http://therisingstorm.net | therisingstorm.net Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:12:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This questionnaire came thru the mail and I find it interesting, so if you're not busy maybe you could take a couple minutes and fill it out. Try our podcast if you need some background music. "Help policy makers, record company executives, artists and promoters alike better understand the new phenomenon ... http://therisingstorm.net/music-blog-survey/ Bob Moog's modular systems were some of the first widely used synthesizers, but the Minimoog was created for portability and performance, designed for keyboard players looking to easily tweak some expression into their playing. Use of the Minimoog gained popularity in the early 70s and quickly found its place in ... http://therisingstorm.net/classic-gear-the-minimoog/ Clear Light were a folk-rock/psych-rock group from LA that released one lp off Elektra in 1967. Clear Light are famously known for including two drummers, one of them being Dallas Taylor of CSNY and Manassas fame. Paul Rothchild produced the lp, which explains why the recording sessions were ... http://therisingstorm.net/clear-light-clear-light/ [audio:The_Rising_Storm_Podcast-5.mp3] Running Time: 61 Minutes | File Size: 55.8 MB Download: .zip | .mp3 To subscribe to this podcast: http://therisingstorm.net/podcast.xml [?] PLAYLIST Clip from Tim Buckley "Starsailor"  [1970] Clip from The Rising Storm "Frozen Laughter" [1966] The Byrds "So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star" [1971] from Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971 Bo Diddley ... http://therisingstorm.net/the-rising-storm-podcast-5/ A Gift From Euphoria is an well-funded album loaded with symphonic arrangements, excellent studio musicianship, psychedelic audio collage, and sound effects. It's probably near to the apex of experimental rock from this era, and of the melding and juxtaposition of different styles of music. The first two tracks on the record demonstrate ... http://therisingstorm.net/euphoria-a-gift-from-euphoria/ It's kind of a shame the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is best known for an album that isn't really theirs. Will The Circle Be Unbroken is a landmark bluegrass recording organized by the NGDB, but the main draw are performances by legends like Maybelle Carter and Earl Scruggs and the ... http://therisingstorm.net/the-nitty-gritty-dirt-band-uncle-charlie-his-dog-teddy/ After releasing three classic garage blue-eyed soul records, the Rascals felt a need to expand their sound, become a bit more ornate, and take in the influence of psychedelia. In early 1968 they released Once Upon A Dream, a vague concept lp inspired by recent albums Pet Sounds and ... http://therisingstorm.net/the-rascals-once-upon-a-dream/ After 30 years the first Beach Boys solo album, Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue , is getting the reissue it deserves. This is a truly special album, able to touch your soul. Today it is finally available either on Sony Legacy's Enhanced Double CD or Sundazed's new Hi-Definition 3-LP vinyl ... http://therisingstorm.net/lp-giveaway-contest-dennis-wilson-pacific-ocean-blue/ After creating his two most commercially successful albums, FZ released a couple of beasts that many progressive fans call his apex and would become the Elements of Style for nearly every jam band in the 90s. I'm more of an early Mothers fan but there's no denying this is some ... http://therisingstorm.net/double-zappa-fz-1974-75/ Stan Brakhage - Water For Maya [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=BVNWq3gOBl4[/youtube] start youtube. play mp3 soon thereafter. mp3: The Soft Machine - Out Of Tunes http://therisingstorm.net/video-sync-stan-brakhage-the-soft-machine/