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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="yi" style="font-size: large;"><span title="Everyone has an opinion on what's happening with local music these days.">אַלעמען האט אַ מיינונג אויף וואָס ס געשעעניש מיט היגע מוזיק די טעג. </span><span title="There is so much changing in the industry that it's hard to keep up with.">עס איז אַזוי פיל טשאַנגינג אין די </span></span></div>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="yi"><span style="font-size: large;" title="There is so much changing in the industry that it's hard to keep up with.">אינדוסטריע אַז עס ס שווער צו האַלטן אַרויף מיט. </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Watching the business end of it day in and day out can get somewhat frustrating, maybe take you a bit away from why you got into it in the first place.">וואַטטשינג
דער געשעפט סוף פון עס טאָג אין און טאָג אויס קענען באַקומען עפּעס
פראַסטרייטינג, אפֿשר נעמען איר אַ ביסל אַוועק פון וואָס איר גאַט אין עס
אין דער ערשטער אָרט. </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Let's not do that!">זאל ס ניט טאָן אַז!</span><span style="font-size: large;" title="I'm so proud of the local music community and how much talent there is from cover bands to hip hop, jazz, country, rap, genius originals, to just crazy experimental stuff.">איך
בין אַזוי שטאָלץ פון די היגע מוזיק קהל און ווי פיל טאַלאַנט עס איז פון
דעקן באַנדס צו לענד האָפּקען, דזשאַז, לאַנד, קלאַפּ, זשעני
ערידזשאַנאַלז, צו נאָר משוגע יקספּערימענטאַל שטאָפּן. </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Our little city and our wonderful state have produced some of the best musicians around.">אונדזער קליין שטאָט און אונדזער ווונדערלעך שטאַט האָבן געשאפן עטלעכע פון די בעסטער מיוזישאַנז אַרום. </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="It's amazing when you look at the big picture.">עס ס אַמייזינג ווען איר קוק בייַ די גרויס בילד. </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="And it's amazing when you look at the little picture.">און עס ס אַמייזינג ווען איר קוק בייַ די קליין בילד. </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="The community that has produced so many great artists does it one band, one show at a time.">די קהל אַז האט געשאפן אַזוי פילע גרויס קינסטלער גייט עס איין באַנד, איינער ווייַזן אין אַ צייַט.</span><span style="font-size: large;" title="I thought it might be nice to get some idea of what other people are listening to.">איך טראַכט עס זאל זיין ליב צו באַקומען עטלעכע געדאַנק פון וואָס אנדערע מענטשן זענען צוגעהערט צו. </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="I will probably do this again.">איך וועט מיסטאָמע טאָן דעם ווידער. </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="If you would like to know what a particular person likes to hear send me an email and I'll try to find out.">אויב
איר וואָלט ווי צו וויסן וואָס אַ באַזונדער מענטש לייקס צו הערן שיקן מיר
אַ בליצפּאָסט און איך וועט פּרובירן צו געפינען אויס. </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Music@birminghamfreepress.com.">Music@birminghamfreepress.com. </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Here are some of the answers I got this time.">דאָ זענען עטלעכע פון די ענטפֿערס איך גאַט דעם צייַט. </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Thank you very much to those who responded.">דאנק איר זייער פיל צו די וואס אפגערופן.</span><span style="font-size: large;" title="James Spann - Weather at ABC 33/40:">יעקב ספּאַנן - וועטער אין אַבק 33/40:<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""I have the most bizarre music collection in the universe. On my iDooDads you will find anything from Led Zeppelin to Carly Rae Jepsen to Earth Wind and Fire to Frank Sinatra to DC Talk to Hank Williams Jr to Boney James.">"איך
האָבן די מערסט טשודנע מוזיק זאַמלונג אין די אַלוועלט. מיין ידאָאָדאַדס
איר וועט געפינען עפּעס פון לעד זעפּפּעלין צו קאַרלי ריי דזשעפּסען צו ערד
Wind און פייער צו פראַנק סינאַטראַ צו דק טאלק צו האַנק ווילליאַמס
דזשוניער צו באָניי יעקב.<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""I grew up in a radio station in the 1970s working my way through high school and college playing rock and roll music, and music from the 70s was the soundtrack of my wonder years.">"איך
געוואקסן אין אַ ראַדיאָ סטאַנציע אין דער 1970ס ארבעטן מיין וועג דורך
הויך שולע און קאָלעגע פּלייינג שטיין און זעמל מוזיק, און מוזיק פון די
70ס איז געווען דער סאַונדטראַק פון מיין ווונדער יאָרן.<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""Guess my favorite local bands from the "good old days" were Hotel and Telluride. Marc Phillips (of Hotel) and Kevin Derryberry (of Telluride) are close, personal friends, and I love their music. Marc does solo work now, and">"געס
מיין באַליבט היגע באַנדס פון דעם" גוט אַלט טעג "זענען האטעל און
טעללורידע. מאַרק פיליפּס (פון האטעל) און קעווין דערריבעררי (פון
טעללורידע) זענען נאָענט, פּערזענלעך פריינט, און איך ליבע זייער מוזיק.
מאַרק טוט סאָלאָ אַרבעט איצט, און </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="also has a local band called "Groove Daddy" that is just great. Kevin is a solo artist. Love the music of my friend Ryan Kinder too."">אויך
האט אַ היגע באַנדע גערופן "גראָאָווע דאַדדי" אַז איז פּונקט גרויס.
קעווין איז אַ סאָלאָ קינסטלער. ליב די מוזיק פון מיין פרייַנד ריאַן
קינדער אויך. "<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Janet Hall O'Neil - Anchor at WBRC TV and accomplished musician in her own right for any who didn't yet know!">דזשאַנעט
האַלל אָוניל - אַנטשאָר בייַ ווברק טעלעוויזיע און פארענדיקט קלעזמער אין
איר אייגן רעכט פֿאַר קיין ווער האט ניט נאָך וויסן! </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="(http://www.myspace.com/janethalloneil):">(<a href="http://www.myspace.com/janethalloneil">Http://www.myspace.com/janethalloneil</a>):<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""Sure, I'd love to throw in a few names. "Crooked Road" is one of the best bands around with great original tunes and fantastic covers. Nobody rocks Superior Grill like they do.">"אמת,
איך'ד ליבע צו וואַרפן אין אַ ווייניק נעמען." קראָאָקעד ראָוד "איז
איינער פון די בעסטער באַנדס אַרום מיט גרויס אָריגינעל טונעס און
פאַנטאַסטיש קאָווערס. נאָבאָדי ראַקס סופּעריאָר גרילל ווי זיי טאָן.<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""The Roadsters include Dan Farmer, Kenny Hanks, Kent Peterson, Marc Navez, Buddy Hassler and Tommy Young. My songwriting pal Dan Farmer is absolutely among the best songwriters in town.">"די
ראָאַדסטערס אַרייַננעמען דן פאַרמער, קענני האַנקס, קענט פּעטערסאָן,
מאַרק נאַוועז, באַדי האַססלער און טאַמי יונגע. מייַן סאָנגרייטינג
כאַווער דן פאַרמער איז לעגאַמרע צווישן די בעסטער סאָנגרייטערז אין שטאָט.<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""Others to check out: Veteran Birmingham performer Lolly Lee is always fun no matter what she's doing. Love her songwriting. Kelli Johnson is another great songwriter crossing several genres from country to gospel. Beautiful voice!"">"אנדערע
צו טשעק אויס: וועטעראַן בירמינגהאַם פּערפאָרמער לאַלי לי איז שטענדיק
שפּאַס קיין ענין וואָס זי ס טאן. ליב איר סאָנגרייטינג. קעלי זשאנסאן איז
אנדערן גרויס סאָנגרייטער אַריבער עטלעכע זשאַנראַז פון מדינה צו בשורה.
שיינער קול!"</span><span style="font-size: large;" title="John Archibald - Birmingham News Columnist:">יוחנן אַרטשיבאַלד - בירמינגהאַם נייַעס קאָלומניסט:<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""I'm a big fan of Lauren-Michael Sellers. Just starting to appreciate War Jacket. Really love the whole Greyhaven thing that brings us folks like Joel Madison Blount and so many other good ones in one unique setting. Can't call the">"איך
בין אַ גרויס פאָכער פון לאָראַן-מיכאל סעללערס. פונקט סטאַרטינג צו
אָפּשאַצן מלחמה דזשאַקקעט. רילי ליבע דער גאנצער גרייהאַווען זאַך וואס
ברענגט אונדז פאָלקס ווי יואל מאַדיסאָן בלאָונט און אַזוי פילע אנדערע גוט
אָנעס אין איין יינציק באַשטעטיקן. קאן ניט רופן די </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Alabama Shakes local, I guess, but load me on that bandwagon, too.">אַלאַבאַמאַ שאַקעס היגע, איך טרעפן, אָבער לאָדן מיר אויף אַז באַנדוואַגאַן, צו.<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""Shoulda added the Dirty Clergy, too. Still new to me, but I like what I hear.">"שאָולדאַ צוגעגעבן דעם דירטי קלערגי, צו. סטיל נייַ צו מיר, אָבער איך ווי וואָס איך הערן.<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""About music. I am constantly amazed at how talented the musicians are in Birmingham. It's like, every time I turn around I hear someone that just blows me away -- Lauren-Michael Sellers really being the latest. It's like ... damn">"וועגן
מוזיק. איך בין קעסיידער דערשטוינט אין ווי טאַלאַנטירט די מיוזישאַנז
זענען אין בירמינגהאַם. עם ס ווי, יעדער מאָל איך אומקערן אַרום איך הערן
עמעץ אַז פּונקט בלאָוז מיר אַוועק - לאָראַן-מיכאל סעללערס טאַקע ווייל די
לעצט. עם ס ווי ... פאַרשילטן </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=". Damn? Damn? This is Birmingham? And then ... Yeah! This is Birmingham!"">. דאַם? דאַם? דאס איז בירמינגהאַם? און דעמאָלט ... יאַ! דאס איז בירמינגהאַם! "<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Charles Scribner, Executive Director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper:">טשאַרלעס סקריבנער, עקסעקוטיווע דירעקטאָר, שווארצע וואַרריאָר ריווערקעעפּער:<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""My favorite bands are the ones who support Black Warrior Riverkeeper. On July 21, local musicians played Avondale RiverFest to raise awareness about the proposed Shepherd Bend Mine, a threat to Birmingham's water -- and one that the University of Alabama can stop: Possum">"מייַן
באַליבט באַנדס זענען די אָנעס וואס שטיצן שווארצע וואַרריאָר
ריווערקעעפּער. טן יולי 21, היגע מיוזישאַנז געשפילט אַוואָנדאַלע
ריווערפעסט צו כאַפּן וויסיקייַט וועגן די פארגעלייגט שעפערד בענד מינע, אַ
סאַקאָנע צו בירמינגהאַם ס וואַסער - און איינער אַז דער אוניווערסיטעט
פון אַלאַבאַמאַ קענען שטעלן: פּאָססום </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=", Calling Station, Fire Mountain, The Poison Kitchen, Stuart McNair & Friends, Ryan Oconnor & The Renegades of Folk, DJ Jimi Fritz, and John & Jacob all put on a great show without charging our nonprofit a dime. Black Warrior Riverkeeper's next big">,
קאָלינג סטיישאַן, פייער Mountain, די פּאָיסאָן קיטטשען, סטואַרט מאַקנער
& פריינט, ריאַן אָוקאַנער & די רענעגאַדעס פון פאָלק, דדזש
דזשימי פריץ, און יוחנן & יעקבֿ אַלע שטעלן אויף אַ גרויס ווייַזן אָן
טשאַרדזשינג אונדזער נאַנפּראַפאַט אַ צענעלע. שווארצע וואַרריאָר
ריווערקעעפּער ס ווייַטער גרויס </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="event will be our 10th Anniversary celebration on September 22 at Good People Brewery, featuring the Locust Fork Band. It is inspiring to see talented musicians fight for clean water."">געשעעניש
וועט זיין אונדזער 10 אַנניווערסאַרי סימכע אויף סעפטעמבער 22 אין גוט מען
ברעווערי, פיטשערינג די לאָקוסט פאָרק באַנד. עס איז ינספּיירינג צו זען
טאַלאַנטירט מיוזישאַנז קאַמף פֿאַר ריין וואַסער. "<br /><br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="I also asked some of our local musicians when they're not working on their own stuff who they follow:">איך אויך געבעטן עטלעכע פון אונדזער היגע מיוזישאַנז ווען זיי ניטאָ ניט ארבעטן אויף זייער אייגן שטאָפּן וואס זיי נאָכפאָלגן:<br /><br /><br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="John Bella - Thothamon, Sativa, Wretched Flesh:">יוחנן בעלאַ - טהאָטהאַמאָן, סאַטיוואַ, וורעטטשעד פלייש<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""Ultimo Hombre is pretty rockin'. They've got a 4 song demo coming out shortly."">"ולטימאָ האָמברע איז שיין ראָקקין '. זיי'ווע גאַט אַ 4 ליד דעמאָ קומען אויס באַלד."</span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Roger Jones - Voodoo Jones, Jager Muffin:">ראַדזשער דזשאָנעס - וואָאָדאָאָ דזשאָנעס, דזשאַגער מופפין:<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""I love seeing the Naked Eskimo's, Elijah Butler Band, Who Shot Lizzy, Outshine. There are so many more... Lots of talented guys out there and everyone should really support the scene in B'ham. There are also some very talented">"איך
ליבע געזען די נאַקעד עסקימאָ ס, אליהו באַטלער באַנד, וואָס שאָט ליזזי,
אָוטשינע. עס זענען אַזוי פילע מער ... לאָץ פון טאַלאַנטירט גויס אויס עס
און אַלעמען זאָל טאַקע שטיצן די סצענע אין ב'האַם. עס זענען אויך עטלעכע
זייער טאַלאַנטירט </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="original bands such as Within Reason, Lynam,">אָריגינעל באַנדס אַזאַ ווי וויטהין דעריבער, לינאַם,<br /><br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""Another band to check out Mr. Mayhem. One of my favs! Too many to name only a couple and I haven't even scratched the surface. I go see other bands when I'm off, just to hear their take on songs">"אנדער
באַנדע צו טשעק אויס הער מייַהעם. איינער פון מיין פאַווס! טו פילע צו
נאָמען נאָר אַ פּאָר און איך האָבן ניט אפילו סקראַטשט די ייבערפלאַך. איך
גיין זען אנדערע באַנדס ווען איך בין אַוועק, נאָר צו הערן זייער נעמען
אויף לידער </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="and song selection. Not to mention I know most of them."">און ליד סעלעקציע. ניט צו דערמאָנען איך וויסן רובֿ פון זיי. "</span><span style="font-size: large;" title="SharBaby Newport - Blues Legend :) :">שאַרבאַבי נעוופּאָרט - בלוז לעגענד :):<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""The Music Scene here in Birmingham, Alabama is sooo diverse!!!!! I am sooo amazed at all of the Talent, legends and all that came from The State of Alabama!!!!! From Blues Singers to Country, Pop and">"די
מוזיק סין דאָ אין בירמינגהאַם, אַלאַבאַמאַ איז סאָאָאָ דייווערס!!!!!
איך בין סאָאָאָ דערשטוינט בייַ אַלע פון דעם טאַלאַנט, אגדות און אַלע
וואס זענען געקומען פון דער שטאַט פון אַלאַבאַמאַ!!!!! פֿון בלוז סינגערס
צו לאַנד, פּאָפּ און </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Jazz!!!!! I am so glad to be a part of the Alabama Music Scene!!!!!!"">דזשאַז!!!!! איך בין אַזוי צופרידן צו זיין אַ טייל פון דער אַלאַבאַמאַ מוזיק סין!!!!!! "</span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Carly Frost - "I hold a Doctorate from the School of Blues Hard Knocks.":">קאַרלי פראָסט - "איך כאַפּ אַ דאָקטאָראַטע פון דער שולע פון בלוז האַרד נאַקס.":<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""John Kulinich: Unique Tele Meister who will 'Bend The Spoon' of what we understand as lead guitar if allowed to flourish in a BAND context."">"יוחנן
קוליניטש: יוניק טעלע מייסטער וואס וועט 'בענד די ספּון' פון וואָס מיר
פאַרשטיין ווי פירן גיטאַרע אויב ערלויבט צו בליען אין אַ באַנדע
קאָנטעקסט."<br /><br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Donnie Garvich - Pyrite Parachute:">דאַני גאַרוויטש - פּיריטע פּעראַשוט:<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""I'm into local, original music personally. Lately I've been digging Royal & Toulouse, Mile Marker 7 and The Green Seed. To round out the wildly varying styles representative of our local "sound" right now I'd also recommend">"איך
בין אין היגע, אָריגינעל מוזיק פּערסאַנאַלי. לאַטעלי איך'ווע געווען
דיגינג רויאַל & טולוז, מייל מאַרקער 7 און די גרין סיד. צו קייַלעכיק
אויס די וויילדלי וועריינג סטיילז פארשטייער פון אונדזער היגע" געזונט
"רעכט איצט איך'ד אויך רעקאָמענדירן </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="checking out Beitthemeans and The Great Book of John."">קאָנטראָלירונג אויס בעיטטהעמעאַנס און די גרויס ספר פון יוחנן. "<br /><br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Roger Jones - Voodoo Jones, Jager Muffin (again):">ראַדזשער דזשאָנעס - וואָאָדאָאָ דזשאָנעס, דזשאַגער מופפין (ווידער):<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="" Oh damn i forgot to mention Frankie Velvet and the Veltones! Anything Rick Carter is in is good stuff!"">"אָה פאַרשילטן איך פארגעסן צו דערמאָנען פראַנקיע וועלוועט און די וועלטאָנעס! עניטינג ריק קאַרטער איז אין איז גוט שטאָפּן!"<br /><br /><br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Matt Ritchie:">מאַט ריטשי:<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""Voodoo Jones, Todd Simpson, Erica's Playhouse. I don't go out too much when I'm not playing. However if I'm out having a drink these guys are fun to watch!"">"וואָאָדאָאָ
דזשאָנעס, טאַד סימפּסאָן, עריקאַ ס פּלייַהאָוסע. איך טאָן ניט גיין אויס
צו פיל ווען איך בין ניט פּלייינג. אבער אויב איך בין אויס בעת אַ טרינקען
די גויס זענען שפּאַס צו היטן!"<br /><br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Russell Gulley - solo act and Jackson Highway:">רוססעלל גאַלי - סאָלאָ אַקט און זשעקסאן היגהווייַ:<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""I'm starting to follow the B'ham scene more. "Back in the day", the 1970s, my brother and I were part of the B'ham scene thru our work with a band "CROSS" and then Jackson Highway,">"איך
בין סטאַרטינג צו נאָכפאָלגן די ב'האַם סצענע מער." צוריק אין דעם יום ",
דער 1970ס, מיין ברודער און איך זענען טייל פון די ב'האַם סצענע טרו
אונדזער אַרבעט מיט אַ באַנדע" קרייַז "און דעריבער זשעקסאן היגהווייַ, </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="although a Muscle Shoals band, we played Birmingham a lot. Birmingham had a lot of influence on Muscle Shoals music, a lot of musicians migrated there and many of course would go there for the studios. Today, I actually feel that there's a new vital">כאָטש
אַ מוסקלע שאָאַלס באַנדע, מיר געשפילט בירמינגהאַם אַ פּלאַץ.
בירמינגהאַם האט אַ פּלאַץ פון השפּעה אויף מוסקלע שאָאַלס מוזיק, אַ
פּלאַץ פון מיוזישאַנז מייגרייטיד עס און פילע פון קורס וועט גיין עס
פֿאַר די סטודיאָס. הייַנט, איך אַקטשאַוואַלי פילן אַז עס ס אַ נייַ
וויטאַל </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="music scene all over Alabama, especially Birmingham. I've been watching in the social media groups like Royal & Toulouse, Who Shot Lizzy, and looking at the club scene to see who is playing and what folks are saying. That's important I think because">מוזיק
סצענע אַלע איבער אַלאַבאַמאַ, ספּעציעל בירמינגהאַם. איך'ווע געווען
וואַטשינג אין די געזעלשאַפטלעך מידיאַ גרופּעס ווי רויאַל & טולוז,
וואָס שאָט ליזזי, און קוקן אויף דער קלוב סצענע צו זען וואס איז פּלייינג
און וואָס פאָלקס זענען געזאגט. אז ס וויכטיק איך טראַכטן ווייַל </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="the local clubs etc. are the breeding ground for new music. Although, I'm in my 60's, I still know that I'm creative and have much to offer the younger musicians out there. I've watched Birmingham for 40 years now">די
היגע קלאַבז אאז"וו זענען די ברידינג ערד פֿאַר נייַ מוזיק. אַלטהאָוגה,
איך בין אין מיין 60 ס, איך דאָך וויסן אַז איך בין שעפעריש און האָבן פיל
צו פאָרשלאָגן די יינגער מיוזישאַנז אויס דארט. איך'ווע וואָטשט
בירמינגהאַם פֿאַר 40 יאָרן איצט </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="and although I focus more on festivals, etc. for performance space, the clubs are still important. I appreciate this group and what BFP Music does to bring together a forum for the music community here."">און
כאָטש איך פאָקוס מער אויף פעסטיוואַלז, אאז"וו פֿאַר פאָרשטעלונג פּלאַץ,
די קלאַבז זענען נאָך וויכטיק. איך אָפּשאַצן דעם גרופּע און וואָס בפפּ
מוזיק טוט צו ברענגען צוזאַמען אַ פאָרום פֿאַר די מוזיק קהל דאָ. "</span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Michael Knowles - Koralyst:">מיכאל קנאָוולעס - קאָראַליסט:<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""As for Original bands, I love watching Ages Apart who very rarely play their home town. Which is a good thing, makes their shows better when you only see them maybe twice a year. I support any band that truly puts their heart in their">"ווי
פֿאַר אָריגינעל באַנדס, איך ליבע וואַטשינג עלטער אַפּאַרט וואס זייער
ראַרעלי שפּיל זייער היים שטאָט. ווער איז אַ גוט זאַך, מאכט זייער ווייזט
בעסער ווען איר בלויז זען זיי אפֿשר צוויי מאָל אַ יאָר. איך שטיצן קיין
באַנדע אַז באמת שטעלט זייער האַרץ אין זייער </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="music and acts like professionals. I don't get to get out much with my work schedule so I'm missing a lot of new talented bands in Bham."">מוזיק
און אקטן ווי פּראָפעססיאָנאַלס. איך טאָן ניט באַקומען צו באַקומען אויס
פיל מיט מיין אַרבעט פּלאַן אַזוי איך בין פעלנדיק אַ פּלאַץ פון נייַ
טאַלאַנטירט באַנדס אין בהאַם. "<br /><br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Jay Winks - local musician/solo artist:">דזשייַ ווינקס - היגע קלעזמער / סאָלאָ קינסטלער:<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""Howabout some spotlights on veterans of the local scene, regardless of whether they are still local/working local or not. Lolly Lee. Rick Kurtz. Glen Butts. Libba Walker. Mark Lanter. Rick Carter. Leif Bondarenko. Eric Essix. Oteil Burbridge">"האָוואַבאָוט
עטלעכע ספּאַטלייץ אויף וועטעראַנס פון די היגע סצענע, ראַגאַרדלאַס פון
צי זיי זענען נאָך היגע / ארבעטן היגע אָדער ניט. לאַלי לי. ריק קערץ. גלען
באַץ. ליבבאַ וואַלקער. מארקוס לאַנטער. ריק קאַרטער. ליף באָנדאַרענקאָ.
עריק עססיקס. אָטעיל בורברידגע </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=". Scott Boyer. Allen Parks. Maybe some retrospectives on some we've lost along the way. Topper. I know in a way some of this runs counter to the "latest-breaking" vibe that is so much of the BFP approach, but">.
סקאַט בויער. עלען פּאַרקס. מייַבע עטלעכע רעטראָספּעקטיוועס אויף עטלעכע
מיר'ווע פאַרפאַלן צוזאמען דעם וועג. טאַפּער. איך וויסן אין אַ וועג
עטלעכע פון דעם לויפט טאָמבאַנק צו די "לעצט-ברייקינג" ווייב אַז איז
אַזוי פיל פון די בפפּ צוגאַנג, אָבער </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="I think Ziggy Marley wrote "don't know your past, don't know your future" in Tomorrow People. There's lots going on today that's awesome and I catch all I can but there's a special place in my heart for some of the first">איך
טראַכטן זיגגי מאַרלי געשריבן "טאָן ניט וויסן אייער פאַרגאַנגענהייַט,
טאָן ניט וויסן אייער צוקונפט" אין טומאַראָו מען. עס ס גורל געגאנגען אויף
הייַנט אַז ס אַסאַם און איך פאַנג אַלע איך קענען אָבער עס ס אַ ספּעציעל
אָרט אין מיין האַרץ פֿאַר עטלעכע פון דער ערשטער </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="local acts I saw. My first encounters with the Mortals, Foxxy Fatts and the Cast resulted in a lifelong love for local grooves."">היגע
אקטן איך געזען. מייַן ערשטער ינקאַונטערז מיט די מאָרטאַלס, פאָקסקסי
פאַטץ און די קאַסט ריזאַלטיד אין אַ לייפלאָנג ליבע פֿאַר היגע גרוווז. "<br /><br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Dave Evans - Simone Durand Trio:">דייוו עוואַנס - סימאָנע דוראַנד טריאָו:<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""Some of the musicians I have really been impressed by are a few who are just so brilliant at their craft. Ones that come to mind are the guys in Frankie Velvet and Mile Marker 7, and then some individual players like Brandon Peeples, Joe Breckenridge">"עטלעכע
פון די מיוזישאַנז איך האָבן טאַקע געווען ימפּרעסט דורך זענען אַ ביסל
וואס זענען פּונקט אַזוי בריליאַנט אין זייער מעלאָכע. אָנעס אַז קומען צו
מיינונג זענען די גויס אין פראַנקיע וועלוועט און מייל מאַרקער 7, און
דעמאָלט עטלעכע יחיד פּלייַערס ווי בראַנדאָן פּעעפּלעס, דזשאָו
ברעקקענרידגע </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=", Jacob Bunton, Mark Kimbrell, Gary Harbison, and Nicole McLean. I could go on and on."">, יעקבֿ בונטאָן, מארק קימברעלל, גאַרי האַרביסאָן, און ניקאָלע מאַקליין. איך געקענט גיין אויף און אויף. "<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title="Brent Gulsby - Black Veil:">ברענט גולסבי - שווארצע ווייל:<br /><br /> </span><span style="font-size: large;" title=""Tim Boykin is a great guitar player. Everybody should go and see him play at least once!!!! He's so fast that when he puts his guitar down after a set, the fret board is smoking, lol..."">"טים
בויקין איז אַ גרויס גיטאַרע שפּילער. עווריבאַדי זאָל גיין און זען אים
שפּילן אין מינדסטער אַמאָל!!!! ער ס אַזוי שנעל אַז ווען ער שטעלט זיין
גיטאַרע אַראָפּ נאָך אַ סכום, די פרעט ברעט איז סמאָקינג, לאָל ..."</span><span title="If you didn't already know this there is something happening in Birmingham and Alabama...it's music, and it's amazing!"><span style="font-size: large;">אויב איר האט ניט שוין וויסן דעם עס איז עפּעס געשעעניש אין בירמינגהאַם און אַלאַבאַמאַ ... עס ס מוזיק, און עס ס אַמייזינג!</span></span></span></div>
Lee Waiteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556064354341102667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010805977832662673.post-82757055764894731552012-08-12T21:30:00.001-07:002012-08-12T21:36:30.047-07:00To our Russian FollowersBy Mike Gorbeejav
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="ru" style="font-size: large;"><span class="hps">Для</span> <span class="hps">наших русских</span> <span class="hps">последователей.</span> <span class="hps">BFP</span> <span class="hps">Музыка очень</span> <span class="hps">большой</span> <span class="hps">в Америке!</span> <span class="hps">Мы, как</span> <span class="hps">джинсы.</span> <span class="hps">Если</span> <span class="hps">вы хотите иметь</span> <span class="hps">большие шары</span> <span class="hps">лошадь, которую вы</span> <span class="hps">будете слушать</span> <span class="hps">то, что</span> <span class="hps">мы говорим.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Премьер-министр</span> <span class="hps">вашей страны</span> <span class="hps">должны прислушиваться к</span> <span class="hps">Alabam</span>a <span class="hps">музыкантов</span>, потому что <span class="hps">они покажут</span> <span class="hps">ему, как</span> <span class="hps">танцевать</span> <span class="hps">правильный способ</span> <span class="hps">мышления!</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Пожалуйста,</span> <span class="hps">прокрутить</span> <span class="hps">наши предложения</span> <span class="hps">музыке и</span> <span class="hps">не забудьте</span> <span class="hps">открыть</span> <span class="hps">чипы на</span> <span class="hps">музыку.</span> <span class="hps">Коровы</span> <span class="hps">для еды и</span> <span class="hps">капуста</span> <span class="hps">для курения.</span> <span class="hps">Просьба пользоваться</span> <span class="hps">этим советом.</span> <span class="hps">Мы</span> <span class="hps">весело</span> <span class="hps">с вами.</span> <span class="hps">Да?</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps">Рок</span>-н-ролл!!</span>Lee Waiteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556064354341102667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010805977832662673.post-61215217472038514222012-08-11T21:16:00.001-07:002012-08-11T21:20:57.272-07:00Review of Scott Grant: Gemini (Japanese version)<span class="" id="result_box" lang="ja"><span title="Scott Grant currently hails from Tuscaloosa, Alabama."><br /></span><span title="That's really the best way to enjoy music."></span></span>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="ja"><span title="Scott Grant currently hails from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.">スコット·グラントは、現在、タスカルーサ、アラバマ州出身。</span><span title="Gemini was recorded, produced and engineered at Wild Honey recording in Birmingham, mastered by Denial Recording Labs in Los Angeles, CA.">ジェミニは、記録された生産とバーミンガムのワイルド·ハニー·レコーディングで設計、ロサンゼルス、カリフォルニア州の拒否の記録ラボで習得されました。<br /></span><span title="Gemini fits somewhere in the psychedelic/70s rock zone.">Geminiはpsychedelic/70s岩ゾーンのどこかに収まる。</span><span title="It's clean and crisp with a very well produced sound, spread out, properly layered and complex, ranging high without a deep bass tone.">それは深い低音ことなく、高範囲で、広がって、適切に階層化し、複雑な、清潔で非常によく生成される音と鮮明です。</span><span title="It makes me want to take a ride in my jacked up Charger, arm out the window, cruising the strip (sans the drive by shootings of today).">それは(今日の撮影でサンセリフドライブ)ストリップを巡航、窓の外の腕、私は私のジャッキアップ充電器に乗るしたいことができます。<br /></span><span title="I won't go song for song, but there is a slight variation swinging in by "Beautiful," the fourth track on the album.">私は歌のために歌を行くことはありませんが、アルバム "美しい"、第四トラックでのスイングわずかな変動があります。</span><span title="It begins to shift into less of a 70s tribute album, transforming into something, well...more personal.">それも、何かに変身...もっと個人的な、70年代のトリビュート·アルバムが少ないにシフトを開始します。</span><span title="Overall the album remains reminiscent of 70s pop rock, love songs and ballads, though it does have a more mature quality than your average offering from that era.">それがその時代からのあなたの平均的な製品より、より成熟した品質を持っていないものの、全体的なアルバムが、70年代ポップロック、ラブソングやバラードを彷彿とさせるままになります。<br /></span><span title=""Song for You" is the only song I felt out of place on the album, tending slightly toward 90s trendy neo-folk rock, not exhibiting the intricacies or production depth found everywhere else on the album.">"あなたのための歌"私はアルバムの他のどこでも見つかった複雑または生産の深さを示していない、90年代トレンディネオ·フォーク·ロックに向かってわずかに傾向が、アルバムでは場違いな感じ唯一の歌です。</span><span title="The void was present in the background and the overall feel was different.">ボイドはバックグラウンドに存在していて、全体的な感触が違っていた。</span><span title="Not that its a bad song by any means.">ない任意の手段によってその悪い曲という。</span><span title="And this is an overly intricate and picky observation perhaps.">これはおそらく過度に複雑でうるさい観測である。<br /></span><span title="But the next track "Nevermind" with its clean guitar licks and upbeat vocals brings it back around.">しかし、そのクリーンなギターのリックと明るいボーカルと次のトラック "ネヴァーマインド"は周りにそれを思い出させる。</span><span title="And "Memorial," after that, drops in a slight jazz beat and feel that keeps the flow of the album interesting and rewarding.">その後、 "メモリアル"は、興味深く、やりがいのアルバムの流れを保つわずかなジャズ·ビート·アンド·フィールに低下します。<br /></span><span title="The last three tracks illustrate the sound stew nature of this album.">最後の3つのトラックはこのアルバムの音シチューの性質を示しています。</span><span title="It's as if Grant is playing with different influences and sounds "Sunshine Serenade" brings to bear Bonham drum beats, softened but undeniable, and pleasantly distorted guitar which melds with what have to be Lenny Kravitz tribute vocals, which themselves are tributes to Jimmy Hendrix,">グ
ラントはさまざまな影響と音で遊んでいるかのようにそれは
"サンシャイン·セレナーデ"は、自身がジミー·ヘンドリックスへの賛辞であるレニー·クラヴィッツのトリビュートボーカルでなければならないものと融合
させたボーナムドラム軟化が否定できないビート、そして愉快に歪んだギターを負担しなければならもたらす</span><span title="which leads us back to the era of music.">その音楽の時代に私たちをリードしています。<br /></span><span title="Gemini is a great introduction from Scott Grant.">ジェミニは、スコット·グラントからの偉大な導入である。<br /></span><span title="Using the tried and true method of judgement of "Do I enjoy listening to it?"">の判定しようとした真のメソッドを使用して、 "私はそれを聞いて楽しんでいますか?"</span><span title="I say yes.">私ははい言う。<br /></span><span title="In summary, I believe the overall inter-connectivity of the songs is very intentional and well thought out.">要約すると、私は曲の全体的な相互接続性は非常に意図的であると考え抜かれたと信じています。</span><span title="The album should be listened to in its entirety to get the most out of it, to catch the purposeful layout of sounds.">アルバムは音の意図的なレイアウトをキャッチし、それを最大限に活用するためにその全体に耳を傾けなければなりません。</span><span title="Though stumbling slightly on track seven, the music flows with a smooth progression from beginning to end.">トラック7に少しつまずいても、音楽は最初から最後までスムーズな進行で流れている。<br /></span><span title="Grant isn't trying to selfishly create a new genre of music.">助成金は、勝手に音楽の新しいジャンルを作成しようとされていません。</span><span title="He's playing songs that express himself and provide the listener with joy.">彼は自分自身を表現し、喜びをもってリスナーを提供する曲を演奏している。</span><span title="Listen for yourself and then you'll know if everything I just said was bullshit or not.">自分のために聞くと私が言ったすべてがでたらめしたかどうか、あなたは知っているよ。</span><span title="That's really the best way to enjoy music.">それは本当に音楽を楽しむための最善の方法です。</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://birminghammusicnews.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Birmingham Music News: This would be the spot where you place your cursor and click the link...anywhere on this big writing. It's called a link. We can make it really short or really very long. I've chosen to make it very long. There is really no significance to the length of this link except to illustrate you are dealing with a person considered by some to be not quite balanced. But that's where the fun comes in. See you there! </span></a>Lee Waiteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556064354341102667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010805977832662673.post-41996321477514442642012-04-18T06:36:00.002-07:002012-04-18T06:36:42.970-07:00The worth of a musician in 2012I've had some very interesting discussions with professional musicians in recent weeks, and I feel the time has come to do something about resetting the values of music in this town (Birmingham). Perhaps other areas of the country are suffering as much, but I only know from personal experience in this town. <br />
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First order of business, define a professional musician: To me, a pro is one who plays music for money to pay the rent and buy food. Whether they've been doing it for a year or 50, and whether they are good or not, it doesn't matter. If the money they earn funds their basic living expenses, they're a pro in my book. If they live well, they're probably very talented. If they've been doing this for 20 years and still live in their parent's basement eating ramen noodles off a hot plate, then perhaps a face to face with Simon Cowell will give them the swift kick in the arse they need to hang it up and pursue a life otherwise.<br />
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I was reminded by a 45yr veteran of the Bham scene that in 1978, cover charge was $5. In 2012, it seems nothing has changed. In fact, some bars don't charge cover at all. That's not necessarily an issue if the bar has only a solo acoustic artist to pay ($150-$250), as that's a fairly cheap nut to cover. But what if the band has 4 or more members? What is the venue saying about the quality or worth of the act? "They're not worth paying to see, but come on in and spend money at the bar." What's the chance that act was paid more than $400 for their show? Not likely.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aKW7xnwnzxY/T0ZnBzBx4LI/AAAAAAAAAB8/bBSDnG7SaTE/s1600/busking.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aKW7xnwnzxY/T0ZnBzBx4LI/AAAAAAAAAB8/bBSDnG7SaTE/s200/busking.jpg" width="200" /></a>Thanks to the magic of the internet, I discovered a <a href="http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/relativevalue.php" target="_blank">value measuring calculator</a> which helps determine value on a "now vs then" comparison. It only covers 1774 to 2010 (census data) but that's ok, the point is still relevant. Taking the $5 cover from 1978 as an example, in today's dollars, that would be roughly $16. Now, let's go backwards, but let me set the stage. There seems to be an "understanding" that a musician, any musician, in this town is worth $100/person. That's typical for band arrangements. Solo acts don't really fit into this category, because I've seen people earn $50-$300 for a solo act. Then there's the scale crushers who work for beer. But let's not concern ourselves with them. Ok, so back to $100/person. In 1978 terms, that musician would have only been worth about $30. That is a rough round-up using all the indicators, ranging from unskilled wage to commodity. Musicians see ourselves as skilled wage earners, artists, and/or craftsmen. Vendors see us as a commodity. However, according to my sources, musicians in 1978 were earning $75-$100/person, but if they worked hard and built a following, they could easily get $300-$400/person. Let's take that into 2012 terms, shall we? In today's money, that $100/person should be $315/person. On the upper end of the 1978 range, a $400/person would be $1300/person. I'm going to sidebar this for a minute while you are letting that sink in. Think $1300/person is unrealistic today? Consider the source for my info has a band that fetches in the $4500/gig range for 4 people today. It took over a dozen and a half years to get that band to that point, but that guy who was earning $75-$400 in 1978 is earning almost $1200/person for his band today. So now, is that so unrealistic? Ain't it spooky how we have an actual case study right here in Birmingham who has managed to bear out the realities of a musicians value over time? I'm not making this stuff up...just using that calculator, his figures from 1978, and the figures of what his band does today.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lgdBCIXzJRk/T0ZnpNLAvkI/AAAAAAAAACE/pKXdvQI7U8w/s1600/bardrinks.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lgdBCIXzJRk/T0ZnpNLAvkI/AAAAAAAAACE/pKXdvQI7U8w/s200/bardrinks.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Speaking of commodities, let's talk about that. Beer is the primary commodity of a bar, right? 1978 cover was $5. How much was a beer? Typically $1-$2 depending on the town you were in. That hasn't changed much, although in 2012, the beer choices are exponentially greater, with high gravity being an option even for the likes of Budweiser. So a craftsman beer is going to run you $4-12 at a minimum. I've seen them as high as $20 in Decatur GA. But back to the basics, if a Coors was $1 in 1978, it's 3x that in 2012. Think about that for a minute. Beer is 3x, but cover is 1x. Then of course you have all the "social" drinks like "_____ bombs" and Tuaca shots, martinis made from darn near everything but the juice from the bar rag. And all of those come at a hefty price.<br />
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How does this relate to musicians? Well, there's a lot hiding under the surface. We complain for lack of proper compensation, yet we all know someone willing to play for gas money. I consider anything less than $100/person gas money. Those who say "gee, you're willing to PAY me to play here?" should be shot on sight, right between the pickups. Believe it or not, there's an awful lot of animosity among musicians in every town with angst for these folks. As another pro musician pointed out to me the other day, those people are in this for a hobby. In 5yrs, they'll drop their Squire guitar combos and pick up a golf bag or a fishing rod. But in the meantime, they managed to screw up the true value of a musician along the way, and like a tornado, they leave a scar that won't heal anytime soon, nor will they have anything to do with the healing process. I can relate to this from my professional photographer background. Along comes a soccer mom who thinks she can buy a camera from an electronics warehouse, set the dial to auto, open up her Fauxtographer Facebook Fauxto page, and start taking pics for $50/session. Puke f'ing puke. A pro wedding photographer fetches $5000-$10000 per wedding. Aunt Sally is going to shoot it for $400. Deal! Bit*h. Thanks for ruining the marketplace. When her fauxtography business doesn't work out, she goes back to painting rocks for craft shows, leaving us pros in the ruins. How do you pick up a turd from the clean end?<br />
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Now let's work on solutions. How do we increase the bottom line in our back pocket? I have a couple ideas in mind (and open to more), and it may be a combination of both to achieve success:<br />
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<ol><li>Convince the bars to increase cover to $10 across the board. Doesn't matter who the band is on any given night, doesn't matter where the venue is in the metro area. If they charge a cover, bump it to $10 and <b><i>keep it there</i></b>. Of course people are going to whine. And they may stop going out for a couple weekends until it sinks in that this is the new reality. Did you stop driving your car because gas is now approaching $3.80/gal, but you were paying less than $3/gal two years ago? If the venues stick to their guns, people are going to pay, because they have no other choice, except to stay home, and we know that's not going to happen. The bar will be forced to bring value to their patrons, which means choosing bands who know how to entertain and keep a crowd (more for another blog). The garage band industry-wrecking hobbyists are eliminated from the circuit almost immediately.<a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Sidebar: have you been watching Full Throttle Saloon? Michael, the owner of a</div><div style="text-align: center;">gigantic <a href="http://www.fullthrottlesaloon.com/" target="_blank">biker bar</a> in Sturgis SD started charging cover to enter the bar, something</div><div style="text-align: center;">he has never done before 2011. This upsets a lot of fans, but not the majority.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This puts Jesse James Dupree (Jackyl) into an outright furious rage. But when</div><div style="text-align: center;">the dust settles, over a 7 day period, the new cover charge is what ultimately</div><div style="text-align: center;">saved the bar from being a failure. It means the 7 day crowd eventually</div><div style="text-align: center;">"got over it" and accepted this as the new norm. 7 days. I propose a $10<br />
cover would revolutionize this town in 2 months. They did it in seven. Sometimes<br />
I think this town is no bigger than the 80 acre compound occupied by FTS. 2 months<br />
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<li>Convince the musicians to hold to $200/person minimum. Crazy, right? Not really. If you're a good musician, the 4-6hrs you devote to that one gig shouldn't pay you a penny less. What is your time worth? This gets a little skewed if you're an originals musician. You're hoping someone will come see you play, and at best, you're probably going to get your revenue from CD and/or shirt sales. Otherwise, the bar is likely not paying you. It's all in the name of exposure. But a cover band is providing "entertainment" more than they are providing music (I've got an entire blog I can devote to this topic). If the musicians band together and hold out for proper pay or they don't play, the bars will quickly run out of quality musicians, and they'll have to acknowledge the true value of a musician. So a cover band worth its salt should be asking for $200/person minimum. Or perhaps they should ask for nothing at all except what walks through the door. Whoa!!! Wait!!! Did he just say ask for nothing at all? That's a topic for another blog entry...stay tuned, that one is going to be interesting....</li>
</ol><div>Bottom line, if we want to make more money, the bars need to do their part to afford paying us, and of course we have to do our part to earn it. I don't own a venue, and I've never managed one. But I do own a business, I do know my way around the negotiation table, and one thing is for certain: if you don't ask for it, you won't get it. If you are a venue owner, or know one who would be interested in this topic, I'd love to hear their response. I'd also love to hear your response, so hit reply and let 'er rip tater chip!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a little phone interview with Jessica Breanne of The Electric Hearts yesterday. They're coming to The Nick Monday the 12th. Right now, that's tomorrow. So I said I would introduce them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll start by saying Jessica has one hell of a voice. I've heard her compared to a whole bunch of people. I liken her to Shingai Shoniwa of The Noisettes myself. But as usual, I recommend you just watch the video at the end and make it up for yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Electric hearts are definitely a type of Blues. I say "a type" because the sound slips in and out of several different genres. But it retains a Blues base that is unmistakable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jessica was a pleasure to talk to, even calling me sir the whole time. She exuded a Southern charm and politeness that reflects all the good things about our culture. I'm assuming by the videos and several comments she made, she also knows how to have a "good ole' time." I believe they'll be hitting the town after the show. So any recommendations on where to go, throw out their way. I told them they need to go to Marty's for sure. They are hitting the road back to her home state of Texas the next day, "for a little South by Southwest (SXSW.)" </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They've opened for the Alabama Shakes. Jessica says that she was so glad to meet some other performers on the road that seemed to have a real genuine attitude. "Some bands had this attitude about themselves, like how they were really cool. But the Alabama Shakes were really nice people. It was really refreshing to be around them. They were just, like, Southern nice people." said Jessica. "I'm from Texas. So I miss the small town mentality of being nice to everyone."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the sweet crap aside. When you watch her sing you're not thinking sweet. She belts the hell out of the lyrics. For one Valentine's show, Apocalyptic Love, they had a video of Carrie playing on a screen in the background. And the music for that show was anything but sweet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The band has been together for two years. They released an album not long ago when they were still known as Jessica Breanne and the Electric Hearts if anyone is in a buying mood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The band is Jessica Breanne -vocals, Matt Johanson - bass, Sam Stewart - guitar, Mike Odmark - keys/guitar and Stephen Smith - drums. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to Birmingham guys. Have a great show!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like to consider Pete Bernhard, of The Devil Makes Three to be a very close friend of mine. We have the kind of relationship where we can really open up to one another. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I want to fill you all in on how cool he is, show you the real Pete, the one I feel I know. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know how much of our conversations would be appropriate to share with you. I have to be careful. Because even though I feel like he and I are really great friends. I think he might consider me just some guy he met on the phone a few days ago. He can take a while to warm up to people. Pete is just like that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pete is the front man for The Devil Makes Three. He does the talking. He will be the one pictured front and center holding a jackalope. Cooper McBean, shown cradling the Earth, and Pete were the first two members of the band to play together. I normally wouldn't consider this an important fact. It might be important if you realize that Lucia was the third member of the band. Think it through. It's numerology. They're trying to tell us something.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pete took some time from his day off to chat with me and answer some of my notoriously ridiculous questions. I think he only did it because we're so close. In fact, I'm not sure why his publicity people wanted him to talk to me. I know for a fact they read some of my other stuff. Yet they seemed eager to set up the interview. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I asked Pete about the strange power they seem to have over their fans. I assumed it was some sort of voodoo, that they were casting a spell to make the audience gyrate and scream. I personally loved the music. But when you're dealing with an entity as powerful as Lucia, you have to question exactly what is happening sometimes. He claims there is no black magic involved, that it's just the music. But I wonder. Even the numerous videos of fans covering The Devil Makes Three songs have an air of questionable intent. Are they worshiping, in some drunken, drug addled frenzy? Many of the videos contain open use of alcohol and drugs. All contain jubilant, swaying minions, lost in their cultish communion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pete said they're just having fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The mist of Lucia's spell has woven itself into every aspect of their music. You can't seem to pin them down. Are they bluegrass? One minute you might think so. Then it changes. You feel transported to the likes of ragtime, country, rockabilly, etc... "This can't be right" you say to yourself. "Momma, you warned me. I knew I should have paid more attention in Sunday school." But it's too late. You might as well order a whisky and get to dancing. Put your tennis shoes under the bed it's time to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They'll be playing at Workplay on the 9th of March. Check out the video below. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I asked Pete how he felt about being compared to Rusty Cuyler. "Who is that?" he asked. Here you go Pete. "How ya like this old man?"</span><br />
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Lee Waiteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556064354341102667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010805977832662673.post-34955781172350705932012-02-19T09:22:00.002-08:002012-02-19T09:22:35.402-08:00South of Blue<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#999999"><br/><a href="http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/108532669" style="font: Verdana">Voodoo Chile</a><br/><object width="425px" height="360px" ><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=108532669,t=1,mt=video"/><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=108532669,t=1,mt=video" width="425" height="360" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><br/><a href="http://www.myspace.com/77783631" style="font: Verdana">South Of Blue</a> | <a href="http://www.myspace.com/music/videos" style="font: Verdana">Myspace Music Videos</a></font>Lee Waiteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556064354341102667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010805977832662673.post-89114059666023707902012-02-13T17:56:00.000-08:002015-01-21T18:13:50.018-08:00Pot Smoking Hippie Type Reggae Dude Mishka Coming to Workplay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">First of all, let me get something straight. Mishka's people contacted me to do an interview with him, to get him some press before his upcoming show at Workplay. So let's get that out of the way. He'll be playing Thursday night, February, 16 at Workplay. <a href="http://birminghammusicnews.blogspot.com/p/long-range-music-calendar.html">(((Click here for our calendar))) </a> I'll post a link to a video at the bottom so you can see him for yourself and decide if his music is your kind of Reggae.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You know how this kind of thing works. His publicist sends me an email with the show date and asks if we could write a little something before the show. I could just put a link to his website and let you go see what they say about him. Or I could write something about how his music sounds. But is that really what we need to know about a musician? How he or she sounds? C'mon! I guess they thought I would softball some questions and regurgitate this notion that he is a great guy who loves the environment and likes to sing pretty. Pttthhhh! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I need to know what makes the man tick. I need to know the things behind his music. Who is the real Mishka? Well, his publicist got a little rude. All I did was send some questions I thought would help get to the real Mishka. here is what his publicist said "It's a bit wacky but hey, it's press and a plug for the show."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wacky my ass! I'll let you see the questions and you can be the judge of that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mishka: </b>Don't have a favorite food or colour or musical artist..Life isn't like that to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mishka: </b>A couple of years ago I was approached by O'Neill the wetsuit and surfwear company, and asked to be the face of their eco line of clothes, which include recycled fabrics, and organic cotton etc. they are a cool company doing some good work to educate people about the marine environment, and sea life, and of course supporting surfers and other athletes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mishka: </b>Would tell the world leaders to free the herb and dissmantle all their weapons, and to stop all the corruption, and to stop bowing to the wishes of the mega banksters and pharmaceutical and arms corporations, and truly serve the people as they are supposed to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">by M. David Hornbuckle</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last month on a Sunday night, David Thomas (from the legendary art rock/new wave band Pere Ubu) did a solo performance for about 40 dedicated fans in Birmingham. Was it at Bottletree? The Nick? No, it was in the living room of Troy Thompson and Laney DeJonge. It was a fantastically intimate atmosphere in which to see one of the strangest and most interesting performers in rock and roll history. The intimacy intensified the level of comfort and discomfort, depending on how you felt about the performance itself at that moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jim Fahy from the local record label Communicating Vessels heard that Thomas was doing a series of living room concerts and was intrigued. “Basically,” Fahy said, “he would go anywhere for $1000. There were some other stipulations also, like you couldn’t sell traditional tickets and you couldn’t use traditional advertising. It had to be all word-of-mouth and social networking.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fahy got together with concert promoter Lee Shook to plan how they could make this event happen. Even before the idea of the concert came up Fahy and Shook had already been talking about their shared interest in Pere Ubu. Ten years ago, Shook even wrote his senior college thesis at Suwannee about the band. “I was never completely happy with that thesis,” Shook said. “Having the opportunity to bring this concert to Birmingham was a way of finishing it.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shook personally put up about half of the money needed to bring David Thomas to Birmingham. He secured the rest from the Birmingham Art Music Alliance, which had some funds left over from last year’s Improvisor festival. Though Thomas comes from the world of rock and roll, the board of the Art Music Alliance deemed his work weird enough to justify the expense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shook secured Troy and Laney’s house in Highland Park as a venue. Troy and Laney happened to be friends of his, and he knew they had a good space for such an event. Additionally, the house also happens to be the historic home of one of Shook’s ancestors, Paschal Green Shook. This connection deepened Shook’s personal interest in the concert. He said, “To arrange to have one of my musical heroes perform in a home that had belonged to my own family meant a lot to me.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With everything in order, Fahy and Shook began to spread the word on Facebook. By contract with the artist, only 40 seats were available. Since they weren’t allowed to sell traditional tickets, they collected “donations” of $25 per person via PayPal. Fahy said, “I was terrified we were going to do something wrong, and he’d cancel the show.” However, the show went on and transpired smoothly (aside from an incident in which one attendee mistakenly parked in a neighbor’s yard).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Living room concerts aren’t new, particularly for artists in the avant-garde who have a scarcity of other venues available to them. However, they are becoming more popular with better-known indie rock and alternative rock artists who are interested in the opportunity to travel with low overhead costs and perform for a smaller, more dedicated audience than they might find in clubs. “It’s a buyers’ market for clubs,” Fahy said. “There’s a lot of competition for good nights at clubs, so putting a tour together that’s beneficial for both venue and artist can be a bit challenging.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For example, Pat DiNizio from the Smithereens did a living room tour in 2006, and he’s offering these shows again to fans. According to his website, these are request-only, solo acoustic show that last nearly three hours. “The audience calls out songs, and I do my best to entertain them,” he said. Indie rock singer David Bazan from the band Pedro the Lion has also been including house shows on his recent tour. Thomas says he developed an interest in these types of shows after a “delightful experience” at a house concert in Copenhagen introduced him to the concept.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fahy and Shook both said they would be interested in bringing more shows like this to the area, though they have no living room concerts planned in the immediate future. Troy and Laney, who were very gracious to all their guests, also showed an interest in hosting more events of this kind. Troy mentioned that he might host legendary rockers the Woggles in his basement in January, but at press time the show was not confirmed.</span>Lee Waiteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556064354341102667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010805977832662673.post-1795510456916958822011-12-21T16:13:00.001-08:002011-12-21T16:13:51.473-08:00Rabidstick<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9KncyOCM3y8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Lee Waiteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556064354341102667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010805977832662673.post-27706855117431327502011-12-21T14:35:00.000-08:002011-12-21T14:35:41.155-08:00BFP Music Biz: Press Release from Leeds<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Leeds Theatre and Arts Center is delighted to announce that The Legendary Pineapple Skinners will be performing at the center, located at 8140 Parkway Drive, Leeds, Alabama 35094, on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 7:00 PM. Price of admission is $10.00. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Pineapple Skinners have based their sound on Dixieland jazz, but since their beginnings as a group in 1997, have evolved their own unique and eclectic twist, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>combining traditional jazz with such unique elements as big band tunes, ukulele, and even lap steel. Despite their originality, this group does play traditional gigs, in addition to weddings, funerals, and the occasional divorce.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Such an unusual group should have a name to match, and theirs came from an episode of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Andy Griffith Show</i> in which Barney gifted Thelma Lou with – you guessed it! - a pineapple skinner. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The members of the ‘Skinners are all unique individuals in their own right. Tony is a high school teacher; Tom is a registered pharmacist and an artist; Chuck is professional photographer, in addition to being a performer and a music teacher. Mike works for DHL and repairs and restores instruments, while Sam works for EWTN.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Call the Leeds Theatre and Arts Center at 205-699-1892 to make your reservations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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