19 posts tagged “music”
I've added myself to the fabulous site last.fm. If you don't know it, it's a site that keeps track of what you're listening to. It will generate weekly charts, let you share your musical tastes and discoveries - you can even explore the lists of those whom you don't know, but who happen to be listening to stuff that you also like.
It's very cool. Do check it out - and as an extra incentive, I'll let you in on a secret: You can download three of my songs for free via my artist page! Okay, not so secret. Blatant self-promotion in fact, but there you go.
"I have been asked a few times over the years, about a good album to begin with, if you want to get into Tom Waits, and up till now, it’s always been hard for me to pick one single album. No more..."
In other news, the Danish lessons are still underway. I ran out of recorded phrases, so we're currently trying to come up with a new set. Stay tuned for that.
This is a song I had actually finished, but I wasn't happy with the way the vocals sounded, so I kept it lying around till I could re-record on better equipment. And that's exactly what I have done today.
This is also the perfect opportunity for you to test your knowledge of the Danish language. The song is called "Tiden der går", which doesn't translate directly (as in word for word), but it could be translated with "Times Passes".
Enjoy.
"It has never been easy, being an artist. No matter what your art was, there is one aspect in particular with which countless writers, musicians, painters etc. have been struggling throughout the ages. Selling your stuff. Putting your name out there. And in this age of information bombardment, even those who try face a hard time. Press releases are likely to be ignored, blog posts (such as this one) might easily drown in the sea of weblogs out there and so on..."
Have you seen the new iPod Shuffles? Hot damn they're sweet! I'm getting one. I've just decided that. I need it. First of all, it's so tiny I can hardly stand it. It may have only 1gb space, but I usually only listen to the same 20 songs anyway, so who cares?
Just look at it!
And at $79, I can easily afford it. I know, I'm starting to sound like an Apple commercial, but I can assure you they are not paying me for my time. I wish.
Can I just say real quicklike, that I absolutely love the new iTunes 7? 'Cause I do.
Several days ago I set up a MySpace page for the music created by yours truly in collaboration with Lee Chamberlin. However, the songs that we have uploaded are taking their sweet time in appearing on the page, so I am going to let you all in on a little secret while we wait.
There is a wonderful website called PodsafeAudio, where artists share their music under a Creative Commons license. That means that it's free and legal to download, share and even use in radioshows and podcasts, as long as you credit the artist.
And whaddayaknow, Chamberlin/Rasmussen has a page right there on PodsafeAudio, where you can listen to, rate and download three songs by us.
If you're just curious about our latest song, you can listen to it right here, by clicking on the "cover". It's latin and bluesy rock combined with some spoken word action. Enjoy!
A while back, I presented you all with the very first song by yours truly and my musical partner, Lee Chamberlin. The first song was called Heave, and was sort of a silly pirate song with some darkness to it.
We have moved on since then!
I am proud to present you with a new song of ours, Strangers, which is much more traditionally cool. It's a song about classic themes, such as loneliness and feeling lost. Like all of our stuff, this one was composed, written and recorded in just one evening.
But there is more! We have just set up an official artist-page over on MySpace, and we want you to be our friend! If you have a page there, jump right over and add us to your list. Later on, when our music becomes available, you will also be able to download our songs from there, to have and to hold in your own music collection.
Here's a hint: Very very soon, there will be a third song available too, called "Smells Like War". It's a spoken-word-meets-latin-blues kind of a thing. You'll like it. It might even already be there now! So, keep an eye on our MySpace page.
Help us spread the word - and the music!
