Rock School

"I have said many times on the show that titles are not copyrighted. You could write a song titled Stairway to Heaven. Well it looks like someone did. But what eles does Copyright NOT cover?"

"This week we speak with photographer Curt Angeledes about his new book, Go For Broke, Volume One. Curt has been following and taking pictures of the Rolling Stones for decades and this book is a collection of his best."

"Spotify is the top streaming service so it is where musicians go to be discovered. The only way to succeed is to be streamed. What people are finding is that you can pay for streams. You can pay for computers to listen to your song so hopefully you end up of the new charts. But is it a good idea Is it worth the money We will talk through it all."

"I want to play a game. No. Really. I want to play a game. I have ten monsters. I will say the monster and you tell me what song comes to your head. We will play the best pick and then tell you all the titles you could have said for partial credit."

"The tour bus is the main form of transportation for bands. To that end accidents can happen. On the show Tammy and I will relate a list of tour bus accidents and what came of them"

"The baby on the cover of the Nirvana Nevermind album is now 30 years old and he is suing everyone involved in the album for pornography even though he has posed and profited off the album for decades. It reads like a money grab but has anyone else sued bands and artists for their album covers? Yes. We have a long list this week."

"Last month two major concert promotors stated their venues and concerts by their artists will be for those who are vaccinated only. This command is running up against laws in many conservative states and cities that forbid such a rule. The rule seems good intentioned but the reality is much different and may do far more harm than good."

"It seems that music companies are going out of their way to not pay their performers. The Black Box is a nickname given to a fund of royalties that cannot be determined who it should be paid to. It is created by overseas royalties and other untraceable payments. However, now companies and technologies are being created to fight the Black Box and make sure artists get paid."

"Elvis. Michael Jackson. Tupac. Many believe these people are still alive but faked their death. What is better is that of all the musicians we will feature on the show, there is proof they are alive in the form of photos and video. Some of it is pretty good and others are not so much."

"This week we speak with author Jim Curtis about his new book, Decoding Dylan Making Sense of the Songs That Changed Modern Culture. Curtis is an academic who has studied Dylan from his history through his lyrics and down to his chord progressions. It is quite thorough and quite interesting."