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United Minds
We have been excited about conserving our planet since our first album with the song "Children Play With Earth" - about getting kids to turn off the electronics and get outside and play
On our second album the song "United Minds" raised awareness about recycling.
Our upcoming rele...
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My Inner Rebel Finds a Voice
I was 18, living away from my family for the first time in my life and discovering the incredible amount of movies, books, art and music I had not encountered in my somewhat sheltered upbringing.
Tom was one of the few freshman with a car and he was nice enough to give me rides from time ...
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My Jazz Beginnings
Growing up in "The Hood" in the 70's and 80's usually meant you were exposed to Rap and ultimately Hip Hop. I was an early fan of groups like EPMD & Run DMC along with solo artists like LL Cool J. The entire genre was a ...
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Artist: Wynton MarsalisSong: Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (From The Underground) - Black Codes
User: Crespen
Old Crappy Guitar
So there was always music in our household growing up. It wasn't necessarily upfront and center, more of an undercurrent in our lives.
We had a number of instruments hanging around the house...a several hundred year old piano, I think a violin, and a crappy old guitar that sat in our game...
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Scoutmob Startup Days
When we were launching Scoutmob, we spent a silly amount of time gathered 'round Macbooks, chinese takeout, and Zuerchtech's massive monitor. When everyone seemed to be losing steam, there was always one man who could cure us all: That man would be Mikey McDonald. There's really no problem that v...
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The Show That Still Haunts Me
But something about this show still haunts me to this day -- I'm still not quite sure what made it quite so powerful. Maybe it was a perfect venue for the band. Maybe it was the attention they paid to every musical detail, every lighting decision, every note and a perfect set list. Whatever it wa...
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Busting Myself
Everyone has been talking about Lady Gaga since she starting getting popular last year. Once I heard Eric Cartman perform Poker Face on South Park I had to check her out.
If you haven't heard this you have to watch, seriously funny....
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Cursed Album
I used to have this theory about Concrete Blonde's Bloodletting album. I was so sure they'd made some kind of deal with dark forces to insure that everyone who bought it had to buy it at least twice. I used to bring it up every time I saw it in someone's collection. Is that your first copy of tha...
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