In this special episode of The Daily Doug Live, we are joined by my mother for a fun conversation. Megan and I were stopped at mom's house for a day as we drove home from attending my grandmother's funeral. And, I'm very pleased that mom agreed to join us and share some #DougStories. Enjoy!
Hi all. It’s been an emotional and long week, but we’re headed back home. We’ll have a ‘travel edition’ livestream at our normal time tomorrow at 4:20pm eastern. We’ll be broadcasting from my mother’s home and are eager to chat with you all. See you then!
UPDATE: My mom will j...
2021-09-30 22:31:59 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode of Behind the Score, I'm taking you through the Overture to Paulus by Felix Mendelssohn. This oratorio tells the story of Saul/Paul the apostle, through his early railing against followers of Jesus, his conversion, and his evangelism in the years after. The Overture makes use of t...
2021-09-26 02:51:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode was partially blocked on YouTube, so it is being re-posted here. Enjoy!
2021-09-21 21:25:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes won the first round of voting. Here's the breakdown:
Yes - 127 votes (30%)
Pink Floyd - 116 votes (27%)
Haken - 77 votes (18%)
Pain of Salvation - 55 votes (13%)
Queensryche - 54 votes (12%)
So, in this final round, vote for the album by Yes you'd most like reviewed. &...
2021-09-21 21:16:41 +0000 UTC View PostWe've just released The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway as Episode 4, but it's not too soon to start thinking about episode 5.
For this episode, we'll again be following the rules we used last time. The winner got the episode (Genesis). The 2nd and 3rd place finishers from last time get in...
2021-09-16 21:19:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/606147377/969bd90312
Our fourth installment of the Extended Play Lounge is the entire double album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, from Genesis. This was my first full time through ...
2021-09-16 14:24:14 +0000 UTC View Post
For our third Behind the Score episode, I'm looking at one of the most famous pieces of American classical music written in the twentieth century...Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. I take you through a bit of history around this work, then we dive into performances (with music notation) of Ada...
2021-09-12 17:11:37 +0000 UTC View Post
...only I could do this as I tried to share my joy at receiving this 100K Silver Plaque...
#facepalm
2021-09-09 15:50:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Genesis won the first round of voting. Here's the breakdown
Genesis - 161 votes (36%)
Haken - 98 votes (22%)
Queensryche - 72 votes (16%)
Spock's Beard - 67 votes (15%)
Frank Zappa - 49 votes (11%)
So, in this final round, vote for the album by Genesis you'd most like revi...
2021-09-08 15:20:48 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a re-post of The Daily Doug Episode 217, featuring The Alien by Dream Theater. As I uploaded it today on YouTube, it was blocked worldwide. I'm hoping that the block will be removed. In the meantime, the video is available here and on my Vimeo site. Enjoy!
2021-09-06 19:21:46 +0000 UTC View PostThis series has become a favorite here on the DD Patreon. Thanks for your participation! For our next episode, our poll will be following the rules we established in the episode 3 poll. There were five options. The winner got the episode (King Crimson). The 2nd place and 3rd place finishers from ...
2021-09-03 22:17:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/596313787/795647f450
Our third installment of the Extended Play Lounge is the entire debut album from King Crimson. Their landmark 1969 album helped lead the prog revolution. I was q...
2021-09-02 04:32:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This was a close one! Thanks for all the participation. In the end, here are the results:
In the Court of the Crimson King - 31%
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - 26%
Affinity - 19%
Snow - 18%
Mirage - 6%
I'll be recording the King Crimson album today or tomorro...
2021-08-30 16:08:51 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the sheet music to The Daily Doug Intro music. I needed a 'jingle', so I wrote it and recorded myself singing it. (It's me on all four parts.)
E (unison) - DM7 - AM9
2021-08-27 18:33:17 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a crazy year doing these vlog videos. I recognized today that it was a year ago that I started this vlog. So, I'm taking you behind the scenes for a quick 'react' to my first episode. I also share some of my struggles and triumphs.
Thanks for being here.
Doug
2021-08-26 02:15:07 +0000 UTC View Post
YouTube strikes again! This video was immediately blocked worldwide on YouTube. So, I'm uploading it here to share with all of you. Enjoy!
2021-08-25 20:30:54 +0000 UTC View PostWe've now done Dream Theater-Metropolis (episode 1) and Rush-Cygnus/Hemispheres (episode 2). Episode 3 is scheduled for September 1...what should we do next?
To be clear, we're talking full album listens here...
I've included the 2nd and 3rd place finishers from the previous pol...
2021-08-23 16:29:00 +0000 UTC View Post
For our second episode of the Behind the Score series, we're diving into Erlkönig by Franz Schubert. Many on the discord were interested in hearing a breakdown of this piece. It has a great mystical story as its backdrop. And, Schubert's writing is full of exciting harmonic and melodic twists, t...
2021-08-22 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/587338149/d336a9a46f
For our second episode of the Extended Play Lounge, I'm diving into the Cygnus saga by Rush followed by the rest of their Hemispheres album. I very much enjoyed ...
2021-08-15 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Thanks for voting in the poll for the Extended Play Lounge. Rush gathered the most votes. Genesis came in 2nd. I was pleased to see that there is relative support for all of the choices in this poll. It tells me I'm on the right track with this community. We'll definitely ge...
2021-08-12 15:36:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I turned on my camera while I was editing some music files for my church job. Take a peek into how I input a hymn using Sibelius software.
Cheers!
2021-08-10 03:45:06 +0000 UTC View PostOur 2nd episode of the Extended Play Lounge is scheduled for release on August 15. I have narrowed the choices down to these 5 options. Vote for your favorite! (I'm sure we'll get to the rest of the options in time.)
For the inaugural edition of the Behind the Score series, we're going to one of history's all-time best composers of music, Claude Debussy. His Suite Bergamasque is one of his most famous works, with the inclusion of Clair de Lune. But, we're going to focus on the lovely final movement of this su...
2021-08-08 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s a few Doug Gifs from our personal collection.
https://vimeo.com/582516070/c013b815b1
(direct link to vimeo...please do not share this link)
My patrons get exclusive access to this unlisted video in the #TheDailyDoug series. This video was initially blo...
2021-08-03 13:38:46 +0000 UTC View Post
https://vimeo.com/582513126/2d7ad0c934
(direct link to vimeo...please do not share)
My King Crimson episode on Starless got blocked within the first day of its release. I no longer have the original file, b...
2021-08-03 13:29:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/582167342/1842fe6fdf
For the inaugural edition of the Extended Play Lounge, we're going all out with a 100-minute reaction to the entire Metropolis saga from Dream Theater. Thi...
2021-08-02 18:50:48 +0000 UTC View PostHi all,
I'm sorry for the issues surrounding our first major video! YouTube has struck again. Their bots issued 13 separate copyright claims (and blocked distribution) as the video uploaded. I had to submit 13 different copyright disputes to get it temporarily unblocked. But, overnight, it ...
2021-08-02 17:04:29 +0000 UTC View Post