Rock School

Series produced by KSLU

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Rock School is a weekly, insightful and energetic showcase of the music, history, laws and culture of rock-n-roll hosted by music historian Joe Burns , Ph.D. and his wife Tammy.

Rock School is a weekly, hour-long lecture by music historian, Dr. Joe Burns. No topic is off the table. In the over a decade the show has been on air, Rock School has talked about everything from simple music lists to music in society, the audio production side of the business and just about every legal area you can imagine.

Hosted by Dr. Joe Burns and his wife Tammy, Rock School is recorded and produced in Joe's home studio and sent out through Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA from the studios of KSLU public radio.


484 Pieces

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Songs Inspired by Movies
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, we're not talking about songs that were featured in movies, rather, songs that were written because a movie the artist saw, prompted it,...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Britney's Conservatorship
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The FreeBritney movement has been active lately calling for the singer to be free of her father. But should she be? Why was she put under a conse...

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  • Added: Jul 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Songs Based on the News
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Earlier this year, we did a shows on the topics of folk songs and while researching that show, we found a lot of songs outside the folk genre that ...

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Stars in Videos
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we are going to to talk about some of the golden days in music video. Many well known stars got their start in a big music videos. We h...

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  • Added: Jul 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Won't Play in Concert
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we will discuss stories about bands that won't play their hit in concert. Often the band or artist has a decent reason but sometimes it ...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Trigger Finger
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Musicians, especially stringed instrument musicians, have a better than 80 percent chance of developing Trigger Finger. I know. I had it and at t...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Dayna Hartwick, The Flute of Motown Part Two
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is the second part of our facinating interview with the flutist for Motown, Dayna Hartwick. Think of a classic hit for Motown and she played ...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Dayna Hartwick, The Flute of Motwon Part One
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Think of your favorite Motown song. If there is a flute or piccolo on that song, it was played by Dayna Hartwick. For close to a decade, she was ...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Posthumous Hits
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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There's a trivia questions goes around asking, what is the first posthumous number one hit? The answer that is probably expected is Sittin on the ...

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  • Added: May 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bad Managers Part Two
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Welcome to week two of Bad Managers. There are simply so many stories of managers messing over their clients that we had to make two shows out o...

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  • Added: May 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Bad Managers Part One
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It's a well known music trope that managers often do NOT do well by their clients. In fact, it happens so often, we're going to do two shows out o...

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  • Added: May 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Digital Radio Interview with WBIJ-DB
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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WBIJ-DB is the first digital radio station to pick up the Rock School Radio Show. Since I knew nothing about digital radio, I thought an interview...

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  • Added: May 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Contrafact and Contrafactum
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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We were in a conversation about musicians reusing their own lyrics. We found so many examples that I though there had to be a name for this. Ther...

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  • Added: May 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Smashed Guitars
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Phoebe Bridgers smashed her guitar on Saturday Night Live back in February. It was a stunt for sure but then it sold for over $100,000 at a GLAAD ...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Musicians on Sesame Street
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Just for fun, we collected a bunch of musician's appearances on Sesame Street. The sonigs are nice and short so we were able to play many more son...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
NFTs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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NFT stands for Non Fungible Token. It is a method of proving that a digital thing is the first copy. It works somewhat like a Cryptocurrency. An...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
What Was the First Music Video?
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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(Please note - we usually post on Sunday but are posting this a early due to a committment - thanks) So, what was the first Music Video? I don't ...

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Parody Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week was inspired by the Spinal Tap debut back in 1984. Once I started doing the research, there was simply a large group of bands that are b...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
Greatest Hits Albums
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Greatest Hits album is either loved or hated. You either get all the hits in one place or your not a real fan of the band. The funny thing is...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Dance Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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About once a year, or so, someone creates a song specifically to make a dance. The lyrics say what to do and we do it. But, what was the first? ...

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6

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