r/Music

Rolling Stone labelled 'THE PRETENDER' (1976) a 'masterpiece' backing their praise by naming Browne 'the most accomplished lyricist of the 70s.'

https://samtimonious.com/no-pretence-jackson-browne-the-pretender/

This came in a second hand The Tragically Hip digipak CD case. It had Phantom Power by The Tragically Hip and Open Heart Symphony by Spirit of the West. I'm not too familiar with these bands, but could this be them?

Lovers of jazz transcription rejoice!

As a musician myself, I recently helped out in developing a transcription app called SlowBird.

I have started using it for my own practice..... replacing the app I have been using daily for over a decade.

Heres a screenshot of my current set up - my set of solos on the left and you can save sections into the notes sidebar on the right- so on this lester young solo I can make a note of any cool lines he does and just click them to jump right to that section and start practising.

This is super useful for getting lines in all keys or jumping between two different solos within a record.

Let me know what you think and if there are any features you would want to see going forwards.

I had heard he likes to come out into the audience, and he did not disappoint. Legend.

Mine are 2011 Grammys & Z Festival Bieber, David Kushner, 2015 Nicholas Petricca, 2015-2017 Shaun Mendes, and a bunch of obscure ones