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Something Alternative: Hipster Culture And Dance Music Examined
Posted on May 17, 2013 | No CommentsDaniel Birch explores the rise of the Hipster cult in the UK and its relationship with dance music. -
Something Alternative: Web hosting tips for the modern creative-type
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No CommentsObviously, websites don’t build themselves. In terms of your time, they need a lot of energy, expertise, and design know-how to construct and launch – to do them well, anyway. -
Something Alternative: 2013: The Year Of Live Streaming?
Posted on May 11, 2013 | No Comments2013 has been dubbed the year of live streaming, advances in high-speed internet connections being more readily available have made consumption of this technology possible to everyone. The mobile market... -
Something Alternative: Harry’s Wrestling Experience
Posted on April 26, 2013 | No CommentsAs part of our new Something Alternative blog, Harry Houghton returns to a wrestling event (a Smackdown taping at the O2 Arena on April 23, 2013) after 15 years away! -
Polyphoneek Lesson Three: 8 Bar Dorian Solo
Posted on April 18, 2013 | No CommentsHere we have a 8 bar solo incorporating both the previous lessons and developing the techniques in to something more musical. We start with a 2 bar phrase that involves... -
Polyphoneek Lesson Two: Adding Dorian Notes
Posted on March 20, 2013 | No CommentsGuitar Licks, Tips and Tricks by Harry Houghton: Lesson two Adding Dorian Notes to Pentatonic Shapes -
Polyphoneek Lessons: Adding Blues Notes To Pentatonic Shapes Highlighted
Posted on February 22, 2013 | No CommentsWelcome to Polyphoneek’s monthly segment to introduce Soundspheremag readers the latest music tips, licks and secrets. Adding blues notes to your basic pentatonic shapes is a great way to add some... -
Something Alternative: Philadelphia’s local music scene and why it’s great
Posted on February 20, 2013 | No CommentsGrowing up in the New Jersey/Philadelphia area local musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Frank Sinatra, etc. were what I was brought up to know as “local music”. Once... -
Something Alternative: Yorkshire rock music’s Where Are They Now?
Posted on February 7, 2013 | No CommentsThe York and Leeds areas have been rife with bands splitting and moving on to new things, whether they be new projects or something different entirely. -
Something Alternative: ‘Skyfall’ and the history of Bond
Posted on December 18, 2012 | No Comments“We have all the time in world”- the immortal final words of the much maligned but later appreciated George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Louis Armstrong’s one-take recording...
