David Bowie is dead. Long Live Ziggy Stardust!

David Bowie, legendary Avant Garde artist, musician, performer, dead at age 69. His Music Lives On.

David Bowie, the iconic and myth-making man of impressive creative talents, has departed his mortal coil. Yet his legacy lives on. Few, if any, artists of his day and style, could ever hope to near his level of talent and imagination. He was a true artistic genius.

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Be Two

Let us be two better
Let's pretend that are friends
Let's all go where the fruit flies lead us
They all have the key.

Something in your eyes,
Is it just a sty?
My oh my oh my
Are you now that guy?

Do you hold the key
to open every gate?
Can you pass through walls
or will you wait?

To say they open the sky,
You know that's just a fat lie,
To begin, to begin,
to begin on your way.

Let us be two gathered
let's pretend
that we are on two different ways.
Let us be two scattered,
let's pretend
that we are not using plays.
Let us be two bettered,
let's pretend
that we're two hearts in a haze.

Let us be two bettered,
let's pretend
that we're two hearts in a haze.

in a haze

in a haze.

I sang this song I wrote in a coffee shop last week and someone mentioned that the cadence and melody could also be interpreted in this way: That, of course, is Let's Pretend by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe

Waggin' the wagon

Somethin' 'bout waggin' ... 

Got on the band wagon? Free your soul with these band's wagon waggin'

Let's start with Darius Rucker's Wagon Wheel cover from 2013:

And move on to way Old Crow Medicine Show (O.C.M.S.) sang and performed Wagon Wheel back in 2006:

 

Now, let's railroad the trip with Waggin' the Dog by Railroad Earth of Hobo Productions:  

 And now for a third song, and a fourth and final clip. This one rounds out the post, and it's non other than The Fathoms playing Tail Waggin' with that classic surfrock twang. 

You're welcome, tail waggers and wagon lovers.

How To Pre-Fab A Hit Online With New Music Site

The Thing We Did To Get Over 100 Visits In Our First 4 Hours

We Take Records ... and Crush Them.

Google SERPs helped us on Day 0.

Being a new site about music in an ocean of music sites, we have to struggle against the massive tide of music content being pushed out to the net every second.

So before we published even our first article, we did our research.

Eventually, we stumbled upon this diamond in the rough, which revealed some immensely valuable information about the best ways to write for the web with titles and the body of any article, so that it would stand out.

So far, we beat our first month's goal, and we have not even been online for an entire day.

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Top 10 Cover Songs That Outshine The Original Tunes

10 Cover Songs That Beat The Originals

because time is perception

Yeah, music critics abound, and Diffuser.fm does their own share of it.

This time, they take a stab at judging 10 cover songs that they claim are better than the originals.

We definitely do not agree with them 100%. Still, it's an interesting list.  The choices they went for, frankly, say a lot about their taste in music, and the perspective which they see and hear music through.

What do you think?

Pink Floyd - The Endless River - New Album the end of the band?

Pink Floyd's New Album To Be Their Last

Pink Floyd b-side art meme

According to Rolling Stone magazine, longtime Pink Floyd frontman David Gilmour said that The Endless River marks the end of Pink Floyd. You can also hear some nice preview sounds there.

The Endless River is, of course, the first new album the band has produced since 1994 when they released The Division Bell.

In many ways, it's a step back in time, as they riff off of old slices of keyboards played by the late, great Rick Wright who passed away in 2008. In other ways, it also recalls the days of Ummagumma, when albums were not just a continuous buildup. There were also very few "songs" on it.  In the new album, there are just 4 songs over the 55 minutes of the album. It's a long, fond farewell, making its way down memory lane in style, as only Pink Floyd can do.

And yes, Roger Waters is also not on this album, as he is not, nor has he been, a member of Pink Floyd since 29 years. He left in 1985 and has been doing his own thing since then. So don't bother trying to find his name in the album credits.

There is, of course, and as always, an endless river of opinions about the band, the people, their egos, and whatever else you can shake a stick at. Which version of Pink Floyd's ensemble was better. Will Waters and Gilmour ever be able to set aside their differences and do another album, let alone tour together? Which album is the best? What do the lyrics mean? The questions and debates seem infinite. Yet none of that detracts from the music they have produced since 1967.

Personally, we look forward to the album's official release, and in the meantime, we're enjoying the tasty cuts we get to hear.

And as if anyone needed to be reminded of how great Pink Floyd is, well, here they are, in a nice playlist that is, frankly, louder than words.

Enjoy!

Music Is A Real Job

Musician Salaries In Seattle

This might come as a surprise to some, especially with the almost complete decapitation of the music industry and record sales by the overwhelming force of the MP3 digital download revolution.

In the city of Seattle, Washington, musicians can actually earn a living.  And here's an infographic to show you just how much they are able to pull in, despite low or no record contract with one of the big dinosaur labels.

Take Note Of This Music Industry Infographic

So before you lose hope and toss in your turntable, treble voice or trumpet, try on your troubadour talents in the rainy city where grunge was born.

And while you're at it, here's a little taste of another Seattle music gem, Pearl Jam, performing Black on MTV's Unplugged way back in 1992.