Music Links and Notes

Variety in music is crucial. (see thread at the bottom, for a random discussion). Many of us include it as a nearly daily staple, kinda like eating! Having been an editor of a digital music lyrics project for 4 years at Gracenote also subjected me to loads of good (and bad) music. Bill Evans said you don't have to ever have heard a genre of music to know if something you're listening to is good or not. From Iris Dement to Oscar Peterson, Beth Orton, Bruce Cockburn, King Khan & The Shrines to Trio Garufa and The Black Keys, this is true. Here are a few random leads:

Visceral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEXCF_X7mY&a=GxdCwVVULXenjEbkovwZlkdJkb3fHFoD&list=ML&playnext=1http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFqICxsb3Mek (Eric Lindell, roots, actually Sean Carey singing a blown up jam)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcc07MyG1aU&feature=related  (Black Keys)http://www.myspace.com/peterjosephburtt (Peter Joseph Burtt, Hand to Mouth, and scroll down to try The Way You Move)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKXBeXt2cow (Jeff Massanari)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkBOi2x6zH8&feature=related (Lykke Li, ok, kinda funky but unique and fairly visceral)

Ephemeral
Like the 'saudade' of Brazilian bossa, ambient, or.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86MwK3TT9og&p=FB0882D47D960C35&playnext=1&index=2 (Astrud Gilberto, rocking, kind of)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svzv-YkUzdk&feature=related (Bill Frisell, going into his ambient place)http://www.myspace.com/adrianjost  (Trio Garufa, try Gamulan  'electrotango')http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JbnDCB5ym0 (Cat Power, pretty sublime, with but a guitar accompaniment) http://www.myspace.com/samamidon (Sam Amidon, scroll down, play Saro late in the day; sounds kind of like what being single feels like at this stage)

Variety
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMC_5FxdULY (Thomas Mapfumo, great while you work)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twn0DUlt0rw (forget Coryell's schoolmarm look, dig the groove and wait for the bass solo!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UklK0qh4HPI (Tik Tok? For uke, and eye appeal)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaCbJmIn5qc&feature=related (Sila and The Afrofunk Experiemce)http://www.myspace.com/myspacekraft http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekZPDRAP5T8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8htHuugvEAA&feature=related http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_rb-funk.html 100 Greatest Funk Songs


The Secret -- What are they doing now?

Mitch Tobias (San Francisco Bay Area) 
Photographyhttp://www.mitchtobias.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mitch-Tobias-Photographer-Fan-Page/280159351884  
Musichttp://www.chronicbliss.com/chronicbliss/
Mitch's more classical / nylon string guitar album Hardcore Domestic is not on his site yet, but it's tasty.
The 'How I Met Donald Fagen' letter is spectacular/wonderful. And, but, how was the concert Mitch??http://www.chronicbliss.com/chronicbliss/letters.html    'Ape' Projecthttp://www.tikimania.com/ape.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlYvHHvvuLM&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzGabBDuHA4

Jason Wizelman (Brooklyn, NY) 
Digital Design/Branding http://www.nice-design.com/
This is almost like having a glass of wine with Jason (ok, not quite almost)http://www.nice-design.com/Personal.php

Dave Levison (SF Bay Area) 
Music/Sound Design/Projectshttp://www.h-machine.com/  
'Zonk' Project with lovely wife Nichttp://www.zonkaholics.com/showcase/index#http://www.zonkaholics.com/showcase/montage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-5d7wcz7j0

Paul Scriver (sophisticated, mature cosmopolitan sometime Bay Area resident)http://www.paulscriver.com/ http://www.paulscriver.com/compositions.html

David Feldstein (!)http://www.artistshousemusic.org/node/5369/4602

Thanks to Donnie and Giulia for welcoming me to O'Neil's Open mics -- that was fun, playing music again   Related folks
John Lawton / Rodeo Clowns (good danceable Bay Area band)http://rodeoclownsband.com/
Shawn Evans (vibey Bay Area singer songwriter)http://shawnevans.com/
Kevy Nova (fired up promotional Bay Area rocker)http://www.kevynova.com/?section=home