Six years since last churning out an album (2001’s Black Mantra), Basti Artadi and the boys find themselves waking up to a digital age. Hence, their sixth installment rocking its way into mobile phones.
All ten songs in Villains (not at all related to the hit TV show Heroes, Basti says) will be available for download via Smart’s Music Store.
The album is released independently via Semenelin Music put up by the band itself, obviously referencing their 1996 major-label debut album.
The Rolling Stones guitarist rumored to release an album of jazz and easy listening standards.
HELL has just frozen over. The World’s most elegantly wasted human being, Keith Richards, is rumored to release an album of “soft music” containing standards by Hoagy Carmicheal, Fats Domino, Andy Williams, Judy Garland and Elvis Presley.
The never before released tracks, recorded during various phases of his storied 40-odd year career, can be found on this music blog.
Looking for good old fashioned Christmas music but a fresher sound?
Filipino Band Bloomfields – known to cover music of the Beatles and other American Rock and Roll music – has recently unveiled ts Christmas album “Pasko natin ‘to,” which is also its carrier single composed by Jay Jay Lozano, lead singer and guitarist of the group.
Pasko Natin To is Lozano’s actual first attempt at making a Christmas song back in October 2005.
ADMIT it. Your musical taste is largely influenced by friends or at least people close to you. And you often want to share it with everyone or at least to those who share your taste. That is essentially the idea behind Blip.fm.
“Music discovery is social,” says Jeff Yasuda, CEO and co-founder of Blip.fm, a tab service originally under the Fuzz.com website. (Actually, Yasuda’s card reads Founder and CEO of Fuzz Artists Inc.,’ which is an independent music label).
Calling himself a former “bean counter” (read Investment Banker) and a VC (venture capitalist), Yasuda and his co-founder Brian Venneman set up Blip.fm out of their love for music — of course, they believe there’s business in the social aspect of music discovery now that you have the Internet as your platform.
“I’ve been in a band since I was 13 years old,” says Yasuda as we talked in his music-filled room that he calls his office. Everywhere you look, there is music. There’s an exclusive photo of Pearl Jam’s frontman Eddie Vedder wearing a wig and a rather funny and amusing photo of Yasuda and his funky band and a lone fan listening.
Yasuda has a vast collection of music posters of various concerts and known musicians, which gives away his own musical taste. Of course, his first guitar was hanging on one wall, reminding him about his roots. He describes Blip.fm and Fuzz as his second baby — the first is a cute child whose photos are also on his desk.
