In the TV show Supernatural, the very first episode (set in the year 2005), established Dean’s character as a classic rock fan, who is also in love with his classic car, and his classic car’s cassette player. When his brother Sam jokes about how old fashioned his tapes are, Dean doesn’t really give a damn. Plus, a couple of seasons later, Dean sees that Sam has put an iPod to his car and he really is freaked out. Not that he is freaked out by technology in general, but he …

Hello, my name is Matt. I record, edit, and mix music for a living. My profession requires an extremely discerning ear. This little listening test is to see if you can pick up subtle differences in pitch.

Hello, my name is Matt. I record, edit, and mix music for a living. My profession requires an extremely discerning ear. This little listening test is to see if you can pick up subtle differences in volume.

If you want to learn to play the guitar it should not be that difficult. You can enroll at your local college, browse the classified ads and get a personal instructor, or pick up some video lessons. The difficulty presents itself when you want to learn to play the Banjo. No worries.  Banjo Virtuoso Tony Trischka opened his unique online banjo school today: the Tony Trischka School of Banjo!

The Durutti Column are an english post-punk band that got their start in 1978 under the Factory Records umbrella.  Although they have gone through many lineup changes, they are still together today.
In 1980 they released an album called "The Return of the Durutti Colum" and decided to do something special with the record jacket.  The sleeve for this record is covered in sandpaper.  Why, you ask?  Well, it’s so when the record is stored on a shelf next to other records, the very action of taking the record off the …