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Winter festival

Summer is usually the season of music festivals here in the UK; not that you would know it was summer as you sit shivering in your tent and develop trench foot from living in damp wellies for a whole long weekend! It is much more civilised to attend a winter festival. After all, the venues have to be indoors to stop both performers and audiences from freezing to death, you can buy a decent range of drinks, get in touch with Apple Mac support if your laptop breaks down and – and this is how you know you’re getting really old – you can sit down during the show without getting mud all over your bum!

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REM Calls It Quits

The 1980’s popular band R.E.M. recently made an announcement that after 30 years of staying on the wave, they are parting ways. The band was formed in 1980 when lead singer Michael Stipe, Bill Berry a drummer, guitarist Peter Buck, and bass player Mike Mills, had a meeting of the minds. They had been very popular with underground and campus audiences. But it wasn’t until 1987 when they were able to capture the attention of the mainstream popular music audience as they hit the air with their song “The One I Love.” Their popularity surged and they were able to ink a deal with record label Warner Bros..

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Will illegal music downloads ever stop?

Not many of us can boldly say that all songs on our desktop, laptop, and all forms of music player are 100 percent legally purchased. In fact, music fans hardly have a clean bill on the legality of their songs. Nobody is completely innocent. While checking information online about apple mac repair London, I came across research that shows the music industry is losing millions of pounds to illegal music downloads. The act of illegal music downloads has become More

The Next Generation of Music Alternatives

A growing wave of music has been slowly bubbling up across the globe that is rarely talked about. Whilst many mainstream radio stations generally ignore it, this music has millions of fans and consumers all eager to purchase or download it. It’s becoming a substantial part of the music industry and some execs have finally begun to take a bit of notice. I’m talking of course about computer game soundtracks.

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Above and Beyond’s Newest

The trance band that recently shook the world with its performances is on the best of its professional development. The trio from the UK is progressing towards the best band of 2011 and its performances around the world have been seen by total of more than 1 000 000 people, some of which traveled distances between continents to see their favorite trance icons. They definitely need no vinyl stickers to advertise their activity - more of the trance and house More

Music: A Universal Language.

I am sure many people at one time or the other have fallen in love with a particular song and you don’t understand the language in which it was sung. Well, if you have not then you are probably alone or you are simply not a fan of music. Personally, I have a number of songs, artistes and bands that I really like but do not understand a word of their language. I sometimes ask people meanings and memorize some More

30 days of music

I normally try and resist social networking fads. I don’t use instant messaging, rarely, if ever, update my status on Twitter and only have the most basic of Facebook profiles that I’ve used to get in touch with old school friends. However, I got sent a link to one of the latest Facebook phenomenon and couldn’t resist getting involved!

It’s called the 30 Day Song Challenge and pretty much does exactly what it says on the tin. Each day, you More

Too late!

Don’t you just hate it when you think you’ve discovered a “new” band, only to find out that they broke up years ago? I like to feel I’m up with the times, a sort of Enigin of the music world, but moments like that make me feel my age…
Anyway, the band I recently discovered is the Broken Family Band, who actually ceased to be way back in November 2009. Luckily they have a three-album back catalogue for me to More

A simple Review of Novecento

Danny Boodmann TD Lemon Noveconto, a remarkably talented jazz pianist was found on the very 1^st day of a fresh new century. This care worn, rumpled trumpet player may not be rich, but his story is quite rich. As a pianist, he never departed the grand ocean going liner that he was found in and thus never existed officially. His imagination goes beyond the expectation in terms of playing piano. His fingers and mind act together to bring out More