Here you can be easily convinced of the truth of these words! I love the Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers:-)

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As it is reported the husband of Grammy-nominated British singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead. Police say Jason Rae was found in an apartment in the northern English city of Leeds on Saturday. Officers are awaiting results of toxicology tests to determine the cause of death.

A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of supplying him with drugs but has been released on bail, officials said. Thirty-one-year-old Jason Rae was a saxophonist with a funk band, the Haggis Horns.

Bailey Rae’s self-titled debut album sold more than 1 million copies in the U.S. after its release in 2006. She was nominated for song of the year at the Grammy Awards in both 2007 and 2008.

R.E.M. is formed in 1980, they are from Athens, Georgia. The band consists of Michael Stipe (vocals), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass), and Bill Berry (drums). Originally Stipe and Buck began playing music together as Mills and Berry were doing the same. After being introduced together by a friend, the 4 men teamed up to play at a friend’s party, calling themselves the “Twisted Kites.” Soon after, the named themselves R.E.M. and began touring small, southern gigs playing cover tunes. In the meantime, the band started to refine their sound, write their own tunes, and develop a following. R.E.M. began their career with a large following with college audiences in the early 80s and were regarded as one of the pioneers to the alternative music sound. As alternative music moved beyond college radio and into other music platforms, R.E.M. kept the pace and grew in universal popularity as well. When punk rock faded and synthesized alternative music grew in the early 80s, R.E.M. maintained a pure, un-synthesized rock/alternative sound.

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Receiving department, 3 a.m.
Staff cuts have socked up the overage
Directives are posted
No callbacks, complaints
Everywhere is calm

Hong Kong is present
Taipei awakes
All talk of circadian rhythm

I see today with a newsprint fray
My night is colored headache grey
Daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper

The bull and the bear are marking
Their territories
They’re leading the blind with
Their international glories

I’m the screen, the blinding light
I’m the screen, I work at night

I see today with a newsprint fray
My night is colored headache grey
Don’t wake me with so much
Daysleeper

They cried the other night
I can’t even say why
Fluorescent flat caffeine lights
Its furious balancing

I’m the screen, the blinding light
I’m the screen, I work at night

I see today with a newsprint fray
My night is colored headache grey
Don’t wake me with so much
Don’t wake me with so much. The
Ocean machine is set to 9
I’ll squeeze into heaven and valentine
My bed is pulling me,
Gravity
Daysleeper, daysleeper
Daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper
(sourse – www.rockonthenet.com)

It was Elvis Presley night on American Idol the other night, and I got to thinking, was Elvis a winner or a looser? With all the buzz around American Idol recently, it is easy to think about American music as a game of winners and losers. It is certainly true in top 40 music today. One-hit-wonders come and go. Sometimes they resurface (winners) and sometimes they don’t (losers). Elvis Aaron Presley is still around us every day. Entire books have been written about the history of Elvis Presley. His music still plays on the radio, and his influence on today’s music is enormous.

Elvis Presley collectibles are in every store, and the life of Elvis Presley is well documented on the internet. Music is a lot like life. Almost everyone is categorized as a winner of a loser, to be admired or despised; to be befriended or to be ostracised; and to be emulated or avoided.
Frequently, there have been cases where people who have been labeled successful businessmen have lost their families through divorce; or have lost their health through over working or drug addiction. Can we call such people winners? The best example of such a conflicted person is Elvis Presley. In the world of pop music he was ‘The King of Rock and Roll’ and definite winner. Elvis’ personal life was a train wreck. He lost his family, his health and died miserably from a drug overdose. His end was pitiful, yet he has vast wealth at his disposal. One is sure that the ‘King’ would have gladly traded all his wealth for a loving family life.
So, was Elvis Presley, the undisputed King of Rock and Roll a winner or a loser? Your comments (votes) are invited.

The interesting article- thoughts about modern state of music by Alan Wilder, well kmown British musician, formerly of Depeche Mode had been published yesterday on the side-line.com. As regards Alan Wilder there can be no doubt that he is recognized authority in the music world and one should consider his opinion. I quote here just an extract of the article with wich I’m agree very much.

“We live in a world of technology – exponentially increasing breakthroughs in all things scientific. So fast that we can’t even keep up with it. So why is it that the audio quality of music is degenerating? Music ‘sounds’ worse. We have stopped listening, we don’t have time. We only have time to be smacked in the face by the loudest, most attention-grabbing blast of souped-up noise imaginable until ear fatigue sets in and the desire to ‘change the record’ takes over. Why are the adverts on TV twice the volume of the regular broadcasts?
It’s the only way to get our attention in the VOLUME WAR.

In recent years, a revolution in processing technology has instigated a change in the way albums are mastered. In order to compete, A&R men, producers, even the artists are demanding that mastering engineers, via digital compression, crank up the level so high that all dynamic range is callously sacrificed.

(Compression essentially increases the volume of the quieter elements within a mix while holding steady the peaks of the louder parts)

The effect of excessive compression is to obscure sonic detail and rob music of its emotional power leaving listeners strangely unmoved. In fact, the ear naturally compresses high volume blasts to protect itself – this is why we associate compression with level. Our sophisticated human brains have evolved to pay particular attention to any loud noise, so initially, compressed sounds seem more exciting. It is short lived. After a few minutes, research shows, constant volume grows tiresome and fatiguing.

True excitement comes from variation in rhythm, tone, pitch and a wide range of dynamics which in turn provides space and warmth – something you’re unlikely to find in much of today’s rock/pop music. If you want a good example, listen to The Arctic Monkeys ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor’ for a bombardment of the most unsubtle, one-dimensional noise”