A few years back I did some music using Dance eJay.  They have been laying in my mp3 collection for a few years now, and I thought, what the heck, why not upload them for anyone who likes to listen to music from a nerd. 

 

Screwed

Debugger

6502

Iron Horse

Happy

Jog in the Park

Smell the Roses

Kings and Queens

Felecia

The Call

Has anyone else out there noticed that a nation and the way in which is functions, and the will of it's people often come across in its classical music? When I hear a piece of classical music written by a Russian composer, it always makes me think the composers main message was "there is no bread," or "were all going to die." As opposed to an American piece where you can often feel the hope and optimism.

In the Russian music, matter how triumphant many parts of the piece are, the main message...

Just some random thoughts on the 2008 Grammy Awards.

I used to watch the Grammys every year when I was young, but I couldn't even guess the last time prior to Sunday that I watched them.

Does Prince have "a picture in the attic"? (For the terminally young: Dorian Grey reference.)

OMG! Alicia Keys is hot!

Host? We don't need no stinking host! (For the terminally young: Treasure of the Sierra Madre reference.)

Jason Bateman apparently is just learning to read. That Marlon Brando "di...

Great to see the news that a mother/daughter combination that submitted an essay to 'win' much sought after tickets to go see Hannah Montana in concert lost those tickets after the essay that was submitted was found to be a lie.

You see, the essay was a tale of a little girl that lost her dad to a roadside bomb in Iraq.  A tale that would be heartbreaking and is sure to gather sympathy.  The kind of sympathy that would certainly have the judges in an essay contest seeing themselves ...

Today, jazz legend Oscar Peterson passed away. He played along side most of the greats of jazz and established himself as one of those greats during the 1950's with the formation of the the Oscar Peterson trio.

His contribution to jazz was immense and he will be long remembered by those that know and love the music.

My personal experience with Oscar's music was learning to play his signature piece the "Canadiana Suite". My piano skills being considerably less than what the piece calls fo...

Okay, I don't pretend to be all pretentious and music snobbish and that my songs are the best songs of 2007.  These are just my favorite songs of 2007.  Of course, everyone out there should like what I like because I have very discriminating taste.  I know I have discriminating taste because I only eat Fancy Feast cat food. 

The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger

Feist - 1,2,3,4 (best song in Ipod commercial)

Shiny Toy Guns - Le Disko

The Shins - Phantom Limb (the Shins ...

After years of waiting and wanting, Styx Caught In the Act (Live) is finally available on DVD.  It had previously been released (years ago) on VHS, but with only a few copies in that format surviving, it was getting more and more expensive and I have absolutely refused to buy anything VHS in quite some time (almost since the first day that DVD was available).

Actually, thanks to the lack of releasing this material on DVD for all this time, a cottage industry had sprung up of people that ...

I need your help folks.  I have a couple of free songs available to me via iTunes (sorry, don't have extras available, only redeemable to me, compliments of having bought some Starbucks gift cards).  I've not used these free song downloads yet because I'm having a devil of a time thinking of what songs I should be getting here.

Don't mistake me for saying that I don't have some favorite artists and songs.  I have plenty of options there, but narrowing down my choices is just no...

In Rainbows
By: Radiohead
Year: 207

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Radiohead caused ripples in the music world with the release of their new album, hoping for the good faith of their fans to ride the success monkey. The album was released online, at whatever price you feel compelled to pay. (See the article here for more info.) While that resulted in over ten million dollars in revenue, it was also downloaded from their website nearly 20 million times. (Yeah, you do the math –...

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
By: Explosions in the Sky
Year: 2007

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Rather than suffering the normal characteristics of post-rock (which were by-and-large invented and perfected by such greats as Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Mogwai), the constant ebb-and-flow of pulsating melodies, building to a climax and then abating, Explosions in the Sky's newest disc creates a new breed of post-music, focusing on the melody's strength, rather than putting the ...

Coward
By: Made Out of Babies
Year: 2006

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It seems that most female rock vocalists fall into three categories.

One is the whiny, petulant voice, featured in so many pop-rock or alternative rock bands, that sounds so much like every other voice on the radio, telling you about how hard her life is, or how hot she thinks you are, ad nauseum, forever and ever amen.

The second is the power vocalist, star of just about every metal band with a female fro...

My favorite fingerstyle guitar player. Very funky. Great composer too.

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I've seen him live. I've got all the records. I've even been to a few of his workshops. Someday I hope to get to where he is.

Have to love the news here: Members sue ‘Hannah Montana’ fan club - Membership failed to provide priority to buy concert tickets, lawsuit claims

Apparently taking money and promising services you can't possibly deliver is not acceptable.  Duh!  Who would have thought that?!

Basics of that story (which have been making the rounds in local news in the Washington, D.C. area, where scalpers have been charging, and getting, as much as $2,000 per ticket for tickets to the shows in the ...

Some time back there was a discussion at an internet forum site I like to frequent (sorry JoeUser's, not like I'm cheatin' on you guys, but I do get around a bit...) about one of the forum member's experiences seeing a concert that was headlined by rock legend Meat Loaf.  The Meat Loaf of Bat Out of Hell fame.  The Meat Loaf that was known for singing the songs he was born to sing, written by the writer that was born to write them (Jim Steinman).  The former Marvin Lee Aday, now l...

FIRST OFF: I understand if you don't like my comment and want to delete it; but you should either 1)give me fair warning first, or 2)tell me why you've deleted what I felt was a pertinent comment. (Hey Aeryck, I'm talking to you, ass.)

ON TO THE MAIN EVENT:

Earlier this morning I was listening to a local radio show, Radio From Hell, and they did a poll of some of the listeners that I found absolutely enlightening.

The poll dealt with the music people had on their mp3 players, and what...