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Hey what's up guys? Amar here with The Drop by Osiris.
Every Monday we will be bringing you
music news from across the industry. Be
sure to check out our audio podcast that
drops on Mondays as well that will
expand on some stories and bring you
artist interviews and more. "As a musician
in the early days you're supposed to cut
your teeth and pay your dues to the road
but then that turns into a decade or two
decades and you're paying your dues for
life. It never really turns into a
full-time job." That frustration was
voiced by singer-songwriter Cass McCombs
as he described the various jobs he has
to take to pay the bills in the past 15
years he supplemented his meager
musician's income by working in horse
stables, driving a truck, working in
bookstores, record stores, movie theaters,
delis, even at one point he was painting
walls inside Trump Tower. In an interview
with Vulture over a dozen other artists
described their own various side hustles.
This sheds light on the fact that many
if not most touring and recording
musicians are working day and or night
jobs just to keep the lights on. They
look at me and they say what are you on?
The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa has
released footage of their new hologram
show which goes on a 16 date world tour
that kicks off April 19th 2019. Next to
the virtual reincarnation of Frank the
real live human lineup includes former
band mates Ray White and Mike Keneally
on guitar,
Scott Thunes on bass,
multi-instrumentalist Bobby Martin,
percussionist Ed Mann, and drummer Joe
the "Vaultmeister" Travers.
Although the exact setlist will likely
be a surprise to fans, Ahmet Zappa, the
controversial executive vice president
of the Zappa family trust, let us know
that the basis of the hologram tour is
music that Frank originally recorded in
his LA studio in 1974 and has never been
heard by the public before.
Ahmet made headlines last year when he
spearheaded a lawsuit on to his brother
Dweezil
for using the name Zappa Plays Zappa for
his band. Dweezil then changed the name
to Dweezil Zappa plays Frank Zappa which
was the focus of yet more lawsuits
because the Zappa family trust claimed
that using the very name Frank Zappa was
a violation of their trademark. This led
Dweezil to call his next tour
“The Cease and Desist Tour”, with the band name
“Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever The F@%K He Wants!”
Capricorn Studios was home from legendary southern rockers like the
Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the
Marshall Tucker Band, as well as bands
that are celebrated in the jam scene
like Galactic, Government Mule and
Colonel Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit.
The studio folded in December of
2000 but thanks to some generous
philanthropists and Mercer University,
Capricorn studios will reopen on
December 3rd 2019.
Along with the newly renovated studio
space and a new name, Mercer music at
Capricorn will be a 20,000 square foot
complex in Macon, Georgia
that will shine a spotlight on the
history behind Capricorn Records. The new
complex will also include a music
incubator, over a dozen
rehearsal rooms that will be available to
musicians 24 hours a day seven days a week.
 
"Mom! Tell her to get out of here!" "You guys suck."
Louisiana Police recently apprehended 21
year old Holden Matthews as the prime
suspect in a trio of local church fires.
He's been charged with state crimes by
the State Fire Marshal's Office.
"Louisiana Revised statute 14 52.1, three
counts of simple arson on religious
buildings." Louisiana State Fire Marshal, Butch Browning mentioned that they're
still looking at motives and that
Matthews had connections to quote "black
metal and its association in history
with church burnings in other parts of
the world."
The BBC reports that he commented on a
few memes in Facebook pages discussing
Varg Vikernes.  Vikernes was the
founder of Norwegian black metal band, Burzum, who himself burned down three
churches in Norway in the 1990s.
Summercamp has announced their 2019
lineup with double headliners moe. and
Umphrey's McGee playing all of the three
days the festival will also feature STS9,
Toots and the Maytals, Ben Harper, the
Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe,
as well as dozens of other
acts. Most notably perhaps is the
appearance of Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey,
also known as Mos Def, as part of their
historic duo Blackstar. The two will be
going on a 19 date world tour this
spring including a three night run at
the Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg.
I'm Amar with Osiris and thank you for
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