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		<title>Music Future</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are music lover then its sure that you too shall be interested to know about the upcoming future music trend. Music since years has been crucial in making you free of your daily stress and provides you with fun and enjoyment. In the recent times pop music culture has overtaken other forms of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are music lover then its sure that you too shall be interested to know about the upcoming future music trend. Music since years has been crucial in making you free of your daily stress and provides you with fun and enjoyment. In the recent times pop music culture has overtaken other forms of music but in future it might happen that any other music hits the charts. </p>
<p>Even if you are an upcoming music recording artist you should be aware of the trends in the future of the music industry. For all this internet shall be a great resource where you can find all kinds of downloadable music. This has paved the way for consumers to get more music but at the same time affected the quality of music by providing various music sharing files which in turn lead to piracy of music. This is indeed a great threat to the future music industry. </p>
<p>Upcoming music releases also show that there is advancement in the kind of quality of the music by use of different musical and electronic instruments and at the same time new innovations in the rhythm and music tunes. As more volume of albums are releasing in the market now consumers have a wider variety to choose from. Now consumer is not restricted to a specific kind of music, be it jazz, pop, rock or classical. </p>
<p>The future of the music business is indeed good but the piracy of music is sure a matter of concern which can cut down the costs of music production and bring down the revenue of the music business. Music business shall grow aggressively if music laws implemented are followed and there is no piracy or illegal acts performed.</p>
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		<title>Music Inside Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Therapy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone of us has music inside. And it is not an abstract statement, but scientifically proved fact. Molecules of DNA &#8220;sound&#8221; inside us and it is very important if music from outside is in keeping with music inside us.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone of us has music inside. And it is not an abstract statement, but scientifically proved fact. Molecules of DNA &#8220;sound&#8221; inside us and it is very important if music from outside is in keeping with music inside us.</p>
<p>Scientists pay great attention to researches concerning music’s influence on human beings. Attention to such researches has increased recently and their results are interesting and convincing. For example, after listening classical music cows have increased their yield of milk and mimosa and petunias have grown faster and burst into bloom 2 weeks earlier. 120 breast-feed mothers took part in experiment in Japan. Some women listened classical music, other women listened pop and rock music. In first group the amount of milk increased in 20 per cent, and in second group - reduced twice.</p>
<p>Such researches are the attempt to synthesise science and art (music). But in ancient India science and art were considered to be the parts of single creative power. All knowledge of ancient India one can find in the Vedas (Holy Indian Scripture) and one of four main Vedas Sama-Veda is entirely dedicated to music. According to the Vedas the creating of the world started from the primordial sound &#8220;OM&#8221;, which appeared while division of the Almighty (Sadashiva) and his creative energy (Adi Shakti). &#8220;OM&#8221; was the foundation of the universe and the first musical sound.</p>
<p>Human subtle system consists of 7 main chakras (energetic centres) and 3 channels, which rule mental, emotional and physical life activity of person. 7 chakras of our subtle body revolve with certain frequency and form an octave, which consists of 7 tones of proper altitude. Intervals between them should reflect intervals between chakras. These tones were called musical sounds - notes (’svars’ in Indian music). They sound - sa, re, ga, ma, pa, da, ni and they are in keeping with chakras - from first till seventh. 5 notes can change (fall and rise), creating 5 additional sounds (left and right aspects of chakras). Thus, these notes are built-in subtle body and represent the ideal &#8220;repository&#8221; of information, the repository of those feelings, emotions, wishes and thoughts, which composer or performer has.</p>
<p>While listening music a person receives some influence on subtle level, which later appears on physical body. Same notes can bring destruction or good, it depends on the inner condition of person. For example, anger, aggression, drug intoxication and so on, which have power over the mind of composer or musician, will find the reflection in his music. There are some styles and forms in music which reflect only such bad qualities. Such music may do harm not only the musician, but also a person who listen to it. Clear, inspired people, who have lucid mind will never create such music. They created only folk music with great variety and classical music which has its roots in folk music.</p>
<p>Let’s listen to music, which is in keeping with music inside us.</p>
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		<title>Music Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music, they say, soothes the savage beast and this is so true when we consider how music in its magical way works on our body rhythms bring harmony, literally, back into the body.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Music, they say, soothes the savage beast and this is so true when we consider how music in its magical way works on our body rhythms bring harmony, literally, back into the body.</p>
<p>A story is told in the Bible of a King named Saul, who had an evil spirit that would torment him and make him feel terrible. It was suggested that they find someone who could play he harp and then the evil spirit would leave and King Saul would feel better. So they searched and found a young shepherd boy named David and he was commissioned to play for Saul whenever the evil spirit came upon him.</p>
<p>Whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would take his harp and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him. 1 Samuel 16:23(KJV)</p>
<p>Researchers have found that certain types of music are more uplifting to the soul than others. Although you may think that a way to relax would be to listen to your favorite rock band, you are sadly mistaken. This will only rev up your engines and make you more stressed than when you started out. No, the way to personal harmony must come from a very specific kind of music. Not all music relaxes, you must personally feel more relaxed, your breathing must become slower and deeper for music to have a relaxing effect on you.</p>
<p>According to composer and music researcher Stephen Halpern Ph.D., &#8220;Music is not all that meets the ear. If you were to have earplugs in your ears, you cold still &#8216;feel the music&#8217;&#8221; he explains. &#8220;That&#8217;s because music is vibrations. And these vibrations affect your heartbeat, blood flow, brain waves - your entire body chemistry. </p>
<p>So it is by our body responses that we can tell if music is truly relaxing us or not.</p>
<p>In order to truly enjoy the music it is best if you can get yourself focused on it by either sitting still or lying down and really soak it in.</p>
<p>I realize that there are times when you just can&#8217;t do this and just listening while going about your work is better than nothing, but it will not have the same effect as actually absorbing yourself in it.</p>
<p>I personally love to just run a hot bath with my favorite aroma, lavender. Then I light candles around the bathroom and turn off all of the lights. This is my special time when I can relax and toss away the cares of the day. In the living room, right next to the bathroom, I have beautiful classical or new age music playing softly. As it permeates the room, mixed with the scent of my bath and candles, I am in another world, totally relaxed without a care in the world.</p>
<p>Music, in my view, is the most influential and powerful therapy that you can provide yourself. It not only affects your soul, but your body and spirit as well.</p>
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		<title>Music –The food of Soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Concert Tickets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Music is said to be the food of the soul. Get concert tickets online. There is nothing more swaying and gratifying than good music. Soothing music heals the mind. Entertainment will not get completed without music and playing of your favorite music and songs changes your tension filled mind right away to a more relaxed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Music is said to be the food of the soul. Get concert <a href="http://concerttickets.soundchronicle.com/">tickets</a> online. There is nothing more swaying and gratifying than good music. Soothing music heals the mind. Entertainment will not get completed without music and playing of your favorite music and songs changes your tension filled mind right away to a more relaxed and tranquil state of mind. If you compose a piece of really nice music you need to write it down so that you can remember and other people will also be able to play it too. Live music is favored at parties and events. Live music entertainment consists of classical music, Jazz, Swing, World music, period music of 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and the 90’s and performed by artists who haven’t made it big and classical music consists of quintet, quartet, trio, duo and solo.</p>
<p>Whether it is a birthday party, wedding reception, a private party or a corporate party, live music is a must if you are not hiring a DJ to mix songs for you. The choice of songs and music may be limited with a live music performance, but it is the limited selected songs and music, which makes the band endearing to people. DJs would charge 25% – 50% of what a live music performing band charges. However, the charm of live music is something that is enticing if one can afford it. Some live music performing bands capture and reproduce the tone of music that were not recorded properly by the ingenuous recording machines of the 50‘s and the 60’s. Performances of live music can be known on any instrument as a piano, guitar, keyboard, harpoon, flute, trumpet, saxophone and the jazz set.</p>
<p>Music is intimately related to the subliminal mind because it blends our emotions. Perhaps you can recall listening to a jingle and finding the tune and the advertising slogan replaying in your mind over and over, even if you disliked the jingle. It just trapped into your mind. Hypnosis is another prevailing trait of music. One of the main reasons for using music for self-hypnosis is to help you maintain mental and emotional focus on your outcome. The music that helps to elicit within you emotions which are appropriate for your self-hypnosis outcome, will take care of the focus. Your intention can then ride of the wave of music, making focusing an effortless process.</p>
<p>Benefits:</p>
<p>Music has quite a lot of advantages despite serious reductions in subsidy for arts programs in public schools, there is a great need for studying music.  Band, orchestra, and choir all offer students a chance to work together in a social and intellectual group setting and excel at complex tasks. The deception for parents is to enroll their children in high quality programs and aid them in procuring high quality instruments.</p>
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		<title>Techno Music Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are techno music lover then its sure that you too shall be interested to know about the upcoming  techno releases. Music since years has been crucial in making you free of your daily stress and provides you with fun and enjoyment. In the recent times techno music culture has overtaken other forms of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are techno music lover then its sure that you too shall be interested to know about the upcoming  <a href="http://www.electronicstage.org/" target="_self">techno releases</a>. Music since years has been crucial in making you free of your daily stress and provides you with fun and enjoyment. In the recent times techno music culture has overtaken other forms of music but in future it might happen that any other music hits the charts.</p>
<p>Even if you are an upcoming <a href="http://www.electronicstage.org/" target="_self">detroit techno</a> music recording artist you should be aware of the trends in the future of the music industry. For all this internet shall be a great resource where you can find all kinds of downloadable music. This has paved the way for consumers to get more music but at the same time affected the quality of music by providing various music sharing files which in turn lead to piracy of music. This is indeed a great threat to the future techno music industry.</p>
<p>Upcoming detroit techno music releases also show that there is advancement in the kind of quality of the music by use of different musical and electronic instruments and at the same time new innovations in the rhythm and <a href="http://www.electronicstage.org/" target="_self">detroit electro mixes</a>. As more volume of albums are releasing in the market now consumers have a wider variety to choose from. Now consumer is not restricted to a specific kind of music, be it jazz, pop, rock or classical.</p>
<p>The future of the techno music business is indeed good but the piracy of music is sure a matter of concern which can cut down the costs of music production and bring down the revenue of the music business. Music business shall grow aggressively if music laws implemented are followed and there is no piracy or illegal acts performed.</p>
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		<title>The Concert Tickets Online Store</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a special artist that you like? If so, then you must always wait for the moment to see him or her live without being limited by the glass of the TV, mustn&#8217;t you? But in fact, there are some burdens that you would need to overcome regarding this fact, actually. You should [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you have a special artist that you like? If so, then you must always wait for the moment to see him or her live without being limited by the glass of the TV, mustn&#8217;t you? But in fact, there are some burdens that you would need to overcome regarding this fact, actually. You should try to get yourself ready to compete with other fellow fans that are having the same desire of seeing the artist live.</p>
<p>But this competition could be won by you easily by relying on the concerttickets.soundchronicle.com website right away. You can get the online reservation service to get the <a href="http://concerttickets.soundchronicle.com/city/Indianapolis_IN">Indianapolis concert tickets</a> as well as you can eventually apply for the <a href="http://concerttickets.soundchronicle.com/city/Houston_TX">Houston concert tickets</a>.</p>
<p>And if you are a fan of Lily Allen and wishing so hard to see her live, you can try to get the <a href="http://concerttickets.soundchronicle.com/city/Detroit_MI">Detroit concert tickets</a> too in this website as she would hold a concert at the city. You can also try to apply for the tickets by determining the city of where you would like to see the concert. So what are you waiting for now? You can get yourself directly into the website and learn for the way you can get the chances of beating down your &#8220;enemies&#8221; in seeing your favorite artist live.</p>
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		<title>Exploring Reggaeton Music and Dances</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reggaeton is a type of urban music that has become widespread in popularity among young music lovers in Latin America, North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Reggaeton music originated in Panama and caters to Hispanic youth, with rapping and singing often in Spanish. The music is a blend of Jamaican style music such as dancehall [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reggaeton is a type of urban music that has become widespread in popularity among young music lovers in Latin America, North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Reggaeton music originated in Panama and caters to Hispanic youth, with rapping and singing often in Spanish. The music is a blend of Jamaican style music such as dancehall and reggae and Latin America style music such as salsa, bomba, plena, merengue, bachata, hip hop, bolero, R&amp;B, and Latin pop.</p>
<p>Reggaeton music boasts its own specific rhythm and beat. The rhythm of reggaeton is often referred to as &#8220;Dem Bow.&#8221; The name Dem Bow references the title of a dancehall song from the 1990s by Shabba Ranks. Though the music genre of reggaeton is mostly associated with Puerto Rico (where this style of music was popularized and became famous), the lyrics are more hip hop type lyrics than dancehall.</p>
<p>The Beat of Reggaeton</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the reggaeton beat, or Dem Bow, that drives the music and dances. The beat is described as a drum-machine track that originated with Jamaican dancehall rhythm. Reggaeton combines a syncopated snare and steady kick drum to create an unusual rhythm. There&#8217;s a 4/4 beat emphasized by the kick drum, and the snare starts with the &#8220;and&#8221; of the 3rd 8th note and right on the 4th 8th note. There are about 95 beats per minute, and the result is a magnified &#8220;boom-ch-boom-chick&#8221; sounding beat.</p>
<p>Reggaeton beat sounds are usually synthesized electronically. There are also simple melodies created with electronic instruments, keyboards, and electric guitars. The beats are versatile, and can be based on bolero, hip-hop, salsa, merengue, bachata, or other similar beats.</p>
<p>The Reggaeton Dance</p>
<p>Sensual (and controversial) dancing can often be seen in reggaeton clubs or on music videos. The perreo type dance is a form of grinding dance derived from Puerto Rico. The dance puts women in control of the dance and is very provocative in its nature. Perreo moves are popular in dancehall, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop music as well. A slightly calmer form of reggaeton dancing is cumbia, which was originally a folk dance and music from Colombia. Like perreo, the cumbia dance is flirtatious in nature with the women luring the men toward them and then pushing them away.</p>
<p>Some of the leading artists in reggaeton include CandyMan, Esko, Fito Blanko, Nicky Jam, La Fabrica, Don Miguelo, Daddy Yankee, De la Ghetto, DJ Blass, Baby Rasta &amp; Gringo, Don Chezina, Lito &amp; Polaco, Eddie Dee, Adassa, El Chombo, and Tony Touch. Some popular producers of reggaeton music are Eliel, Luny Tunes, and Noriega.</p>
<p>With the widespread popularity of reggaeton music, there are now many radio stations specializing in this type of music. There are also online radio venues where fans can download music, listen online, or watch the reggaeton music video of choice. The major benefit of online radio is fans can listen to their favorite music or watch their favorite videos around the clock.</p>
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		<title>Indie Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indie music is a type of alternative rock which exists in the independent music world. The word is periodically used to refer to all underground music, and is the opposite of indie pop music. Indie rock music places an emphasis on electric instruments such guitars and drums. Musicians in the genre are also known for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Indie music is a type of alternative rock which exists in the independent music world. The word is periodically used to refer to all underground music, and is the opposite of indie pop music. Indie rock music places an emphasis on electric instruments such guitars and drums. Musicians in the genre are also known for using abstract sounds. The term indie rock is used because musicians work under smaller record labels instead of the major record companies.</p>
<p>Though indie rock isn&#8217;t technically a genre, it is considered to represent the underground culture in many aspects. Indie artists are known for demanding a large amount of creative control over their music, and this is something which often alienates them from larger companies. Indie artists will strictly rely on word of mouth, tours, and independent radio stations in order to promote their music. Many of the popular artist will end up becoming popular with mainstream audiences, and may be signed by large record labels.</p>
<p>In the US indie music is considered to be a spin off from alternative rock. The movement is believed to have been started during the 1970s or 1980s. The indie rock music of the 1980s had a sounds which were described as being heavy and distorted. By the 1990s, indie music groups such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam became mainstream, and the genre became more widespread. Once the genre became popular, major record companies begin investing large amounts of money in it.</p>
<p>Once this happened, the term &#8220;alternative rock&#8221; became more of a misnomer. Traditionally, many musicians who have signed with major record companies were considered to be &#8220;sell outs&#8221; by their hardcore fans. My Original Music is a indie music site located at myoriginalmusic.com. Here you can find music by independent artists from all over the world. Today, indie rock is a term which has come to describe a wide variety of music. The term indie rock has been applied to psychedelic folk, synth-pop, and post-punk.</p>
<p>Sometimes the term indie rock becomes blurred, and some believe that the word will soon disappear much like alternative rock did. Mainstream artists such as Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys have been known to reach high levels on the indie music charts, especially in the United Kingdom.  Some mainstream artists have even been signed to independent record labels. Many popular indie music artist become mainstream, and once this happens, they are no longer independent.</p>
<p>Despite the fact that many indie artists become mainstream, this is not always the case. In fact, most independent artists are not mainstream, and do not wish to be. Money may be a motivating factor, but many artists play their music for the passion and not the money. Many major record labels exert a large amount of control over their artists, and the music which is sold is more often the product of the record companies than the artists themselves. Because of this, many artists have fought with the major record labels over creative control of their music.</p>
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		<title>Madonna Confesses Dance Floor Tour May Be Coming</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not official but Madonna may be bringing her phenomenally successful CD, Confessions on a Dance Floor, live to a venue near you. To date, Confessions has sold nearly 1.29 million copies in the United States alone. It continues to top sales charts in the UK, and Madonna was recently recognized as the female artist [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s not official but Madonna may be bringing her phenomenally successful CD, Confessions on a Dance Floor, live to a venue near you. To date, Confessions has sold nearly 1.29 million copies in the United States alone. It continues to top sales charts in the UK, and Madonna was recently recognized as the female artist with the most number one hits in the UK.  It seems almost certain that Madonna’s fan base will soon be pleading for her to finalize preparations for a Confessions tour.  How do we know Madonna may be preparing for a tour?  While not coming out and making it official, she has made some statements that hint at the possibility.</p>
<p>In a recent interview, Madonna spoke about some performances she has booked for the near future. She will be performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 30, 2006.  She said, &#8220;I am especially excited about playing Coachella before I start my own tour.&#8221;  In some interviews Madonna even talked about her vision for her next tour, some ideas she has for its visual presentation on the stage and what the Confessions on a Dance Floor show will represent for her.</p>
<p>Madonna’s plans for her tour aren’t specifically connected to Confessions, but when she says things such as, &#8220;I want them (the audience) to feel like they’re inside a disco ball,&#8221; it’s hard to imagine that her vision doesn’t involve Confessions. Other statements like, &#8220;I want a sound system in surround and the dancers personalities to come out&#8221; indicates that a tour for Confessions is highly likely. So what is all this excitement about?</p>
<p>Confessions, the fourteenth album/CD created by Madonna, is a mix of anything you want it to be.  It’s about power and empowerment and love and its costs.  In this re-invention of Madonna herself and the disco-era, she has come back with possibly the best work she has ever done.  There are blogs and message boards full of comments on Confessions. &#8220;I never even liked this woman and I have to say, this is real good stuff,&#8221; one person noted. Other comments include, &#8220;Only Madonna could bring back disco and dance with the popularity it had in the 1970’s.&#8221;</p>
<p>It has been suggested that not only will she tour but that she will focus, as she has in the past, on dance.  Wherever Madonna goes many others follow.  She wants people to &#8220;get out of their seats&#8221; in response to the music.  She wants them to &#8220;have a good time straight through and non-stop.&#8221;  Considering that one song on the CD is a hit single and she co-wrote and co-produced Confessions with Stuart Price, (Madonna’s musical director on her 2002 Drowned World Tour and last summer’s Reinvention Tour) one may assume that Confessions on a Dance Floor will be a visually extraordinary concert.</p>
<p>Madonna, of course, didn’t do this all by herself.  The genius forces of musicality that worked with her on Confessions will no doubt help her make the tour just as successful as the CD. Assistance from artisans such as Bloosdhy and Avant (Grammy winners), the producer of Madonna’s last two albums&#8211; Mirwais Ahmadzai, and co-writer Henrik Jonback will bring the live version of Confessions to the stage.</p>
<p>Madonna’s part in producing this album comes from her fascination with post modernism and technology. In talking about the making of Confessions on a Dance Floor she said, &#8220;I&#8217;m trying to find the soulfulness in technology and playing with that. I would prefer to not have back-up singers. I would rather take my own voice and layer it and change it and put effects on it so it sounds like a lot of different tones and timbres.&#8221;</p>
<p>Madonna fans know that this artist loves her craft.  She is excited about her music and passionate about bringing it to the stage.  If you haven’t heard the entire CD yet, you are in for a treat.  This is the kind of CD that requires you either find a place to relax and just listen or occupy a space where you can start moving.  There is no typical break between the songs.  This music will make even those that don’t dance get up and move their feet. The Mistress of Visual Artistry herself is the only one who can bring Confessions on a Dance Floor to life on stage. Throughout the world of music, it is rumored that this tour could start as soon as August or September 2006. Start getting in line for tickets!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to tell people I met on airplanes or at parties that I wrote about jazz for a living. Once they got past wondering just what type of &#8220;living&#8221; that amounted to, they&#8217;d smile and say, &#8220;I love jazz,&#8221; then pause, adding, &#8220;But I don&#8217;t know that much about it.&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to tell people I met on airplanes or at parties that I wrote about jazz for a living. Once they got past wondering just what type of &#8220;living&#8221; that amounted to, they&#8217;d smile and say, &#8220;I love jazz,&#8221; then pause, adding, &#8220;But I don&#8217;t know that much about it.&#8221;</p>
<p>They were leery, thrown off by chart-and-graph references to jazz&#8217;s development — stuff like how &#8217;40s swing begat &#8217;50s bebop, which gave rise to &#8217;60s free-jazz and all that. As if there was a textbook (well, actually some critic friends of mine are writing one, but that&#8217;s another story) and there might be a test, you know. Not to mention the political squabbles: why swing was king or bop the thing or how &#8217;70s fusion killed it all.</p>
<p>Or maybe they&#8217;d been put off by all that technical talk: flatted fifths and extended chords and the numbers behind swing&#8217;s rhythmic propulsion — like it was rocket science or something.</p>
<p>Then there&#8217;s the cult aspect: those older guys bending and swaying at the back of the club, making like Jewish elders swaying to an fro at temple, or the generalized bowing down before deities such as Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker and John Coltrane (not to mention the infighting about just who deserves saintly status).</p>
<p>Thing is, jazz isn&#8217;t any of that — and is all that. Appreciation requires no previous knowledge, yet continued listening offers all constant enrichment. The technical aspects of jazz&#8217;s musical achievements have both the beauty and complexity of higher math: And the music has genuine religious heft, owing to both time-honored spiritual traditions and in-the-moment meditative thought.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t give you a 12-best list, or tell you that what follows tells the story in full. But the following list expresses lineages of thought, instrumental technique, rhythmic ideas and group conception. The dots are easy to connect, the names clearly indicated and the sounds unforgettable.</p>
<p>And this list is like those sponge toys that, placed in water, magically grow overnight. Listen, and you&#8217;ll find expansive knowledge easily absorbed, not to mention natural links to many more artists and recordings.</p>
<p>Listen Hot Fives And Sevens<br />
Artist: Louis Armstrong<br />
Release Date: 1925<br />
To tell the story of jazz without Louis Armstrong up top is to cut off the head of the living organism that is jazz. Armstrong was a giant of a trumpeter, he was an influential singer and perhaps most important, he transformed jazz from a strictly instrumental music into a complicated blend of solo and ensemble sound. In that sense, nearly all the 20th century jazz that followed flowed from the innovation of these recordings. Over the course of these sessions, you can hear the transformation in process, from traditional New Orleans collective style to a different blend, with the clarion call of Armstrong&#8217;s horn pointing the way.</p>
<p>Listen The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces Volume 1<br />
Artist: Art Tatum<br />
Release Date: 2001<br />
Any one edition drawn from this eight-CD set will do. And any one is enough to give a sense of the enormity of Tatum&#8217;s genius and its far-reaching effects on all the music that followed. Tatum simply played more piano — got more out the instrument — than any other musician. He was a direct link from the whorehouse piano men to the classical soloist. Here, late in life, he plays song after song and, beginning with &#8220;Too Marvelous for Words,&#8221; he builds each one into a concerto of melody, harmonics, and improvisation that set the bar high and establish the logic for much of modern jazz.</p>
<p>Listen The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943<br />
Artist: Duke Ellington<br />
Release Date: 1943<br />
Little in jazz compares with the majesty, finesse, integrity and spark of Duke Ellington&#8217;s bands during the &#8217;40s. It was a moment when jazz straddled two functions as it never will again: it was popular music, reflective of the nation&#8217;s heart and mind, and artistic revolution, charting new waters. In Ellington, as perhaps in no musician other than Louis Armstrong, jazz had a leader who understood both drives. It was a dream of Ellington&#8217;s to play Carnegie Hall, and it anticipated the Lincoln Center achievements of Wynton Marsalis today. This recording contains both shorter tunes (marvelous miniatures of great scope) and Ellington&#8217;s more ambitious, longer-form work &#8220;Black, Brown, and Beige.&#8221; There are stellar solo statements by players including saxophonists Ben Webster and Johnny Hodges, but really, it&#8217;s the brilliant cohesion of the full band and Ellington&#8217;s overall vision that makes this music timeless.</p>
<p>Listen Tomorrow Is The Question<br />
Artist: Ornette Coleman<br />
Release Date: 1959<br />
Ornette Coleman&#8217;s music has always leaned on tradition — listen to some Charlie Parker and you&#8217;ll hear echoes of it here — distilled into something new and pointed straight toward the future, or curled up like a quizzical phrase. Here, Coleman&#8217;s title begs both ideas. And the music announced his pianoless quartet setup: the harmonics of chord changes alone would no longer confine Coleman&#8217;s music, replaced by his own personal science bent on liberation. The way Coleman and trumpeter Don Cherry shadow each other&#8217;s lines and exchange ideas, the process sounds closer to pure joy than hard science. Nearly a half-century later, it still sounds fresh.</p>
<p>Listen Alone In San Francisco<br />
Artist: Thelonious Monk<br />
Release Date: 1959<br />
The hippest, most addictive thing I got turned onto in college was Monk&#8217;s music. I&#8217;d never heard anything like it, and it opened up a whole new idea for me of how the piano could sound and of what music could do: his compositions, his every arpeggio or tone cluster, contained math, R&amp;B, Abstract Expressionism and slapstick humor. I went on to discover a world of jazz musicians, all touched directly or indirectly by Monk, but none who sounded quite like him. And though Monk recorded quite a few notable albums leading stellar bands, though his music led others to play with a special insight and cohesion, it&#8217;s Monk alone at the piano that I crave: Straight, no chaser. Here, early in his career, by himself, Monk transforms San Francisco&#8217;s Fugazi Hall with the unique architecture of his piano playing. This isn&#8217;t what all of jazz sounds like: It&#8217;s what the world of jazz after Monk looks like.</p>
<p>Listen Bill Evans Trio: Sunday At The Village Vanguard<br />
Artist: Bill Evans<br />
Release Date: 1961<br />
There&#8217;s plenty of religious, folkloric and literary evidence to support the idea that three is a magical number: Bill Evans&#8217;s trio might be jazz&#8217;s mightiest argument for that case. Evans was one of jazz&#8217;s most lyrical pianists, and he&#8217;s at his best here. But it&#8217;s the nature of this trio that elevates most of all: neither Evans nor bassist Scott LaFaro nor drummer Paul Motian stick to customary roles. And in the three-pointed cheese slice of a room that is the Village Vanguard (the closest thing to sacred space remaining in jazz today) the music takes on a prayer-like quality.</p>
<p>Listen Live Trane: The European Tours<br />
Artist: John Coltrane<br />
Release Date: 1961<br />
By 1961, Coltrane&#8217;s soloing style — the free flow through chord changes and scale-based improvisations that critic Ira Gitler dubbed &#8220;sheets of sound&#8221; — was his signature. His band concept was similarly bent on expanding boundaries and explosive energy. Coltrane may have laid down some of jazz&#8217;s most memorable studio sessions, but there&#8217;s really nothing like him caught live. These tracks, drawn from a three-LP set, find him in two powerful contexts over the course of four years: in a 1961 quintet including Eric Dolphy on alto sax, flute and clarinet; and fronting his classic quartet at concerts in 1963 and 1965. The fire and especially the communion between Coltrane and drummer Elvin Jones on the later material is a thing to behold.</p>
<p>Listen Spiritual Unity<br />
Artist: Albert Ayler<br />
Release Date: 1964<br />
The first release on Bernard Stollman&#8217;s ESP label, this is the session that pushed Albert Ayler to the forefront of jazz&#8217;s avant garde. He remains a touchstone for any open-minded musician wishing to explore the sonic possibilities of a given instrument, to exploit the aggregate effect of any small group and to mine the spiritual heft of musical expression. To some, the arsenal of sounds Ayler coaxed from his saxophone — screams, squeals, wails, honks and a mile-wide vibrato when he felt like it — represented newfound contortions of sound; to others, they harked back to early jazz evocations, like Sidney Bechet&#8217;s soprano sax. Ayler&#8217;s appeal anticipates the current axis that connects punk rockers to free jazz: He took the simplest of song structures and turned them into the most complex of visceral splatters. His &#8220;Ghosts,&#8221; here rendered in two versions, will truly haunt you.</p>
<p>Listen Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods<br />
Artist: Dizzy Gillespie And Machito<br />
Release Date: 1975<br />
Back when I edited a jazz magazine, I&#8217;d find regular annoyance with writers who thought Latin jazz was a tiny sidebar to American jazz. Jazz is many stories, a central one being the African Diaspora. The music of Latin America, South America and the Caribbean are cousins to American music (and they contain some rhythmic secrets we&#8217;ve forgotten, I&#8217;d say). Cuba in particular has a special musical relationship with the United States, and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie was one among jazz&#8217;s ranks who honored that truth with depth and style. Though Dizzy made his Big Cuban Bang decades earlier, this 1975 session finds him with the famed band of Frank &#8220;Machito&#8221; Grillo, featuring the great Cuban trumpeter Mario Bauzá. Composer/arranger Chico O&#8217;Farrill&#8217;s &#8220;Oro, Incienso y Mirra&#8221; is as modern a fusion of cross-cultural ideas as you&#8217;ll hear today.</p>
<p>Listen Raining On The Moon<br />
Artist: William Parker<br />
Release Date: 2002<br />
Born in 1955 [ck], William Parker is just a bit older than the music we know as free jazz. Some say that that musical revolution is dead: They&#8217;re wrong. The most vital life signs are found on Manhattan&#8217;s Lower East Side, and at the center of this scene is the loud, insistent sound of Parker&#8217;s bass. He is something of a father figure, dispensing life lessons as well as musical wisdom, much like legendary bandleaders Duke Ellington, Art Blakey and Charles Mingus. Among Parker&#8217;s many bands is the quartet he leads here (with Leena Conquest adding soulful vocals). Among the deep connections he shares is the one you can feel powerfully throughout this music, with drummer Hamid Drake.</p>
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