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Always Look On The Bright Side of Life |
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| Topic: Music |
12:38 am EDT, Jul 1, 2004 |
Some things in life are bad,
They can really make you mad,
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle.
And this'll help things turn out for the best.
And....
Always look on the bright side of life, (whistle)
Always look on the bright side of life, (whistle)
If life seems jolly rotten,
There's something you've forgotten,
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps,
Don't be silly chumps.
Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing. Always Look On The Bright Side of Life |
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| Topic: Music |
6:02 pm EDT, Jun 19, 2004 |
Music is one of lifes pleasures. We listen to it because its part of who we are. We find it everywhere. We seek it out. Good things are like that. Music makes Branding stick, because consumers remember music long after the logo. But licensing music, finding the perfect track, creating distribution channels, and mixing and fulfilling music programs takes time, patience and sometimes luck. That's where we come in. VerveLife moves music. From the music industry to you and your customers, VerveLife specializes in Music Marketing programs that create powerful, emotional links between Brands and consumers. We'll handle everything. You just listen to the music. This company's marketing is a little over the top, but they seem to have interesting technology. Mood Palette There are a number of technologies available that allow users to search for songs, based on their relationship to other songs. Our mood palette is the first visual tool that allows users to search for music that matches a mood or experience. Starting with your frame of mind, the colored palette adjusts and focuses with each selection, zeroing in on the music whose style, rhythm, and tempo reflects your mood or desired energy level. Verve Life |
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| Topic: Music |
8:33 pm EDT, Jun 11, 2004 |
Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer's 2000 debut, You Were Here, was justifiably lauded and it made her a star in her homeland. TIME called it "The year's best debut," raves from Rolling Stone, Billboard, and many others poured in. Now, 4 years later, Sarah Harmer has delivered All of Our Names, 11 stunning new songs from one of today's finest singer-songwriters. Harmer has a gifted eye for the small details that give human scale and resilience to the lyrics. (Text from an Amazon review) Sarah Harmer |
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Electric Gypsyland | Six Degrees Records |
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| Topic: Music |
11:00 am EDT, May 30, 2004 |
Gypsy music is conquering an increasingly wider public, and a great many young people are discovering the freshness, authenticity and sheer excitement of the Balkan sound. With a strong reputation for being a pioneer in putting out unprecedented global electronic music, Crammed Discs came up with the creative idea of mixing the old with the new. From the smallest corner of the world to the hippest club nights around, the Balkan sound is spreading like wild fire. Electric Gypsyland | Six Degrees Records |
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Velvet Revolver, Making a Bang |
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| Topic: Music |
6:37 pm EDT, May 29, 2004 |
Perhaps never before has such predictability promised such popularity. GNR + STP = VR Yes, my friends, it's just that easy. Perhaps already sensing the inevitable meltdown of Velvet Revolver -- catch 'em while you can, kids -- Slash was a strutting, swaggering, all-or-nothing marvel at the 9:30 club Thursday, leading his much-hyped throwback band through a power-chords-aplenty 75-minute set that had a sold-out all-ages crowd of aggressive guys (and a few understandably skittish gals) eager to bang their heads -- and any other nearby noggins, as well. After all, this is an LA-born band, and its sole function is to sell the naughty lifestyle of the Sunset Strip. ... Here's hoping Slash's next doomed band is just as entertaining. This band is profiled in the Frontline program "The Way The Music Died." Velvet Revolver, Making a Bang |
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Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose |
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2:34 pm EDT, May 29, 2004 |
Garage-rock hero Jack White producing honky-tonk legend Loretta Lynn? Yes, we all know the world is rapidly shrinking, but now we've seen everything. Most stunning of all -- they nailed it. A decade ago, Johnny Cash turned to rock and rap producer Rick Rubin, and the move resuscitated Cash's career. Now, Jack White has done the same for Loretta Lynn. "Van Lear Rose" exceeds all expectations, a bold collaboration in which artists from two different musical universes forge a memorable work that neither could have created alone. From the Rhapsody mini-review: As the producer, Jack White makes Lynn's album sound like countrified White Stripes with better drumming, but that's just fine. This is the first time Lynn has recorded all her own songs on one record, and her music proves to be more haunting than any Nashville producer could have imagined. Oh, and the kids will dig it. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose |
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| Topic: Music |
2:32 pm EDT, May 29, 2004 |
From the mini-review in Rhapsody: Was it Jem's firsthand knowledge of the music business that made her pay attention to so many details in her music? "Finally Woken" delights with well-crafted songs dressed up in gentle trip-hop beats and subtle-but-potent pop hooks. "Wish I," "Just a Ride" and "They" are a few highlights on this creative masterpiece. Jem - Finally Woken |
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| Topic: Music |
4:08 pm EDT, May 9, 2004 |
What kind of mother doesn't love Roni Size? Strictly Social |
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6:02 pm EDT, May 2, 2004 |
In theory, maturity means your musical tastes also get a tune-up. In reality, this may not apply if you possess an iPod. Only now do I realise that while I have been downloading songs, I have been unloading my dignity, a song at a time. Years of buying music-snob CDs have given way to an unending string of boppy pop to accompany me around Safeway. Maybe it's because iTunes makes it easy to binge-buy or download songs as singles. Or maybe it's simply that there's no incriminating CD jewel box to clutter my shelves. In setting up my own Blockbusters, I was putting together a wish list of films I should watch and books I should read; a self-improving stack to stave off the faintest possibility of future boredom. But of course time is finite, so unlimited choice is pointless. In fact our lives need editing, not expanding, or they become like satellite TV; hundreds of stations, yet you still have nothing worth watching. Musings on Music |
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2:23 am EDT, Apr 13, 2004 |
Lost Highway Records released this Johnny Cash album on April 6. It is also the fourth disc in the unmatched, outstanding "Unearthed" box set released in 2003. If you haven't heard this album, you don't know Johnny Cash. Here's what the Muze reviewer had to say on Rhapsody: It's not unusual for an artist's most intimate work to be unearthed following his or her passing. Such is the case with Hymn Book, a previously unreleased solo acoustic album of spiritual standards. The late great Man in Black performed all these songs relying only on a spare guitar and his own impassioned vocals. Here's an excerpt from the All Music Guide review: Featuring Cash alone playing an acoustic guitar, this is a stark, beautiful, and simple album. In the liner notes, Cash calls this his favorite record he's ever made and it's clear that learning these songs as a child is what inspired his love of music. In that sense, despite no original material, these are some of the most personal songs Cash ever recorded. My Mother's Hymn Book |
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