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Husky Burnette...Guitar Lessons!
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It's a new year! Time to do something new for you...like play a guitar! Who else better to learn guitar from, than Husky Burnette!
Legendary A&R man John Kalodner, center, and a few friends. Courtesy John Kalodner A Whitesnake medallion is the only memento John Kalodner kept from his remarkable A&R career. He keeps it in front of the desk and computer in his airy Hollywood Hills home, commemorating Whitesnake�s self-titled 1987 album, which featured the band�s epic pop-metal hits �Here I Go Again� and �Still of the Night.� It sold more than 8 million copies. Kalodner did A&R for it, which means he helped develop the band's sound and vision, as he also did for the post-rehab Aerosmith LPs that sold a bazillion copies during the 1980s and '90s. At one time or another, Kalodner also played a major role in the careers of AC/DC, Phil Collins, Cher, Bon Jovi, Peter Gabriel and even Jimmy Page. During his own 30-plus year career in the music business, which began in Atlantic Records' publicity department in 1974, Kalodner was awarded a literal pile of platinum and gold records. Bu...
�Lovecraft Tormented� wall sculpture Like many of you oh-so-cool Dangerous Minds readers I am a collector of a great many THINGS. From records to books and a slew of action figures, my house is a mini-museum full of cool THINGS. I also happen to know that a number of our regular visitors to DM seem to have a thing for anything that associated with the great American horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Which leads me to my post for today which features a number of intricate sculptures depicting some of Lovecraft�s eldritch entities such as �Dagon,� a creature that first made its appearance in Lovecraft�s short story of the same name from 1917; everyone�s favorite octopus-headed cosmic being, �Cthulhu�; Pickman�s model, and the nutty Nyarlathotep among others. I�m just aching to bring a few of these critters into my own menagerie of mayhem� Some of the sculptures in this post are available for purchase. That said they are not cheap�specifically that magnificent wall sculpture �Lov...
As the Golden Melody Awards & Festival is just around the corner, music industry professionals are also welcome to join in the festivities as the festival once again invites industry professionals to a three-day conference chock-full of talks on technology, ideas and cross-industry collaboration. The three days of talks will take place between the 22nd and 24th of June, and will be at Taipei�s Humble House. One of the talks will be given on opportunities for Independent (Indie) Music, a sector which has been experiencing much change and potential of late. The festival has brought together five prominent global industry professionals as panelists for this particular talk, including Taiwan�s own Pochang Wu ; founder of iNDIEVOX and lead singer of band ECHO who will be leading the proceedings. Other panelists include global music industry representatives from the America Association of Independent Music ( Jennifer Masset ), Sounds Australia ( Millie Millgate ), The Orchar...
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