Keeping It S.I.M.P.L.E (part IV)
P Is 4 Placement Today we're talking about "placement", or if you want to call it "production" that's fine. I prefer "placement", because...
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Russ Maines
- Jul 9
- 3 min
Keeping It S.I.M.P.L.E (part III)
Mood There is probably no band alive today that capture mood better than Ghost. See photo. They capture mood mostly through...
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Russ Maines
- Jul 2
- 3 min
Keeping It S.I.M.P.L.E. (part II)
I Is For Instrumentation Last week, I covered how George Harrison structured "Here Comes The Sun." It is an A,B,C type song. Granted it...
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Russ Maines
- Jun 25
- 6 min
Keeping It S.I.M.P.L.E (part I)
George Harrison Boiled It Down Right! S is for Structure George Harrison wrote his songs by himself. He didn't have a John or Paul to...
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Russ Maines
- May 28
- 5 min
Pensacola Beach Needs Original Rock Music!
Part Two (Tomato) When you see the same old people playing the same old tunes you perhaps begin thinking Pensacola Beach is where good...
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Russ Maines
- May 21
- 4 min
Music Report
Bands On The Beach TRUE BLUE Plenty of interesting groups play around Pensacola Beach. This week, I caught a bit of True Blue, a sort of...
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Russ Maines
- May 6
- 4 min
Pensacola Beach's Need For Original Rock
"Oh, Baby! Let The Love Come Runnin'!" It's been a while since we talked last. I needed some time to recharge my batteries. Maybe you...
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Russ Maines
- Apr 28
- 4 min
Secrets To Elevated Songwriting
How To Write Better Rock Songs (Some Advice) How do you write better rock songs? Well, nearly every great rock song has a fantastic...
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Russ Maines
- Mar 6
- 3 min
Beauty & Chaos Behind The Veil
This week my friend, Dirk, sent me a copy of his new album, Behind the Veil. I listened to it. The album is good. It was produced by my...
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Russ Maines
- Feb 20
- 4 min
Why Funnels Suck
Last month I joined "Produce Like A Boss", an education small business, which teaches music production. I got the email address and...
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Russ Maines
- Feb 13
- 3 min
The Truth Behind Music's Lack of Art Today
Believe it or not, Rap and Hip-Hop artists complain about the lack of art in today's music. It's the same argument when Rock 'n' Roll...
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Russ Maines
- Feb 5
- 1 min
The Best Beatles Guitar Riffs
The Beatles were probably the world's most influential band of all time. Their songs still hold up today. They've inspired me my entire...
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Russ Maines
- Feb 4
- 2 min
Keep Dreamin'!
See this photo? It was taken by my old lead guitarist's wife. The Dock is an icon of Pensacola Beach and I was so pumped to play the...
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Russ Maines
- Jan 27
- 2 min
Why You Should Dust Off Your LP's
When I released my first album, Bait & Switch, two years ago, I wasn't sure it would still hold up two years later. But last week, I went...
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Russ Maines
- Jan 8
- 1 min
Exclusive: Fish Or Cut Bait! Extended Play Album Escapes!
It's loose! Its free! My extended play album, Fish Or Cut Bait escaped today. Saturday January 8th, 2022. After a lot of hard work,...
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Russ Maines
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
Pop Killed The Radio!
Over Christmas break, I listened to Ken Tamplin go off about how today's music sucks. See link. OK, he didn't come out and say it. I did....
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Russ Maines
- Dec 3, 2021
- 1 min
Lyric Video Drop
Hey, you! This time of year, everyone's asking for your money. Me, too! See? I'm honest! There are no: Black Friday Sales! Cyber Monday...
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Russ Maines
- Nov 21, 2021
- 4 min
Tales From The Music Hard Drive Graveyard
Dear Friend, You may have noticed I slowed down blogging. That's because I'm not sure I've done the music biz right. I thought if I wrote...
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