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Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke Jazz Music CD Review

October 31st, 2009 admin

Richly talented Jazz artist Stanley Clarke has released him latest album titled Stanley Clarke and Wow! It’s really a good one.

Unfortunately, it’s not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can’t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Stanley Clarke. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

The nice thing about a CD like this is with this level of talent even if Jazz isn’t your favorite style you still can’t help but appreciate the greatness of the artist.

If you’re a Stanley Clarke fan this is a CD your collection flat cannot be without. In fact, this is one of those CDs that you don’t even have to be a fan of Clarke, or even Jazz to know is good. This is just good music. Period.

While this entire album is outstanding the truly standout tunes are track 2 – Quiet Afternoon, track 4 – Desert Song, and track 6 – Life Is Just A Game.

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 – School Days. Outstanding!

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Kelly Rowland Simply Deep Pop Music CD Review

October 31st, 2009 admin

Richly talented Pop artist Kelly Rowland has released her latest album titled Simply Deep and Wow! It’s good.

Unfortunately, it’s not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can’t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Simply Deep. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

One of the nicer things about a CD like this is with this level of talent even if Pop isn’t your favorite style you still can’t help but appreciate the greatness of the artist.

I’m of the opinion that Simply Deep is certainly Kelly Rowland’s best work in a few years. A totally enjoyable CD and an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it two thumbs up because it’s a collection that even the casual Pop fan can appreciate and enjoy.

While this entire album is really very good the truly standout tunes are track 3 – Haven’t Told You, track 2 – Dilemma, and track 14 – Make U Wanna Stay.

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 11 – Everytime You Walk Out That Door. Great track!

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Radio Play State of the Music

October 31st, 2009 admin


Disaster looms! Two days ago now a federal court denied a plea to delay the massive increase in rates webcasters must pay the record labels. This means that, absent immediate Congressional action, the new ruinous royalty rates will be going into effect on Monday threatening the future of all internet radio.

People can actually help stop this by calling their Congressional representatives in the Senate and asking them to force immediate action on the Internet Radio Equality Act and bring the bill to a vote. It is critical that their phones begin ringing off the hook starting early in the morning. If it’s busy, please try again later.

Senator Christopher J. Dodd: (202) 224-2823

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman: (202) 224-4041

Basically these New rates signal day Web-radio music dies.

Every band dreams of the lucky night it’ll be discovered by a music promoter or favorite record label. Overnight you’ve got a hot record, radio stations everywhere playing your songs and your band becomes a household name. It’s the classic musician’s fairy tale.

But it is a fairy tale and, for every new artist who is discovered by a major record label, there are thousands who aren’t. For the rest of us, pursuing a career in music is hard. Now, proposed new royalty rates for Internet radio threaten to make it harder. The Copyright Royalty Board recently issued catastrophic royalty rate hikes — increases from 300 to 1,200 percent — which are set to take effect July 15. And some of the increases will be retroactive to January of last year.  Read more...

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Music Industry Tackles Illegal Downloading

October 31st, 2009 admin

Music lovers who illegally download mp3 music from the internet are the bane of record producer’s lives. The process has thrown the music industry into admission of huge drops in profit and is an on-going battle.


New techniques are currently being trialled to combat the problem of the illegal mp3 music downloading. One is being backed by massive R & B producer, Timbaland. Recognising that people want cheap, affordable ways to get their mp3 music and using the latest technology to provide this, he has joined forces with Verizon Wireless network in a ground breaking deal to release mobile only music.


Timabaland will release one track per month, only available to subscribers of V Cast, Verizon’s mobile entertainment service. Consumers who want to obtain mp3 music often do so illegally, costing the music industry millions but it has been found that they are more willing to pay anything up to 3 pounds for a track downloaded to their mobile phone.


R & B songs are the hot favourite for music downloads and ringtones of late and Timbaland will be putting his tracks into the public domain for a bargain price of 1 pounds per track. It is perfectly legal to then transfer this music to a computer, thus reducing the need for the more risky way to collect mp3 music.  Read more...

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Download Instrumental Rap Beats – What You Need to Know First!

October 31st, 2009 admin

If you are going to make your own rap tunes then the most important part of the whole tune is good rap beats and to make it easier to get started it is a good idea to find a source that lets you download instrumental rap beats.

This article will tell you a few things that you need to know before you download instrumental rap beats to make sure that you get only the best quality otherwise this can really affect the tune you make. If you want to get noticed and make a good rap tune that you want to submit to some music producers then it really helps to get a professional designed hip hop beat package.

Make sure that you get a good range of instrumental hip hop beats to use as it can help if you make your tunes a bit more diverse and this means some hard tunes but also some softer tunes as well to show the producers that you can do both. That is why it is a good idea to download instrumental rap beats with lots of different styles!

Also another idea is to make sure that you get really good sound quality and to test this you should go to any site that allows you to download instrumental rap beats and get a free preview. If the website that you are thinking about getting your hip hop beats from does not have a sample then I would stay away as low quality mixes will do you more damage then good.  Read more...

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