Rock School

"Remember, pronounce it Mohg rather than Mooog. Robert Moog did not invent the synthesizer. He just made it so that it was in the reach of the regular musician. This week is the anniversary of his releasing the MiniMoog so here is an hour on how his invention worked and how it came to be part of modern music."

"It is quite common for a commercial to use a hit song but now and again a commercial will become so popular that the music in the commercial will be reworked and itself become a hit. We have 17 examples this week. Often the song completely overtakes the commercial and you forget it was once used to sell a product."

"Late Last Year, Taylor Swifts song All Too Well topped the chart and became the longest song to reach number one at just over ten minutes. She took the record from Don McLean and American Pie. So, what are other long songs to chart? What are the shortest songs to chart? For an hour, we will tell you and play a few."

"Early Upload Due to Vacation. This is the second Anniversary show for 2022. We always take the first two weeks of a new year and give anniversries 10, 20, 30, 40 years and on back so you'll sound super smart when they come up during the year"

"Early Upload Due to Vacation. We always take the first two weeks of the year and talk about the anniversaries that will come up in 2022. What famous events were 10, 20, 30, 40 and more years ago? By listening, you'll sound informed when someone brings it up."

"This is our last show of the year. We always take this show and give one last tip of the hat to those who gave us great music but sadly passed away in 2021."

"Every year we put together a Christmas Show and here is the one for 2021. It is early in the month so we are talking about the best gifts to buy the music lover in your world. Happy holidays and may your days be merry and bright."

"It is one thing to change your name before you become famous. It is quite another to change your name after you become famous. We have a list that did. Plus, we will look into how to legally change your name and the laws of a stage name."

"Once a musician has a massive hit album, they are expected to follow it up. But the rules change. What would easily be considered a hit for other artists is seen as a failure for the artist with the big album. If you sell 20 million albums but the follow up only sells two million, is that a failure?"

"This is our annual Thanksgiving show. We will talk turkey and Black Friday and play the entire song Alices Restaurant"