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By David Cavazos Segment Producer This week we go towards a darker side in the world of music and experience the art produced from the mind of Glenn Danzig. For a long time Danzig has been a large medium for music where the new and old combined to form styles that would inspire multiple genres. Danzig is the founder of several popular bands, including The Misfits and Samhain, which would […]
Written and produced by David Cavazos. Edited by Zoe Kaiser. This week we delve into the life of an artist who has not only brought us enjoyable music but also shown that music doesn’t always have to be taken so seriously to produce great results. Weird Al Yankovic has found his way deep into our pop culture as a parodist by rewriting other artists hits into hilarious sketches of his […]
Written and produced by David Cavazos While progressive rock slowly dwindled in the early 90s, there’s one band that surfaced reviving the creating what is called Progressive Metal. Their success in the 90s also brings Progressive Metal into the mainstream with albums such as AEnima, Saliva, and Lateralus. While both albums were positively accepted Lateralus is considered to be the band’s finest work. Now, while Tool and Lateralus is widely […]
Written and produced by David Cavazos This week we’re heading over to the other side of the world to visit the remix culture. A collaborative genre has been flourishing within Japan for years. DJ's, producers, and hip-hop artists have been combining fusion jazz with hip-hop beats to produce phenomenal results. The start of this new collaborative genre is believed to have begun when Japanese musician Hiroshi Fujiwara brought back hip-hop […]
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 […]
Revolutions: Texas Blues by David Cavazos This week we’re going into our own backyard to see what Texas has to offer. Specifically one of our greatest pride and joys Texas Blues. Although most people instantly throw the genre to Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top there is a long and rich past of southern blues emanating from the lone star state. The blues in general derived from African-American slavery during […]
Revolutions: History of Progressive Rock by David Cavazos Classical music had long been kicked out of the mainstream during the sixties with pop and rock n roll completing its mission of world domination. Still, musicians who loved modern music continued to fill colleges and musical institutions to learn classical styles. This dissonance in learning and what musicians were being exposed to would soon birth a new genre of music called […]
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