Hey Yale Music Scene, Vlad Chituc here with my first post on the blog. I just got a copy of my band's demo, so I thought I would post it up here
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So here's the break down:
Track 1 - Forward: and death [I think] is no parenthesis
Track 2 - A Sweeter Sort of [Exposition]
Track 3 - [A Rising Action] Spoken Kindly
Track 4 - A Little Bit Lower [Climax]
This demo is part of a larger concept album I'm working on, where each song is a separate part of a story. Hopefully, if things go well, I will have the whole thing recorded in the foreseeable future.
More likely than not, I will be printing off copies of these, and I'll sell them along with T-shirts for probably around 15 dollars. Let me know if you're interested so I can gauge whether this is worth it or not.
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Continuing in its newfound tradition of questionably chosen, but interestingly written "greatest of all-time lists," Rolling Stone's latest issue includes a line-up of the "100 Greatest Singers of All-Time" with the articles written by other notable musicians, many of whom are on the list themselves. Controversial picks in the top-10 include Elvis Presley (overrated?), John Lennon (are we taking tonal quality into account?), and Bob Dylan (okay, obviously we're not). Below are the top 10, and their corresponding article writers in parenthese. You can read the whole thing in RS here .
1. Aretha Franklin (by Mary J. Blidge)
2. Ray Charles (by Billy Joel)
3. Elvis Presley (by Robert Plant)
4. Sam Cooke (by Van Morrison)
5. John Lennon (by Jackson Browne)
6. Marvin Gaye (by Alicia Keys)
7. Bob Dylan (by Bono)
8. Otis Redding (by Booker T. Jones)
9. Stevie Wonder (by Cee-Lo)
10. James Brown (by Iggy Pop)
Also, rounding out the top 25 are: Paul McCartney, Little Richard, Ray Orbison, Al Green, Robert Plan, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Freddie Mercury, Bob Marley, Smokey Robinson, Johnny Cash, Etta James, David Bowie, Van Morrison, and Michael Jackson. The whole LIST.
Alex Dominitz (SY '09) parodies a great Jay-Z/Rick Rubin song with some surprisingly witty (and historically accurate) flows about the ol' Catholic Church.
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