Rock School

"The tour bus is the main form of transportation for bands. To that end accidents can happen. On the show Tammy and I will relate a list of tour bus accidents and what came of them"

"I want to play a game. No. Really. I want to play a game. I have ten monsters. I will say the monster and you tell me what song comes to your head. We will play the best pick and then tell you all the titles you could have said for partial credit."

"Spotify is the top streaming service so it is where musicians go to be discovered. The only way to succeed is to be streamed. What people are finding is that you can pay for streams. You can pay for computers to listen to your song so hopefully you end up of the new charts. But is it a good idea Is it worth the money We will talk through it all."

"All too often, when a concert is poorly attended, it is made fun of. However, used correctly, it can be a learning experience to work on your performance. To connect better with the audience and to ponder why the show was not well attended. It is also a test of a bands mettle. Do you punish the audience or do you put on a great show for those that did indeed attend?"

"This week we speak with author Jim Curtis about his new book, Decoding Dylan Making Sense of the Songs That Changed Modern Culture. Curtis is an academic who has studied Dylan from his history through his lyrics and down to his chord progressions. It is quite thorough and quite interesting."

"Elvis. Michael Jackson. Tupac. Many believe these people are still alive but faked their death. What is better is that of all the musicians we will feature on the show, there is proof they are alive in the form of photos and video. Some of it is pretty good and others are not so much."

"It seems that music companies are going out of their way to not pay their performers. The Black Box is a nickname given to a fund of royalties that cannot be determined who it should be paid to. It is created by overseas royalties and other untraceable payments. However, now companies and technologies are being created to fight the Black Box and make sure artists get paid."

"Last month two major concert promotors stated their venues and concerts by their artists will be for those who are vaccinated only. This command is running up against laws in many conservative states and cities that forbid such a rule. The rule seems good intentioned but the reality is much different and may do far more harm than good."

"The baby on the cover of the Nirvana Nevermind album is now 30 years old and he is suing everyone involved in the album for pornography even though he has posed and profited off the album for decades. It reads like a money grab but has anyone else sued bands and artists for their album covers? Yes. We have a long list this week."

"This week we are going to to talk about some of the golden days in music video. Many well known stars got their start in a big music video. We have a list and a half for you. So, have a computer handy and look up some of these videos to see some big stars at the beginning of it all."

"Earlier this year, we did a show on the topics of folk songs and while researching that show, we found a lot of songs outside the folk genre that were based on news events, mostly murders. This is a show put together discussing those songs."

"The FreeBritney movement has been active lately calling for the singer to be free of her father. But should she be? Why was she put under a conservatorship in the first place and has she done things that suggest she should stay under it? Moreover, what other musicians are under a conservatorship of his or her own."

"This week, we are not talking about songs that were featured in movies, rather, songs that were written because a movie the artist saw, prompted it, either title, lyrics or feel. There are a lot, far more than what we will list here. Action!"

"This week, we will tell you the story behind some of the best known band logos. From Dancing Bears to the Van Halen wings belonging to someone else to the specific fonts you have come to know and love. We have a lot of them."

"What is the future of music? Could it be music made only for you, by a computer that knows and monitors you? THat way it plays you the exact music you want at that time. New songs by bands that broke up or members are dead. A computer made a new Nirvana song. A new Queen song. Does it sound impossible? It is happening right now."

"In the 90s, Biz Markie was a popular rapper with a top 10 hit. Then he used the song Alone Again by Gilbert OSullivan. He was sued not only for copyright but for theft. The lawsuit sent shockwaves through the Rap community. It is said that 1000s of songs are sitting on shelves because the samples made them too expensive to release. And it is all because of this one lawsuit. We will tell you then entire story."

"You have heard of the KISS Army, right? That is what KISS fans call themselves. But did you know that other bands and musicians also have nicknames for their fan base? It is not just a few. We have pages and pages of them. Like Slipknot? You are a Maggot. Like Green Day? You are an Idiot. Like Gary Numan? You are a Numanoid. Like 21 Pilots? You are part of the Skeleton Click. It goes on. Hopefully we mention your favorite band."

"If you have ever posted content to YouTube that contains music, there is a good chance you've had a ContentID interaction. You could have received a strike or a Takedown Notice or even had your entire site taken down. What started out as a method of copyright protection has become something people do not like because too often it is being abused by publishing companies. We will try to explain it all."

"Welcome to week two of Bad Managers. There are simply so many stories of managers messing over their clients that we had to make two shows out of it. This is number two. Enjoy."

"There is a trivia questions goes around asking, what is the first posthumous number one hit? The answer that is probably expected is Sittin on the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding. But, it is? A bit of research suggests it is third and taking some other factors into account, it may be even farther down the list. This week we will look at posthumous hits, both number ones and some others that are more well remembered than the hits an artist made while alive."