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Portland native Carra Stasney launched a Kickstarter project to fund the most original album idea I've seen in a long time, and I am so impressed that I have to get you all to help.
The idea is to reimagine Willie Nelson's amazing "Red Headed Stranger" from the standpoint of his mother. I can't wait to see what she does with the idea, and am amazed that no one tried it before this.
You can find her project here, please think about helping it along.
Yesterday morning I opened me email to find a message from Mr. Garth Brooks talking about his new album, Man Against Machine which is set to be released in a few weeks. He was excited about this great idea one of the guys at GhostTunes (the site he launched to sell digital versions of his music) came up with. The concept was to record a quick description of the song over the preview sample so that we could hear Garth's own thoughts about each song on the album.
Since the website is called GhostTunes and it was already the end of October they decided to launch the preview on Halloween. Head on over for a sneak peek, it sounds amazing. I can't wait for the album and Garth finally touring again after all these years.
From Garth's email:
"...a friend of mine at GhostTunes asked if we would take a different look at sampling for this new record...he wanted to know if we would speak a little bit on each song as a snippet of the song was playing. Because he asked, we went into studio and tried it. We were all surprised to hear how cool it turned out. Because it was his idea and his ask, I felt it fair to keep this to GhostTunes. Because it is GhostTunes, Halloween seems like the perfect time. So, for 24 hours, starting at midnight Thursday night, October 30th and for the entire 24 hours of Halloween, 2014, a sneak-peek at the new album will be available..."
You can here the preview at https://www.ghosttunes.com/garth-brooks/
As those of you that know me are aware, one of the first things I started reviewing online was music. I still listen to and write about music quite a bit, and was just passed a link to this preview of Miranda Lambert's upcoming album. Have a safe Memorial Day, and please remember to take time to keep our men and women in uniform, and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom in your thoughts and prayers as you spend time with family and friends.
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Beats Music, LLC. - the company that has built a huge name for itself with it's Beats by Dre line of headphones today launched it's own online streaming music service. While similar to those already offered by Apple, RDIO, and Spotify, Beats has a few unique features that may help launch it to the front of the pack.
The biggest asset is the group of music industry insiders that run Beats. Jimmy Iovine is not only chairman of the board of Beats, LLC he is also Chairman of Universal Music Groups Interscope/Geffen/A&M record company. This gives him access to new artists, industry trend data, and perhaps a huge advantage in negotiating deals for licensing of music for the service. Add to that the fact that Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and Dr. Dre are also on the board of directors and you have some huge name recognition backing this service that none besides Apple's iTunes Radio can come close to.
Beats also has already worked deals with AT&T to provide family plan subscribers with direct billing for up to five members of the family to sign up for the service with a 90 day free trial and family membership price of $14.99/mo versus the normal individual rate of $9.99/mo. This is a huge advantage out of the starting gate for a new service, as it looks like this service will be sold as an add-on in AT&T's retail locations as well as online.
One of the unique features Beats brings to the table is a playlist generator it calls "the Sentence".
You set variables including music genre, where you are, what you are doing, and who you are with; Beats generates a playlist from those variables to match the occasion.
After setting the sentence that applies, Beats Music starts playing a new playlist it thinks fits your criteria.
Add to all this curated playlists ranging from The Academy of Country Music and Grand Ole Opry to Ellen DeGeneres and Rolling Stone Magazine, and you have the makings of a pretty great launch of a new service. Only time will tell if all of this will be enough, but so far I'm impressed with what they have brought to the table.
I recieved this months sampler from BirchBox, and was pleased to find that I recieved this small portable speaker form Triple C Designs. A small 2" cube that packs a decent wallop for such a small speaker. Carrie and the kids were amazed at the sound volume and quality as well. For $29 you aren't goinf to find a better marriage of form and function to pump your toons around the house or the yard this spring and summer. Check this thing out folks, you won't be sorry.
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