Do you remember Vanessa Carlton? Most of us know her as the one who introduced us to "A Thousand Miles," a peppy, pretty, popular, pop song (say that three times fast), back in 2002. It was a strong single, followed by "Ordinary Day." I attended her concert in Boston and was thoroughly delighted by the performance, albeit she had a cough and struggled somewhat. I bought her second album Harmonium, and I even purchased her piano books so I could recreate her beautiful medleys on my own. Back in October, when I heard she had a new album out, I immediately purchased it and...
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Do you remember Vanessa Carlton? Most of us know her as the one who introduced us to "A Thousand Miles," a peppy, pretty, popular, pop song (say that three times fast), back in 2002. It was a strong single, followed by "Ordinary Day." I attended her concert in Boston and was thoroughly delighted by the performance, albeit she had a cough and struggled somewhat. I bought her second album Harmonium, and I even purchased her piano books so I could recreate her beautiful medleys on my own. Back in October, when I heard she had a new album out, I immediately purchased it and...
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In the spirit of the holiday season, Wasabi Media Group is launching the Doubly Good December Contest. This contest will reward one reader and one writer with a cash prize of 25 dollars each.
In order to qualify for the reader's prize, all you need to do is have a comment published* for any article posted during the month of December. Comments will be accepted for this contest through January 7th. One comment will be chosen randomly, and the author of that comment will receive $25!
So, start reading, and submitting comments. The more comments you submit,...
The nominees were released, and I sorted through the list. Below are my picks for some of the 109 categories listed on the website. I do recommend checking the site, http://content.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx, and making your list of picks and checking out what I missed.
Category 1: Viva La Vida, Coldplay
Category 2: In Rainbows, Radiohead
Category 3: Viva La...
If it was a lesser artist who accused Coldplay of plagiarism, no one would mind. But no less than Joe Satriani is suing the band for allegedly copying some of the melody of his 2004 instrumental "If I Could Fly" for their Grammy nominated hit song "Viva La Vida". Most of Coldplay's fans probably do not know who Joe Satriani is, but to professional musicians Satriani is rock guitar's living legend. Joe Satriani could not be dismissed as just another Creaky Boards.
A few months ago a video came out online, pointing out the similarities in a good portion of...
I’m afraid for the youth of the future. They will never appreciate an album. The whole economy and social security thing is pretty bad, but not being able to enjoy a piece of art? That is a tragedy.
No thanks to Steve Jobs and the iPod, kids don’t buy albums, they buy singles. Jobs has done for the album maker, what video did to the radio star. Who needs $13.99 for one solid single and 12 tracks of filler when you can...
