All posts by Aaron Tyler

  • The Beatles & The Blues

    #The Blues Beatles It’s Sacrilege! To Reinvent The Beatles??? Not so much… Well, yes — as sacrilegious as it might sound, to give the fab-4 a new spin – it’s happened. And it’s good. Really good if...

    • Posted April 3, 2017
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  • Happy Birthday Jimmy Cliff

    #Aries Jimmy Cliff International reggae star Jimmy Cliff, born James Chambers on April 1, 1948, in St. James, Jamaica, began making music as a child. In his adolescent years, he began releasing singles and finding fame in...

    • Posted April 1, 2017
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  • Legal: Determining Songwriters’ Future Revenue

    #LEGAL Streaming Revenue. Determining Songwriters’ Future The Copyright Royalty Board is setting hearings to determine a new mechanical royalty rate. The current statutory mechanical royalty rate for physical recordings (such as CDs) and permanent digital downloads is...

    • Posted March 31, 2017
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  • The Working Musician vs. Bar & Club Owners

    Open Letter from Working Musician, Dave Goldberg to LA Club & Bar Owners. The Working Musician vs. Bar & Club Owners Jazz Musician, Dave Goldberg, pinned this scathing and darkly humorous open letter to LA club &...

    • Posted March 30, 2017
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  • Paul McCartney Working on New Album

    Paul McCartney BBC Radio 6 During an interview with Matt Everitt @ BBC Radio 6, Paul McCartney announced his plans for a new album.  “I’m making a new album, which is great fun. I’m in the middle...

    • Posted March 28, 2017
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  • Backstory: Solid Gold. John Stewart, Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham

    Turning Music Into Gold. John Stewart was a member of the Kingston Trio in the early 60s and wrote the Monkees’ #1 hit, “Daydream Believer.” He came from out of nowhere and scored a Top 5 hit...

    • Posted March 23, 2017
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  • Aries Playlist Complicated and Contradictory

    Are You an Aries? Aries is the sign of the self. People born under this sign are some of the most complicated and contradictory people out there. They’re the first sign of the zodiac, and enter this...

    • Posted March 20, 2017
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  • Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin Accuser Steps Up Fight

    LED ZEPPELIN #LEGAL Michael Skidmore unsuccessfully accused Led Zeppelin of stealing the intro to “Stairway to Heaven” in 2016. Thursday his case found its way to the 9th Circ. Rock lore tells us that “Stairway to Heaven”...

    • Posted March 17, 2017
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  • Gene Simmons on the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame

    Gene Simmons “the day LED ZEPPELIN gets put into the Hip-Hop Hall Of Fame, is the day I will accept rap artists in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.”   It’s awards season and Gene Simmons has...

    • Posted March 2, 2017
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  • Movies W/ Music: The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper

    #Sgt.Pepper With all the choices in the world to watch on Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu we watched Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to celebrate Valentine’s Day. It’s a big-budget, movie musical released in 1978 starring Peter...

    • Posted February 13, 2017
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