Rock School

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Rock School - 08/08/21 (Band Logos) Jul 01, 2021

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"This week, we will tell you the story behind some of the best known band logos. From Dancing Bears to the Van Halen wings belonging to someone else to the specific fonts you have come to know and love. We have a lot of them."

Rock School - 08/01/21 (Inspired by Movies) Jul 01, 2021

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"This week, we are not talking about songs that were featured in movies, rather, songs that were written because a movie the artist saw, prompted it, either title, lyrics or feel. There are a lot, far more than what we will list here. Action!"

Rock School - 07/25/21 (Britneys Conservatorship) Jul 01, 2021

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"The FreeBritney movement has been active lately calling for the singer to be free of her father. But should she be? Why was she put under a conservatorship in the first place and has she done things that suggest she should stay under it? Moreover, what other musicians are under a conservatorship of his or her own."

Rock School - 07/18/21 (Songs Based on News) Jul 01, 2021

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"Earlier this year, we did a show on the topics of folk songs and while researching that show, we found a lot of songs outside the folk genre that were based on news events, mostly murders. This is a show put together discussing those songs."

Rock School - 07/11/21 (Stars in Videos) Jul 01, 2021

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"This week we are going to to talk about some of the golden days in music video. Many well known stars got their start in a big music video. We have a list and a half for you. So, have a computer handy and look up some of these videos to see some big stars at the beginning of it all."

Rock School - 07/04/21 (Will Not Play in Concert) May 13, 2021

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"This week we will discuss stories about bands that will not play their hit in concert. Often the band or artist has a decent reason but sometimes it is just rock star excess."

Rock School - 06/27/21 (Trigger Finger) May 13, 2021

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"Musicians, especially stringed instrument musicians, have a better than 80 percent chance of developing Trigger Finger. I know. I had it and at the time of the recording of this show, I am only three days out of surgery for it. This week, we will discuss what it is, how you can diagnose it and what your choices are if you indeed do have it. We will tell the story of musicians who have had it as well. It is a cautionary take this week."

Rock School - 06/20/21 (Dayna Hartwick Part Two) May 13, 2021

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"This is the second part of our facinating interview with the flutist for Motown, Dayna Hartwick. Think of a classic hit for Motown and she played either the flute or the piccolo for it. This week we talk about the end of her time at Motown and her going on tour with massive traveling Broadway productions. That little girl from Motown. Dayna Hartwick."

Rock School - 06/13/21 (Dayna Hartwick Part One) May 13, 2021

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"Think of your favorite Motown song. If there is a flute or piccolo on that song, it was played by Dayna Hartwick. For close to a decade, she was on Berry Gordys speed dial. Rockin Robin. Whats Going on. Kung Fu Fighting. It is all her and in a two part interview, she discusses going from being a child prodigy to sitting in Motown Studio A and playing on some of the biggest songs to ever come out of Hitsville USA."

Rock School - 06/06/21 (Posthumous Hits) May 13, 2021

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"There is a trivia questions goes around asking, what is the first posthumous number one hit? The answer that is probably expected is Sittin on the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding. But, it is? A bit of research suggests it is third and taking some other factors into account, it may be even farther down the list. This week we will look at posthumous hits, both number ones and some others that are more well remembered than the hits an artist made while alive."

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