Wowee what a transition. I mean honestly, yesterday's album was a Johnny Cash record, and the first song on today's record is a duet between Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan, it doesn't get much better than that folks. Today's album, Bob Dylan's Country-Folk-Rock effort from 1969 titled Nashville Skyline is far from Dylan's finest work,... Continue Reading →
Dec. 2020 MTP Day 1- Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
We kick off our road trip with a stop at a prison in Sacramento Country CA, which is not the way that you might usually want to start a vacation. This album is probably the purest example of this week's theme in that it is about a place, inspired by the same place, and consists... Continue Reading →
December 2020 Musical Training Plan- A Musical Road Trip
Pack your bags, load up some snacks, ready the emergency pee bottles, because we are going on a road trip. What will we listen to, you ask? Oh don't you worry, DJ Boogie has got you covered on this one. 7 days, 7 locations, and 7 albums about, dedicated to, or representative of those places.... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 Musical Training Plan Day 7- “The College Dropout” by Kanye West
I have so much to say about this album, and I don't know where to start, so I'll just get something important out of the way: I try to not let my own personal biases play into my MTP recommendations too much. I try to have a big variety, include different things for people to... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 MTP Day 6- “Ready to Die’ by the Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls or the Notorious B.I.G. was a rare kind of game changing talent. Many people know of the infamous "27 club", a group of artists including the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, and Amy Winehouse who were hugely successful and influential but perished at the young... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 MTP Day 5- Taylor Swift’s Self Titled Debut
I told you this one would be different from the last ones. Let's just get this out of the way early: Taylor Swift was 16 years old when her debut album released. She wrote or co-wrote every one of the 15 songs that comprise the album's 53 minute runtime in her freshman year of high... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 MTP Day 4- “Music From the Big Pink” by The Band
There were 2 reactions to seeing what today's album is. You either thought to yourself "what is this? I've never heard of it." or "Oh hell yeah this album rules!" Hopefully after today there are a few more people who have the latter reaction when they see this album than there were before. I feel... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 MTP Day 3- “Is This It” by The Strokes
We're on day 3 now, and we have another rock album. Anybody who knows me well knows my deep affection for rock and roll, and considering that last month all 7 albums were primarily pop, I couldn't help but include a lot of rock albums, and believe me, we aren't out of the woods yet.... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 MTP Day 1- Appetite for Destruction by Guns N’ Roses
When the first song on a band's first album is one of the rockingest, most blistering, pulse pounding, shreddingest, most absolutely electric pure rock anthems of all time, you know that you're looking at a special group. For the uninitiated, I am referring to "Welcome to the Jungle" a song that is more or less... Continue Reading →
November 2020 Musical Training Plan- Great Debuts
When it comes to art, nobody can ever be sure when, or if, they will be able to produce something really awesome. For most artists of any medium, it takes a minute to find their stride. Particularly in the realm of music, it isn't uncommon for a group or musician to take a few years... Continue Reading →