Tranzistor - la Compile 6

Duo, Groupe, Chorale & Associations

Ca fait longtemps que je n'ai rien posté sur ce blog, alors je voulais juste partager quelques nouvels.

Depuis à peu près 2 ans j'ai changé les formations musicales dans lesquels je joue.  Sola ne joue plus, ni Last Chance, mais je laisse les liens à côté pour les souvenirs.

Maintenant je joue en duo avec Michelle (ma femme) sous le nom de Liv'in'Proof.  Nous avons un site http://www.livinproof.fr où on peut écouter nos compositions, voir quelques vidéos, et découvrir nos news.  Notre style live est plutôt acoustique folk/pop.

Tous les deux, nous jouons également sous le nom d'Everlight's Keep avec les amis Michel et Karim.  C'est encore pas mal de compositions, mais dans un style plus rock.  Pour plus d'infos :  https://www.facebook.com/everlightskeep

Et puis je mène depuis quelques années une chorale anglophone qui s'appelle s[i]nglish.  Nous chantons, pour la plupart, des chansons pop/rock anglophone, mais également de temps en temps des chansons traditionnels, ou même classique.  Pour plus d'info, rendez-vous sur la page : http://www.musicalame.org/singlish/  La chorale est ouverte à tous, peu importe le niveau d'anglais, peu importe le niveau de chant. L'essentiel c'est de vouloir prendre du plaisir dans les deux :-)

Et finalement, pour regrouper et gérer ces trois formations, nous avons créés  une association qui a pris pour nom : Musical'âme.  Toutes les infos sont sur le site: http://www.musicalame.org

Great bands from the Black Country/Birmingham/West Midlands area

Because for a while now I've been thinking about some of the excellent bands that have come from my home region, or who have included significant members from the Black Country/Birmingham/West Midlands region, I've finally decided to start making myself a list. I've a preference for rock/metal music, but I'll probably include those bands who played in other styles too. (If my info is wrong, let me know so I can correct it:-) )

Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne (yeah, I know he was part of Sabbath, but he had/has a very succesful solo carreer too)
Judas Priest
Magnum
Led Zeppelin (Both John Bonham and Robert Plant are originally from the region)
Robert Plant
Wizard
Electric Light Orchestra
Slade
Black Country Communion (Glenn Hughes and Jason Bonham are originally from the region)
Shy
Marshall Law
Diamond Head
Dark Star
Spencer Davis Group
Steve Winwood
Traffic
Toyah Willcox
The Move
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Moody Blues
Apache Indian
Duran Duran
Musical Youth
UB40

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Songwriter's Monthly Jan 10, #121 Issue

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Free Music - John Butler Trio

The John Butler Trio are offering a 4-track live EP free for downloading through their myspace page. Excellent opportunity to here this guy live and discover some great playing and songs.

Just click on the image to be taken to their myspace page, scroll down to find the download offer :-)



If you're have any trouble with myspace try using this direct link to the subscription page of the newsletter which once completed gives the link for the free tracks : http://johnbutlertrio.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=f6eb3552c3dcb8ebdc4bb582d&id=8a5b636f07

Free Music - Jan Krist Live

Jan Krist? Never heard of her? You're missing out!

Jan Krist is an acoustic american singer/songwriter who released "Love Is Not To Blame" in the early 90s (Released as "Decapitated Society" in the States, I think). She's one of those artists that doesn't really fit into a mould, she writes great songs, with excellent lyrics, thoughtful, searching, well-crafted.

I recently visited her website to discover that there are 5 live audio tracks available for download. Here's the link http://jankrist.net/audio

If you like what you hear, several of her albums are available for download on Amazon or Itunes, as well as various other mp3 distribution sites.

Free Music - Faith, Folk & Anarchy

While meandering around the net recently, I came across a link to download the album "Faith, Folk & Anarchy" free of charge and legally! The album contains tracks by Tom Robinson, Steve Knightley & Martyn Joseph, a personal favourite of mine. As the album titles implies, the tracks are all acoustic based songs, and as you'd expect from theses particular songwriters, the tracks all have a lot to say about faith, life, love, society, etc.



Download the album at http://faithfolkanarchy.com/mailordr.htm

Also of interest on Tom Robinson's website are a load of previous albums, again available for free download. Check it out : http://www.tomrobinson.com/records/music/index.htm