Author: Mark Smotroff

Mark Smotroff is a freelance writer and avid music collector who has worked for many years in marketing communications for the consumer electronics, pro audio and video games industries, serving clients including DTS, Sega, Sony, Sharp, AT&T and many others. www.smotroff.com Mark has written for EQ Magazine, Mix Magazine, Goldmine/DISCoveries Magazine, BigPictureBigSound.com, Sound+Vision Magazine, HomeTechTell.com and many others. He is also a musician / composer whose songs have been used in TV shows such as Smallville and Men In Trees as well as films and documentaries. www.ingdom.com Mark is currently rolling out a new musical he's written: www.dialthemusical.com.

Listening Report: Dragnet Delivers The Facts That NRBQ Is An American Musical Treasure

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Mark Smotroff gives thanks to be able to cue up some fresh new Q…...

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Listening Report: The Polyphonic Spree’s Afflatus

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Mark Smotroff falls in love with an album of poignant covers…...

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Listening Report: Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels 180 Gram Vinyl Reissue

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Mark Smotroff reconnects with an oft-overlooked masterwork…...

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Looking Back: 2021’s Albums I Didn’t Quite Review… Yet! (Part 1)

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Mark Smotroff offers up a series of mini listening reports…

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Listening Report: Guided By Voices’ Hot Freaks Subscription USB

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Mark Smotroff gets more than he dreamed of from a fanclub download series… ...

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Listening Report: Marshall Crenshaw’s #447

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Mark Smotroff is reminded that its all about the rock…...

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Listening Report: Brian Wilson’s At My Piano On CD, Vinyl & Streaming

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Mark Smotroff tunes into the magic of one of his musical heroes…

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Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels, A Listening Report & Appreciation (Part 2)

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Mark Smotroff gets his head around six discs of Zappa brilliance and mayhem…...

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Mark’s Picks For 2021

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Mark Smotroff saves his best of list for last…

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Listening Report: Dion DiMucci, 21st Century Bluesman, Returns To His Stomping Grounds

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Mark Smotroff grooves on the blues roots of an iconic doo wop rock ’n roll legend…...

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Bird In LA: Record Store Day Vinyl Boxed Set Listening Report

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Mark Smotroff finds good reason to dig back into Charlie Parker’s underground recordings…

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Listening Report: Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas Album, Verve/Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Reissue

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Mark Smotroff discovers a holiday record he missed along the way…...

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