Riddled with ethnic, world, and eastern flavours, Secret Story is one of Pat Metheny’s most diverse and varied albums. Ranging from classical pieces complemented by Metheny’s majestic guitar work, to the basic “coffee house/lounge jazz”, with only the dominance of the cosmic piano lacking (though its presence is still key), this is a very unique output. This is not Metheny’s first time incorporating foreign sounds, instruments, arrangements, and/or compositional approaches into his music, but it is the first time that the ethnic spice has remained switched on throughout the entire album - and never has been so strongly switched on.
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The American Society of Young Musicians (AYSM) presents its 4th Annual Hollywood Live Music Showcase on Thursday, August 30, 2007 at Celebrity Centre International in Hollywood CA. Hollywood Live showcase is designed to give fresh, up-and-coming Artists/Groups a platform to showcase their talent in front of some of the biggest executives in the music industry. This year with an overwhelming response from artists, groups and bands from across America, the executive committee of the national ASYM has chosen the participants for the Hollywood Live Music Showcase.
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A side effect of today’s fractured, tumultuous music industry is the fluctuating meaning of the greatest-hits album.
On one hand, it remains a giant moneymaker for labels, which are urging their artists to make best-of compilations increasingly earlier in their careers. On the other, iTunes has made it redundant. If you want an act’s highlights, you can assemble them yourself.
This dichotomy has, for some bands, made the decision to make a best-of album an increasingly difficult, sometimes contentious one. Some view greatest-hits albums as a blatant money grab that disrespects the integrity of the album. Pressure from labels can also come sooner than expected.
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Retired country superstar Garth Brooks is still retired country superstar Garth Brooks, and he says he’ll stay that way until his youngest daughter graduates from high school in 2015.
But the biggest-selling country act in music history believes he’s still packing hits. On Saturday, he announced he’s putting out another boxed set — this one containing four new songs — and he spent time explaining that just because he’s retired from touring doesn’t mean he won’t compete for spins at country radio.
The presence of radio promotions wizard Scott Borchetta at the morning Renaissance Nashville Hotel news conference and the decision to corral 200 radio executives and dozens of music retailers in Music City for what was billed as the “Garth Radio Seminar” signals a seriousness about staying viable in the mainstream country market.
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