On January 1st 1962, Dick Rowe , head of A&R at Decca Records, said to the manager of the group he had just auditioned, “Go back to Liverpool, Mr. Epstein. Groups with guitars are out”. Organised by date, 99,000 music facts (count them) from Johnny Black and his colleagues at MusicDayz lead to many hours of wonderful wandering in the archives – music, video, text – of this inimitable collection.
It is impossible not to be sucked into the video recordings of bands and artists that have formed the soundtrack of our lives. Clips from movies, studio sessions, concert performances – holiday hours are consumed. Don’t put this link onto your business computers (except for professional research purposes, of course). The text is succinct, just to the point. The organisation is simple and the navigation straightforward – yet one can reach the facts and the music from a number of different angles – day, date, year, theme, artist, genre and so on.
Johnny has been writing great pieces on music for years as a journalist – and the MusicDayz site lets us benefit from the never-ending research which has produced the huge archives that exist in Johnny’s basement. From the basement to the cloud – I recommend we join the journey that Johnny is taking day by day with MusicDayz. Let him know you’re on board.