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I'd say gather up some money get a tarp and place it on some legs and put it over the keyboard player Done it before... the real problem here is not owning good equipment, but rather not owning enough tarps. Plus let's face it, digital keyboards are computers. They depriciate. By the time moisture ...

Update... Classics is CANCELLED tonight. Just found out. Wasn't our fault. Sorry to anyone who didn't catch us this summer. ---- Kevin - I talked to Pavlic, looks like I'm playing keys in a jam session tomorrow??? He wasn't very clear, so I just told him I'd come if wanted. So yeah, not much of a pr...

Ha thanks JP. I don't know if the fact that it was our last under-age show had anything to do with it, but attendance was double the norm after Pavlic handed out those flyers. There were actually quite a few over-21 people at the under-21 show. Speaking of which... if anyone wants to catch us one mo...

Next time somebody threatens arrest over a noise violation, say three words, and these three words only:"Do your job." The cop knows what he's up against case-wise... most district justices I know would laugh this out the door of the courtroom. An arrest, which is a big deal, means paperw...

Don't get me wrong, I love my hometown and home state and will always hold it close.

But I am 20 years old and doing everything in my power to make sure I'm not here another 20.

Altoona barbie should be 60 years old, with accessory Bush bumper sticker and/or little yellow magnetic ribbon (to prove they support the troops unlike the america-haters driving around without little yellow magnetic ribbons), and will explode when exposed to noise levels above 70dB.

Hey can I say something on topic. Not about politics, just asshole neighbors and asshole cops. I finally had a day off the other day and was at my friend's house behind the Logan Valley Mall, in the pool in the middle of the afternoon. There were 8 people ages 18-22 there making a noise that 8 norma...

No way, I remember playing at Denny Huber's Crazyfest in like a 16-and-under deal or something ... and I started talking to this girl who was just onstage with a bright red keytar... (which just reminded me I'm 6 years overdue for a trophy cup!) So if any of them read Rockpage, my congratulations an...

Sorry to revive a week old thread but I had to comment on this. Are we talking good singers here or good stage presence in general? Because there are a million singers with A+ character and D- vocal ability. So ignoring all your Green Days and New York Dolls and such... To me, the greatest and most ...

When it comes down to it, lists like this are usually determined by some guys in offices who figure they listen to the radio a lot.

Sorry to revive a post that's several days old, but I just got The Chris Stamey Experience's "A Question of Temperature." It's actually Chris Stamey backed by Yo La Tengo and the drummer from the dB's but it is a damn good album that is definitely making my best-of-2005.

There hasn't been much that's caught my interest yet in 2005... this is the best I can come up with: Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cold Roses, Mercury Rev - Secret Migration, Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic, Gorillaz - Demon Days, Beck - Guero Honorable mention: Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orche...

Does anybody know of any open mic nights around the Altoona area? Or any places that would be willing to give a basically unknown guitarist/pianist a gig or two? Any tips appreciated.

I always figured it was a dedicated cell phone pocket. Keeps it at the top instead of falling down with all the change and keys and whatnot.

Jeff Buckley Anyone who has never heard his voice... it will completely change your perception of the voice as an instrument. Tim Buckley (his father) as well. They never knew each other and both died pretty tragic deaths way before their time. For me, both of them were really underappreciated, and ...

Tabs are great for reference or speed-learning a song... but I still find the most rewarding method is your ears and the pause/rewind buttons. (or repeatedly picking up the needle if you're super old school)



edit: That sounded bad. I meant the needle of a record player.

Whether you think that: abortion is murder or not. God and Government mix or don't mix. Big Business is the heart of American capitalism or the death of it. allies are important or not. Welfare and Social Security run with or counter to American ideals. the benifits of legalized cannibis are greater...

Hey JP, this is Denny from Sound Driven... we were on your show about a year ago. Anyway I was cleaning out my "favorites" folder the other day and found rockpage, and remembered how cool it was. One of the foremost reasons we don't play anymore is that so much of our fan base was under 21...

Personally I don't like shredders... I feel like if I've heard 10 seconds of an Yngvie solo, I've heard every one. This is Rockpage so I guess I'll stick to the rock guys... Besides a bunch already mentioned... Son Seals Jerry Garcia Trey Anastasio Steve Kimock Warren Haynes Duane Allman Billy Gibbo...

I just remembered... Lieberman's Suite for Jazz Band and Orchestra - that's an atonal piece worth listening to. It's twelvetone and jazz at the same time. I was thinking about the question of what constitutes a composer... now that I think about it I'd have to say it's anyone that writes out music t...

Steve Reich and Benjamin Britten. Oh and Philip Glass... if you haven't heard "Glassworks" it's quite an experience. Never was into the whole atonality thing. Although George Crumb wrote some of the most frightening music I've ever heard. They just had a Morton Feldman festival here in Pit...

Shmoozing around the rockpage forums to see what was up in the music scene... and found a topic I could go on all day about. I'll have to disagree with the Rusted Root pick earlier - with all the good jam and folk bands that were out around that time I think they were definitely over-rated. Not to s...

Dear Fellow Musicians and Organizers, My friend directed me to this page after seeing mention of Sound Driven, my band of about 6 or 7 years now. I'm living in Pittsburgh right now playing jazz piano and studying composition (and the others all on their respective endeavors), so Sound Driven is luck...

This is my first post, and I figured what better than to start with something I have strong convictions about. This website is, for the most part, full of actual musicians who write real songs and are obviously about the music, not the money. Of course we all want to get paid for what we do, but we'...