tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42351110891826546212024-03-06T02:50:25.731-05:00One-Eighth EscapeEscaping reality through music.Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-53122785144503320542012-06-06T00:48:00.001-04:002012-06-06T20:22:04.663-04:00The Return of Dr. Evil!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is definitely a Power Week! It's barely Hump Day and so much has already happened, and is still left to happen this week. The Heat x Celtics series is at its peak; Euro Cup starts on Friday; also on Friday, my little island of Antigua takes on the USA in a World Cup qualifier match. But I'm here to talk music, not sports. Well, Oddisee dropped his '<a href="http://www.spin.com/blogs/first-spin-hear-oddisees-people-hear-what-they-see" target="_blank">People Hear What They See</a>'; Anthony Valadez '<a href="http://www.plugresearch.com/2012/06/anthony-valadez-new-work-free-track/" target="_blank">Just Visiting</a>' is hot off the press; anticipation of Tall Black Guy's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bqWonDk5y20" target="_blank">Tempo Dreams Vol 1.</a> builds by the day; <a href="http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/events/" target="_blank">The Foreign Exchange</a> tore up Brooklyn and is currently tearing up Boston - wish I was able to make it :-/ Esthero's <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/never-gonna-let-you-go-single/id529685405" target="_blank">new single + remixes</a> hit iTunes; Chief handed us <a href="http://soundcloud.com/chief_beatmaker/whatcha-gonna-do-by-deheb" target="_blank">this nugget</a>...and, oh, how can I forget that The Flaming Lips had most people dazed and confused with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDe-SEHRZ1U&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">this display</a>. But of everything I've heard so far this week, Evil Needle's new output got me hype. Not just hype, but my favorite hype - a mellow hype.</div>
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'The Return of Dr. Evil!' is a 17-track session of pure vibes. If you ever find that you need to just chill, disappear behind some mellow beats (which I often do) then you need to keep this in your medicine chest. Let's face it, sometimes lyrics just distract from the music and hinders the process of creating your own space based on what you hear; or how you interpret what you hear. Anyway, the incredible talent of Needle, who I first heard about while I was in Switzerland back in '08, just keeps working the eardrums track after track. Whether it's a mellow jazzy beat like <a href="http://huhwhatwhere.bandcamp.com/track/jazzolude-04-feat-elaquent" target="_blank">Jazzolude 04</a>, or a synth-ridden theme like <a href="http://huhwhatwhere.bandcamp.com/track/unleashed" target="_blank">Unleashed</a>, you may not even notice the diversity because they are all so well-blended that each track fits perfectly after any other track and that' what makes this album stand out for me. The diversity is present but the ease with which the entire album flows is just amazing. It's hard for me to pick out a favorite track right now but I'm going to throw out a few samples, and encourage you to head over to <a href="http://huhwhatwhere.bandcamp.com/track/tantra-feat-sivey" target="_blank">bandcamp</a> and check out the entire album. <br />
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As a bonus I'll throw in this Needle remix, done in co-op with Sivey, of a track from the Robert Glasper Experiment, Black Radio album.
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Enjoy!Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-22854192842451631922012-01-03T20:10:00.000-05:002012-01-03T20:10:22.410-05:00Will LES really be MORE?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsmwIt58FuT-RlB4PnAE0EcScj9l5AZVtLMnmf3xy0rXNsGDfeKLe7EtiGXjuE_YnF69GiwX1OJGTWYLzto-ZXxM09Z_ZNzx7eaA3FFf5vGY_OVCXFEPHaMA1m9O1vrt20bT5ro17Sw/s320/Ryan_Leslie_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABsmwIt58FuT-RlB4PnAE0EcScj9l5AZVtLMnmf3xy0rXNsGDfeKLe7EtiGXjuE_YnF69GiwX1OJGTWYLzto-ZXxM09Z_ZNzx7eaA3FFf5vGY_OVCXFEPHaMA1m9O1vrt20bT5ro17Sw/s320/Ryan_Leslie_3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>"Can you actually make a career out of a thousand die-hard fans? It won't make you a multimillionaire but as long as you can keep the lights on and you've got a captive audience that is engaged with your content, it buys you that extra day to walk into the studio and maybe make a record that's going to change your life. It's about creating an environment that fosters and nurtures real creativity from artists and allows them to make a living while contributing to the culture of today and tomorrow."</b></i>--</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grammy nominated artist Ryan Leslie.</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><br />
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</div>When it comes to <u><b>good</b></u> music, less is never more. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Leslie" target="_blank">Ryan Leslie</a>, however, asserts that he is an exception to this rule. His third studio album which was set to be released last 4th of July, proclaims that "<i>Les is More</i>" and I must say that I agree. At least to a certain degree. Leslie is far more than your average producer, instrumentalist, singer, song writer, or rapper. He is all of the above in one man. After scoring a perfect 1600 on the SATs at the age of 14 Leslie decided to quit high school and matriculate at Harvard (yes, he matriculated at Harvard without earning a high school diploma). Four years later Leslie earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science and Macroeconomics at the age of 19...when most other people are entering college. Even after being put on academic probation three times during his Harvard career because, according to him, of the amount of time he devoted to making music and teaching himself the basics, he still won the honor of presenting the prestigious <a href="http://www.commencementoffice.harvard.edu/orations_competition/" target="_blank">Harvard Oration</a> at his commencement ceremony.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><embed allowfullscreen="false" allowscriptaccess="always" height="30" src="http://www.box.net/embed/clrg18eh0ifcoyo.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" wmode="opaque"></embed> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Ryan Leslie - Addiction</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fast-forward to his music career. After a slow start, Leslie's talented was recognized by Diddy and has since produced songs for Beyonc<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">é</span>, Britney Spears, and that hit by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKgPPB1dhD0" target="_blank">Cassie (Me & U, which he also wrote)</a>. Since then, Leslie has released two studio albums: the self-titled <i>Ryan Leslie</i>, and <i>Transitions</i> - both in 2009. In general, Leslie offers a smooth, relaxing yet up-beat contemporary R&B style with multi-instrumental and electronic beats. Overall, however, Leslie is a better producer and instrumentalist than a singer. He often posts "making of..." videos on YouTube that displays his production and arrangement skills. Take a look at the video below or better yet, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ix5dicdL7c&feature=relmfu" target="_blank">the making of "Addiction"</a>, which offers more depth and insight. In addition to his in-studio skill set Leslie is also talented on the business aspect of the music industry and is an active entrepreneur who had quickly realized the potential of internet-based social networking in music promotion. As one article in <i>The Harvard Crimson </i>stated "Leslie is a master of marketing, harnessing the power of YouTube, Twitter, and MySpace to create an expansive fan base." If you haven't heard of Ryan Leslie then it's probably your fault. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/ZHO_oSVKjyo/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZHO_oSVKjyo&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZHO_oSVKjyo&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">The making of "Hello" with Jasmine Villegas.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">His first album, <i><b>Ryan Leslie</b>,</i> offered songs such as "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpLthO07LBY&feature=fvwrel" target="_blank">Diamond Girl</a>", "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7On6s5sKmA&feature=relmfu" target="_blank">Addiction</a>", "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2fV4nnlG-I" target="_blank">Valentine</a>", "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PLX1IJw6jc" target="_blank">I-R-I-N-A</a>", and "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQovFMOXb2c&feature=related" target="_blank">Gibberish</a>" - a track where he actually sings in unintelligible syllables but still manages to be a mood setter. One of my favorite tracks from that album is "I-R-I-N-A". On how this song came about Leslie explains, "<b>I've spent the last 2 weekends shooting a crazy photo story for my single "Diamond Girl" starring Russian fashion model <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoB3ssZTtK5lqqXcqNZZk_ehSQAdMOk5hrOKU9MLtPTgUL3iHdyKJ9iKHJCQrpZyYUE0KVUko5F5baKsEisytqdHO0-b-07YzsKJq8q6NwWwv38OF2ZHsRlmSxwvzvP_fd_2ZMzuNdeiGK/s400/Irina_Shayk_09010011.jpg" target="_blank">Irina Shayk</a>. The concept required that we have some chemistry on set and since I speak very little Russian, I started singing this song and melody to break the ice and lighten up the vibe. By the end of the shoot, the boys on my staff suggested I lay it down.</b>" <i>I might not speak your language but I know just what to say...</i>does it speak to the universality of music or of love or both? It's up to you to interpret.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As if impregnated by the release of his first album, he delivered his second album nine months later. <b><i>Transitions</i></b> brought songs such as "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GzESdGgx_s" target="_blank">You're Not My Girl</a>", "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLFSfq2LeCw" target="_blank">Never Gonna Break Up</a>", "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2cDY7N3UsQ" target="_blank">I Choose You</a>", and "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNgzZb1Up_A" target="_blank">Zodiac</a>". The album continued the contemporary R&B vibe of the debut release with very similar style and taste. While the album is definitely listenable, mainly due to the fact that Leslie's production continues to stand out, as a whole it falls lower in my rankings than its forerunner for two main reasons: the lyrics are less than rich and although the beats remain enjoyable, there was less raw originality. The music on some of the tracks appeared to be a variation on the theme of those presented in his first album and one built on a variation of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust". For me, <i>Transitions </i>ended up being the B-side to <i>Ryan Leslie</i>. And Leslie himself may agree, in several interviews he has acknowledged the shortcomings of his work. Speaking about his upcoming album with <i><a href="http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/music/2011-06-13/discovery-ryan-leslie/" target="_blank">Interview Magazine</a></i> he said, "<b>until this album, I paid little attention to lyrics. I was generally content with the marriage between a great melody over an interesting and moving instrumental arrangement. Often the lyrical offering was elementary and secondary to the more sophisticated musical contribution.</b>"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">So, what will album #3 bring? A phrase that Leslie routinely exclaims is "they try to put me in a box. It's impossible!" This new album is an attempt to rip open any box that his last two releases would have begun to build around him. Contrary to the contemporary R&B sounds of the last two albums, the first suggested track listing of <i>Les Is More</i> -- which had a track listing which included "Glory" (the first single), "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0XVak2FIRU&feature=related" target="_blank">Beautiful Lie</a>", "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQesSfeBbYg" target="_blank">Joan of Arc</a>" (written, produced, recorded, and released in a day), "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaEyx7HZ_l0" target="_blank">Breathe</a>", and "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ3pE3lfO5g" target="_blank">Maybachs & Diamonds</a>" -- featured Leslie doing as much rapping as singing over what I would describe as toned down rock beats. With the loooooong release delay and what seems to be a rehashing of the track listing, with Glory, Beautiful Lie, and <a href="http://youtu.be/K6VLvt2ugtE" target="_blank">Good Girl</a> the only confirmed tracks it's unclear what turn the project will take audibly. Previously, in reference to the album Leslie had stated "<b>it's just really about art and creative expression...I'm just delivering the message in rap form</b>" and I was personally looking forward to that -- him doing something a little different instead of a "Part 3". But whatever direction this album ends up going in let's hope that Leslie's falls back on his words that "<b>despite what other people may feel, despite other peoples beliefs and perceptions or preconceived notions about your capabilities, believe in yourself and apply yourself with the sort of the unbridled passion and what I like to call the "4 Ds". Discipline. Desire. Drive. Dedication.</b>" because I think that with that attitude and a genuine love for music good things are likely to follow.<br />
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Ryan Leslie is no doubt multi-talented, and I strongly admire his work ethic and his philosophy on music. But our main goal should always be to surpass our previous accomplishments in our craft and I'm quite eager to see if this forthcoming album presents the growth that was missing between the first and second releases. And it could, for in his sit down with <i>Interview Magazine</i> Leslie stated, "<b>this album is the most honest reflection of who I am and what I'm experiencing that I have ever written.</b>"<br />
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No new release date has been set yet but let's see how much more R-Les gives us on this new album when it finally arrives.</div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-56495109532739187902011-08-22T20:49:00.003-04:002011-08-22T20:54:54.031-04:00Jack of Hearts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/227345_212748245411389_138443809508500_817983_3098282_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/227345_212748245411389_138443809508500_817983_3098282_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>Jack of all trades...master of none? </b>Nope. This does not apply to the Atlanta based rock group <a href="http://jack-of-hearts.net/">Jack of Hearts</a>; for them, music is not just a trade. From the reports I have been reading over the last few months, they've shaken up the ATL music scene and with <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171898552882455">their upcoming tour</a> they will be expanding their fan base. Like the subject of my last post, <a href="http://18escape.blogspot.com/2011/08/welcome-back-to-funkyolon.html">Bosco</a>, JoH is a part of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.thebigupcollective.com/" style="color: #32aaff; text-decoration: underline;">The Big Up!</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">artists collective. The group is comprised of Will Day (bass/lead vocals), Omar Ferrer (keys/guitar/vocals), Sarah Wilson (drums), and David Courtwright (guitar/vocals) and together they forge a very palatable alternative/indie rock style that has had me digging into the dark corners of the web for more of their work. There are only two tracks to be found (one just became available today), so it seems like for now you just have to head to one of their shows and get the album when it drops on August 26th...which isn't a bad idea. Check out the two tracks below and then check the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171898552882455">tour schedule</a> to see when they'll be coming to a venue near you. And if you're in the Atlanta area you might want to check out the album release party on the 26th where they will be kickin' it with Bosco and Speakerfoxxx; I'll have to wait for the NYC gig. </span></span></div><br />
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Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-57457735622652282312011-08-07T16:47:00.001-04:002011-08-07T16:48:47.718-04:00Welcome back to Funkyolon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thisisrealmusic.com/articles/40909/media/images/brittany_bosco-interview-300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="http://www.thisisrealmusic.com/articles/40909/media/images/brittany_bosco-interview-300.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">She's from <i>the city of the land of nowhere</i> and describes herself as "Gnarls meets a new-age Janis Joplin mothered by Sarah Vaughn". Meet <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bosco/110969685636203?sk=wall">Brittany Bosco</a>. When you listen to her you think that in her description she forgot to mention her big sister Erykah Badu. She shoots out some really funky tracks with a well-controlled voice over electronic jazz/trip hop beats on her <i><a href="http://brittanybosco.bandcamp.com/">Spectrum 2.0</a> </i>album. On one track (Billie's song) she used an excerpt from a Billie Holiday interview where she states "I've always wanted to sing like an instrument". Yes, when a musician has aspirations of singing like an instrument you know they're going to be serving you some good earfood. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bosco is a native of Savannah, GA who studied fashion design at Savannah College of Art and Design and together with a few other SCAD alums she is a part of <a href="http://www.thebigupcollective.com/">The Big Up!</a> artists collective. She has had some classical voice training which she flexes and which definitely helps her to develop a unique style. Even so, her <i>Spectrum 2.0</i> album gives a whole range of her musical flexibility and an eclectic musical taste. Open your ears and digest these tracks:<br />
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If you like that then get ready for her new release, <i>Pacer </i>EP, later this month. In the meantime check out the song "Pacer", the teaser below, and a couple of interviews <a href="http://www.thisisrealmusic.com/articles/40909/brittany_bosco-interview.php">here</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujdmii_I9O4">there</a>.<br />
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</div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-78013063554708658642011-07-25T21:38:00.001-04:002011-07-25T21:46:47.277-04:00Amy's Song<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Amy-Winehouse-u06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Amy-Winehouse-u06.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Live fast. Die young. Leave a good looking corpse</u>. </b>For many people this is where their comments on the recent death of Amy Winehouse ends but if you're familiar with more than "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LTPRJqt2z4">Rehab</a>" (trust me, pick any song from either album and it's 100X better) then you might have felt some kinda way about her passing. I was quite saddened when I heard the news on Saturday morning and it has been one of the first thoughts that enter my mind when I wake up every morning since then. She is a mainstay on my iPod and I guess I listen to her music so much and so often that I felt connected to her in some way. She had a voice and presentation that drew you in without ever trying too hard. She never needed to scream to get your attention and, stealing a line from Jadakiss, 'she don't use beats for help, she help the beats'. It was as if she wasn't aware of her immense talent and to her she was just toying around. Her voice always came off with a mystifying air but at the same time very very real. Something that I am pretty sure can only come naturally.<br />
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<b><u>Amy Amy Amy</u>. </b>I have never met the woman, much less spoken to her but through her music I felt like I was listening to her in a personal kind of way as she poured out her troubles with unsuccessful love affairs to me. You know, like those times you sit and listen to a friend without needing to say a word...they just need you to listen. Overall,<i> </i>I can't help but feel like she's that close girl-friend that every guy has who calls to complain from time to time about other men. I listen to her venting to me about how her man, seven years older than her, acts like a child on "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYE0DYIbaw&ob=av2e">Stronger Than Me</a>" or, similarly, on "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFp-7Zr3ziw">Help Yourself</a>" to the "fuckery" of another on "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXjx2fo4XhA">Me & Mr. Jones</a>". How dare he cause her to miss the Slick Rick show and question her love for him? In a voice that appears saddened by and tired of dealing with men she tells me how she "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZo8gUCt2hM">Wakes up Alone</a>" and eventually breaks up with her guy, insisting that he "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egpsoqLxkQE&ob=av2n">Take The Box</a>". Of course, as any man who has had these conversations with women would understand, she ultimately asks the question "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzsRZx5gzWg&playnext=1&list=PL5F569900C27EF647">What Is It About Men</a>"? Finally, she comes to the conclusion that "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfC6CCtZjxk">Love Is A Losing Game</a>" sounding like one that will never fall for that trick again as she accepts it and comes to the realization that her "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojdbDYahiCQ&ob=av2n">Tears Dry On Their Own</a>".<br />
<b>I listen attentively as she tells me she gets back on the horse</b> thinking she is in the "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpj9iOX2Qvo">Mood for Love</a>" but scarred by her past experiences she ends up just turning the tables and abusing men with her nonchalance of cheating as she shrugs and sings "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1q7Mx_FLcY">I Heard Love Is Blind</a>". She's tries to justify and explain her infidelity by telling her beau things like "You are everything, he means nothing to me. I can't even remember his name", and "I didn't let him hold my hand", and <u>quite hilariously</u> "<b>I was thinking of you when I came</b>". Unable to quell his anger she blames him with "what do you expect? You left me here alone..." I just can't help but feel indifference oozing from her words. She lets another down a little easier by telling him they should be "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvRnrIv3mpM&ob=av2n">Just Friends</a>" because although she's not ashamed the guilt will kill him if she [his woman] doesn't do so first. Her divorce form romantic fantasy is cemented as she makes it known that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdi_yuSgQw8&ob=av2n">no man should get too comfortable in her bed</a> because she sees them as replaceable toys and eventually the novelty will wear off. She talks about her mastery of separating sex from emotion, reminding her lover that <b>the only time she holds his hand is to "get the angle right"</b>. As she laughs she tells me that she always let them know that she is trouble and in her words, "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-I2s5zRbHg&ob=av2n">You Know I'm No Good</a>". Sensing that she may be putting too much on my shoulders she lightens the mood by <b>ridiculing the groupie, cookie-cutter hoe types</b> and their "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo4d6R1FBu0">Fuck Me Pumps</a>" and relaying <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thAdbuTNU0I">this nice little story</a> about how she cussed out her girlfriend because her boyfriend was always coming over and smoking all her [Amy's] weed. Needless to say, she did not appreciate that. She didn't mind that he smoked it, she just would like him to replace it so that she can get her high too. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>I still love her</u>. </b>Regardless of her addictions and self-destructive lifestyle that many people berate her for I fully appreciate the music she has left with me (and for introducing me to <a href="http://www.sharonjonesandthedapkings.com/">Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings</a>). I am still very sad because with her recent tours I was hoping that she was getting better and would hopefully start recording again. Maybe some of the stuff she was reportedly working on will be released. She most recently recorded with Tony Bennett for his album <i>Duets II</i> to be released on September 20 and was rumored to have done a collaboration with Cee Lo for her new album which was supposed to be out earlier this year, in January (there had been on again/off again mention of this album since a year ago). Clearly this didn't happen and depending on the source you will hear that there is either a "ready-to-be-release album" or some "really great demos"...we'll have to wait and see what the happens in the future but I would love to hear what she was working on.<br />
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</div></div><blockquote><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"not many people have it in them to do something they love, simply because they love it. with no fuss and no compromise. <b>but she knew what she was capable of and didn’t even need to try. if she wanted to do something she would and if she didn’t she’d say fuck off</b>. it came easy to her and that’s why we all loved her so much. <u>we believed every word she wrote, and it would sink in deep when she sang them</u>. Amy paved the way for artists like me and made people excited about british music again whilst being fearlessly hilarious and blase about the whole thing. i don’t think she ever realised just how brilliant she was and how important she is, but that just makes her even more charming. although im incredibly sad about Amy passing im also reminded of how immensely proud of her i am as well. and grateful to be inspired by her. Amy flies in paradise xx" </i><b>--Adele</b></span></div></blockquote><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">[<b>emphasis </b>is <u>mine]</u></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><u><br />
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<b>This song will forever remind me of her death. I am renaming it "Amy's Song".</b><br />
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</span>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-31276326638411669202011-07-20T06:30:00.014-04:002011-07-21T09:28:29.245-04:00"74 Miles Away". Belgium is not as far as you think.<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/26550574"><img alt="74 Miles Away Live Concert @ Dour Festival 2011-6390" height="265" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5953453667_865f88e67f.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[click photo for behind the scenes video]</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>74 Miles Away</b> at the Dour Festival 2011 - </span></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Pierre Anckaert, Eric Paquet, Louis Van De Leest (left to right). </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Photo compliments of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Musicfromthepit">Kmeron</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div>FYI, <b>Belgium has more to offer the rest of the world than waffles</b>. Not only has the country been home to a number Nobel Prize winning scientists but there are also some noteworthy Belgian musicians that have been occupying my playlists recently. A major part of that Belgian music scene has been the artist collective known as <a href="http://www.laid-back.be/">Laid Back</a> (LDBK). LDBK is a project that started in 2002 as a radio show on a local radio station in Brussels. The radio show is now available online and the project has grown to include a variety of artists such as designers, photographers, writers, musicians, DJs, producers, filmmakers etc. According to the website, LDBK's priority is "to connect existing communities around the world and activate them to engage in different projects". One superb project that I has been activated through LDBK is the union between two Belgian outfits - <a href="http://www.pierreanckaert.com/home.php">Pierre Anckaert Trio</a> and <a href="http://www.monkeyrobot.eu/">MonkeyRobot</a>. The result is music that blows you no less than <i style="font-weight: bold;">74 Miles Away</i>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Pierre Anckaert</u></b>: is a Belgian jazz pianist/composer who studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and also spent a month on a course in Afro-Cuban music in 2003. In 2007 his trio was awarded first prize at the Jazz Hoeilaart International Contest. A year later he released his first recording "Candide" as a trio ensemble with double bass and drums. His music is incredibly diverse with sets ranging from trios, quartets, quintets, and big bands to the Brussels Chamber Orchestra. The Belgian composer/conductor <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Frédéric Devreese had this to say about Anckaert and his work:</span></span><br />
<blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span">"A particularly happy mix of jazz and classical music, subtle harmonizations and surprising modulations, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span">inventive and virtuoso improvisations,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">a variety of atmospheres and terrific grooves... In a nutshell, a discovery!"</span></span></span></i></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><br />
</u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u>MonkeyRobot</u></b>: On the other side of the coin is a pair of musicians/beatmakers/producers from Brussels: Eric Paquet (Eric P.), Louis Van De Leest (LuiGi) who have previously worked under the moniker InfinitSkills. <a href="http://soundcloud.com/monkeyrobot/sets/monkeyrobot/">Their works</a> are genius and their instrument implementation takes you on a ride you can feel as it moves you through different levels. According to LDBK founder, Julien Mourlon, Eric P. and LuiGi had been DJs for the LDBK radio show for over five years. Here is what he has to say about them: </div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Since I met them in 2003, it was the “old vs new” duality that I liked in their music. Being musicians and beatmakers, sampling live instruments or adding organic layers to their beats was their trademark. When Louis released a cover of René Costy’s "Scrabble" (the Chapell libary cut used by Dilla for his classic "F*** The Police") on Jazzy Sport last year with long time friend Pierre Anckaert on the Fender Rhodes, it was clear there would be a follow up to this collaboration.</i>"</span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
The first track that I heard from 74 Miles Away was the opener of the </span>LDBK compilation "All School Flavor vol. 1"<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> - </span><i style="line-height: 19px;">Seven Four</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">. This hybrid track is the perfect example of what makes this collaboration and the 74 Miles Away project the perfect idea. Though not the most complex piece of music, it is a nice fresh take on the Cannonball Adderley track <i>74 Miles Away </i>(perhaps their name is in tribute to Adderley?)<i>. </i>The seamless transition and mingling of the work from both sides goes a long way to validate the marriage of the Anckaert Trio and MonkeyRobot.</span></span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b><u>Pierre Anckaert Trio vs. MonkeyRobot</u></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">: The above cut is definitely an</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> ap</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">é</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">ritif to their current release "<u>74 Miles Away: Pierre Anckaert Trio vs. MonkeyRobot</u>" which is deeper in complexity. According to the LDBK website <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">The main idea behind this “74 Miles Away” project is to put the Fender Rhodes – one of the most precious electric pianos of the last decades – in the spotlight"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">. To reinforce this idea, <a href="http://vimeo.com/16422330">this promo video</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> clearly shows the 'Seventy Three' Fender-Rhodes taking center stage. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The concept of the album is one that works well for t</span>he talents involved and challenges you as the listener. Four electronic jazz tracks composed and arranged by Anckaert and cut by his trio (P. Anckaert - Fender Rhodes; R. Korolik - Bass; D. Barker - Drums; S. Bracaval - flute [tracks 1 & 3]) comprises the first half of the album. Then tracks 5-8 are those same four tracks reworked by MonkeyRobot along with the introduction of vocals to create a new set of tracks with a jazz fusion tone. The result is 8 tracks (yes, I can do math) but I always find myself trying to decipher and detect bits of Anckaert's originals in the MonkeyRobot tracks and although they are radically reworked, if you listen carefully, there are detectable elements under the heavy synth layers and mesmerizing harmony. <br />
The entire album can be listened to as completely separate songs (the tracks are arranged with the 4 Anckaerts Trio cuts followed by the 4 MonkeyRobot cuts) and they will stand alone just fine or you can create a playlist and play each rework after its original...this is what I did for the first few listens in order to pick up on the similarities. <b>Either way just lay back and let the music take you away...74 miles away</b>.</span><br />
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Here you can take a listen to "Chromeface" and its counterpart "Neverending Rhodes" below and <a href="http://vimeo.com/19557724">catch a studio session video here</a>.<br />
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To hear more you can <a href="http://74milesaway.bandcamp.com/">listen to/purchase the album here</a>. It is also available on iTunes.<br />
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For more like 74 Miles Away I recommend listening to/purchasing the LDBK "<a href="http://laidback.bandcamp.com/">All School Flavor vol. 1</a>" compilation. There are some great cuts on it including tracks from ClassicBeatz, Bongholio Iglesias, 40 Winks, LeFtO and more.<br />
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Thanks to Vincent Philbert aka Kmeron for permission to use his photos. Check out <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/frf_kmeron/sets/72157627230231034/">more pics of 74 Miles Away at the Dour Festival</a> or <a href="http://www.musicfromthepit.com/">his entire concert archive</a>.<br />
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</div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-81749042572259312932011-07-15T07:00:00.003-04:002011-07-15T12:10:50.202-04:00Opening Pandora's box...or URL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwjEqGCOOHUTMjT0lAbzOUyFtVB0ZOuqtOIQJuRL0s8A6MQRL6meHsmIIN-Ls20r3ZtBF-_s880rPdT-ak11cJ2cKpqb80vjT0juFj4w1s326v-c5bmXwcUglfLfLAZnUT4YUB-b7yDs/s320/Hollywood+Female+Model+With+Headphone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwjEqGCOOHUTMjT0lAbzOUyFtVB0ZOuqtOIQJuRL0s8A6MQRL6meHsmIIN-Ls20r3ZtBF-_s880rPdT-ak11cJ2cKpqb80vjT0juFj4w1s326v-c5bmXwcUglfLfLAZnUT4YUB-b7yDs/s320/Hollywood+Female+Model+With+Headphone.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over the last few years the mighty power that is the internet has completely changed how we find and listen to music. I'm not talking about the ability to download 10 albums in 10 minutes through P2P torrents or mediafire. No, I'm talking about the wonderful world of music recommendation sites. While there are quite a few, when it comes to internet radio and music recommendation the one that most people are familiar with is Pandora Radio. But, as usual, for every good thing there is something better but the trick is to find it (or them).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Music recommendation sites such as Pandora, Grooveshark, and Last.fm have now made it seemingly effortless to discover new music and artists that are similar to what you already like, although they use very different methods to do so. Discovering new music that you thoroughly enjoy gives a sense of joy, excitement, and a great rewarding feeling. Here is a brief rundown on a few services that I use and pros/cons of each. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://c1345842.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/assets/apps/icons/000/041/938/original.png?1270161089" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://c1345842.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/assets/apps/icons/000/041/938/original.png?1270161089" /></a><b><u><a href="http://www.pandora.com/">Pandora</a></u></b>: The spawn of the <a href="http://www.pandora.com/corporate/mgp">Music Genome Project</a>, Pandora is probably almost everyone's favorite radio stations and music recommendation site. The approach to music recommendation by Pandora is very technological; based on the inherent quality of the music. With over 400 musical attributes assigned to each song by actual humans Pandora does a pretty decent job at putting together a selection of similar artists (based on the attributes of the initial query) and coming up with new music, however, if left unattended for too long it sometimes, I have found, it strays quite a bit. By leaving it unattended I mean refusing to interact with the playlist. The 'thumbs up' and 'thumbs down' buttons for each song tells the program whether you like that song or not and then Pandora collects this data and adapts to your tastes. So, to get the best experience from Pandora you have to train it to give you what you want. As you listen you can view the lyrics, artist bio, and similar artists to the one currently playing. You get to skip songs you don't like but there is a limit of six skips per hour per station and a 'thumbs down' also counts as a skip. The major downside is that Pandora only allows you to listen to 40 hours of music per month if you do not have the subscription service. In addition, it is only available in the United States so if you are traveling outside of the country you will need alternatives. However, <b>despite it's downsides Pandora will definitely throw some music at you that you haven't heard before</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2011/04/grooveshark-open-letter-100x100.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2011/04/grooveshark-open-letter-100x100.png" /></a><u style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://grooveshark.com/">Grooveshark</a></u>: This is another online music recommendation service with a social aspect. Grooveshark recommendations come through similarities in members' profiles, playlists, and favorites. It offers a radio station where you can listen to different genres just by clicking a button or putting in an artist and letting the music recommendation engine churn out similar tunes. With Grooveshark you can add songs to playlists from the radio player or you have the option of uploading your own songs to build playlists. Like Pandora, Grooveshark benefits from adaptive learning through the use of the 'happy face' and 'sad face' with each song. In terms of interface, Grooveshark is less like a website and more like an audio player. Compared to Pandora, Grooveshark is a much less frustrating experience. With Grooveshark listening time caps are eliminated and so are limits on skipping. Besides building custom playlists you can also listen to other users' playlists and when you want to see what's popular you just click the "Popular" icon which takes you to a playlist of the current popular songs on Grooveshark. Unlike Pandora you won't get the artist information/bio or a list of similar artists so you just have to wait and see who pops up next on the radio. Overall, <b>Grooveshark is more community-based and just on this basis alone is more versatile and offers more options than Pandora</b>. Oh, and you can access it outside of the US. Plus. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://cdn4.iconfinder.com/data/icons/socialmediaicons_v120/48/lastfm.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cdn4.iconfinder.com/data/icons/socialmediaicons_v120/48/lastfm.png" /></a><u style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://last.fm/">Last.fm</a></u>: Now take the best of Pandora and Grooveshark and put them together and you get something that begins to look like Last.fm. Last.fm has a good music recommendation service with a well-founded community base. Unlike Pandora's technical recommendation algorithm, and like Grooveshark, Last.fm's is more social. Music is primarily recommended based on a collaborative filter i.e if you like a song/artist and I like the same song/artist then Last.fm will likely recommend other songs/artists I like to you. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">As a result you may end up with some songs with which you are already familiar but you will also get a great exposure to a lot that may be outside of your current playlist. </span>The music is streamed through an in page flash-based player which runs a slideshow of pictures of the current artist that are uploaded by other users. Users are also able to add artist information, album artwork etc. which makes Last.fm it's own little music wikipedia. Besides making radio stations based on songs or artists, Last.fm also keeps a list of your recent tracks and tells you how many times you have listened to an artist and song. There is also a downloadable desktop program called "Scrobbler" which integrates with iTunes and track what you listen to and feeds it into your Last.fm profile. Based on this, Last.fm can build stations based on your music library and when an artist outside of your library is played it tells you based on which of your library artists the selection was made. You can also listen to stations that are based on other users with similar musical tastes/listening habits. Another great feature of Last.fm is that it tells you if the artist who is currently playing is on tour and provides their dates and events. Cool, yea. For quick music discovery you can simply go to the site and type in an artists and click the similar artists tab to the left and get a plethora of recommendations. <b>One thing I must say about Last.fm is that I can find and build stations around artists and songs that I can't even find on Pandora or Grooveshark</b>. This is because once an artist has been "scrobbled" by a user it automatically generates a page for that new artist.<br />
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<b>I like to use each of these as a compliment to the others because they employ different methods in their music recommendation service and I believe that there is value in both the social and technological approach to music discovery.</b><br />
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Other ways that I use to explore new music is through <a href="http://soundcloud.com/">Soundcloud</a> and <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/">Mixcloud</a>. Excellent ways to get on to brand new music...if the artist is an active member of either cloud community. I also follow (on Twitter) or like (on Facebook) artists that I enjoy and sometimes I get some good recommendations through their mentions on feeds. I also take a look to see who's my artists' artist...who do the artists that I like and follow, like and follow. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
Other notable music recommendation sites: iTunes Genius, <a href="http://www.ilike.com/">iLike</a>.<br />
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Happy Discovery! <br />
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</div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-48577138097288655672011-07-01T09:46:00.001-04:002011-07-05T18:51:30.191-04:00iTunes presents 31 nights of music for FREE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.itunesfestival.com/"><img border="0" src="http://assets.itunesfestival.com/img/logo.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Think this is a joke? Well it's not. The <a href="http://www.itunesfestival.com/">iTunes Festival 2011</a> kicks off at 3PM EST at the <a href="http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/">Roundhouse in London, UK</a>. The Festival will feature 62 artists with concerts every night from today until July 31. If you are outside of London and buying a plane ticket is outside of your budget right now then don't worry you can still enjoy any of the concerts. All you need to do is <a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/">download iTunes to you computer</a> and <a href="http://www.itunes.apple.com/festival%20%20">use this link</a>, which should open the festival's home page in iTunes. If you would like to catch them on the go there are also <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/app/id431168066?mt=8&affId=1884404">apps available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch</a>. And, of course, if you own Apple TV you can use AirPlay to steam the shows to your TV screen. Oh, and it is all offered in HD! If you are in the UK and would like to see shows live, you can go to <a href="http://www.itunesfestival.com/gb/lineup">the lineup page</a> and apply to enter a drawing for free live tickets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.itunesfestival.com/gb/lineup">The lineup</a> includes something for everyone. Some of the artists performing at this year's festival will be Adele, Miles Kane (formerly of The Rascals), Linkin Park, Bruno Mars, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, Alice Gold, Raphael Saadiq, Dionne Bromfield (Amy Winehouse's 15 year-old goddaughter), Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Moby, *<b>deep breath*</b>...and the list goes <i>on & on & on</i>. To get it all started is that genius song-writer/singer/guitarist Paul Simon (from Simon & Garfunkel). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nothing is better than free music...well, almost nothing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-31045528869580370272011-06-28T23:32:00.001-04:002011-06-29T08:12:18.258-04:00Vinyl Crisis? Not anymore :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_xqm0A3hTT-5xBvWZSxMe_U_iJUG3x8FkkEXCIuLl83d95Pzj-r4DNEs6j_hyRrarpBIcHg-oRzSv25MQzhRrIzvtWksMOMWcJeyHWmlgTGk9Ia9BN_Q2DzDDdfB6TDYAJ69uqWZiLX1/s1600/vinyl+player.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_xqm0A3hTT-5xBvWZSxMe_U_iJUG3x8FkkEXCIuLl83d95Pzj-r4DNEs6j_hyRrarpBIcHg-oRzSv25MQzhRrIzvtWksMOMWcJeyHWmlgTGk9Ia9BN_Q2DzDDdfB6TDYAJ69uqWZiLX1/s320/vinyl+player.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This guy showed up today! ^_^ </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I remember back when I was much younger, even before I owned my first <a href="http://tokyo5.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/walkman-1979.gif">walkman</a>, my grandfather putting on 12" LPs to enjoy what he called "the good music before all this BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!". Apparently, I used to mess with his records a lot because I still have a scar on the big toe of my right foot where Bob Marley's <i>Legend</i> vinyl fell on my toe when I was very young...I was holding the sleeve upside down. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Recently I have found it quite hard to find certain pieces of music on CD or digitally. This happens mostly when I'm looking for a specific recording of a classical piece (particular maestro conducting a particular orchestra) and usually, as luck would have it, I can find it online on vinyl. Well, I shall suffer no longer. The good thing is that this turntable comes with a USB connection to so that you can digitize your vinyls. It plays 33s and 45s and the software has the ability to record 78s. Now, everything is fair game.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>"Ev'ry time I hear the heartless sound that has no groove I miss the way you lay on my turntable and move...your flat belly 'gainst the taut tip of my stylus."</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Pithecanthropus_Erectus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Pithecanthropus_Erectus.jpg" /></a>In anticipation of the arrival of my new toy, I purchased <a href="http://mingusmingusmingus.com/Mingus/index.html">Charles Mingus</a>' <i>Pithecanthropus Erectus</i> (the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_McLean">Jackie McLean</a>" Mingus days) online but it has not yet arrived. I bought the "180 gram audiophile virgin vinyl" copy. I'm far from an audiophile, and I wasn't sure what all that entirely meant but I looked it up before purchase (the internet is a beautiful thing) and decided I would give it a go. I also found a <a href="http://www.integritynmusic.com/">vinyl store with an extensive jazz collection</a> about 10 minutes drive from my house so I will be dropping in there very soon to rifle through their jazz sax collection...Hank Mobley, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, is it just me or is there a general resurgence in interest in vinyl? Well, last month the <a href="http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/cue-the-music-driven-by-digital-music-sales-up-in-2011/print/">Nielsen report on music </a>indicated a 37% increase in vinyl sales over last year...for the first quarter of 2011 alone. Whatever the reason, maybe genuine interest, frustration over not being able to find digitized copies of certain music, an attempt to resurrect an old vinyl collection, or just <i>the Rise of the Audiophile</i>, "Black Plastic Magic" is getting a lot more attention these days.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-61071653527262648542011-06-27T07:30:00.010-04:002011-06-27T09:47:47.269-04:00Beyond Classical. The Genius of Bach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://0.tqn.com/d/musiced/1/0/r/3/bach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/musiced/1/0/r/3/bach.jpg" width="259" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Johann Sebastian Bach</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">To most, the first mention of classical music invokes images of Mozart and Beethoven and sounds of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_UOuSklNL4&feature=related">Für Elise</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT7_IZPHHb0&feature=related">Moonlight Sonata</a>. For most of my years I was counted in this majority. In time, I came to learn more about and appreciate the music from eras beyond that which is represented by Mozart and Beethoven. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><u>MY START TO CLASSICAL</u>: </b>My first formal introduction to classical music was my freshman year in college. I was dating a girl who played the viola. She had a chair in the school orchestra and was also a member of a string quartet. As such, I would listen to her practice, and attend her performances. At that time however, my ear and mind was not yet tuned correctly so although I enjoyed the music I was not fully understanding it at any level beyond the aesthetics of the music. This changed when I enrolled in a course called Music Appreciation (which was about 70% focused on classical music). Beyond the history of the music and learning about popular pieces and their composers, the most valuable lesson I took away form that class was how to dissect a composition and identify structures and instruments. When I emerged from that class I had a deeper appreciation for, and understanding of classical music and I learned that I absolutely loved <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music">Baroque music</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><u>BAROQUE ERA</u>: </b>Before the invention of the modern piano, which became one of the major instruments of the Classical and Romantic eras, there was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord">harpsichord</a> and the Baroque period. Even if you may not be aware of the distinctions between the musical eras, you can probably say "AH HA!" to at least these two famous Baroque era pieces - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNQLJ1_HQ0&feature=related">Pachelbel's Canon in D Major</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMkmQlfOJDk&feature=fvst">Air on the G String</a>. The Baroque era is the period in European music that preceded the Classical era, spanning from 1600 to about the mid-1700s. Some of the more popular composers of the Baroque are Antonio Vivaldi (composer of The Four Seasons), George Frideric Handel, Henry Purcell, Claudio Monteverdi, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>. Bach is recognized as not just the most dominant composer of the Baroque era but also one of the greatest composers of all time. Bach didn't just compose music because he knew how to do it; he treated it as a subject to explore and used his compositions as tools to probe some of the more technical aspects of it. One example of this is his examination and development of counterpoint. Counterpoint is where two or more lines of music (voices) that are <u>independent</u> in rhythm and harmony happen at the same time that blends harmonically. You can see it <a href="http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/07/22/arts/1247468479041/counterpoint.html">demonstrated and explained at length</a> by Anthony Tommasini.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><u>THE ART OF FUGUE</u>: </b>Bach dedicated a whole work (unfinished) to the exploration of counterpoint - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_art_of_fugue">The Art of Fugue</a> - which is what I intend to share. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue">The fugue</a> was a popular Baroque form that relies on the contrapuntal argument. The Art of Fugue is a work which contains 14 movements labeled Contrapunctus I - Contrapunctus XIV where the contrapuntal complexity increases with each movement. The final one, Contrapuctus XIV, is unfinished and is thought to be so because of carelessness on the part of the publishers since Bach himself was supervising the preparations for publication. Contrapunctus IV, which is the last of the "simple fugues", is one which is complex enough to engage and keep your interest but not so complex that you get lost after 30 seconds. The following recording is done by the Emerson String Quartet (2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> As Bach himself was quite an accomplished organist and harpsichordist, it is sometimes suggested that The Art of Fugue was intently written for keyboard instruments. However, Malcolm Boyd writes that "Bach's intentions in this respect <i>[regarding instrumentation]</i> are by no means clear, and indeed it seems that the medium of performance - one might even say performance itself - was of minor importance to him. No instrument at all is mentioned in either the manuscript or the printed sources of The Art of Fugue." Despite this there are some pretty good arguments for intent as a keyboard work (the first may have been published by Gustav Leonhardt in 1953 in The Musical Quarterly) including the range of the voices being beyond that of any ensemble instrument in Bach's day, and greater similarities to his organ/harpsichord works compared to his ensemble pieces. Leonhardt even writes that "to Bach, who was a practitioner and not a theorist, the thought that any piece of music might not be intended to sound would have seemed ludicrous and blasphemous...and in writing the fugues of this word he mostly respected, deliberately or unconsciously, the limitations of two hands on a keyboard."<br />
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Regardless, as you can see from the rendition above, it is easily amenable to other classes of instruments (and have been arranged for everything from <a href="http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/articles/artoffugue/resources.shtml">organ to strings to brass - even the saxophone</a>) while maintaining is depth, technicality, and aesthetics...another feature that makes it a great work and suggests that Bach was more concerned with exploring the technicalities of contrapuntal writing rather than composing for a performance. In other words, it was to be studied, not performed.<br />
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In terms of interpretation, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Gould">Glenn Gould</a> is considered one of the foremost pianists on the subject of Bach. Here he is playing Contrapunctus IV on the piano.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And here discussing The Art of Fugue in an interview:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There's nothing else I can say after Gould has spoken except that if you like Baroque music then you should get your ears on the entire work of <i>The Art of Fugue</i>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-86209831775506622632011-06-25T19:00:00.004-04:002011-07-19T09:17:08.602-04:00Electronica + Acid Jazz + Hip-Hop =<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHFqT1LtQDjftw73seFluViQjNekvBJdIWSS4FAKbGeQCVvvq0jZTVvm2y05dSCKL1eJLI5WqbsHlwlJCvP9H1FRBfugr6mlLUDm3gRDccUcUWmTYQP5AzEIo_86UoLjgcHF_y-q75OL8/s1600/Dandy+Teru+-+WONDERLAND+-+WONDERLAND_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHFqT1LtQDjftw73seFluViQjNekvBJdIWSS4FAKbGeQCVvvq0jZTVvm2y05dSCKL1eJLI5WqbsHlwlJCvP9H1FRBfugr6mlLUDm3gRDccUcUWmTYQP5AzEIo_86UoLjgcHF_y-q75OL8/s320/Dandy+Teru+-+WONDERLAND+-+WONDERLAND_cover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">"Wonderland was created just like a short cut movie, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">with a taste of adventure, in a dream land hosted by </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">an elegant cat, in a short 24h time." - Teru</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Last night, rather serendipitously, I came upon a guy who goes by the name <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dandyteru?sk=info">Dandy Teru</a> and a few clicks later I was delightfully introduced to Massive Suits Quartet. According to his facebook page he is interested in music, women, and suits...already my type of character. Beyond that, the most I have been able to find out about him is that he is a French producer and self-proclaimed dandy that performed, produced, and mixed the music that you are about to hear. Teru described Massive Suit Quartet's work as "creating sounds with jazz breaks, samples, piano keys, and arranements science"..."with a touch of romanticism, elegance, and drama". This one is called "Costume".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><embed allowfullscreen="false" allowscriptaccess="always" height="30" src="http://www.box.net/embed/ru09unhcvkytu5j.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" wmode="opaque"></embed> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Massive Suits Quartet - Costume</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can <a href="http://dandyteru.bandcamp.com/album/wonderland">listen to all 4 tracks of the album online</a> for free or pay €4 (~$6) and download them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/dandyteru">Listen to more offerings by Dandy Teru.</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-10763693357375866652011-06-25T10:16:00.001-04:002011-06-25T10:44:31.520-04:00One Man, One Glove, One Mic: The Trinity. Remembering Michael Jackson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://harlemworldblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/michael_jackson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://harlemworldblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/michael_jackson.jpg" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Michael Jackson made the funkiest attire look super cool </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Who among us didn't tireless try to perfect <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_3v-_p3ESo">the moonwalk</a> after seeing the dancing phenom execute it with such ease? Definitely one of the top 10 pop musicians of all time, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> needs no background introduction. Today marks the two-year memorial of his death and so I'm taking this time out to commemorate his greatness. So bust out the old vinyls, cassette tapes, mp3s or YouTube videos and just enjoy some MJ.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-45420248475455967412011-06-25T09:08:00.002-04:002011-07-02T14:08:04.285-04:00Martha. Mother. Martyr. Unlikely homophones until you meet the BFE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.freecodesource.com/album-cover/61xOK6Dm6NL/Brooklyn-Funk-Essentials-Make-Em-Like-It.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.freecodesource.com/album-cover/61xOK6Dm6NL/Brooklyn-Funk-Essentials-Make-Em-Like-It.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Put some smooth 90's hip-hop and reggae-esque vocals over original jazz-funk beats and you get the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Funk_Essentials">Brooklyn Funk Essentials</a> every time. Just as sure as leaving a crack-head to "keep an eye" on your wallet will leave you broke. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">BFE is a music collective which enjoyed heavy recognition throughout the 90s with songs like "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvywYdWYtgM&playnext=1&list=PL90ABEF80F064EF36">A Headnaddas Journey to the Planet Adidi-Skizm</a>", "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yABvULR1Fbw">Big Apple Boogaloo</a>", "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK3IxpH2Cpo">Dance Free Night</a>", and their very first single, a rendition of the highly-acclaimed tune by legendary tenor saxophonist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharoah_Sanders">Pharoah Sanders</a>, "The Creator Has a Master Plan" (see embedded video).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Their second album - In The Buzz Bag - with its single "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPBXAHSOsos">Istanbul Twilight</a>", recorded with Turkish group <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lacotayfa">Laco Tayfa</a>, earned the group a Grammy nomination and elevated them to cult-like status in Turkey. Other songs such as "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_9blTxwFeA">I Got Cash</a>" and "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxVCzg5G0jo">Date With Baby</a>" are humorous and pure fun to listen to. Vocals for the groups' songs are generally provided by Swedish reggae star <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Dee">Papa Dee</a>, and female vocalists <a href="http://suckaforlife.com/HW/?page_id=346">Hanifah Walidah</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_McKay">Stephanie McKay</a>. In addition, tracks often feature the gruff, throaty dub poetry of <a href="http://www.creativetime.org/programs/archive/2003/LocalFrequencies/localfrequencies/sylvester.html">Everton Sylvester</a> which is quite a delight on the auditory palate. <b>This</b> <b>brings us to the main course of this post.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="30" src="http://www.box.net/embed/ld4718q54u6zznj.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" wmode="opaque"></embed><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Brooklyn Funk Essentials</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> - Martha</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Martha" is the second to last track from the album 'Make Them Like It'. Every time I listen to this song I am captivated by the ease and completeness with which he paints the picture of the picture at which he is gazing. The description is so thorough that it doesn't just allow you to conjure up an image, instead it forces the image upon you - even down to the details of the blouse she is wearing. The entire tone of the song is one of sad reminiscence; a son going through an old photo album or maybe stopping to stare at a framed photo of his mother when she was at her prime. Nothing, however, prepares the listener for the shocking fact revealed by the final six words. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The more subtle, and more interesting feature of the song is the way that Stephanie McKay's pronunciation of the track title "Martha", which we assume is the mother's name, during the 1:45 repetitive outro makes us hear three different things at different times: 'Martha', then 'Mother', and then 'Martyr'. An ingenious yet subtle nudge at the over-arching subject; the execution of which increases my respect for this track.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">--If you enjoy BFE you may also like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thievery_Corporation">Thievery Corporation</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercan_Dede">Mercan Dede</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roots">The Roots</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis">Miles Davis</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morcheeba"></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Pulse">Steel Pulse</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley">Bob Marley</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tosh">Peter Tosh</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Wailer">Bunny Wailer</a>.<br />
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</div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-28587789295562925452011-06-23T21:48:00.012-04:002011-06-24T10:05:51.456-04:00Tiara Thomas...Lauryn Hill's successor?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNo8W0Lgz5E1uzBfX07oi9l29ZSOAnopxcYpM0XwVO-qxCU739vBdtR9H7-tiIh7BOCodvxAmGxPSk4HjnVo1EATwGl09vhAAMglbX0dGt2RcjCeHtDMfj1cP7nLmVokUwOQLJQ7YJguQ/s1600/tiara-thomas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNo8W0Lgz5E1uzBfX07oi9l29ZSOAnopxcYpM0XwVO-qxCU739vBdtR9H7-tiIh7BOCodvxAmGxPSk4HjnVo1EATwGl09vhAAMglbX0dGt2RcjCeHtDMfj1cP7nLmVokUwOQLJQ7YJguQ/s320/tiara-thomas.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, who the "H-E-double hockey sticks" is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/xsmall18">Tiara Thomas</a>? Tiara Thomas, or TeeTee as Wale affectionately calls her, is the songstress behind the acoustics of his track "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsPeVqTJMaY">The Cloud</a>" on his last mixtape which I covertly mentioned in my <a href="http://18escape.blogspot.com/2011/06/act-1-no-1-arrival-of-18-escape.html">first post</a>. She is affiliated with Wale and his umbrella group, The Board Administration, whose tag line is "No Days Off". Her <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Tiara_Thomas">twitter</a> account reveals that she is a college musician who hails from Indianapolis, IN but that is about all the information that the internet has to offer...at least publicly. But sometimes mystery is a good thing. Last night she released a track featuring Wale (no surprise) titled "All Around the World" where she strums the acoustics, sings, and drops a rap flow. And neither of them is just a gimmick, she actually knows how to deliver all three; and she does so with a uniqueness that is clearly the result of diligent honing on her part. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Her music creates this chill atmosphere-- the type you yearn for on those days where you just don't feel like giving a [sexual favor]. I'm not overly impressed with the lyrics on this track but her rap flow definitely has attitude. But what I like most about TeeTee is her versatility. She definitely has talent and I love her voice. On her YouTube channel she does unique covers (and some original freestyles) of everything from Kings of Leon to Christina Perri to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Her interpretation of songs she covers is never disappointing. Just check out what she does with "Jar of Hearts" and "Notorious Thugs"...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Her versatility definitely reminds me of Lauryn Hill but that's about where it ends. She has an individual voice; I don't ever get the impression that she's trying to mimic someone else and her rap flow is distinct from Lauryn's as well. However, it's been a while since I've seen a brand new female artist come out handling her own instrumentals, spitting a bar and singing a hook...and doing all of it well. Clearly, last night's release that had Wale blasting Twitter and Facebook in the hours leading up to the 6PM drop time tells me that they're cooking up something. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope she continues to step out on the scene and Wale gives her the room to shine and inspire that "No Days Off" attitude. Everyone have been waiting for the next Lauryn Hill but this Tiara Thomas. Don't worry though, you won't be disappointed.<br />
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</div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-55521453997144348842011-06-22T19:12:00.007-04:002011-06-24T10:06:27.660-04:00Summer is for Soca<div style="text-align: justify;">Soca music may be the only musical genre that is <b><u>guaranteed</u></b> to release the "inner <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0DvbOk8rs4&feature=related">wotlessness</a>" of <i>Homo Sapiens</i>. If you are from the West Indies, or have ever participated in a West Indian carnival, then you know exactly what I mean. If you're not, then simply put, soca music is guaranteed to invoke intense sexual desires. This is not surprising since more often than not, rather than the subtle sexual overtones of some genres of music, soca songs carry strongly overt sexual overtones that not even a dead man could miss. Put this together with the carnival scene on a 90+ degrees tropical island - scantily clad men/women, enough alcohol to intoxicate a whale, bumping and grinding as you jam behind a band - and it starts to become clear why it is almost impossible to "behave" yourself during carnival time. If God were to hit the streets during carnival we would have a few hundred women each giving birth to a baby Jesus nine months later.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Although Soca music originated in Trinidad, Antiguan artists (as well as artists from several other islands) have contributed immensely to the music, the most influential of which has been the Burning Flames. Who will ever forget "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CtILKkeEyg">Workey Workey</a>", "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwnUzIRyGaU">Swinging Engine</a>", "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-P-xSBNRoQ">Chook & Dig</a>"? I haven't been to my island home of Antigua for carnival since I left in 2000. But thanks to the development of sites such as ReverbNation and YouTube, I have tried my best to keep up with soca, or as we refer to it in Antigua, "carnival music". Shortly after I left Antigua, <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/tianwinter">Tian Winter</a>, who I used to attend church with started dabbling with soca. Well, his dabbling has burst into a rather bright career - with a consistently dominating presence in Antigua's Road March and Soca Monarch competitions. As <a href="http://antiguacarnival.com/index.php">Antigua's Carnival</a> 2011 is fast approaching (July 23 - Aug 3), Tian has just released a set of songs for this year and so far the tracks are upbeat enough to jam to but smooth enough to just hold on to someone in a corner and "whine" (not whine as in complain but what we West Indians call the type of dancing that involves methodical, well-calculated gyration of the hips with intermittent darting pelvic thrusts while practically glued to the other person). So whether you find yourself at Antigua's Carnival or <a href="http://www.caribanatoronto.com/">Toronto's Caribana</a> this summer you will, no doubt, be looking for someone to "crash into"...</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">--For more soca music check out these artists: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(musician)">Arrow</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El-A-Kru">El-A-Kru</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superblue">Super Blue</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupee_(musician)">Rupee</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machel_Montano">Machel Montano</a>, <a href="http://www.claudettepeters.com/">Claudette Peters</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destra_Garcia">Destra Garcia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay-Ann_Lyons">Fay-Ann Lyons</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krosfyah">Krosfyah</a>.<br />
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</div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-75733737403592000392011-06-21T14:42:00.008-04:002011-07-02T14:07:00.194-04:00Enjoy the official start to summer 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-BfH-fkhL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-BfH-fkhL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It may not be as fast-paced and up-tempo as summer activities but this song captures those calm summer days where you just chill (or imagine chilling) in the shade drinking whatever it is you like to pour down your throat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Definitely one of the best to ever open up <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Songbook">The Great American Song Book</a>, Ella Fitzgerald makes every tune a favorite. The<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald"> Ella Fitzgerlad</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong">Luois Armstrong</a> duo is, in my opinion, one of the best. Ella's refined, clear, well-presented diction is starkly contrasted by Louis' raspy voice, country boy pronunciations on almost every song they did. This song is taken from the music composed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin#Musical_style_and_influence">George Gershwin</a> for the opera "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess">Porgy and Bess</a>". A great many of the tunes Gershwin produced ended up becoming jazz standards.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, funny story about this song that happened just recently. This past Saturday I was heading to a Ella & Gershwin tribute played by a section of the Hartford Symphone Orchestra. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm driving with the windows down, sunroof open, blasting some music. I stop at a light and there was a guy with a sign that read "Homeless: please help." He was positioned right next to my car and as I'm waiting for the light to turn green the track changes and a few seconds later, out from my car comes blasting "Summertime, and the l</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">iving is easy". </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">Needless to say this was quite an awkward situation. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">Enjoy the summer!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">--For other artists like Ella Fitzgerald, check out other female jazz and blues artists: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James">Etta James</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_simone">Nina Simone</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Horne">Lena Horne</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan">Sarah Vaughan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday">Billie Holiday</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Lee">Peggy Lee</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Smith">Bessie Smith</a>.</span><br />
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</span></div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-42749591656414999102011-06-21T02:53:00.003-04:002011-06-24T10:07:00.449-04:00Jill is back and you better grab your sun glasses...<div style="text-align: justify;">...Because she is bringing The Light of the Sun. <a href="http://www.jillscott.com/">Jill Scott</a> is finally back on the shelves!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After 4 loooooooong years, the woman who walked over to "the other woman's" house and snatched her wig off of her head in the video for "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiR6sU1igKM">Gettin' in the Way</a>" is releasing her 4th studio album (The Light of The Sun) today. Jill Scott has a real organic voice that is easy to get accustomed to and her songs almost always just make you want to sit back and chill in the arms of someone special...and this one is no different. This album has definitely reminded me of why I've missed her. Philly artists always seem to know exactly what to do to make good music. Until you get your hands on it...or rather, get it in your ears, you can groove to this Anthony Hamilton feature or do what I did to get my first listen - <a href="http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=137113404&m=137117565//">stream the whole album via NPR</a>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">She's also going on tour next month so you can check out <a href="http://ticketmaster.com/">ticketmaster.com</a> and see if she will be in your area.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">--If you like Jill Scott you may also want to check out music by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floetry">Floetry</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Hamilton_(musician)">Anthony Hamilton</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu">Erykah Badu</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Arie">India Arie</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrisette_Michele">Chrisette Michele</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Headley">Heather Headley</a>.<br />
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</div>Charles Lyndon Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778041691774793400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4235111089182654621.post-42982525841250733902011-06-21T00:10:00.002-04:002011-06-24T10:07:11.162-04:00Act 1. No. 1 - The Arrival of 1/8 Escape<div style="text-align: justify;">Life is filled with ups and downs (think<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c0NWII93sk4/Sd-HFDka5QI/AAAAAAAAAA8/-c-UKinKHwE/s320/sinewave.gif"> sine curve</a>) and music is the universal medium, outside of certain <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsPeVqTJMaY">recreational drugs</a>, through which we can celebrate the highs and escape the reality of the lows.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, I have finally decided to start a blog to chronicle, share, and receive wider input on my exploration of music. I created this blog as a way to share songs/artists/albums/music events (and whatever else I feel like talking about that is music related) as I continue on my musical journey. I am not a musician but I believe that the more you love music, the more music you love. As such, I'm always looking for new music to explore so please feel free to leave recommendations of songs/artists/albums in the comments on this or any future post.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">The title of this post was inspired by the title of Act 1. No.4 (Arrival of Drosselmeyer) from the popular ballet <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah_fDwREp6g">"The Nutcracker"</a>...the music for which was composed by Tchaikovsky.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">--If you like music by <a href="http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/tchaikovsky.php">Tchaikovsky</a> then you may want to try music from <a href="http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/sibelius.php">Jean Sibelius</a>, <a href="http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/rimsky-korsakov.php">Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prokofiev">Sergei Prokofiev</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k">Antonin Dvorak</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">--For more music by <a href="http://ralphfolarin.com/">Wale</a> get your hands on his last <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?7g4msnj07m5r7q7">mix tape</a>. In the meantime you can try <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-jgtaG36Mo">this</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKUDqCPS-GM">this</a>, or his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WbJ9Yc0whc">feature</a> on The Roots' 2008 album.<br />
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