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Neo Soul is the antidote to the pervasiveness of whack R&B; so-called music that replaced the feelings, experiences, hopes and dreams of the average man or woman with contrived images and dreams of unattainable lavish lifestyles… of opulent wealth and perpetual *** with fantasy women. He didn’t start the trend but Eddie Murphy set the standard with his absurd ballad, the title track on his 1985 album ‘How Could It Be’, the record which spawned “Party All The Time.” Murphy is seen in a mansion, white of course, dressed in a white robe, and playing a white piano and warbling in a falsetto about how hard it is to be rich and date super models. Now all R&B has sunk to this level, aided and abetted by rap culture with its desperate, cartoonish materialism.

Soul music back in the day - the ’60s and ’70s - had songs like “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep” with lyrics like, “A pretty face you may not possess, but what I like about you is your tenderness.” You had songs where homeboy admitted straight out that he was an average hard workin’ dude or just poor, like the man in the often covered tune “The Poor Side of Town” by Johnny Rivers: “That rich guy you’ve been seein’ / Must have put you down / So welcome back baby / To the poor side of town.” You had songs full of real life wisdom like “Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This.” No more sentiments like these in R&B.

Thankfully we have neo soul artists like Angie Stone and D’Angelo and two New Jacks from Arizona, Mello Mello. Mixing rap and soul rooted in the soil of the classics, they are immediately comparable to OutKast. But whereas, even at the beginning, OutKast did one rap dominated song, with a vocal hook or chorus, or, conversely, a vocal number with a rap thrown in, Mello Mello has integrated the two parts with vocalist Rich Reddy and rapper Emcee Xtravagentways. Their sound, created by producer Raycean, is restrained and tasteful with a relaxed vibe that suits the album’s theme. Conceived as a unified concept album - rare today in iPod culture - ‘An Abstract Love Story’ it starts with mellow party jam where they extol their charms and invite you into their world, the world of love songs.

The rest of the CD is made up of love songs of various shades; from the initial step up and game spitting on “I Just Wanna Love You” (”I can hit with the charm that you just can’t see / Have your mind in the clouds like the finest weed / Help me bring to life this dream to share with you everything that belongs to me /… it ain’t about the late night call I just want to have it all”), to the erotic romantic come on of “The Best Thing for U Iz Me” (”The best thing for you is me… recognize your destiny”), and through rough patches of hurt in the song “Come Home” and the confusion of “Do You Luv Me or Hate Me.”

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/12/12/mello-mellos-love-storylove-and-sexy-drama/

The increasing availability of high-speed internet access is encouraging more consumers to experiment, and becoming increasingly confident in interacting with the online digital marketing revolution. From downloading songs to their MP3 players, and using the ever increasing number of new video marketing media sites available.

With the recent volatility of the U.K’s housing market, selling or letting your property is no
longer a simple process of erecting a sign on your property or displaying a photo in the local high street estate agents window. With the old tradition of visiting an estate agent when house hunting quickly becoming a thing of the past, and over 80% of purchasers now starting their property search online.

Revolutionary new residential estate agency, resi Guildford constantly seeks new and innovative ways to market property. After the successful launch of their new in-house publication resi Style, a unique monthly publication incorporating, the latest in properties for sale and to let in the borough of Guildford, along with the latest in motoring developments and the best stylish living ideas. resi Guildford hits the virtual airwaves with resi Video to further enhance service levels for their clients.

In what has to be an industry first, resi Video enables house hunters to view a property from home or at the office. Enabling clients to watch featured properties with full details with audio commentary, professional photographs and floor plans, along with maps and aerial images. For homeowners, there can be no better or powerful marketing tool.

resi Guildford’s director, Matthew Bloomfield says: ‘resi Guildford’s success in selling and letting property is due to our powerful marketing strategy. Working hard and smart to present properties to the highest standards on our website and by breaking the mould of traditional property marketing methods, and throughout our marketing partner network. In this way our clients properties are on the market instantly and presented to the largest possible audience and resi Video further facilitates our clients-.

resi Gulidford sell and let residential properties in the borough of Guildford, focusing on the needs and wants of their clients. Whether you are looking for a high profile campaign or selective marketing, resi Guildford deliver the results for your situation. All properties are marketed through leading property portals including Rightmove, Findaproperty and Thinkproperty.

resi Guildford are members of the Official Estate Agents Ombudsman (OEA) and The Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Even though Moss Park dance punk duo MSTRKRFT believe that, as dance music artists, “there’s much better places for us to be,” (this is said right at the 4:16 mark, of all times) Toronto’s other homegrown house producers have taken the entire electro world by storm in the last few months. One needs only to point one’s browser to the website Beatport, which has quickly become the DJ world’s number one website for downloading high-bitrate dance music, and look on the “Top Downloads” panel on the lower right. In that period of time, there has been at least one track by a Toronto-based artist on the Top 10, and in the last five months, at least one Ontarian (if you include Windsor-raised Richie Hawtin, a.k.a. Plastikman.) Here is a brief look at three Toronto artists who have been conquering dancefloors around the world with their popular tracks on Beatport:

Multiple Juno Award-winning Hatiras’ breakthrough track “Spaced Invader” was hardly the beginning, but since then, Hatiras has been jamming in the studio, running Hatrax Records and Blow Media, showcasing brand new music with his weekly radio show Hatiras Presents, and selling dance chart topping tunes on Beatport like a machine. At least one of his latest smash hits “Bass Monkeys,” “Gutter Music,” or “Poppin’ Beats,” whose launch party was A.D/D.’s RANDOMLAND at CiRCA less than two weeks ago, will be playing on a soundsystem near you in the near future, guaranteed.

The eyes of the world turned to Toronto late last year when they began to watch the rising star Deadmau5. This summer, in the week of August 26, 2007, Deadmau5 had five tracks in the Top 10 on Beatport, making him one of the singularly most successful Beatport artists of all time. Through his label mau5trap, he has released banging tracks like “I Thought Inside Out” (with Chris Lake), “Complications” and “Desynchronised.” While it seems like Deadmau5 would have trouble keeping himself in the city for long enough to record new chart toppers with his frequent appearances in Europe and Japan, there is no shortage of his new techy beats for DJ’s to devour.

Jelo has been a mainstay of Toronto’s club scene for over a decade, with residencies at some of the city’s most famous hotspots. A few months ago, Los Angeles-based DJ Dan, sometimes called the world’s number one house DJ, spun an unreleased track by Jelo and Deadmau5 called “The Reward is Cheese” to kick off his set at Opulent Temple, the largest soundsystem camp at Burning Man. Cue November 19, 2007, when the track was released on the label Rising Trax. “The Reward is Cheese” instantly soared to number one on Beatport. His latest tune “Darke,” featuring a remix by D.A.V.E. The Drummer, is poised for party domination.

It is incredibly rare for any artist in their lifetime to record a Top 10 track, but even rarer for them to be from Toronto. These tunes are currently blasting out of speakers somewhere in the world, bringing the sound of our city to the ears of millions.

The Spice Girls got a rapturous reception in Vancouver as they started a world tour with their first major concert in almost 10 years.

The five-member U.K. group, which has already sold 55 million records, sported lingerie and leather onstage and had male dancers on their knees in dog collars during an almost two-hour show.

More than 16,000 screaming fans showed many were prepared to overlook criticism of the band for reuniting in their 30s. Ticket sales for the tour so far total more than $60 million. The reunion follows others by the Police, who raised more than $171 million and also started in Vancouver, the Eagles and the Who among others. Fans of Led Zeppelin, which plays in London on Dec. 10, hope the lucrative returns may make them tour again.

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/12/03/spice-girls-pose-strut-pout-at-start-of-world-reunion-tour/

The founder of the legendary Byrds gives away his music for free and calls record labels ugly names.

That makes him an unusual, but engaging, guest lecturer for Weber State University music students and the rest of the community this week as part of the university’s ongoing lecture series.

Roger McGuinn, 65, who led the folk-rock supergroup Byrds from 1965-73, told The Salt Lake Tribune that he’s coming to the university to talk about his experiences as a musician in the 1960s and now. He said that while his lecture is geared toward music students (Weber State provides bachelor’s degrees in music, music performance and keyboard pedagogy, among other subjects), the speech will give fans insight on what’s important to him.

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/12/03/roger-mcguinn-about-giving-away-to-talk-music-at-weber-state/

Masi Oka can. The NBC hit’s happiest hero promised it to reporters on a recent conference call promoting the series’ first-season DVD (released today), second-season TV premiere (Sept. 24 on NBC) and current Heroes World Tour, a global promotional jaunt by three different clusters of the show’s actors and producers.

(The World Tour hits New York Tuesday for a 9 a.m. “Heroes” DVD signing at The NBC Experience store in Rockefeller Center. Expected are cast members Noah Gray-Cabey, James Kyson Lee, Zachary Quinto and new arrival Dania Ramirez, plus artist Tim Sale and co-executive producer Jeph Loeb.)

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/08/30/heroes-on-ice/

There’s a thin line between style and formula. There’s an even thinner line between homage and plagiarism.

Once somebody makes money with something, the easiest way for that somebody (or for some other somebody) to make more money is to repeat it—to do the same thing again, only different. Do it creatively (like the Beatles, for example) and you’ve got style. Do it poorly, or do it only for craven commercial reasons (which are probably the same thing), and you’ve got formula. Merely do it well, and you’ve got plagiarism.

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/08/28/thin-line-between-style-and-formula/

“Seoul Tokyo Love Festa 2007” on Oct. 5 will probably be on the must-see list of all K-pop and J-pop fans. Featuring Clazziquai and Japanese hip-hop stars Soul’dOut and m-flo, as well as Dynamic Duo, House Rulez and w&whale, the show promises to be an exciting mix of electronica, hip-hop and dance music.

Clazziquai, made up of DJ Clazzi and vocalists Horan and Alex, are expected to perform hits from their latest album “Love Child of the Century.”

Soul’dOut is a Japanese hip-hop group with members Diggy-Mo, Bro. Hi and Shinnosuke. The group has released several albums such as “To All Tha Dreamers,” “Alive” and “Remixes & Outside.”

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/08/28/hip-hop-and-rock-performances-over-the-next-few-weeks/

The seasons will change and young lads will grow older and deeper with regret, but Perry Farrell will still be churning out the alternative rock. It’s nice to know that some things are constant. The ex-Jane’s Addiction, ex-Porno for Pyros, Lollapalooza co-creator is bringing the celestial shindig Satellite Party to Emo’s Friday night, along with New York pop rockers Mink. Farrell and team come with their pockets full of uplifting celebration and a sound that makes the memories of growing up in the early ’90s come flooding back. It’s probably just the voice.

For anyone who got into music during the heyday of the alternative scene, used to stay up late throughout the summer of ‘93 to watch their idols on 120 Minutes (MTV), grew their blonde hair long and straight, and got accused of bringing porno to class because he had pulled out and was looking at Jane’s Addiction’s Nothing Shocking (it had a picture of two naked women on the cover) when he should have been doing long division, Perry Farrell is probably the last person you think you’d ever get to have a long conversation with.

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/08/27/perry-farrell-interview/

For years, this specific music lovers’ lament has been leaking into a culture-wide complaint about the adverse effect of music videos on attention spans, race relations, sexuality and almost every conceivable issue related to teenage delinquency.

In the 1980s and ’90s, the restless, flickering imagery of MTV became virtually synonymous with attention deficit disorders. And the targeted bombardment of hormonally unbalanced teenage boys with a measured supply of bikini-clad babes aroused as much conservative ire as adolescent desire. But maybe it’s worth looking at the issue from another angle: from the point of view, for instance, of the art world.

Read full story: http://blog.mp3adrenalin.com/2007/08/27/video-clips-or-pure-sound/