By Eduardo Baz Music Journalist In Patti Smith’s self written memoir, “Just Kids,” Smith, poet/singer-songwriter, documents her journey into becoming a musician who consistently tries to combine expressive literature and poetry into her songwriting. In the first verse off of her most acclaimed song "Because the Night" (co-written with Bruce Springsteen), we are given clear example of this venture. “Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe / Love is […]
By Eduardo Baz Music Journalist We are all aware that music can be a promising medium when it comes to expressing and evoking emotion. After all, music is highly addicting and something we simply can’t get enough of. The range of emotions you feel differ from one person to the next, many in ways that the artist may not have even intended. You may gain the confidence you lack for […]
By Ché Salgado Music Journalist This year marked the 50th anniversary of D.A. Pennebaker’s landmark documentary, Dont Look Back, released in 1967, which follows a young Bob Dylan--quickly ascending to the peak of his fame--on his spring 1965 tour of England. Throughout the documentary there are several moments which offer, more than anything else at the time, a window into the artist (that is, the artist as a concept) as […]
By David Cavazos Music always comes in many forms. There are plenty of people who think mastery over theory and their instruments produce the highest quality. Then there’s the counter argument that it doesn’t matter how complicated the tune is as long as the emotion and message is conveyed. This enlightenment vs romance argument in music over time has both produced great works as well as burned many bridges. Although one great work produced […]
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