Here is an artist named Lissie. She’s been performing and writing music for years around LA. I’ve seen her a few times at tiny bars in the city and at the Troubadour because she’s friends with my girlfriend. Her voice is outrageously awesome. Here is her cover of Lady GaGa’s “Bad Romance”…

This is brilliant…

Nina Gordon covers “Straight Outta Compton”…

A friend of mine at lunch said he had an, “awesome surprise” for me. I got excited. When I found out what it was I got really excited. When I ended up in a sound studio about to listen to the original Fleetwood Mac master recording of “Rhiannon”, I knew someone was going to have the unenviable job of mopping my brains off the floor because my mind was about to be blown. I’m a huge Mac fan. The arrangements, the vocal harmonies, the guitar parts, the legendary rhythm section of Mick and John; I love it all. So, being able to isolate bass tracks, drum tracks, guitar parts and vocals was an amazing experience. When we isolated Mick’s drums you could hear Lindsey guiding the band by yelling, “Chorus…4,3,2,1.” and things like, “Now a-minor!”. Wild. I learned that no matter how hard most bands nowadays try, it’s very difficult to capture that classic “sound”. You listen to this track today and can still feel the vibe that was in the studio. Oh, and later on I got a chance to play Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drum kit too. Awesome.

After years of strife and struggle, Jimmy Kimmel gives us “handsome” men a chance in this big, crazy world…ladies and gentlemen, The Handsome Men’s Club…

I’m a big fan of music, kinda goes without saying really. I started my career 15 years ago on a small radio station and fell in love with all kinds of music. The advent of Pandora and other online music services like MOG.com (which requires a 6 month membership fee, but is totally worth it) has been a highlight of my “internet experience” if you will (or even if you won’t). Here is a link to a short and sweet article on Pandora.com. I figured us music lovers would love to read about it…CLICK HERE TO READ.