‘The Vahle Music Rant by Matt Vahle’ Archives
Commercial success: stop it…..you’re killing me
The Vahle Music Rant Commercial success is something that every band, in their heart of hearts, strives for. Mass appeal usually leads to more record sales, which leads to more money at the end of the day. This is a rare thing in the hard rock / metal scene. A million sold is a big deal to in this genre, as opposed to the 11 million, that [...]
The next big scene- The Vahle Music Rant
The Vahle Music Rant From time to time we see the emergence of a scene. A group of bands coming out of a particular area of the county, all with the same sound. It is often cultivated in the under-ground club scene; more often than not making it's way to the fore front after one of it's acts gets signed with a major label. The glam scene was [...]
Play my favorite song! No, play my favorite album!
There is nothing better than seeing one of your favorite songs played live, but what about having one of your favorite albums played live. Even better right? There is a new emerging trend in the hard rock / metal community; bands playing from start to finish one of their "classic" (see prior post for definition) albums. Motley Crue has done [...]
This is classic rock?
The Vahle Music Rant Once upon a time classic rock was defined as a sound; bands like Led Zeppelin, The Who, and Deep Purple fell into the category. Slower guitar riffs backed with heavy drum beats were the prototypical characteristics, though as we all know, there is no set formula to a particular genre. Every now and then we would hear a [...]
Band! We don’t need no stinkin band!
The Vahle Music Rant Browsing through my iTunes recommendations last night and I came across Brandon Boyd's solo release. Better known as the front man for Incubus; and being that it is a band that I am into, I gave the solo album a quick listen to. Then to even more of a surprise I see a solo album for Ed Kowalczyk of Live fame; then Brandon [...]
How Fred Durst saved rock & roll
That is right, you read the heading correctly. I think that Fred Durst saved rock & roll. OK maybe not really saved rock & roll music; but more of the lifestyle. Which is important; the lifestyle that is. What would be the point of dreaming to be a musician if there was not sex, drugs and other debauchery? OK, well maybe artistic [...]
