By MusicLee on February 21, 2010
Hard Rock from the 80’s invaded the Mississippi Moon Bar in Dubuque, IA when Firehouse opened for Dokken. More than twenty years later people are still trying to slam bands like these. Some people never liked the music, some think they have out grown it…until the music starts.
I have to admit I was kind of [...]
Posted in Artists & Bands, Blog Jam, Live Music Review | Tagged Dokken, Firehouse, Hair Bands, hard rock, Live Music, Mississippi Moon Bar
By MusicLee on February 2, 2010
Yes folks there is new Ratt-n-Roll to be had. With a new album due out early 2010 and of course a tour to follow, Ratt and Roadrunner Records are letting you sample the new stuff with the first single “Best of Me.”
Joining Ratt for the Infestation, the first album in ten years, is former Quiet [...]
Posted in Artists & Bands, Blog Jam | Tagged Carlos Cavazo, Hair Bands, hard rock, music stream, Quiet Riot, Ratt
By MusicLee on January 21, 2010
It appears that YouTube is taking a swing at the music discovery and playlist suggestion thing with Disco, it’s own Discovery Project. Sound a bit like Pandora Radio? It’s along the same idea but not yet quite as slick yet. It does however have some points I would prefer to Pandora.
Upon arrival you are hit [...]
Posted in Blog Jam, Music Web | Tagged discovering music, Pandora, YouTube
By MusicLee on January 20, 2010
Browsing through the Independent Music Award categories a couple weeks ago I came across a video nominee that I can just not get out of my head. The Matt King video for the song “Cursing the Ohio” is one of the most interesting videos I have seen in some time. Goes to show what you [...]
Posted in Artists & Bands, Blog Jam | Tagged Alternative Country, Americana, indie music, Matt King, Quick Bio, Rock, Video
By MusicLee on January 19, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I received an email newsletter from Joe and Vicky Price that made mention that they were nominated for an Independent Music Award in the Best Blues Album category. Wanting to support my favorite Iowa Bluesman I went and checked it out. What I found was a smorgasbord of Independent Recording [...]
Posted in Blog Jam, Music Web | Tagged Independent music, indie music, Joe Price, Music Web
By MusicLee on November 14, 2009
Great thing about the internet is that there are guys out there that are more than willing to play a few licks and then show you how they are played. This is EXACTLY the case over on Dolphin Street. There are several lessons I could post but this really jumps out at me and has [...]
Posted in Blog Jam, Blues, Featured, Guitar Web | Tagged Blues, blues guitar lesson, free guitar lesson, Guitar Web, Video
By MusicLee on January 24, 2009
When it comes to free guitar lessons this guy does it right. From beginner lessons, intermediate, to advanced he covers them on his site and YouTube Channel.
Justin Sandercoe’s site JustinGuitar.com is full of lessons offered on the “honor” system. If you have a few bucks you can slip it to him, if not [...]
Posted in Blog Jam, Guitar Web | Tagged Blues, blues guitar, blues guitar lessons, blues guitar tab, free guitar lessons, guitar lesson video, Guitar Lessons, Guitar Web, Video
By MusicLee on December 25, 2008
Do you recognize the lack of a band or people to play with as a reason you may not play guitar as much anymore? One of the downfalls for me playing guitar is that the “band” days are far behind me. Sure, I can play along to a CD but I don’t want to hear [...]
Posted in Blog Jam, Featured, Guitar Web | Tagged free guitar backing tracks, Free guitar resources, Guitar Web, mp3
By MusicLee on January 21, 2010
It appears that YouTube is taking a swing at the music discovery and playlist suggestion thing with Disco, it’s own Discovery Project. Sound a bit like Pandora Radio? It’s along the same idea but not yet quite as slick yet. It does however have some points I would prefer to Pandora.
Upon arrival you are hit [...]
Posted in Blog Jam, Music Web | Tagged discovering music, Pandora, YouTube
By MusicLee on January 19, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I received an email newsletter from Joe and Vicky Price that made mention that they were nominated for an Independent Music Award in the Best Blues Album category. Wanting to support my favorite Iowa Bluesman I went and checked it out. What I found was a smorgasbord of Independent Recording [...]
Posted in Blog Jam, Music Web | Tagged Independent music, indie music, Joe Price, Music Web
By MusicLee on December 26, 2009
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For Christmas this year MusicWife got me a ticket to an upcoming show at the Mississippi Moon Bar in Dubuque, Iowa. I attempted to get one of the Black Friday (the one after Thanksgiving) $1 tickets to Dokken and Firehouse but they sold the allotted amount of tickets before I got there. MusicWife [...]
Posted in Blog Jam, Music Web | Tagged Dokken, Firehouse, Live Music, Mississippi Moon Bar
By MusicLee on November 29, 2009
Although it is not yet available in the United States, keep your ears open for Spotify. It appears that the music lover’s dream application may not be far away.
There are no restrictions in terms of what you can listen to or when. Forget about the hassle of waiting for files to download and fill [...]
Posted in Blog Jam, Music Web | Tagged discovering music, Free Music, Music Web
By MusicLee on February 21, 2010
Hard Rock from the 80’s invaded the Mississippi Moon Bar in Dubuque, IA when Firehouse opened for Dokken. More than twenty years later people are still trying to slam bands like these. Some people never liked the music, some think they have out grown it…until the music starts.
I have to admit I was kind of [...]
Posted in Artists & Bands, Blog Jam, Live Music Review | Tagged Dokken, Firehouse, Hair Bands, hard rock, Live Music, Mississippi Moon Bar
By MusicLee on February 2, 2010
Yes folks there is new Ratt-n-Roll to be had. With a new album due out early 2010 and of course a tour to follow, Ratt and Roadrunner Records are letting you sample the new stuff with the first single “Best of Me.”
Joining Ratt for the Infestation, the first album in ten years, is former Quiet [...]
Posted in Artists & Bands, Blog Jam | Tagged Carlos Cavazo, Hair Bands, hard rock, music stream, Quiet Riot, Ratt
By MusicLee on January 21, 2010
It appears that YouTube is taking a swing at the music discovery and playlist suggestion thing with Disco, it’s own Discovery Project. Sound a bit like Pandora Radio? It’s along the same idea but not yet quite as slick yet. It does however have some points I would prefer to Pandora.
Upon arrival you are hit [...]
Posted in Blog Jam, Music Web | Tagged discovering music, Pandora, YouTube
By MusicLee on January 20, 2010
Browsing through the Independent Music Award categories a couple weeks ago I came across a video nominee that I can just not get out of my head. The Matt King video for the song “Cursing the Ohio” is one of the most interesting videos I have seen in some time. Goes to show what you [...]
Posted in Artists & Bands, Blog Jam | Tagged Alternative Country, Americana, indie music, Matt King, Quick Bio, Rock, Video
By MusicLee on January 19, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I received an email newsletter from Joe and Vicky Price that made mention that they were nominated for an Independent Music Award in the Best Blues Album category. Wanting to support my favorite Iowa Bluesman I went and checked it out. What I found was a smorgasbord of Independent Recording [...]
Posted in Blog Jam, Music Web | Tagged Independent music, indie music, Joe Price, Music Web
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