SoulTrackin’ for 2008-01-30
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1st Love Records is the future of Hip Hop. Our mission is to entertain, educate, and empower. We make substance filled feel good Hip Hop music to stimulate the mind, body, and soul. 1st Love Records is deeply rooted in the Hip Hop culture. We have an appreciation and respect for good music. We strive to consistently bring you quality Hip Hop.
SoulTrackin’ for 2008-01-29
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It’s Mixtape Monday!!!! This edition is entitled “When I Loved Hip Hop”. The track listing is available under the download. I hope you enjoy it!
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Erich Fromm once said that “love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence”. That’s profound and everything, but on the flip side, it’s also the craziest shit you will ever experience in your lifetime…Can I get an “amen”
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This time around in cratedigger labs, I mixed it up a bit and there is a mixture of soul, funk and more jazz grooves than I have thrown down in the past.
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HeavySoulBrutha’s Put The Needle On the Record: A Call For Submissions! “The World Soul Spectacular”SoulSistas And SoulBruthas! As I approach my one year anniversary next month I had an idea for a celebratory post/month I’m calling, “The World Soul Spectacular!” Here’s the deal. I would like all of my readers, if you are interested, to send me their ONE
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In my mission to build relationships outside of Twitter via traditional communication channels, I have started TwitterTalk, a simple unconference call of sorts for fellow Twitterers to converse and learn about each other via voice. I figured this would be
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This is the challenge: record an album in 29 days, just because you can. That’s 10 songs or 35 minutes of original material recorded during the month of February. Go ahead… put it to tape. It’s a little like National Novel Writing Month, (NaNoWriMo.
SoulTrackin’ – Stars In The ‘Podiverse’ – 2008-01-28
Stars in the ‘Podiverse’, a recap of of last week’s Soul/R&B/Jazz podcast releases.
I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but there has been an explosion in the number of really good music and/or audio podcasts lately. So much so that it is getting harder to keep track of them all. For example, did you realize that every week, from Wednesday through Sunday there is a new music podcast released for your enjoyment: EJ’s OSW (Wed), TGrundy’s RIBS (Thurs), Fave’s Friday Favecast (Fri), DarrenKeith’s My Love For Music (Sat) and Fresh’s Sunday Soundtrack (Sun). Now if we can get a couple of more people to release regularly on Mon and/or Tues we’d have the whole week covered (DJ Diva, are you out there listening to this? {smile}). This is only the tip of the iceberg, or staying with my analogy, the edge of the Podiverse.
So, each Monday (maybe sometimes late Sunday night) we’ll list the recently released podcasts here just in case you missed one or two.
Stars In The Podiverse: January 28, 2008
- EJ Flavors – OSW: New Day For You
- EJFlavors – In Rotation: Volume 14-January, 2008
- TGrundy – RIBS TPTD: AWB, KC and the Sunshine Band, Hall & Oates
- Fave & Eve – FFC: Move Some
- DarrenKeith – MyLoveForMusic-January 26, 2008
- Fresh – Sunday Soundtrack-27 Jan 08-Incognito
- DJ Diva – OST Artist Spotlight: Tina Turner
- DJ Diva – The JayMoney Prince Workout Mix
- Macedonia – BSOTS #58
- anewlis – Hi5 featuring Jill Scott
OK, did I miss anybody? If so, hit me up at tgrundy [at] gmail.com and I’ll add you this week’s list.
Addendum:
Here are (more than) a few I missed when I made the list earlier…
- DJ GrantLOVE – No Sweat Samples & Grooves
- DJ GrantLOVE – Out The Box
- HoneySoul – Soul 2 Soul: Conversation with Daru & Rena
- HeavySoulBrutha – A “Fonky Jazz” Mix
- Cratedigger - Down and Dirty
- KB – QuickMix On MLK Day
- GeekyCyberMom – Raising Kids In An Always On Society
- City-Witch – Witch In The City #19
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Cupid’s Hunt: FAQs…
Filed under: DailyLinks, Music, Playlists, Podcasts, RIBS, SoulSites, radio.blog
Here are the “FAQs” about the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Event:
Q1. OK, so what exactly is “Cupid’s Hunt”?
A1. “Cupid’s Hunt” (or CH for short) is a collaboration project of music podcasters and music fans in celebration of Valentine’s Day. On this day all of the folks who are participating have agreed to release and make available for download (MP3 format) a music and/or audio podcast with a Valentines Day theme. This year Valentine’s Day (February 14) is on a Thursday.
Q2. Why the name “Cupid’s Hunt”? What does *that* mean?
A2. The name “Cupid’s Hunt” came out of a late night/all night brainstorming session on Twitter. “Cupid”, the symbol of Love/Valentine’s Day and “Hunt”, meaning to search for. When you put them together and apply the phrase to the world of podcasting you have a “search for music online”. Or, as the CH project has been subtitled: “Searching for Love Music… In All The Right Places!”
Q3. Oh OK, now I get it. How do I get involved with the Cupid’s Hunt project.
A3. Easy. Just make a music and/or audio podcast with a Valentine’s Day theme, good love, bad love, want love, hate love… it doesn’t matter, go where ever your creativity takes you. Once your CH podcast is finished we want you to post it online on Valentine’s Day, Thursday, February 14, 2008.
Q4. How will readers who visit my site know my podcast is part of this project?
A4. Glad you asked! There are several ways that your readers will associate your podcast with the Cupid’s Hunt Project:
- We have a Cupid’s Hunt logo that we are asking you to post on your site at least two weeks prior to the event.
- Each participant is asked to start off the Title of your CH post with “Cupid’s Hunt:”, and to also tag their CH post with the keyword “cupidshunt”. (no quotes on the keyword or the phrase in your post Title, of course).
- NetInfoweb.com, our official Cupid’s Hunt “Headquarters”, will be promoting the event and all of the podcasters/blogs involved in the days leading up to the event.
- We also have a webring that we are asking all participating sites to join. This will make the “hunt” easier by giving folks an easy way to move from one site to the next in order to find all of the podcasts.
Q5. Where do I get the Cupid’s Hunt logo?
A5. The logo can be downloaded here: Download Cupid’s Hunt Logo
Q6. How do I join the webring?
A6. The webring is called “SoulSites Podiverse”. The signup page is here: Webring Signup Page
Q7. How do I contact NetInfoWeb.com to give them information about my podcast?
A7. There are a few different contact methods: Send an email to TGrundy [at] gmail.com, or contact me on Twitter (tgrundy), or leave a comment on this post. Please let us know your CH podcast info by noon on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 so we can get it in the promotional post.
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Download the Cupid’s Hunt Logo…
Filed under: DailyLinks, Music, Playlists, Podcasts, RIBS, SoulSites, radio.blog
Lis (aka anewlis
) has created a few additional variations of our Cupid’s Hunt logo. We now have one with a white background, a black background (both .JPG file format) and two with transparent backgrounds (one a .GIF file format and one with a .PNG file format):
All four files are available for download right now in this file: CupidsHuntLogos.zip (right-click to download). Please grab the file and post the logo on your site to help promote the event. More detailed info it will be posted here soon.
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Cupid’s Hunt Is Coming…
Filed under: Music, Playlists, Podcasts, RIBS, SoulSites, radio.blog
Cupid’s Hunt is coming soon… are you gonna be ready?
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RIBS: The Lighter Shades Of Soul…
Filed under: Music, Playlists, Podcasts, RIBS, Soul/R&B, SoulSites, SoulTrackin', radio.blog
We’re talking about the color of Soul on RIBS this week, specifically the lighter shades. Proving that you don’t have to glisten in the sun like bronze to be funky, this week we look at three groups that have turned many a party out back-in-the-day when I was DJing:
- Average White Band
- KC and the Sunshine Band
- Hall & Oates
Check out the new RIBS Triple Play Thurs-Day mix here…
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SoulTrackin’ for 2008-01-24
Filed under: DailyLinks, Music, Playlists, Podcasts, RIBS, SoulSites, radio.blog
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If you were playing a word association game with your average soul, jazz, and funk enthusiast, mention of Maceo Parker’s name would likely generate terms emphasizing his role as sideman to several larger-than-life personalities in contemporary music history…
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The National Black Family Technology Awareness (BFTAW) Campaign, will celebrate the tenth annual Black Family Technology Awareness Week (BFTAW), February 10 -16, 2008…
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The record industry is careering towards meltdown. A good thing too, says Simon Napier-Bell, after 40 years of working with its most notorious moguls: The Life And Crimes Of The Music Biz
The Flow School Hip-Hop Show – Episode 3
Filed under: Podcasts, Soul/R&B, SoulSites, SoulTrackin'
Here comes Tha Alkaholiks, Gangstarr, Masta Ace, Redman, Ice T and others…
SoulTrackin’ for 2008-01-19
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DJ GrantLOVE Presents: OUT THE BOX!
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In this edition, we’re keeping things simple without sacrificing the quality of music. The entire playlist is brought to you by the lovely Eve in addition to the latest Fave Fitness Tip and Cyberspaceage Soul
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Just wanted to say this coming Sunday’s podcast will definitely have a slight twist to it – a special out-of-studio guest and collab.
RIBS: Eloise Who?
Filed under: Music, Playlists, Podcasts, RIBS, Soul/R&B, SoulSites, SoulTrackin', radio.blog
How can you be…
- 1/4 of a very talented musical family
- Have 4 album releases by the time you are 33
- Star in a Tony-nominated play on Broadway (which you co-wrote)
- Have multiple other significant theater roles
- Star in a film shown at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
…and still be largely unknown to the public at large?
Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce to you: Eloise Laws!
Younger sister to Hubert and older sister to Ronnie and Debra, Eloise is the subject of this week’s Rhythms In Black Satin Triple Play Thurs-Day mix.
Check it out, listen and… Enjoy!
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SoulTrackin’ for 2008-01-16
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Grover Washington, Jr. is a name I’ve known for a long time. I knew of Grover Washington, Jr. before he became a part of one of my favorite Jazz groups Urban Knights and before he became instrumental in helping the group Pieces of A Dream become internationally known…
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The song ‘California Soul’ has been on my radar since my Mom brought the 5th Dimension’s ‘Stone Soul Picnic’ LP into the house in 1969, when I was but a wee lad of seven summers. I don’t think I heard another version of the tune until I was well into my twenties…
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I figured I’d finish out the week by posting the mix I put together for Tony C over at Jazz Syndicate Radio in the UK.
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On February 12, Blue Note Records will release Droppin’ Science, a unique collection of the legendary label’s classic late 60s through mid-70s jazz-funk tracks, all of which have featured prominently as samples in some of the greatest hip hop cuts of the late 80s, 90s and beyond…
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Today I’m initiating the cross-posting that I had mentioned earlier with a somewhat random assortment of funky music. Must there always be cohesion? Order? Reason? I think not.
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Yesterday GlobalGrind announced their redesign on their blog. With the design being more simplified and usable it seems as if GlobalGrind has modified their business model as well.
SoulTrackin’ for 2008-01-15
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MiniNova, one of the internet’s most popular public BitTorrent websites, is rolling out a free server content distribution service.
SoulTrackin’ for 2008-01-13
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Is the RIAA as we know it about to disappear? As rumors continue to swirl that EMI will pull its funding from music trade groups like the RIAA and IFPI, an IFPI spokesman tells Ars that the group is in the middle of a major internal review of its operations…
SoulTrackin’ for 2008-01-12
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One of the things I enjoy doing these days is observing the tumultuous changes that are currently underway in the world of music, especially the business of marketing/selling music. Technology, as it always does, has created a situation where there is a new world order being created in the music industry. Unfortunately, it isn’t exactly clear just what that NWO is going to look like, but it is very clear that the old order, i.e. the big music companies, are going to have to change their thinking and drastically reinvent their business practices in order to survive…
My New Blog: TG’s Satin SoulSpot…
As if I don’t already have enough to do, right? {smile} Well, I’ve been meeting so many really cool folks online lately and most of them have blogs over on Vox. I tried to resist it but my curiosity finally got the better of me and I went on and created a spot over there too.
So… in addition to this place, NetInfoWeb.com, and everyone’s favorite Thursday hang out spot, RhythmsInBlackSatin.com, you can now find me over on Vox too at: TG’s Satin SoulSpot.
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SoulTrackin’ for 2008-01-10
All That Jazz: In Celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month
I don’t talk about my love for jazz enough on this blog so I figure jazz appreciation month is the perfect time to do so. I have to admit that my knowledge is lacking. Mama Vivrant Thang was never really into jazz so it wasn’t played much around the house. She did love Kenny G though and [...]
The “Boys” Are Back In Town…
Remember the Four Brothers Beats blog? Well, the boys are back! BUT... not quite in the way you may have been expecting. It's, how shall we say, "the same, but different!"
Vendors, Authors and Artists– Sell Your Items in This Year’s Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest
Last year's Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest was a musical celebration while vendors sold their products to eager to buyers. Book authors, including Felicia Pride-- writer of The Message and activist author Devin Walker were among some of the top authors who sold their books. The 2009 Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest will be held this year on Sat., July 25 in Marvin Gaye Park in Washington DC. While the musical acts are still being selected, vendors are able to reserve their tables now to receive our Early Bird Discount. For more info, email us at CapitalHipHopSoulFest@gmail.com
Fusion: Where Music, Technology, and Artist Creativity Intersect
Hello readers and listeners. I trust all is well today. This post is a follow-up to the previous post about the subject of an upcoming podcast I hope to resurrect entitled Fusion. The concept of this podcast came to me via an off the cuff discussion I had a few years ago with a fellow podcaster/recording artist/graphic designer. Both of us, being musicians in our own right, began discussing our backgrounds and influences in making music, which invariably talking about how technology (past and present) played a role taking the music from inner to outer. I began to see the different paths ...
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