Vinyl Vibrations with Brian Frederick podcast

PARTS HARMONIOUS            PROGRAM NOTES In today’s VINYL VIBRATIONS podcast, I tour LP records from the 1960s and 1970s in ROCK and POP that featured singing in multi-part harmonies. Today’s show, is called PARTS HARMONIOUS. There have been many TWO PART harmony songs recorded… so today, for further interest and in seeking out those more difficult or complex, we will focus on multi-part ha...

PROGRAM NOTES In today’s VINYL VIBRATIONS podcast, we explore jazz guitarist and composer Larry Coryell. INTRO TO  “LARRY CORYELL”: Larry Coryell was born in 1943 in Galveston. He is an american jazz fusion guitarist. A long background as a musician, he played in local bands in Texas and later in the Seattle area.  He moved to NYC in 1965  – age 22 – and was part of C...

PROGRAM NOTES In today’s VINYL VIBRATIONS podcast, we explore Odd Meters. First, a quick primer on meter.  If you are a musician… bear with me if you will…Rhythm is the arrangement of sounds in time. …Meter places time into groupings, called measures or bars. The meter signature, also known as the time signature, is noted as two numbers stacked one above the other….like a fraction. For...

In today’s VINYL VIBRATIONS podcast, we look at Part 2 of our program on the subject of SYMPHONIC ROCK. In Part one we focused on some of the vinyl records that featured a rock music format, and featured or incorporatedconcerto3-4  a symphonic or chamber accompanyment  – produced on vinyl records.  We heard Moody Blues, Yes, Led Zepplin, Tommy, Frank Zappa, and Jan Hammer / Jerry Goodm...

Today we will hear from these artists demonstrating SYMPHONIC ROCK: 1 The Moody Blues and Days of Future Passed with the London Festival Orchestra 2 Rick Wakeman’s rendition of “Cans and Brahms” the group Yes 3 “Your Time is Gonna Come” Led Zepplin 4 “I’m Free”, from Tommy, as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chambre Choir with Roger Da...

Today we look at four Solo Album Artists … These are solo albums in the sense that the music was composed, arranged, performed, often recorded /mixed and produced by the solo artist. These albums are all from the time period of 1970-1972. 1. Pete Townshend and his 1972 solo album, “Who Came First”, on MCA 2. Stevie Wonder and his 1972 solo album, “Music Of My Mind” on Tamla...

PROGRAM SUMMARY Today in Part TWO of Jazz Fusion, we look at FIVE more Jazz Fusion artists on …VINYL VIBRATIONS ! M1 Miles Davis and his “Bitches Brew” album 1970 Columbia. Miles Davis experiments with electric instruments like electric piano and electric guitar. Also we see more of an improvisational style with a rock rhythm. a double album – a studio album.  We listen to the so...

This is the first post of VINYL VIBRATIONS by Brian Frederick. In today’s podcast we look at Part ONE of a two-part program on JAZZ FUSION. Today, we focus on the decade of development of JAZZ FUSION during the late 1960s and into the 1970s — during the “Golden Age of Vinyl” when many of the early works we will hear are found in Vinyl LP format. Jazz Fusion maybe not as muc...