Artist: Satriani Vai Patrucci
Genre(s):
Rock: Instrumental
Discography:
G3 Live In Tokyo
Year: 2005
Tracks: 11
Friday, 27 June 2008
Satriani Vai Patrucci
Artist: Satriani Vai Patrucci
Genre(s):
Rock: Instrumental
Discography:
G3 Live In Tokyo
Year: 2005
Tracks: 11
Busta Flex
Artist: Busta Flex
Genre(s):
Pop
Discography:
Eclipse
Year:
Tracks: 13
Born Valery François, rapper Busta Flex honed his skills as a freestyler, development his rhymes and quick attacks well sufficiency to get the attention of French DJ and manufacturer Cut Killer, world Health Organization invited Busta Flex (world Health Organization based his diagnose off one of his idols, Busta Rhymes) to contribute a track to a mixtape he arrange out. In 1997 Flex met Kool Shen of the hip-hop distich NTM, world Health Organization was so impressed by the young MC that he bucked up him to record an entire record album, and helped him get gestural to his label, Warner, in order to do so. Busta Flex's self-titled debut came out in 1998, and immediately brought the hard-spitting rapper attention. Shen then invited him to join his group, IV My People, aboard other French blame stars like Lord Kossity and Zoxea. In 2000 Busta left IV My People in order to acquittance his minute album, Sexe, Violence, Rap and Flooze, followed two eld afterwards by Eclipse. Bit Maitresse, which was produced by Sulee B. Wax, was issued in 2006.
Tommy Lee, Pamela Anderson rekindle romance
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The on-again, off-again love affair between Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and his ex-wife, actress Pamela Anderson, is back on again, according to Lee.
"Pamela and the kids have moved in with me," Lee told Rolling Stone in a story published on the magazine's website on Thursday. "It's awesome, man. It's definitely working. You can tell on the kids' faces -- they're happy when we're together."
Anderson's representative, Peter Asher, declined to comment.
Lee, 45, and Anderson, 40, married in 1995 and went through several breakups and reconciliations before finally divorcing in 1998. They have two sons together.
"We've only given it a try 800 times -- 801, here we go," Lee told Rolling Stone.
While apart, Anderson also married and divorced singer Kid Rock, as well as married then annulled her marriage to entrepreneur Rick Saloman.
She rose to fame as a model and actress on TV shows such as "Home Improvement," "Baywatch" and "V.I.P." She also has appeared in movies and posed for Playboy magazine.
Apart from playing in rock band Motley Crue, Lee appeared in the 2005 reality TV show "Tommy Lee Goes to College."
"Pamela and the kids have moved in with me," Lee told Rolling Stone in a story published on the magazine's website on Thursday. "It's awesome, man. It's definitely working. You can tell on the kids' faces -- they're happy when we're together."
Anderson's representative, Peter Asher, declined to comment.
Lee, 45, and Anderson, 40, married in 1995 and went through several breakups and reconciliations before finally divorcing in 1998. They have two sons together.
"We've only given it a try 800 times -- 801, here we go," Lee told Rolling Stone.
While apart, Anderson also married and divorced singer Kid Rock, as well as married then annulled her marriage to entrepreneur Rick Saloman.
She rose to fame as a model and actress on TV shows such as "Home Improvement," "Baywatch" and "V.I.P." She also has appeared in movies and posed for Playboy magazine.
Apart from playing in rock band Motley Crue, Lee appeared in the 2005 reality TV show "Tommy Lee Goes to College."
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Pablo Gad
Artist: Pablo Gad
Genre(s):
Reggae
Discography:
Don't Push Jah
Year: 2004
Tracks: 10
Trafalgar Square
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
The Epistles of Dub
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
Bloodsuckers (Showcase)
Year: 1983
Tracks: 8
Hard Times
Year: 1980
Tracks: 10
Carell hosts charity screening of `Get Smart'
TAHO
Artist: TAHO
Genre(s):
Dance
Techno
Discography:
Shambhalla Hybrid
Year: 2007
Tracks: 3
Forest of Wonders-(65DSR)
Year: 2007
Tracks: 3
Grey's stars say Chambers is now "fine"
William Joseph
When you mix 14 years of classical piano training with practical experience -- playing piano in malls at Christmas, playing the organ at Phoenix Coyotes hockey games -- you get to be William Joseph, instrumental composer/performer and Billboard chart debutante.
Piano lessons commenced for Joseph after he banged out the theme from "Fraggle Rock" on a toy piano after watching the show as a child. He studied Chopin and Rachmaninoff with a Russian piano master until his late teens, when he got a job playing organ for his local National Hockey League team. He wrote their theme song, took a break from playing to do a church mission in Australia for a couple of years, and when he returned, he took up mall duty.
"I immediately had to learn how to sell myself," recalls Joseph. He'd set up two chairs by his piano and tell passing shoppers, "'I'm having a one-song concert and I'd love to give you front-row seats.' They would sit down in the middle of the mall and I'd play them a song -- by the time I was finished I'd have a whole mob of people around."
The experience gave him confidence, not to mention sales of CDs of his original compositions. He got a manager, who in 2004 got word that producer David Foster (Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble) was coming to Phoenix for a charity event.
"He told me to show up at this hotel and he would try to arrange an intro for us. I went into a big ballroom where David was rehearsing with a band. David sat me down at the piano and looked at me and said, 'Play something.' My heart skipped a few beats."
A year later, Joseph was signed to Foster's l43 label on Reprise/Warner, joining a roster that includes Buble and Josh Groban.
His sophomore album, "Beyond," which has peaked at No. 17 thus far on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. Backed by a 72-piece orchestra on his own songs, as well as a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir," Joseph's work is infused with stirring, dramatic arrangements that have a visual quality reminiscent of film scores.
"I would love to get into writing for film," says Joseph, who has nonetheless kept busy opening tours for Groban, Il Divo and Clay Aiken. He began headlining solo shows this year, and will be touring Canada as well as playing in China. A PBS special, "David Foster & Friends," will air in December and features Joseph, Buble, Andrea Bocelli and others.
As for whether instrumental orchestral pop can find a mass audience without vocals, Joseph is confident that it can. Pointing to the success of Kenny G and Yanni, Joseph notes, "There is a niche out there that isn't being filled right now. There are not a lot of instrumentalists out there that are really well known. From a live standpoint, it's gone really well."
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Piano lessons commenced for Joseph after he banged out the theme from "Fraggle Rock" on a toy piano after watching the show as a child. He studied Chopin and Rachmaninoff with a Russian piano master until his late teens, when he got a job playing organ for his local National Hockey League team. He wrote their theme song, took a break from playing to do a church mission in Australia for a couple of years, and when he returned, he took up mall duty.
"I immediately had to learn how to sell myself," recalls Joseph. He'd set up two chairs by his piano and tell passing shoppers, "'I'm having a one-song concert and I'd love to give you front-row seats.' They would sit down in the middle of the mall and I'd play them a song -- by the time I was finished I'd have a whole mob of people around."
The experience gave him confidence, not to mention sales of CDs of his original compositions. He got a manager, who in 2004 got word that producer David Foster (Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble) was coming to Phoenix for a charity event.
"He told me to show up at this hotel and he would try to arrange an intro for us. I went into a big ballroom where David was rehearsing with a band. David sat me down at the piano and looked at me and said, 'Play something.' My heart skipped a few beats."
A year later, Joseph was signed to Foster's l43 label on Reprise/Warner, joining a roster that includes Buble and Josh Groban.
His sophomore album, "Beyond," which has peaked at No. 17 thus far on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. Backed by a 72-piece orchestra on his own songs, as well as a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir," Joseph's work is infused with stirring, dramatic arrangements that have a visual quality reminiscent of film scores.
"I would love to get into writing for film," says Joseph, who has nonetheless kept busy opening tours for Groban, Il Divo and Clay Aiken. He began headlining solo shows this year, and will be touring Canada as well as playing in China. A PBS special, "David Foster & Friends," will air in December and features Joseph, Buble, Andrea Bocelli and others.
As for whether instrumental orchestral pop can find a mass audience without vocals, Joseph is confident that it can. Pointing to the success of Kenny G and Yanni, Joseph notes, "There is a niche out there that isn't being filled right now. There are not a lot of instrumentalists out there that are really well known. From a live standpoint, it's gone really well."
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Timbaland
Artist: Timbaland
Genre(s):
Pop
Rap: Hip-Hop
Dance
Discography:
Timbaland Presents Shock Value
Year: 2007
Tracks: 17
Tim's Bio
Year: 2007
Tracks: 19
The Way I Are (Single)
Year: 2007
Tracks: 3
Shock Value
Year: 2007
Tracks: 17
Give It to Me (CDS)
Year: 2007
Tracks: 1
My Bio
Year: 1998
Tracks: 19
Timbaland ascended to the top of the knock industry in the belated '90s, imposingly reconciliation his coveted hitmaking abilities with his bizarre production style. Few tap producers were capable of such a balance 'tween commerce and craft. Timbaland produced an endless list of hits, mainly for a blue-ribbon mathematical group of affiliates (Young woman Elliott, Aaliyah, Jay-Z, Ginuwine) though besides for a phone number of other A-list artists (Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Justin Timberlake). Even so, he always infused a remarkable sense of identity and creativeness into his productions. When you take heed a Timbaland production generally there is no misinterpretation it for anyone else's work: stuttering bass-heavy bounce beat generation offset resonating high-end synth stabs, all of this often complemented by his own signature-like quiet mutter beneath the cartroad; and no sampling. However, all over time Timbaland began pickings an more and more production line approach to production, working with a team of co-producers and songwriters including Nathaniel "Danjahandz" Hills, the Clutch, and Justin Timberlake. Plus, he began producing an more and more wide array of acts of the Apostles, ranging from alternative icons Björk and M.I.A. to MOR pop/rockers the Fray and Ashlee Simpson.
In the late '90s, when Timbaland was tranquil relatively new on the view, the Virginia native worked extensively with Missy ("The Rain"), Aaliyah ("If Your Girl Only Knew"), and Ginuwine ("Pony"). Later, erst he'd established himself with these three, he began working with the top rappers in the industry, viz. Jay-Z ("Big Pimpin'"), Nas ("You Won't See Me Tonight"), Snoop Dogg ("Snooper Dogg [What's My Name, Pt. 2]"), and Ludacris ("Rollout [My Business]"). He as well worked once in a while with lesser-known regional artists such as Petey Pablo ("Raise Up"), Pastor Troy ("Ar We Cuttin'"), and Tweet ("Oops (Oh My)"). As a upshot of his exceptional success as a producer, Timbaland eventually established his possess record label, Beat Club, and began unveiling his own stable of artists (Bubba Sparxxx, Ms. Jade). His records, well-nigh co-billed with rapping friend Magoo, spotlighted his approach to the top rappers in the business sector: Missy Elliott, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Wyclef Jean. From 1997 through 2003, he released trey Timbaland & Magoo albums, patch 1998's Tim's Bio and 2007's Timbaland Presents Shock Value -- the latter featuring a restless mixture of vocalists, rappers, and rock bands -- were solo albums in make.
Joe Lovano
Artist: Joe Lovano
Genre(s):
Pop
Jazz
Discography:
Time and Time Again
Year: 2007
Tracks: 10
Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Year: 2007
Tracks: 11
Streams of Expression
Year: 2006
Tracks: 11
Live Jazz Baltica
Year: 2005
Tracks: 8
Joyous Encounter
Year: 2005
Tracks: 11
I Have the Room Above Her
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
I'm All for You: the Ballad Songbook
Year: 2004
Tracks: 9
On This Day...At the Vanguard
Year: 2003
Tracks: 7
Flights of Fancy
Year: 2001
Tracks: 14
Trio Fascination - Edition One
Year: 1998
Tracks: 10
Celebrating Sinatra
Year: 1997
Tracks: 13
Rush Hour
Year: 1995
Tracks: 13
Tenor Legacy
Year: 1994
Tracks: 10
Universal Language
Year: 1993
Tracks: 10
From the Soul
Year: 1992
Tracks: 10
Active during a period of jazz chronicle when it seemed radical instauration was a thing of the yesteryear, Joe Lovano still amalgamated several stylistic elements from disparate eras into a personal and forward-seeking style. While not an pioneer in a macro sense, Lovano has unquestionably charted his own path. His playing contains not an ounce of glibness, simply possesses in abundance the sensory faculty of spontaneousness that has invariably characterized the music's finest improvisers. Lovano doesn't acquire influences -- he absorbs them -- so that when acting a standard, he exudes the like sense of desert as when playing wholly disengage (which, it should be pointed out, he does well, if infrequently). Lovano's most significant accomplishment is his incorporation of free and average expressive devices into traditional chord-change improvisation.
Lovano is the logos of the respected Cleveland saxophonist Tony "Adult T" Lovano. Joe started playing alto sax as a child, taught by his fatherhood, wHO as well introduced him to jazz. In his young person, Joe would listen many of the large jazz artists wHO passed through and through town, including Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Sonny Stitt, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Lovano began playing in jam roger Sessions around Cleveland while still in his teens. Although thoroughly steeped in bop, he besides developed an interest in the idle words experimentalism of the 1960s, hearing to such musicians as John Coltrane, Jimmy Giuffre, and Ornette Coleman. Following high school, Lovano affected to Boston and tended to the Berklee School of Music. Fellow students included such future collaborators as John Scofield, Bill Frisell, and Kenny Werner. While at Berklee, Lovano discovered average musical harmony and opened up to the all-inclusive areas of tonal freedom that he plant so attractive in the music of John Coltrane, among others.
After leaving Berklee, Lovano worked with organists Lonnie Smith (with whom he made his recording debut) and Jack McDuff. He toured with Woody Herman from 1976-1979. After going Herman, Lovano settled in New York City, where he quickly constituted himself. He joined drummer Mel Lewis' orchestra in 1980; he played the band's regular Monday night gigs at the Village Vanguard until 1992. He besides recorded several times with the band. Lovano would besides work with Elvin Jones, Carla Bley, Lee Konitz, Charlie Haden, and Bob Brookmeyer, among others. He joined drummer Paul Motian's band in 1981 (which also included his Berklee classmate Frisell), and played with guitar player John Scofield's quartette. Lovano began in the lead dates for Blue Note in the '90s, and continued doing so throughout that ten and into the next, recording in a change of contexts ranging from trios to bigger wood and brass ensembles. Lovano received a number of Grammy nominations for his form on Blue Note. His 1996 album Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard (Dreary Note) was named Jazz Album of the Year by readers of Downbeat Magazine. Lovano's married woman is vocaliser Judi Silvano.
Since then, Lovano has split his time in the studio betwixt releasing telling original recordings and albums reinterpreting the work of artists world Health Organization have influenced him, including vocaliser Frank Sinatra on 1996's Celebrating Sinatra, various bop-era stalwarts including piano player Tadd Dameron on 2000's 52nd Street Themes, and opera tenor voice Enrico Caruso on 2001's Oral Caruso. In 2004, the invariably unpredictable reedman released the ballads album I'm All for You, featuring artisan piano player Hank Jones. Joyous Encounter followed in spring 2005 with Streams of Expression appearing on Blue Note a year later. Lovano once agian paired up with Jones for the live duets album Kids: Duets Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in 2007.
Hollywood sees cracks in gay "glass closet"
Britney blows $61m in a year
Britney Spears' recent troubles have reportedly cost her nearly US$61 million (NZ$78m).The singer's father Jamie, who is also co-conservator of her estate, made the shocking discovery after examining Britney's accounts.A source close to the Spears family said: "It's staggering how much money has been used up since February 2007."Britney - who lost custody of her two children to ex-husband Kevin Federline before being admitted to a psychiatric ward earlier this year - has been forced to spend huge amounts on legal bills and psychiatric care.Independent accountant Robert Bianchi - who is not involved in the Spears care - also estimates the 26-year-old singer lost out on a staggering $50 million by not touring to promote her most recent record 'Blackout', according to In Touch Weekly magazine.However, thanks to her father's stringent controls of her purse strings, Britney is said to now be back on track.The source added: "It's been quite a challenge getting things under control. But now she's spending about a fifth of what she used to."
Meanwhile, Britney is reportedly planning to spend Mother's Day with her two sons Sean Preston, two, and 20-month-old Jayden James.Kevin is said to be considering putting their custody battle aside so she can spend the special day with the boys.A source close to Kevin said: "He hasn't said yes yet, but he is considering it."Britney arrived in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana on Friday for her 16-year-old sister Jamie Lynn's baby shower. - BANG! SHOWBIZ
Meanwhile, Britney is reportedly planning to spend Mother's Day with her two sons Sean Preston, two, and 20-month-old Jayden James.Kevin is said to be considering putting their custody battle aside so she can spend the special day with the boys.A source close to Kevin said: "He hasn't said yes yet, but he is considering it."Britney arrived in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana on Friday for her 16-year-old sister Jamie Lynn's baby shower. - BANG! SHOWBIZ
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