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Google Alert - Music News

2006-01-28T14:19:00.000-08:00

Google Alert for: Music News

Music marketing gets digital tune-up
Financial Express - Bombay,India
Before the dawn of the digital age, music marketing and promotion used to be all about getting played on radio and MTV and scoring good reviews. ...
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Humperdinck gets honorary music doctorate
Miami Herald - FL,USA
LEICESTER, England - Engelbert Humperdinck has been made an honorary doctor of music by a university in his English hometown. The ...
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Music most magnificent
Hindu - Chennai,India
... genius. It is said Mozart wrote music notes before he could write words. ... clavier. When four, his father began to give him music lessons. ...
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Master of immortal music
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
Mozart began composing music by the age of five and is reputed to have composed for every musical instrument except the bugle. Chittaranjan ...
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Veteran music composer Sardar Malik no more
Hindu - Chennai,India
Mumbai, Jan. 28 (PTI): Veteran music director Sardar Malik, passed away after prolonged illness at a city hospital, family sources said today. ...
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Classical Music Review | Berlin Philharmonic A Modernist Crackles ...
New York Times - United States
... Yet imagine a dizzying riot of computer-conceived sounds as scored for and rendered precisely by a supersize orchestra, and you will have a sense of this music ...
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The Nettwerk Music message
p2pnet.net - Ontario,Canada
p2p news / p2pnet: Canada's Nettwerk Music is getting a lot of well-deserved ink and multo bytes for taking on the Big Four record label cartel's RIAA ...
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Yahoo Music teams up with Linksys
GameSHOUT - USA
Yahoo Music, one of the newest in the ever growing market of online music providers has created a plug-in to allow you to access Yahoo! ...
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Thousands boot-scoot to Tamworth country music festival
ABC Online - Australia
Thousands of people have flocked to Tamworth for the final weekend of the annual Country Music Festival. Tamworth's population has ...
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Top Acts At Music Event
newswire.co.nz - Havelock Nth,Hawkes Bay,New Zealand
Thousands are at the Christian-based Parachute music festival at Mystery Creek on the outskirts of Hamilton. Around 16,000 people ...
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Google Alert - Music News

2006-01-28T10:34:00.000-08:00

Google Alert for: Music News

Record Label Supports Man Accused Of Sharing Music Illegally
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
"Suing music fans is not the solution; it's the problem," says the chief executive of the Canadian music label, which will pay for the man's defense. ...
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Mattel looks to make sweet music
MarketWatch - USA
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - By next holiday season your four-year-old could be a budding Mozart, learning music with a little help from Dora the Explorer and a ...

Internet music-swapper ordered to pay £18,500 in first British ...
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... available on the internet, using peer-to-peer file-sharing programmes, have been given stiff fines in the first such case brought by the music industry in ...
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Music marketing gets digital tune-up
Reuters - USA
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Before the dawn of the digital age, music marketing and promotion used to be all about getting played on radio and MTV and scoring good ...
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Google Mulls Music Store
TheStreet.com - USA
Google (GOOG:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) may be adding digital music to its ever-increasing array of services, according to a Wall Street ...
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'Music Lady' combines tunes, God and children to create purpose
Hilton Head Island Packet - Hilton Head Island,SC,USA
Photo: Beth Green plays games with children at the Providence Presbyterian Church Childcare Center, one of the many schools where she teaches music. ...
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Sara Wendt - Beautifully Crafted Alternative Pop

2006-01-28T07:42:00.000-08:00

City Canyons Records announced the limited release of a long awaited new EP, "Here's Us" from acclaimed New York artist Sara Wendt. Sara Wendt's album offers shimmering alternative pop spiced with rock and a dash of Celtic seasoning.
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Sara Wendt's songs from her City Canyons Records EP, "Here's Us", are a study in contrasts, rocking yet delicate and nuanced, tough yet tender, and reflective yet electrifying, featuring haunting overtones that make her music both vivid and dreamy. The music of the New York recording artist has been described as alternative pop rock with a light sprinkle of Celtic seasoning but that description leaves volumes unsaid. Sara's music, both exhilarating and aching, goes straight through the ear to the heart.
http://www.citycanyons.com/went/

Joe Burns, Blue Flame Guitar

2006-01-28T07:41:00.000-08:00

Joe Burns, up and coming guitar hero, wields His trusted stratocaster with both the solemn conviction of a Bible and the thrusting energy of a battle sword. His latest album, Road Runner, embodies the strength, depth, and maturity typical of major bands. You know: loud, close to the microphone, performances and recordings polished like a flat stove. He takes the elements of country crossover and blends it with the personality of a Jim Morrison (singer and writer both). The diversity of His unique guitar licks make it difficult to figure out what section of the music store this should go in.
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When the short instrumental "1970" comes along, you might think of a Jeff Beck or Kansas segment. But, the blues element is always strong. Always. Perhaps it's the dominant flavor of attitude and orchestration. Listen to "When a Love Song Sings the Blues" and try to make out an instrument, besides the steady beat of the thick-skinned drums, that isn't a guitar. If there is a regular bass, it's being murdered by the overdubs of stalwart guitars flicking through the badass song like so many discarded cigarettes.
The patience for layering and mixing that this sort of perfection takes is impressive. His raw honest vocals let the lyrics tell the story. The moral of the album can be lauded in the 3-minute "Guitar Mojo," which spirits the darkness into your ears like some light metal tune from the late 70's, before shouting became the norm. Yet, Joe's sense of blues and folk pervades every track he lays down. It makes the man accessible, blue collar, and easily lets you become wrapped up in his plugged world as he paints detailed pictures of sound and working class minds.
"Fade Away" is probably one of the most successful of the pensive tracks. Play it when the sky clouds up, stream it at midnight when you feel your eyes weighting down. The catchy subtlety of the tune throbs with another strong guitar chord, making you want to answer him immediately. "Why do you always fade away?"
Joe explains how this CD came to be. "A few years back, I was playing in a band doing all cover songs, we were working pretty regular, always learning new songs. Although there is nothing wrong with this, I wasn't really happy (a lot of work for what?). So I decided it was time for me to dedicate my time and talent towards doing my own music.
Road Runner took me about two years from start to finish. I wrote about twenty-three songs, recorded them completely, and then selected the best mix for this CD. It is my first CD, and I am proud of it, since I played all the instruments, and recorded and mixed it in my 24-track studio. Everything you see and hear I did myself... from the opening guitar lead on "Blue Flame" to the CD cover design, layout and artwork. It did take a little longer than I expected. But you know, after hearing the end result, people in general start to take you a helluva lot more seriously. I am finding that I have quite a few people offering their talent and skills to help out on the new CD."
And to the uninitiated, Joe explains his music. "I would have to say it's a combination of rock peppered with blues flavor. There are up tempo bluesy rockers, straight forward rock and roll, power ballads, acoustic slide guitar, harmonica, some story telling, and never a shortage of guitar leads."
As a songwriter: "I don' t really have a set format. When I come up with an interesting piece of music I will go and record it before I forget it, and work on it from there. Usually, once I have a basic idea for the music and I come up with a subject to write the lyrics about, it comes together pretty quick. Other times I might write the lyrics and melody first. I don't really try to write in any specific genre. I like to let the song write itself. I try not to be too clever or too predictable, somewhere in the middle, and vague enough so people can interpret the songs differently, this way they can relate it to their own situation. Everyone seems to choose a different song as their favorite from the Road Runner CD, and to me that's a good thing."
Before he began playing, he listened to the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jonny Winter, Rick Derringer, and Jeff Beck. "When I decided to pick up the guitar, I really considered these players GUITAR HEROES (I still do today). As time went by, the list of heroes started to grow to include Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ynwie Malmsteen, Albert King, Gary Moore, Vinnie Moore, Ian Moore, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brain Setzer... well, it is obvious this list is starting to go on and on. Pretty much anybody I listen to who inspires me to play I consider a Guitar Hero."
But when it comes to cover at live gigs, he's got enough material not to bother with anyone else's stuff. "But now that you've mentioned it... I would love to do Spanish "Castle Magic" (Jimi Hendrix), Jeff Healy's version of "Stuck in the Middle with You," "Blue Jean Blues" (ZZ Top), or maybe some SRV." He's not been compared to many artists yet, but it's only a matter of time.
Burns admits it's difficult to get a recording contract these days. Even to cost your own financed projects. "But it really doesn't matter. I will still be doing this thing called music (not because I want to, I just feel like I have to). But don't get me wrong, the money would be great, but this is one of those times when the ride is just as enjoyable as the destination. So in my heart, as long as I am playing music, I am making a living." To the up and comers he says, "Write songs about things you really care about, and when playing live always try to play like it is the last show you will ever do."
In ten years he sees himself with five or six CDs under his belt, playing all the live shows he can find, and spending the off-hours just writing and playing more. "I have a lot of dreams, but for as far as my music... I am just trying to take it one step at a time, you know, get my name out there... improve as a singer and songwriter and guitar player, always improving... sell enough CDs to keep me afloat. As long as all this is happening, I am living my dream and fulfilling my need to create as an artist."
Article by Ben Ohmart
http://www.joeburnsmusic.com/

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2006-01-28T07:35:00.000-08:00

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