How I Lost My Faith in Two Tone |
How I lost my faith in Two ToneYou see there is a constant in these two blogs. Vic Ruggiero.Vic was talking to me the other day about how he wanted to do something with the two tone beat. He was tryin...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:52:00 GMT |
I remember Roland and Tommy |
Hi everyone,So in my history of American Ska blogs I deliberately avoided doing lots of talking about Jamaican Ska and UK ska. So here are some thoughts.First, the Jamaicans. I remember Roland and Tom...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:37:00 GMT |
Recording my two new cds |
So as many of you guys know Ive been working on 2 new cds, one with my group the Blue Greens and the other by Rocksteady 7.Both of them were done live in the studio with minimal overdubs.The Blue Gree...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:15:00 GMT |
Making Good Recordings - recording do’s and dont’s |
Hey everyone.
I was just thinking that Im working on 2 cds right now. One with the Rocksteady 7 and one with the Blue Greens.
Its stressing me out a little bit.
So maybe we could all share our k...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:01:00 GMT |
Dave Hillyard news |
Hi everyone,
so just got back from Indiana where I was producing an album for the young, up, and coming band, the Green Room Rockers. It was fun to work with these guys. They are gonna be ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:15:00 GMT |
why I support barack obama |
I was watching fox new's rememberance of 9/11 this morning and I was amazed at what I saw. They were showing the footage of the people jumping from the twin towers. They were showing someo...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:06:00 GMT |
History of American Ska - the final chapter or is it? |
So its come to this.
I got to write about the state of "ska" in the present day and where its likely to head.
I've been arguing throughout these blogs that you got to look at ska as meaning a lot of ...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 22:32:00 GMT |
History of American Ska Chapter 12 |
Its sad and pretty funny that I can sum up most of the ska scene for the last 7 years in 1 chapter.
Basically, the "ska" scene hit bottom between 1998 and 2002. "Ska" was a 4 letter ...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:17:00 GMT |
History of American Ska Vol.11 |
So Im writing this on a break before a show, so I better be more concise than I usually am.
I want to make clear that these blogs are about music that is called "ska" in America and dont comment more ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:52:00 GMT |
History of American Ska, Chapter 10 |
So between 1983 and 1998, in the United States, Ska had gone from being a fringe genre known only to a handful to a medium sized youth movement.
It was small compared to Punk, which it was often ...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:28:00 GMT |
