http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/music/ en-us Mon, 6 Oct 2008 03:26:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2098411/posts Musicians Use Both Sides Of Their Brains More Frequently Than Average People ScienceDaily (Oct. 3, 2008) — Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new research reveals that trained musicians really do think differently than the rest of us. Vanderbilt University psychologists have found that professionally trained musicians more effectively use a creative technique called divergent thinking, and also use both the left and the right sides of their frontal cortex more heavily than the average person. The research by Crystal Gibson, Bradley Folley and Sohee Park is currently in press at the journal... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2098411/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 03:26:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096877/posts RIAA v. The People: Five Years Later September, 2008 On September 8, 2003, the recording industry sued 261 American music fans for sharing songs on peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, kicking off an unprecedented legal campaign against the people that should be the recording industry’s best customers: music fans.1 Five years later, the recording industry has filed, settled, or threatened legal actions against at least 30,000 individuals.2 These individuals have included children, grandparents, unemployed single mothers, college professors—a random selection from the millions of Americans who have used P2P networks. And there’s no end in sight; new lawsuits are filed... www.eff.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096877/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:27:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2096414/posts Mention the name Moby Grape to a roomful of rock critics, and you'll hear nothing but praise for the 1960s San Francisco rock band. But aside from fans and critics, few people today have ever heard of Moby Grape. Why? Bad advice, bad breaks and bad behavior are three short reasons. Now that a label is trying to right these wrongs by reissuing the group's first five records, old problems still stand in the way. The name Moby Grape comes from an absurdist punch line: What's big, purple and swims in the ocean? But the band that influenced groups ranging... NPR All Things Considered http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2096414/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 05:36:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094530/posts Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel will perform together at a concert in New York City next month to raise money for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Obama plans to attend the October 16 concert, which was confirmed by his campaign and a publicist for Springsteen. Joel's publicist was not immediately available. Springsteen announced his support for Obama in April when he posted a message on his website. The musician and songwriter, known as the Boss, said the Illinois senator has "the depth, the reflectiveness and the resilience" to be the next U.S. president. Other celebrity Obama supporters include TV talk... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094530/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 02:29:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090849/posts Two-and-half years ago, during the Academy Awards presentations, a hip-hop group called Three 6 Mafia tendered their contribution to the ongoing elevation of America’s cultural landscape by helping to make the word “p*mp” (rhymes with limp) a touch more family-friendly. That evening, they performed a song called, “It’s Hard Out Here For a P*mp” – a toe-tapping little number so catchy, so memorable, so culturally relevant that it was outdone only by the group’s all-consonant all-the-time acceptance speech. At the time, when the story was new – and talk show hosts everywhere were going on and on about it –... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090849/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:01:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090838/posts Welcome To.... 'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets and those who enjoy poetry.'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepersyour thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*. Enjoy! :) Never Forget! Bad Penny Amy's personal guardian ~ the ever charming, lovable, huggable, LouieWolf Many thanks for stopping by. : ) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090838/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:33:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090287/posts Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returns to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park October 3-5 for its eighth free year with a lineup that kicks off with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss featuring T Bone Burnett and ends with perennial closer Emmylou Harris. In between are nearly 70 acts on five stages spread across Speedway, Marx and Lindley meadows that range from local favorites like The Wronglers, fronted by festival bankroller Warren Hellman, to international stars including Elvis Costello. Reflecting the "hardly strictly" theme, M.C. Hammer will perform during the early children's program affiliated with the Daniel Pearl Music Foundation opening day. In... Pollstar http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090287/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:35:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2090268/posts Amy Winehouse has committed a fashion crime. Yes, indeed. She borrowed £25,000 worth of designer frocks from London’s Harvey Nichols and returned them with vomit stains. There was even a furry mold growing on the satin and silk gowns that made them unwearable. Style Drama http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2090268/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:10:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086787/posts Somehow, thirty years have slipped by and it's time for my high school reunion. One of the coordinators sent me a list of the top 100 songs from 1978. Here's what I wrote back: Can we just pretend 1978 was not our year? Those really are lame. I had managed to block the lyric "three times a lady" from my mind, until it jumped out at me and stirred up the old motion sickness. I vote for the whole Patsy Cline to Pretenders continuum, with emphasis on classics. This must be why I'm on a farm, enjoying old music and... Riley's Farm Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086787/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:30:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2086140/posts This Day In Music History - September 19 2004 - Skeeter Davis, a veteran of the Grand Ole Opry, dies at Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital. She is 73. The artist, born Mary Frances Penick in Dry Ridge, Ky., had battled breast cancer since 1988. 2003 - Australian country music icon Slim Dusty dies in Sydney at the age of 76, after a two-year battle with cancer. His signature tune, 1957's "The Pub With No Beer," was a top-10 hit in the U.K. and was the first gold record in Australia. 2003 - Tenor saxophonist Frank Lowe dies in a New... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2086140/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:35:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2085886/posts Members of the Red Hat Society get a little funk in their trunk. Drawing comparisons to gender-equity movements like Title IX and ERA, white girls are now demanding that society smash the glass mirrored-ball ceiling that has kept them from playing that funky music. White girls are also demanding the right to lay down the boogie on a equal status as white boys. Dominique Lativia, a gender funk studies professor at Penn State, said the anti-female bias that exists in the male-dominated funk industry is reinforced by negative stereotypes of non-funky females and a habitual need for funds to support... DotPenn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2085886/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:20:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2085351/posts James Duke Mason, son of famous international singer and former Go-Go's lead singer Belinda Carlisle is an Obama supporter and wants to raise $1,000 for the campaign prior to Oct. 24th. He says "I recognize that Obama will change America".... he also said that "My Mom and her friends have already given me $315.00".... he wants to be part of the "movement of change in America". James has lived in France since he was a toddler. Belinda moved her family (her husband is Morgan Mason, son of famed film actor James Mason) to the French countryside in 1992. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2085351/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:43:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2084403/posts NEW YORK — After 15 years without a new album in the U.S., Tom Jones will release a disc of almost entirely original material this fall. The 68-year-old singer will release "24 Hours" on Nov. 25 on S-Curve Records. It's a retro-tinged album much in the style of Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" that finds the Welshman's voice as strong as ever. "The fire is still in me," Jones told The Associated Press in a recent interview, speaking by phone from his home in Los Angeles. "Not to be an oldie, but a goodie. I want to be a contender."... Grand Junction Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2084403/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:46:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084036/posts 16-Sep-08 Eddie Van Halen Reaches Out To Sammy Hagar Over The GOP's Use Of Their Song "Right Now" Rolling Stone magazine reports that days before Heart served the GOP campaign with a cease-and-desist letter for playing their 1977 hit "Barracuda" to introduce VP pick Sarah Palin (high school alias: “Sarah Barracuda”) at the August 31st Republican convention, Van Halen sounded off against McCain and Co. for blasting their tune "Right Now" at a rally in Dayton, Ohio. “Permission was not sought or granted nor would it have been given [to use the song]," Alex and Eddie Van Halen said in... Eddie Trunk/Rolling Stone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084036/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:46:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2081792/posts Do you like Smashing Pumpkins? "Hell No Honey, lets take out the whole vegetable stand!" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2081792/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:47:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2081622/posts Marina Piccinini—who joined the Peabody Conservatory faculty in 2001—is in constant motion across the globe, performing in Asia and Europe, as well as all across the Americas. It’s an invigorating, if sometimes grueling, schedule even when the myriad elements that go into transcontinental travel go smoothly. About a decade ago, Piccinini was heading home from a star-studded flute gala in Munich, accompanied by her mentor from Juilliard, the late Julius Baker. As the pair passed through security in the Munich airport, Baker and his flute sailed through without a hitch. The guards were far more interested in Piccinini’s Brannen Brothers... Peabody Conservatory Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2081622/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:37:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080270/posts Today, I received an e-mail from my parents. I believe on a day like today we all need the lift and joy of a tribute like this to our great nation. The e-mail read: In a time of disaster, hurricanes, political conventions, and elections, what a time to be reminded of the real reason why our country exists. Listen to these high school kids singing. At the conclusion, listen to the high notes on the trumpet, played by a high school kid! One of the fathers recorded it, added some graphic enhancements to the recording, and posted it on the... E-mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080270/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:00:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2078119/posts Britney Spears, Ashlee Simpson, Lauren Conrad, Miley Cyrus, and Rihanna were among the celebrities who hit the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony. See who made the best and worst dressed lists! Ashlee Tisdale donned a cute strapless Roberto Cavalli mini dress. Very flirty, playful, and eye-catching. Bar Refaeli who usually looks stunning at every event, took to the red carpet in a Hurley grey cotton tank dress. We didn’t like the dress, but Rafaeli looked beautiful. The Fashion Time Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2078119/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:05:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076535/posts Nancy and Ann Wilson, co-founders of the 1970s hard rock band Heart, are apparently a little perturbed that the song they made into a classic-rock staple, "Barracuda," was used at the Republican National Convention last week. The song had become something a trademark for Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, an association that dates back to her days as a high school basketball star in small-town Alaska. Now that Governor Palin is a household name - and has affronted the sensibilities of the antediluvian feminist class - she will apparently have to find another theme song - that is, if... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076535/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 06:32:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2076394/posts Today in music history2006, Victor Willis, who performed as the policeman in The Village People was given three years probation for drugs offences after pleading no contest to the charges, dating from March 2006. Willis co-wrote some of the group's biggest hits - including ‘YMCA’ and ‘In The Navy2006, a man named Paul van Valkenburgh from Florida died of lung cancer. An obituary published in a local paper was picked up by the Associated Press, which ran a short obituary of the dead man but giving him the wrong name. The real Paul Vance, who was alive and well and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2076394/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:56:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075926/posts Rocker Bon Jovi Hosts Obama Fundraiser Friday, September 5, 2008 11:03 PM Article Font Size Unlike his Republican opponent, Democrat Barack Obama is still raising money for his presidential campaign, and he turned Friday to rock legend Jon Bon Jovi for help. Bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea, hosted more than 100 people for dinner on their mansion lawn by the Navesink River in Middletown, N.J. The price was $30,800 a person, to be divided between the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee. "When I look at Barack, I see an old man," Bon Jovi said in introducing his... www.newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075926/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:44:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2075689/posts This musical Video was composed by three U.S. soldiers in Iraq. NA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2075689/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 00:27:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075460/posts John McCain's campaign has suffered a Heart attack -- of the legal variety. TMZ.com is reporting that Ann and Nancy Wilson are upset that their 1977 rock hit "Barracuda" was used without their permission in the Xcel Energy Center at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. The Heart duo has "fired off a cease and desist letter" to the McCain/Palin campaign, the gossip website is reporting this morning. startribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075460/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:05:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074683/posts Searched for this after going to Iron Maiden's website. StarPulse.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074683/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 18:08:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073098/posts can only post a link to story: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073098/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:14:41 GMT