and showcase their talent and potential. In this, accompanying article, Ciarán gives us a bit more information about the featured artists [...]
Radiohead without the grunge, Sting on a good day, Floyd for the Noughties – make up your own mind. Matt (Withnailus, from the movie Withnail & I) has been steadily releasing tracks of fantastic quality onto the internet for around 5 years. This album brings together some of the very best – and at only [...]
There are two things that have absolutely and unequivocally changed the way we listen to music today. That is the internet and social media. Not only do we now have access to unlimited amounts of mainstream music at the click of a button, but we have inadvertently created an entire subculture of underground, unreleased, original [...]
I personally cannot say enough about this mixer. I use one for live performances as well as for recording and also directly into my video camera when taping live videos. This little console offers quality microphone preamplifiers with optional phantom power, balanced line inputs and the ability to connect external effects. It also boasts a multitude of built in quality [...]
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. One [...]
UNDER A WESTERN SKY – The Communal Well, reviewed by Robert Craven
UNDER A WESTERN SKY The Communal Well. Reviewed by Robert Craven The Communal Well – Jules Berube (Drums), Guy Cunis (lead and rhythm guitars), Roger Hoeberichts (lead vocals and guitar), Mark Heim (Trumpet, coronet and vocals), Sylvian Herrera (Bass), Greg Kinsey (backing vocals and harmonica) and Casey O’Brien, percussion; hail from Paris. Under a western [...]
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 [...]
