May 2010 Blog Posts (23)

StT getting accepted & 1st review off "The Culmination"

Hello everyone, Mark here. Just wanted to post some exciting news I just received. First of all, I just got confirmation that a page for StT added been created at Music for Film & Television. 3 songs available for now. Hopefully, anyone interested in having StT music in their film project, TV show or ad, etc. can now do that. Here’s the link:…

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Added by Subject to Thoughts on May 31, 2010 at 11:52pm — No Comments

Sunday Free Noodle 17

Hello all

Not managed to blog much this week but….

This week’s noodle is:

Matt Stevens (Acoustic/Electric Guitars/Fender Rhodes) and Kevin Feazey(Programming/Keyboards/Percussion) - Blue Filter - Produced by Kevin Feazey @ Pinna Studios

This week’s noodle is the one that got away from Ghost- the new album thats released on tuesday. I really wanted this to be on… Continue

Added by Matt Stevens on May 30, 2010 at 8:15am — No Comments

Melodic Revolution Records is proud to announce the signing of "ifsounds"

Italian crossover prog band “ifsounds” to release a 2 CD Compilation simply titled “if…sounds” in collaboration with Melodic Revolution Records.

“if…sounds” the release is the closing of one chapter the “if” era and the beginning of a new chapter as “ifsounds” and will be available as a free download on the bands official website.… Continue

Added by Melodic Revolution Records on May 26, 2010 at 4:21pm — No Comments

Sunday Free Noodle 16

This week’s noodle is:

Matt Stevens (Acoustic Guitars/programing) - Big Calm

This week’s noodle is my contribution to the Cafe Noodle community project Big Calm. To quote my friend Tom Slatter’s blog this is what its all about:

“The Brief:

Compose a piece of music using/inspired by the title ‘Big Calm’. The piece must be in D minor

-(How exactly you interpret the term ‘In D Minor’ is up to you. If you want to modulate at some point do, but it will… Continue

Added by Matt Stevens on May 23, 2010 at 9:35am — No Comments

This Week's CD Sales Worst Since 1991

May 19, 2010 3:26 p.m. by Andrew Martin

It's frustrating to know that when an album like the National's High Violet does well on the Billboard charts, it happens at a time when record sales plummeting to figures from 1991. That was the year Nielsen Soundscan began tracking album sales. And, apparently, those numbers hadn't been that low in nearly 20 years. That was, of course, until this past week, when just about 5.3 million records were… Continue

Added by Melodic Revolution Records on May 21, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

"The Culmination" out now

With great pleasure, I would like to say that "The Culmination" goes on sale tomorrow at CDBaby. The album was released on May 5.

I really believe it's a huge step for us.

Help support us. The album will be available in both CD/download formats. Here are the links:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/SubjecttoThoughts#…

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Added by Subject to Thoughts on May 19, 2010 at 10:28pm — No Comments

Latest review off "From Sunrise to Sunset"

This review came from www.backgroundmagazine.nl Enjoy

When looking at the band name, CD title and song titles, it isn’t too difficult to gauge that we are dealing here with melancholic music. And looking at the track lengths, this duo from Texas takes the time to get into a depression. Opening with the longest song From Sunrise to Sunset, the stage is…

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Added by Subject to Thoughts on May 19, 2010 at 10:26pm — No Comments

Sunday Free Noodle 15

This week’s noodle is:

Matt Stevens (Acoustic Guitars/loops) - Box(Improvised live to digital tape at Improv Friday)

This week's noodle is a completely improvised… Continue

Added by Matt Stevens on May 16, 2010 at 3:32am — No Comments

Legalize Marijuana in the USA?

What do you think? http://bit.ly/a4ipEl

Let's allow people to have freedom to use.

Added by Mopeder on May 13, 2010 at 5:01pm — No Comments

Asking For A Miracle

("The Miraculous Draft of Fishes" - Author Unknown - photography by TTaylor)

"Asking For A Miracle" is a short instrumental piece arranged for acoustic instruments, and written in a time…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on May 12, 2010 at 4:50pm — No Comments

Creeper

("Climbing Plant" by Popperipopp)

“Creeper” is directly inspired by the following aphorism from The Dhammapada :…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on May 11, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Tommie Brewster new release Do It Some More

I'm celebrating the fact that I have been the Number One

Blues Artist in New Zealand on Reverbnation for

18 months now!! This is just wonderful to me and I'm grateful

to everyone who has supported me by playing my music

over that…

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Added by tommie on May 10, 2010 at 7:46pm — 2 Comments

The Door Of The Law (part 4)

("Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-Ji Meditation Hall" by Michael Dougan)

"The Door Of The Law" is a suite in six parts inspired by "A Parable About A Parable" from RAWilson's "…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on May 9, 2010 at 3:08pm — No Comments

Sunday Free Noodle 14

This week’s noodle is:

Matt Stevens (Acoustic Guitars)Ernesto Schnack (Drum Programming/Electric Guitars) - Burning Bandstands (Full Metal). Produced by Kevin Feazey - additional production Ernesto Schnack

I love this. An incredible full on metal drums versions of Burning Bandstands that takes it back to its Metallica/Sepultura inspired roots by Ernesto Schnack. He’s also a brilliant instrumental guitar player and we are hoping to do… Continue

Added by Matt Stevens on May 9, 2010 at 11:40am — No Comments

Minha...sua...nossa canção_Sidnei Piedade

If you're lonely and sad, beside you suffer too, because something in me cries out stronger than my own presence in your being. Turning yourself into a second route ... the paths leading to destinations not already disclosed. Is always by my side ... out ... although his image lives in me like the shell takes up residence in a sea of nostalgia. The song comes from his music ... and flooding the silence night about the things your ball rolls out of… Continue

Added by Sidnei Piedade on May 7, 2010 at 6:02pm — No Comments

guitar wars: - Clapton vs Billy ...you can make it happen!

Hi Melodic Revolution Records friends,

Please vote for me to do battle with Eric Clapton on the Crossroads Guitar Festival.

http://www.playcrossroads.com/billyjonesbluez

...also, I would love for you to join my NEW Facebook Fan Page.…

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Added by billy jones bluez on May 7, 2010 at 4:09pm — No Comments

Catching up with D Drive

It’s an exciting time for D Drive, with the upcoming new album 3D, the addition of John Naro on guitars/vocals a new label and brand new fan friendly website. 3D is the long awaited follow up to “Straight Up The Middle” (2007) and is ready to be released in June. 3D is housed in a Special Limited Edition 3D digi pak designed by Scott Hamilton and is the band debut release on their new label Melodic Revolution Records.

3D was… Continue

Added by DDRIVE on May 7, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Goodnight, Irene (Leadbelly cover) Please offer constructive criticism to help me improve. Thanks.

MP3:…

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Added by Mike on May 5, 2010 at 8:28am — No Comments

Reinfused

"Reinfused" is basically a rehash of the material presented in "Lifeforce," but with an emphasis on shifting time, forward movement, and dynamism, to suggest the removal of obstacles from the path of a process which is then finally allowed to follow its course toward completion.

The piece is an instrumental. Here is the…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on May 4, 2010 at 4:27pm — No Comments

Fight of the year! Will you be there?

Greetings!

I hope you brought your head gear! Only one more week until the OrlandoBands.com Battle of the Bands "For Real"! Join us May 9th starting at 4:00 PM at the 11/12 Lounge. We still have some competition spots open for this event. If you would like to represent

your band and joust it out American Gladiator style, let us know! Check

out all the details here:…

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Added by Ben Gardner on May 3, 2010 at 10:29am — No Comments