Lyric Shrink | The Gestalt of Metric
Ryan·
Can you see the forest for the trees? Is the whole more than the sum of its parts?...
Dedication Post
CHECKPOINT! – 10 Hits Halfway Through 2022
Can you believe we’re already halfway through 2022? It seems just like yesterday I was compiling my list...
Lyric Shrink | A Perspective on the Absurdity of Bob Seger’s Night Moves
Ryan·
Welcome once again to Lyric Shrink. This edition features a departure from the line-by-line analysis seen in the...
FLAMMA Innovation – FX100 | The Future of Digital Multi-effects
Picking up the guitar in the late 90s placed me in the strange transition between digital and analog...
Hum: Bryan St. Pere – Intentional, Virtuosic, and Purposeful Drumming | R.I.P.
Bryan St. Pere, drummer of Hum has died. St. Pere was an all time great drummer. Purposeful, hard-hitting, perfect. Here's some highlights.
Lyric Shrink | A Closer Look At Dio – “All The Fools Sailed Away”
Ryan·
Lyric analysis, like dream analysis, isn’t an exact science. Of course, we’re allowed to make individual interpretations. And...
AZOR Mini Guitar Pedals part 2 | More Sound for Less Pounds
Experimenting with various guitar sounds by the way of effects pedals is essentially a rite of passage. But...
AZOR Mini Guitar Pedals | Big Sound Small Price
So you’ve been playing guitar for a little while. You’ve mastered all the open chords, nailed power chords,...
The Rock Band as Artistic Concept: Animating the “Pose” of Roxy Music
My intent in producing this examination of Roxy Music's career is as an initiation to yet another consideration of the band's catalogue.
Can Metal Be Romantic? A Conversation About Perception
Music genres can mean many things, but can metal be romantic? From a very early age, we’re told...