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Nov
2023
Read Time:4 Minute, 6 Second When starting out in a band, every kid dreams of making it big playing music with their friends. All it takes is one great rock show to change a bands life. Many of the oldies acts that we play have
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Nov
2023
Read Time:4 Minute, 17 Second This year marks the end of an era. An era in which movie and TV soundtracks are populated by big bombastic song cues. Showtime Networks Billions wrapped an impressive 7 season run. It also marks the last show of its
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Oct
2023
Read Time:2 Minute, 3 Second With the new Beatles song “Now and Then” coming out this Friday, I thought I’d delve into some Halloween related Beatles lore. In December of 1980, tragic news struck the world that John Lennon had been shot. It was news
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Oct
2023
Read Time:2 Minute, 17 Second This Halloween, we all look forward to dressing up in costume, getting candy and occasionally telling scary stories. In rock and roll, scary stories are aplenty and below, just in time for spooky season are rock n roll’s own tales
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Oct
2023
Read Time:2 Minute, 18 Second Bands have a history of getting themselves into trouble. Whether it’s trashing a hotel, driving a car into a pool, rockstars have racked up considerable debts. Debts band managers must pay time and again. For every problem in rock and
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13
Oct
2023
Read Time:3 Minute, 42 Second This morning I woke up to find new music from Judas Priest, a band who has been steadily making tunes since 1968. Rob Halford, the bands front man is 72 years old. Most people of that age would rather be
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Oct
2023
Read Time:4 Minute, 23 Second Having seen the recent re-release of the concert film Stop Making Sense, the one thing that didn’t was its famous director attached. Concert films have become famous not only for the on-screen talent, but those behind the scenes as well.
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Sep
2023
Read Time:2 Minute, 41 Second For years, people have demanded that the Live Music Experience be just that, live. Now in the wake of Ronnie James Dio’s Hologram performance, artists are considering continuing as artificial intelligence. ABBA’s Voyage show, a show featuring AI versions of
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Sep
2023
Read Time:2 Minute, 47 Second Last week, OldiesXL.com looked back on some of the biggest marketing campaigns of all time. This week the trend continues. Looking into how bands of the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and today promote their music. The Models “Blow Up” The
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Sep
2023
Read Time:4 Minute, 12 Second During the production cycle, bands promote records weeks if not months in advance. Notice how the records first single comes with the album announcement 3-4 months before release? This is all planned by the band’s marketing and promotions department. For
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