Acoustic Homage

We performed a weekly ritual today by listening to a syndicated radio show called "Acoustic Storm", which defines itself at www.acousticstorm.com as "The Best Variety of Classic Rock." For three hours each week it plays alternate versions of the classic rock hits that defined a generation of free thinkers, rule breakers, cynics, dreamers, and advocates for social change. These lesser-known versions of familiar songs are often early demos, live recordings, or later solo renditions. The recordings offer insight into a composer's early inspiration and the development process that created a hit, the later evolution demonstrating the growth of an artist, or just a different live sound with that unique energy generated by an eager audience. The result is a program that is simultaneously fresh and nostalgic. It can be a challenge to turn off the familiar version that plays in your head and really hear the alternate one, appreciating that it is different but not wrong. For the informed listener, Acoustic Storm is fun and interesting; for the songwriter it is inspirational.

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