I’ve been reminded that things always happen in threes….the cold from hell has felled me, issues with club bookings and now my f**cking roof needs to be replaced!!!! Actually there’s a fourth, a notice from CRA tells me I owe them a whopping $15.43. I’m finding it difficult to think coherently, my eyes hurt, I’m hacking up a lung, I actually feel like napping and I have to be in London on Friday to drive a pace car in a cancer run. Rant over….let the column begin.
Archive for Jordan John
Pat Blythe – Jonathan Antoine, Benefit for Bernie …and Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Antoine Elhashem, Bernie Sandor, Bob Segarini, Brass Transit, Britain’s Got Talent, Carolyn Kelly, Charlotte Jaconelli, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Helga Schmidt, Hotel California, Jeeperz Crow, Jonathan Antoine, Jordan John, Kim Mitchell, Michael Shotton, Oakland Stroke, On The Couch, Pat Blythe, Port House, Prakash John, Rik Emmett, Robbie Lane, Winter Gardens on June 12, 2019 by segariniSegarini Rerun: Music or Nostalgia…Which is It? – Going Back to Find the Future. Sons, Bones, and Loops….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Cherry Cola's, Country, Courage My Love, DBAWIS, Dirty Loops, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dustin Lynch, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Influences, Jordan John, july talk, Maddie and Tae, music, Music Radio, music videos, Nostalgia, Pop, Pop Fusion, radio, Records, Rival Sons, Rock, Saint Paul and the Broken Bones, samantha martin, Secret Broadcast, segarini, The Beatles, The Berklee College of Music, The Future of Music, Toronto, Xprime on January 23, 2017 by segariniEditor’s Note – Originally posted on January 21st 2015, this column bears repeating. Proud to say our track record is pretty good for sniffing out greatness in a sea of popular, financially successful mediocrity, but the continued confusion regarding the differences in worthiness and rose-coloured glasses steeped in nostalgia, needs to be addressed. When it comes to Greatness, consider the majority of what you hear on terrestrial radio as nothing more than Alternative Fact.
Pat Blythe – Jordan John and More Celebrations….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Ballroom Babies, BlackDog Ballroom, Bob Segarini, Carol Kaye. Phil Lynott, Cherish Stevenson, Cherry Cola's, Chris Squire, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Jay Macedo, Jeff Jones, John Deacon, Jordan John, Mushy Callahan, Pat Blythe, Peter Montreuil, Prakash John, Romani Rota, Suzi Quatro, Taste of Colombia, The Lincolns, The Orbit Room, Xprime on July 13, 2016 by segariniPat Blythe – Lights Out and the Power of Music….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Alzheimer's, Andrea Bocelli, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund, Cherry Cola's, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eminem, Indie Week, Jacob Jolij, Jordan John, Joshua David, Kiss, Lights Out, Logan Brown, Michael Jackson, Modern Hearts, Music for The Mind, Orbit Room, Pat Blythe, Queen, Sigrun Stella, University of Groningen on March 9, 2016 by segariniAnother week has passed and this stinking cold is still hanging around like a nasty smell (not that I can smell anything). It has wiped that smug “I haven’t had a cold in 10 years” look right off my face. I ended up with a high temp the other night so hauled myself out to see the doc. Lungs are, in her words, “crystal clear”. Damn!!!! It’s viral. So, here I sit, taste buds shot, no smell (not even burning toast), hacking and coughing and severely pissed off!! According to many, this nasty monster can hang around for weeks. I am NOT impressed. Tea with lemon and honey and curling up with my favourite sweater at night is all I’ve got. Okay, I’m done bitching and whining. This column will be another short one and a roundup of some of the upcoming music events.
Segarini: Music or Nostalgia…Which is It? Part 4 – Going Back to Find the Future. Sons, Bones, and Loops….
Posted in Opinion with tags Cherry Cola's, Country, Courage My Love, DBAWIS, Dirty Loops, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dustin Lynch, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Influences, Jordan John, july talk, Maddie and Tae, music, Music Radio, music videos, Nostalgia, Pop, Pop Fusion, radio, Records, Rival Sons, Rock, Saint Paul and the Broken Bones, samantha martin, Secret Broadcast, segarini, The Beatles, The Berklee College of Music, The Future of Music, Toronto, Xprime on January 21, 2015 by segariniEverything comes from somewhere. If you don’t build on what has gone before, you are creating something without the benefit of a rock solid foundation to grow from.
Trying to recreate the past is a mistake made often by people who are more invested in the times represented by the music than the music itself, and using their love and knowledge of that music in the creation of something new.
In the case of music, sounding like The Beatles won’t bring back the 60s…but learning from their music and the influences that inspired them can help create the future.
=0=