Planes, cassetes and rock

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Offline Chris

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Reply #15 on: November 21, 2012, 05:24:39 PM
Rock for the holiday season wouldnt be complete without Trans Siberian Orchestra from Savatage's super producer Paul O'neill and members of Savatage... And speaking of Savatage, ALL of their albums in the '90s are terrific to downright masterpieces.... Many songs and cds are based on true events and inspirational people.... they have really matured as a rock band in the 1990s...


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Reply #16 on: November 22, 2012, 07:11:29 AM
Another female vocalist you might like is Cat Power. More of a fresh look on old standards but the album "The Greatest" is a real fav of mine.

For most of this stuff, it's easy to "preview" their music on YouTube. I often stumble across other cool music by browsing the suggestions they give or the comments others make.

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Reply #17 on: November 22, 2012, 04:00:11 PM
Also MySpace Music is a fantastic way to audition often times entire collections... a MUST try for people who havent yet.... Just type the band in the search section and it will display popular songs and then below there is an album section, click on that and then your album of choice and away you go...


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Reply #18 on: November 22, 2012, 09:03:11 PM
Thanks for the suggestions. Keep them coming! My trip has left me exhausted every single day and obviously have not had much time to listen to music. And I've dozed at flights so it looks like all the time preparing for the experiment was lost. But the real essence of it: opening the mind a listening to new things has worked. I just let go the idea of analyzing each album and now I'm enjoying them a lot.

Today I finish my 30 meeting week at 5 European countries and on the weekend I'm off to the second leg in the US east coast.

At some point I thought all the vinyl I had brought via my cassettes sounded terrible. Last night I noticed the Dolby switch had disengaged (and these are Dolby C cassetes). I tried a couple before going to sleep and they're not bad. Not at all!

Saludos

Xavier Cortes

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Reply #19 on: November 23, 2012, 05:35:23 AM
Well if you were in Denmark, Pretty Maids' new album Pandemonium would have kept you awake.. :)     and also... "I just let go the idea of analyzing each album and now I'm enjoying them a lot".  I dont know about the rest of the bottlehead bunch, but I fall into that trap also MANY a time, and "gall darnit!" (this is a family forum) I enjoy analyzing at first maybe, but then we just have to let go at somepoint, kick back and JUST ENJOY!!!!



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Reply #20 on: November 23, 2012, 06:31:41 AM
Also check out the first 2 albums from  TRAPT.. (from Santa Barbara, my "desert island" town)


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