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2011 USA SONGWRITING COMPETITIONEntries are currently being accepted for the 16th Annual...Read More...
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Platet LA Records Japan Relief ConcertOn April 30th I had a chance to go to Read More...
Eazy E-
Compton City G'z
C Bo-
Want to be A G
Mc Eiht-
Straight Up Menace-
Menace 2 Society Sdtrk
Spice 1-
Strap on the side
Ice Cube-
Today was a good Day/Check yo Self-
The Predator
Wu Tang-
Cream-
36 Chambers
GhostFace Killah-
Nutmeg-
Supreme Clientele
The Lox-
Fuck You-
We are the Streets
Messy Marv-
To The Neck- Bandannas, Tattoos & Tongue Rings
B.G.-
Fool Wit It
Hood Stomped Out
The Art of Story Tellin
Bout It Bout It 2
Beef
Here I Go
Ambitionz of a Ridah
Quiet Storm-
Murda Muzik
No More Pain
Plies-
Im Da Man-
Definition of Real-
Big ft Bone-
Not Thugs
Twista-
Adrenaline Rush
Yo Gotti-
Touchdown
Fabolous-
Keepin it Gangsta-
Ghetto Fabolous-
So this month's word was Gansta (thanks Jay). So here is my "Gansta" playlist. I only hope that next month's word is something a little softer.
Ride or Die Chick
Lox, Eve, Drag-On
F*ck the Police
NWA
Do Dat
Petey Pablo
Children's Story
Slick Rick
You Can't Play with My Yo Yo
Yo Yo
Cha Cha Cha
Mc Lyte
Afro Puffs
Lady of Rage and Snoop Dog
Black Friday
Lil Kim
Bring the Noise
Public Enemy and Anthrax
Me & My Girlfriend
TuPac
Straight Outta Compton
NWA
Gin 'N' Juice
Snoop Dog
Straight Outta Compton
Nina Gordon
Entries are currently being accepted for the 16th Annual USA Songwriting Competition. Winning songs of the 16th Annual USA Songwriting Competition will receive airplay on a nationally syndicated radio program “Acoustic Café” as well as Sirius XM Satellite Radio. This is the first Songwriting Competition that gives airplay to the winning songs, giving deserving bands, songwriters the recognition and exposure they deserve.
Entrants stand to win a grand prize of over US$50,000 in cash and music gear from sponsors such as Sony, D’Addario Strings, Ableton, Audio-Technica, Presonus, IK Multimedia, and more, making this the largest prize package for any annual songwriting competition. Other sponsors include: New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, AirplayAccess.com, Onboard Research, Acoustica, Livewire Musician, Sonoma Wireworks, Rockstar Texting, Image line Recording magazine and Premier Guitar magazine.
Noted Canadian singer-songwriter Alannah Myles and prolific Los Angeles songwriter Ken Hirsch won the top two positions of the past 15thAnnual USA Songwriting Competition. This also marks the first time that music industry veterans dominate the top two positions of the USA Songwriting Competition fifteen year history. Toronto Canada based Alannah Myles and co-writer Nancy Simmonds won Overall Grand Prize as well as the first prize of the Rock/Alternative category with their song “Give Me Love”. Alannah Myles is known for her Classic Rock hit “Black Velvet”. “Black Velvet” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1990. Ken Hirsch and co-writers Rosie Casey, Peter Roberts & Hillary Podell of Los Angeles, CA won first prize in the Pop category as well as Overall second Prize with their song “Is that So Bad”. Ken Hirsch is a prolific songwriter with several hits on the charts and is well known for his number one hit “I've Never Been To Me”. Like Alannah Myles's “Black Velvet”, “I've Never Been To Me” has also become a classic hit and is a mainstay on Classic Pop, Soft Rock and easy listening radio stations worldwide. USA Songwriting Competition winners came from all over the world: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Philipines, Denmark, etc.
USA Songwriting Competition winner Christopher Tin wins two Grammy Awards at the recent 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. This marks a grand historic win, making Christopher the only USA Songwriting Competition winner to win two Grammy Awards in the same year. Christopher Tin won an honorable mention award at the 15th Annual USA Songwriting Competition with the same song "Baba Yetu" that won two Grammy awards.
USA Songwriting Competition has a long history of having winners getting recording and publishing contracts, have their songs placed on the charts as well as having their songs placed on film and television. Judges include A&R managers from record labels such as Warner, Capitol Records, Universal, BMG/SONY Music. Songs may be entered in 15 different categories including Pop, Rock/Alternative, R&B and Country. Entries are accepted from now through June 30, 2011.
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Well, since we have a few days before the world ends I felt like it would be appropriate to grace you with some new music. Check out this weeks show featuring music from the following...
Whisky "D"
Trunk
Don't Think Y'all Heard Me
Trygg
Eargasm!!!
Ashley Scott
Conflict
Junkyard Empire
Strip of Leather
Vince Falzone
Get Me To Love You
Dialtone
To Feel Love
Of Bitter Flowers
Lord Escalator
Ninja Academy
Flood
River of Suns
7:30
Djinn
Sinking Ship
Opus Dai
On April 30th I had a chance to go to Planet LA Records Japan Earthquake benefit show. It was such a great night with a ton of great bands. So here is a show dedicated to that night packed with new music and band interviews.
Run Run Run
Ember FX
www.EmberFX.com
This Guy
Devlin Miles
www.DevlinMiles.com
Something On the Wing
Djinn
www.Djinnband.com
Stars Don't Shine
Starving for Gravity
www.StarvingForGravity.com
Have We Met Before
Robotanists
www.robotanists.com
Waiting
Chris Arena
www.ChrisArena.com
Curare Tu Herida
Veronica Romeo
www.VeronicaRomeo.com
Saturday Night
Native June
www.NativeJune.com
I had a lot of fun making the play list for this show. When I heard the word obsession I thought about relationships and how they go from great obsessive crushes into serious WTF call the cops situations. I hope you enjoy listening to this show as much as I enjoyed doing the show.
Butterflies
Michael Jackson
I Want You
Madonna and Massive Attack
Something About Us
Daft Punk
Sleep to Dream Her
Dave Matthews Band
Pink Ego Box
Muse
Addiction
Kanye West
Tear You Apart
She Wants Revenge
Uno
Muse
Stitches
Orgy
Bitch We Got a Problem
Korn
Possum Kingdom
Toadies
I Put a Spell on You
Marilyn Manson
Special Delivery
Offspring
Check out the April 28th show featuring tons of great music including two never before heard songs.
Rabbits
Kingsize
Where Does Love Go
Lannie Flowers
Whole Lotta Wakin' Up To Do
Dan Cioper
I Must Be Crazy
Diamonds N Scratch
Favorite Fantasy
Summer Ferrante
Our Group Won't Be The Same
Inkblots
Universe In Me
When Plants Align
Hey everyone,
I had the pleasure of interviewing the band Kingsize before their show at the Viper Room. If you have a chance check out their music at www.thisiskingsize.com
Miss America
Rabbits
House On Fire
Elevator
Nice Dress Pt. 2
World Premier Of The Dawn, An Opera From The Band Frausun, Premiering At The Eisemann Center
Written by Jowanna LewisI have been waiting for this for a while. I am glad to see that Frausun will have an opportunty to share his vision with the world. This is going to be AMAZING!
Invoking classic Wagnerian leitmotifs, with modern musical sounds, Kurtz's The Dawn, an electronic German opera about 2 lovers, one a Norse warrior, the other a Valkyrie who profess their love before battling together on the fields of Ragnarok, has been released to the public and will be performed at the Eisemann Center on November 5th, 2011.
"I want people who have never been fans of opera to be open to the idea of experimentation. And those who are familiar with classical themes, to appreciate the eternal myths proposed in the work." Kurtz, the composer of the opera.
Unconventional in its creation, the vocals were recorded first by the singers, Jennifer Sowle and John G. Jones, with the melodies improvised from the raw libretto. The work also utilizes sounds such as crackling fire, the screech of a dive bomber and the thundering hooves of galloping horses and swirling wind. It's advised that those with heart conditions or epilepsy should not attend the production because of its flashing lights and sudden bursts of sound.
The English to German translation of the libretto was done by Erik Werner of the Houston Opera.
"The purpose of the work is to take the common sounds of the world and make them into operatic rhythms." Kurtz
Yngve and Agata, the two characters of the work, begin the opera by professing their love for one another before they take to the field of Ragnarok, where they previously had consummated their love. While Agata sings of her love and fear of dying, Yngve tries to convince her that it is destiny, that all shall end and the fear of prophecy is not of their concern. The eternal of the sacred texts of the Prose Edda is a fertile ground for their faith.
Act 2 is the battle where large, long sweeping strings and pounding war drums symbolize their struggle and eventual demise of not only the two lovers, but the child Agata carries. However, before Odin, the father of the god's perishes, He grants them a new life as the world is bathed in blood and fire. Their love is so pure and touching, they have been chosen as the first two humans to be born from the shattered tree of life, the Yggdrasil. With the completion of the work, Act 3 signals their rebirth and the child who has joined them.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-dawn/id398543648
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Hey everyone,
Check out the interview I did with Chop Suzy. These guys were so much fin to hang with. You can check them out at www.chopsuzy.com or myspace.com/chopsuzy. PB&J!!!
Addicted to You
Take a Bow
Goodbye
Waiting to Inhale
Friends
Walk Away