Album covers inspired by Blue Note Records.
This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances.
Motley Crue occupies a peculiar space in the media landscape: Despite selling over fifty million albums, at least three members of the band are more famous on their own than all of the songs they’ve recorded as a group. It’s hard to imagine another band who could publish three bestselling books about themselves without really mentioning their music at all.
Ran across a video of Dick Dale’s advice to up and coming musicians.
“And that’s the reason why the system hates Dick Dale.”
An elaborate break down of the phenomenon can be found in Steve Albini’s “The Problem With Music“, aka “Some of your friends may already be this fucked.”
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Here’s the new link to my Dick Dale interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AJxc3Lxn4o
Comment by Tommy Liberto — April 29, 2007 @ 1:29 pm