Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift Co-Opted by Neo-Nazis

The Alt-Right Creates More Chaos in the Music Business By Dawoud Kringle As reported n a recent DooBeeDoo article examining the music of the alt-right, young alt-rightists / white supremacists plagiarized 80s Synthwave, and use it to promote their political agenda. 

Steve Gordon

Book Review: Steve Gordon’s “The 11 Contracts That Every Artist, Songwriter, and Producer Should Know”

Or: The 11 Contracts That Every Professional Musician, Songwriter, and Producer Should Know A Book Review by Dawoud Kringle  The pantheon of music related literature is littered with books on how to succeed in the music business. They range from the invaluable to the useless. To complicate matters, the volatile and mercurial nature of the music business […]

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Musical Warriorship: A Continuing Discourse

Text by Dawoud Kringle An elite minority of musicians must function to preserve traditional music. Most musicians will simply follow the herd. What remains are the visionaries. This is a lonely and hard path. Warriors walk alone. Mind you, all of them have their purpose. All of them great art that possesses meaning. All of […]

Glen Campbell

Glen Campbell Remembered…RIP!

Text by Dawoud Kringle On Tuesday, August 8th, 2017, following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease, Glen Campbell died. Born in Billstown, AR in 1936, Campbell began to play guitar at age four. With no formal training, he was found to be a natural. At age six, he performed on local radio programs. He later said […]

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An Analysis of the Music of the Alt-Right: Know Your Enemy

Text by Dawoud Kringle “The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music.” – William Shakespeare (The Merchant […]