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Welcome to a fresh installment of Boosting the Signal , where we talk about independent musicians and their crowd funding efforts to record their music for the world to hear. Let's talk ukulele, shall we? If memory serves correctly, Amy Kucharik, she with the four-string above, came to my attention a couple of years ago, following a Twitter conversation regarding her instrument of choice and the music to be made with it. It was one of those unique connections with an artist that couldn't have happened in the pre-Twitter era.

Run to the Pub, 2 Minutes to Last Call, The Hops of the Ancient Bartender. Let the beer-lyric puns (would that be byrics?) begin, because Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, not content with being an active airline pilot, avid fencer and, oh yeah, singer in the biggest Heavy Metal band in the world, is fronting a new project: Trooper Ale.

"How ya doin? It's the brand new album! It's been 20 years and I have a lot to say." - Joe Walsh So declares the sticker on the cover of Analog Man , a new set of sounds from the next president of the United States*, Mr. Joe Walsh. The album features 10 new songs, was co-produced by a Traveling Wilbury and features a Beatle, an East Bay punk rocker, two thirds of Crosby, Stills and Nash plus members of The James Gang and Barnstorm. Even as the latest entry in a recording career as long and successful as that of Joe Walsh, it is a must hear album.

Did you stay up late to watch the long-running late night comedy of SNL last night? If you did, and if you didn't ignore the commercials, you were the first to hear 15 seconds of what is likely a long-awaited new track from Daft Punk. Did you miss it? Read on then.

Here's a bit of fun. We talked earlier about those who have never heard Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of The Moon album. Now here is something for those of you who have heard it countless times, and are adventurous enough to listen to it again, but played in a different style. Before calling this blasphemy, come in and take a listen. You might just be surprised at how good the album sounds when rendered as Chiptunes.

On March 1st, 1973, Pink Floyd released an album which had already been heard by of thousands of people for over a year. Like the beam of light and resulting color spray of its album sleeve, it focused and coalesced the sound and creativity of the preceding years of the band. It went on to become the longest running entry on the Billboard Album charts, setting a record for a record which is virtually unbreakable. It became a radio staple, the inspiration to create laser rock shows and 1 in 14 people under the age of 50 in the US are estimated to have or previously had a copy. Imagine the rhythm of a heartbeat, subtly placed in the mix, starting here...