Listen to the force, Dadalaurian.
On High is the new 2MERICA LP. It is streaming now on all the major platforms: Spotify, Apple Music, and in glorious lossless high-definition 24/96 audio on Amazon Music HD.
This LP … Read the rest
Music & Sound Tech
The study of sound, music, and the technology used to create and distribute it.
Keep On Grinding
2MERICA is a strange project. I don’t promote it in any mainstream way but I concentrate on publishing a record and continuing it’s existence. A few times it’s been a nearly full band of maniacal musician geniuses I call El … Read the rest
Digital Audio Quality Explained Simply, Thanks Amazon!
Frequent visitors here know I’ve spent years preaching on the badness of lossy music. I was in countless thread battles on other sites too. After many years of that stuff I got tired of it and just decided to enjoy … Read the rest
The Last American Fleet – A Restrained, Beautiful Masterpiece
The new release The Last American Fleet by Winnie Rose is really unlike any album I’ve ever heard. It’s hauntingly beautiful narrative takes you into a trance as you contemplate the tale unfolding into your ears.
The soothing natural backdrops … Read the rest
2MERICA: The Travels of Crooked Lip Jack – Behind The Music
The 4th 2MERICA LP has been released and is available worldwide. It’s titled The Travels of Crooked Lip Jack. Search and save it on your favorite music service.
I consider this record a Light Fog Travelogue. As you flip … Read the rest
Team Work of Art Clothing & Accessories Launches
The Collinwood Sun family has grown! WFNK, 2MERICA, Roaming Crazy, now Team Work of Art. TeamWOA.pro features JennyRollerSkating, one of the worlds best artistic skaters, and our first apparel line for the athletic casual market.
Our Grand Opening features … Read the rest
Tour Bootsy’s Guitar Collection
This is old but so cool – someone gets around Bootsy’s studio and talks guitars and basses and films it all. Bootsy has been turning out gold records since the early 70’s.
Sidenote – I held one of his star … Read the rest
Amazon Music HD Makes Streaming Professional, Finally
Even if this audio upgrade is 20 years late, it’s here and I love it. Stream all day, at any volume, with no loss and no annoyance. No commercials. Amazon Music HD is making me a very happy music customer. … Read the rest
C’mon Rufus, This Act Could Be A Single
Hahaha stupid commercial from 1985 for the Casio SK-1 keyboard. This thing was legendary – one of the coolest toy keyboards ever.
In fact, I recorded one on some 2MERICA tracks.
In fact, I have a new song coming out … Read the rest
Roger Tells You About The Talk Box
What a cool little clip going back to 1988 (gotta love the shiny fashion!) where the legend Roger Troutman explains the talk box:
Listen and learn funkateers! And go listen to Zapp & Roger today…. Guaranteed to make you feel … Read the rest
Amazon Music HD & Ultra HD: A Music Lovers First Review
I have to admit, I feel a bit lost and unsure of what to say. I want to do a dance and shout “I told you so!”. If you are a new reader to my site, you need to know … Read the rest
Better Late Than Never: Hi-Res Music Streaming Comes to Amazon
Mark this moment – September 2019 – I just read a mainstream tech article about lossless and hi-resolution music streaming that didn’t claim lower quality is better for consumers! It didn’t use the term snake oil or contain snark … Read the rest
Best Eva, She Said
Some smooth sounds from your favorite underground band, 2MERICA:
The pre-cursor to the Roaming Crazy lifestyle!
Times get tough. You shed the blood and the sweat and … Read the rest
New Town, Same Goal: Publish
I recently moved across the country with my family. This was a huge task and required a giant leap of faith. We jumped up and love it.
In Cleveland and Cincinnati, my ethos as an artist was to publish mightily… Read the rest
Roaming Crazy Clothing Launched
This is crazy, this is awesome. We are so proud of the new
Roaming Crazy lifestyle brand.
Enjoy. Gear up. Just in time for christmas!
Way Down Inside
Rick Beato with a great dissection of the Zep classic Whole Lotta Love:
I like when he picks up the guitar and plays along with the solo.
Pretty sick!
… It’s The Wrapping They Buy
Here’s a great interview clip with the shy and interesting Charlie Watts, drummer for the Rolling Stones, from back in the early days.
He reflects on life in a successful white rock ‘n roll band playing black R&B, how American … Read the rest
The (Algo)Rithm Is Gonna Get You
Apologies to Gloria…
Lots of work to be done here, but sure enough, soon enough, the robots will be able to DJ properly too.
(Never … Read the rest