The Carnival Of Music, Part 5
Welcome to the October 26, 2007 edition of carnival of music. We’re running a bit late this month, but here’s a wide selection of posts that have been submitted to me for the carnival.
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The Carnival Of Music, Part 4
Hi folks! Tonight, I feature a very impromptu Blog Carnival featuring some links from all around the web on different music topics. If you want to submit to the next carnival, jump to the end for instructions.
The Carnival Of Music, Part 3
First of all, apologies for the lack of posting this week – I decided to rebuild my computer in the middle of the week and ended up with no sound, which isn’t great when you’re wanting to listen to music online! I still need to roughly quadruple the memory if I want to get halfway decent performance on it.
But enough about me, let’s get started with the latest carnival of music. This is our 3rd Carnival of Music on Unreality Music.
The Carnival Of Music, Part 2
Welcome to the second carnival of music! Today’s carnival was a themed set. You could write about:
- Reviews of records (singles or albums acceptable!)
- Posts about unsigned bands, and
- Tributes to artists you admire
Here we go….
Record Reviews
- Mark Rayner’s back. And he’s brought some more of those godawful album covers. You’ve got to wonder what store he gets his music from…
- Jon sent in his latest shotgun rock and metal reviews. Can’t say I’ve heard of any of the bands, but it would be nice to see some links to the bands’ MySpace/Virb/whatever pages so we can check them out. Whaddaya say Jon?
- This looks like it might be worth a listen – a collection of surf guitar tunes from back in the day. As reviewed by Richie.
Unsigned Artists
- This post from Adam Pieniazek falls into two categories, as it is a review of the self-titled debut album of Ronald Jenkees, an unsigned artist. Ronald has quickly become an internet phenomenon through his YouTube videos and has recently released an album after a lot of encouragement from his fans.
Tributes To Admired Artists
- This submission is from the suspiciously named Tom Jones with a set of mural tributes to the rapper Mac Dre found in San Francisco.
- New blog on the block, Daily Guitarist has a list of links to great guitar tablature resources. Needless to say, if you want to salute your favourite artist, the best way to do it is by mangling their songs on guitar. For extra back catalogue destruction, try singing at the same time…
The Carnival Of Music, Part 1
Welcome to the brand new Carnival of Music! This is the first time the music carnival has been hosted on Unreality Music. I was hoping for a fairly good response rate, and I got one! So, without further ado….
Charles Modiano is urging a fresh look at the rap world with a thought-provoking piece on how you can save hip-hop. On the subject of hip-hop, BeefJerkyBlog has a free hookup to the DefinitiveSwim album, so go check that out. Let me know if it’s any good.
Marc and Angel posted a great rundown of three online music stations that you should check out if you’re into discovering new artists. I’ll give you two more for free: Virb.com and MySpace. You might have to go hunting, but both sites have amazing music on them.
Tupelo Kenyon’s great personal development blog looks at the effects of music on personal development. A long post, but worth the read. While you’re at it, check out OFan’s post about the awesome healing powers of Olivia Newton-John….
Hands up if you’re a budding video director. You are? Well, Armani Blog tells us about a search for an upcoming music video director in their Passion At First Sight competition.
In possibly the most tenuous link in this carnival, Money Is The Way blog gives us biography of Blind Banker Jefferson. That’s right – being a banker would give me the blues too.
You want a short history of Radiohead? ‘Head’ on over to theRadiohead-Head blog, where they have all you need to know about the band…
Possibly the most fun post of the carnival – Riding With Rickey’s review of Macca’s new album. Writing about himself in the first person is a brilliant tactic. Gerard approves, Rickey!
D M Cook sent me a couple of different links, but I could only include one as this carnival is pretty link-heavy already! So go check out his review of Shpongle’s Tales Of The Inexpressible. I’m interested….wonder where I can hear a sample?
Album covers can become iconic designs that define an era. I’m thinking any Hendrix album cover, GNR’s Appetite For Destruction…things like that. But when album art goes wrong, that’s another story. Thanks to Mark for the link.
Mike Estep wrote in with a strongly felt post about how talent is overrated for musicians. Practice makes perfect and all that….
If you really are serious about learning a new instrument, check out this post about learning the guitar over on Music Beginnings.
