Category Archives: Music Before the Money

Leo Fender’s Precision Bass

Years before the space race began Leo Fender’s Precision was truly remarkable bass guitar and remains virtually unchanged to this very day.

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U2 Comes to Moncton on July 30th

Since the Rolling Stones put on the unforgettable concert on Moncton’s Magnetic Hill – one of the best outdoor venues for a concert anywhere – AC/DC and Eagles have graced the hill. Not only are the concerts a success they promoters and volunteers are getting really good at putting on big shoew. Now they have U2.

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Ohio + 40: Neil Young Taps the Pulse of a Generation

In just a few takes they had produced a song that capped the turbulent ’60′s and foretold the end of Richard Nixon’s government and the Vietnam War.

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The Many Horrors of Being a Indy Musician in Northern California: Part 1: Promoting Nightmare

This is a great guest blog from the wilds of the west Coast compliments of Eric Wofold from the Indie band Etched in Stone. I just recently started following Kim’s Music Before the Money blog, and myself being a blogger, albeit a beginner, I’ve got a lot to say on the topic of surviving in [...]

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In Honor of Les Paul: 1915-2009

“It’s a trick I picked up from old Les Paul.” – Gary Busey in The Buddy Holley Story when asked about overdubbing the process of recording another track on the same piece of tape Mid-way through my list of “Guitars-That-I-Should-Have-Kept”is the 1959 Les Paul “TV Special,” one that I got in a trade for a [...]

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