Jambands.caJambands.cahttp://blog.jambands.ca/blog/2012-02-10T00:36:48ZSquarespaceBarr Brothers Get Extended By Horns, Winds and Stringshttp://blog.jambands.ca/blog/2012/2/9/barr-brothers-get-extended-by-horns-winds-and-strings.htmlMike Bouchard2012-02-10T00:25:52Z2012-02-10T00:25:52ZWhat is so wonderful about the Barr Brothers music is that it starts out so simple.  They songs can be arranged on one guitar, a trio, and probably extended an endless array of musicians.  The first two vids are an example of single guitar solo version by Brad, the second is the Barr Brothers arrangement for 4 instruments, and the final example is one showing what their gorgeous songs can sound like with 8 musicians.

Brad Barr Solo: Ooh Belle

]]>How To Write A Pop Songhttp://blog.jambands.ca/blog/2012/1/24/how-to-write-a-pop-song.htmlAndré Bouchard2012-01-25T00:06:52Z2012-01-25T00:06:52ZEver wanted a top 10 hit? Ever needed to write many of them to keep up the mansion? This is how you do it.

 

]]>Support Local Ottawa Vinyl Dealers - Birdman Soundhttp://blog.jambands.ca/blog/2012/1/20/support-local-ottawa-vinyl-dealers-birdman-sound.htmlMike Bouchard2012-01-20T23:10:42Z2012-01-20T23:10:42ZWho doesn't love the experience of walking into a vinyl shop and flipping through new releases, used records or just randomly pick up something based on the owner's personal tastes?   Ottawa has a few of these places still in business, and as far as I know, they are run by people who know, appreciate and love music and vinyl together.

Things you can do with vinyl - Sleeve Facing!

In the 1980's, while living in Kingston, I would go from one music shop, to the next to look at what was out.  But the place that really took most of my hard earned Woolco money was Brian's Record Option.  I could find used records for music that I had just discovered while in high school.  Getting deep into the Beatles was really fun at Brian's.  He had original 1960's presses of Beatles' records from North American releases to the British variant. Bootlegs of Shea Stadium (yeah on vinyl!) and original box sets of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass which

]]>World's Fastest Guitar Player is Faster Than Your Eyes Can Seehttp://blog.jambands.ca/blog/2012/1/13/worlds-fastest-guitar-player-is-faster-than-your-eyes-can-se.htmlMike Bouchard2012-01-13T22:50:11Z2012-01-13T22:50:11Z

This video is pretty hard to believe.  If you have ADD, you may be put off by a 13 minute video, so just use the shuttle feature of Youtube and jump past the intro.  Jump further to see him go apeshit fast.  It looks like the video is sped up, but that's why the clock is there.

]]>The Joy of Books - cool animationhttp://blog.jambands.ca/blog/2012/1/10/the-joy-of-books-cool-animation.htmlMike Bouchard2012-01-10T21:29:45Z2012-01-10T21:29:45Z

]]>Must See - Not an Airplanehttp://blog.jambands.ca/blog/2012/1/7/must-see-not-an-airplane.htmlMike Bouchard2012-01-07T21:24:16Z2012-01-07T21:24:16Z

On November, 11, 2011, not an Airplane gathered at the Warehouse in Salida and performed "Speak In" from their 2011 album "It Could Just Be This Place". This is the video of that evening. Thanks to Luis Alcazar for editing all of the footage. 

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