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January 2008
Music news for 1-25-08
Blake Cooper of Strings Attached tells me that the band is going into the studio with Martin Parker, formerly the drummer for Vince Gill and currently playing with Out’n the Cold. Parker has a small studio in Edenton where he recently moved from Nashville. He said he’s hoping to get the recording done in a week. The band’s sound is tight, so I believe they will do it. Further Adieu, who will be featured in the next issue of the Albemarle Sound, is also working on a CD, but no word on when that will be available. The show at Thumpers last Saturday was great - a standing room only crowd. I shot some video there, which will be available on The Daily Advance web site next month. It will be coupled with photos taken by Justin Falls and an original song written by Further Adieu.
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Latest news for 1-18-08
The Next issue of The Albemarle Sound, Feb. 2, will feature the local band Further Adieu. These guys are really good, reminiscent of 90’s rock (my favorite), bands such as Stone Temple Pilots, but a little more on the pop side. They tell me they’re playing a gig at Levels, so apparently Levels is getting into the live band scene as opposed to strictly DJs. In the past, performers have played in the back bar, so that may be the case here, but who knows? The band will be playing tonight at Thumpers, so go check them out and look for me and photographer Justin Falls to be there, as well. I have word from owners of The City Wine Sellar that they will be having an open mike night beginning sometime in the near future, so keep an eye out for that. According to them, they have had quite an influx of performers wanting to play there, so there will likely be some new faces at The City Wine Sellar in the months to come.
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CDs versus mp3s
I definitely think there is a lot to be said about being able to download an artist’s song without having to purchase an entire CD. I myself have music for sale on iTunes and other places on the internet, and I must admit I’ve made more money off that than I have off selling actual CDs on line. But the problem with just buying one song, one that wasn’t meant to be sold as a single, is that you don’t get the full impact of an artist’s statement. A body of music is, more often than not, meant to be taken as a whole and not just as a disc full of singles. Take Seargent Pepper, for instance. The Beatles never allowed any singles to be made from that album - that’s why you don’t hear songs like Lucy in the Sky (except for the Elton John version), being played on the radio. The Beatles intended for that album to be taken as a whole, to be understood as one complete statement. To do otherwise would be like taking a person’s statement out of context and publishing it in a newspaper or on a web site - it’s just not going to be understood in the proper context. Of course, there are albums that can be all but unlistenable except for one certain song, and in those cases mp3s make a lot of sense. For the most part, however, CDs should be listened to the same way they’re recorded - all at once. That CD is like a snapshot, a moment in the life of that band or musician - it’s where they’re at at that particular point in time. Otherwise, you’re not getting the whole picture, and in that case, you may be cheating yourself out of a great experience.
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