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MJS Music & Entertainment Teams Up With Gibson to Create A Revolutionary Beginner DVD Method
Gibson Guitars teams up with MJS Music & Entertainment to create the revolutionary beginner bass method BASS GUITAR DVD #1. In BASS GUITAR DVD #1, narrator and author Mark John Sternal introduces viewers to the world of bass guitar via a 2-and-a-half hour series of lessons—exclusively using Gibson brand bass guitars.
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Theater review: 'Another Night Before Christmas' — based on classics, not likely to become one
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' new Christmas musical takes its cues from some popular old shows. Like "A Christmas Carol," there's a person with a humbug attitude toward the holiday who needs to undergo a miraculous transformation. Like "Miracle on 34th Street," there's a bearded old man who thinks he's Santa Claus — and may or may not be the real deal. Unfortunately, the book, music and lyrics ...
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Snohomish fullback Ray Purviance on the drums
If anyone wants to assemble an All-Wesco band, Snohomish’s Ray Purviance would be a good choice. KING 5 TV also put together a piece about Purviance. It explains the senior’s interest in music and show clips of Purviance banging away on the drums.
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Weekly Music Agenda
It's a holiday week and things around the city are a little slow (including us, with posting the Agenda. Sorry about that). If you know of something worthwhile we've missed, please feel free to drop it in the comments. TUESDAY I once stumbled into a show at the Black Cat a little early and caught the opening act, Caverns . I was so unprepared for what they delivered that my jaw was ...
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Lehigh Acres Middle School honored
Wednesday evening November 19 at Barbara B. Mann Hall of Performing Arts Lee County celebrated their Pride and Patriotism Contest and a a school in Lehigh Acres was honored.
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Bandfest 2009 accepting registrations
courtesy of Chesterfield County Calling all teen artists in Chesterfield County! Registrations are now being accepted for Bandfest 2009. Bandfest is an alcohol- and drug-free event where youths can showcase their music and video-production talents.
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We need to organise to kick the Nazis out of our workplaces
Just over five years ago I was sitting at home marking my pupils’ work when a neighbour banged on the front door to say our car was on fire. The firefighters said it was clearly arson as we had a diesel car and there was a smell of petrol.
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Nada Surf's "Popular" was one of those oddly fascinating '90s alt-rock hits with bizarre spoken-word verses combined with hugely anthemic choruses. Don't know what I mean?
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New Classical Tracks: Yo-Yo Ma and friends celebrate the holidays
A good time is had by all on this new album from cellist Yo-Yo Ma. It's a musical holiday party -- and the eclectic guest list includes Renee Fleming, Alison Kraus, Paquito D'Rivera, and James Taylor.
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News Briefs
Dover bands Dec. performances Dec. 4 — Russellville Christmas Parade; 6:30 in Downtown Russellville Dec. 7 — Junior high and senior high Christmas Concert and Auction – the music will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the senior high cafeteria, but be sure to arrive early to bid on many exciting items in our silent auction.
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Rock in a hard place
All-girl Saudi band shreds guitars -- and taboos.
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Mystery `Eleanor Rigby' document goes to auction
Eleanor Rigby: fact or fiction? That question, which has bedeviled Beatles' fans for decades, may be answered in part by a 1911 hospital payroll sheet to be auctioned in London on Thursday. The document, sent by Paul McCartney in 1990 to the director of a music charity who had asked for funding, contains the signature of a scullery maid named "E. Rigby" who worked in a Liverpool hospital.
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No Beatles iPod for Christmas
It looks like you won't be able to buy The Beatles music on iTunes this holiday season, which threatens to take a bite out of Apple revenue for the all important holiday quarter. Talks between Apple and The Beatles' record label Apple Corps Ltd. have "stalled" according to Beatles guitarist Sir Paul McCartney speaking at the launch of his new album Electric Arguments. According to the BBC, EMI ...
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FileRide: A Different Kind of Social Network
FileRide is a Stockholm-based social network with a twist: FileRide creates a social network for you, based around the files that are already on your computer. FileRide, for example, lets you see who else on the services has the same song or image on their computers and lets you add them as friends. Even more interestingly, you can then also add comments to these files and chat about them in ...
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Behind the Microphones
TUESDAY, NOV. 25 49 WEST CAFÉ, 49 West St., Annapolis. Unified Jazz Ensemble, 8:30 p.m. 410-626-9796. " /> TUESDAY, NOV. 25 49 WEST CAFÉ, 49 West St., Annapolis. Unified Jazz Ensemble, 8:30 p.m. 410-626-9796.
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We Care and Friends event draws record attendance
Daniel Johnson, 12, enjoys a plate of turkey and fixings. Thanksgiving came early for more than 3,000 homeless and underprivileged area residents last night at Stanton Community Center, where the We Care and Friends organization hosted its 18th annual free holiday feast.
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American Music Awards recap
By Whitney Pastorek Whitney Pastorek saw singer after singer take the mic and -- mostly -- prove themselves worthy of the airtime
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Mystery `Eleanor Rigby' document goes to auction
(By GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press Writer) Eleanor Rigby: fact or fiction? That question, which has bedeviled Beatles' fans for decades, may be answered in part by a 1911 hospital payroll sheet to be auctioned in London on Thursday. The document, sent by Paul McCartney in 1990 to the director of a music charity who had asked for funding, contains the signature of a scullery maid named "E. Rigby" ...
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David Cook's 'Idol' flashback at the AMAs
By Shirley Halperin Season 7 champ tells us performing at L.A.'s Nokia Theatre for the American Music Awards pre-show still brought out the jitters
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Mystery `Eleanor Rigby' document goes to auction
Eleanor Rigby: fact or fiction? That question, which has bedeviled Beatles' fans for decades, may be answered in part by a 1911 hospital payroll sheet to be auctioned in London on Thursday. The document, sent by Paul McCartney in 1990 to the director of a music charity who had asked for funding, contains the signature of a scullery maid named "E. Rigby" who worked in a Liverpool hospital. The ...
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Epic achievement Familiar face plays his part
SOUTH-WEST moviegoers will experience the efforts of a former local musician when the much-hyped Australia opens today. Felix Meagher, who lived in the south-west for a few years in the 1980s, work...
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Mystery `Eleanor Rigby' document goes to auction
"It's a Beatles song with no Beatles instruments," said Glenn Gass, a rock historian who teaches a course on the Beatles at Indiana University.
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Noise violators sentenced to listen to Barry Manilow
FORT LUPTON, Colo. — Barry Manilow's "I Write the Songs" may begin with the line, "I've been alive forever,'" but for noise ordinance violators, listening to Manilow may feel like forever.
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Atlanta Opera presents slightly different Cinderella
Behind the curtains at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on the night of Nov. 15 hid a delightfully new experience for me: my first opera.
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Killers, Coldplay, and R.E.M. Fight AIDS with New Songs
Coldplay, U2, the Killers, R.E.M., Bob Dylan, John Legend, and others have all agreed to contribute exclusive new songs to (RED)WIRE, a new music service set to launch on World Aids Day, December 1, with all proceeds benefiting HIV-infected victims in Africa. [Via Billboard.com ]. More on SPIN.com: >> Listen to Jay-Z and Coldplay's New Song! >> Coldplay's Chris Martin Reveals ...
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