Baltimore Unsigned challenged two local musicians, hip-hop artist Salim and country/folk rocker Caleb Stine, to collaborate and create four original songs in six weeks.
Baltimore Unsigned is chronicling the creative process and giving you an opportunity to witness the final results at WTMD's free live taping:
1 p.m. Saturday, July 26, 2008 at the 8 x 10
BU host Sam Sessa will interview Salim and Caleb about their music and their experience working together before the duo debuts the collection of new songs for a live audience.
Reserve your free tickets by 5 p.m. Friday, July 25th.
(Limit four tickets per reservation.)
Please plan to arrive on time at 1 p.m.
The taping should take about two hours.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Benji Hughes- Beastly Beautiful
Few lately have caught my attention and left me wanting more than North Carolinian Benji Hughes. OK, it doesn't hurt that he's got a new song called "Tight Tee Shirt" and he looks like Greg Allman if his diet consisted of items off latter-day Elvis's menu.
But, beyond that, music from his forthcoming double debut album, A Love Extreme (July 22'nd) is emotionally and musically complex: Think Beck meets Sir George Martin, if you had to put your descriptive finger on something.
The tunes are often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking. The sophisticated strings and samples will have audiophiles repeating tracks incessantly. But be on the listen for this artist- I think he will make a big splash this summer- and not just on a tight tee shirt.
Michael Phelps he ain't, but check out his swimming prowess in the video for "Girl in the Tower."
and hear more on tomorrow's New Music Sampler and read about it in Tuesday's 'b.'
But, beyond that, music from his forthcoming double debut album, A Love Extreme (July 22'nd) is emotionally and musically complex: Think Beck meets Sir George Martin, if you had to put your descriptive finger on something.
The tunes are often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking. The sophisticated strings and samples will have audiophiles repeating tracks incessantly. But be on the listen for this artist- I think he will make a big splash this summer- and not just on a tight tee shirt.
Michael Phelps he ain't, but check out his swimming prowess in the video for "Girl in the Tower."
and hear more on tomorrow's New Music Sampler and read about it in Tuesday's 'b.'
Girl Talk Samples Radiohead Song and Business Model
For his fourth album, Feed the Animals, Pittsburgh-based mash-up artist Girl Talk (nee Gregg Gillis) is offering listeners a "pay what you want" option to download the songs, including a $5 option to receive a bonus mp3 file that strings together all tracks and recreates the effect of a live DJ set.
Borrowing Radiohead's recent business plan isn't surprising for an artist who uses "Paranoid Android" to ground Jay-Z's "Roc Boys" on the track "Set It Off"--and cites more than 300 samples on the Feed the Animals.
In one mash-up sleight of hand during "Hands in the Air," Gillis dusts off Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)" and segues into Hot Chip's "Ready for the Floor" before hitting party touchstones of Michael Jackson and Sly and the Family Stone.
Sample Feed the Animals in its entirety on Girl Talk's MySpace site:
http://www.myspace.com/girltalk
(Just be warned that some songs are not necessarily safe for work.)
And download the album here: http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/
Borrowing Radiohead's recent business plan isn't surprising for an artist who uses "Paranoid Android" to ground Jay-Z's "Roc Boys" on the track "Set It Off"--and cites more than 300 samples on the Feed the Animals.
In one mash-up sleight of hand during "Hands in the Air," Gillis dusts off Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)" and segues into Hot Chip's "Ready for the Floor" before hitting party touchstones of Michael Jackson and Sly and the Family Stone.
Sample Feed the Animals in its entirety on Girl Talk's MySpace site:
http://www.myspace.com/girltalk
(Just be warned that some songs are not necessarily safe for work.)
And download the album here: http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/
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