Yes, time is an ocean, and if one swims around long enough, one can find the same wave to ride, or dwell within depending upon the dreams of those searching for something lost but soon to be found. Mix a little time into the potion and one can start longing for something that cannot be duplicated. READ ON for Marc’s take on the Pandora Radio party… And when it comes to the music biz, it’s ideas like Pandora and live concerts that actually work. And besides, nothing is perfect and none of us can own every song no matter how many blogs we may scour. And it’s nice to be able to plug in the name of an artist (The Meters) or a song title (Bennie & The Jets) or a genre (Funk) and just let it go. Pandora Radio has been making music recommendations since being founded by the Music Genome Project 11 years ago. Marks to ask for recommendations, how can you find new music? Are you really going to put all of your faith into everything Apple and listen exclusively to what the “Genius” tells you? Why even buy that track when you can stream it from endless sites? And since you no longer have the Robs, Dicks & Barrys of High Fidelity or the staff of places like Smash on St. It’s simply a digital file.Īnd this now leads to the next problem for the industry. After all, when you can purchase the one good song an artist puts out on a new album for about a buck, why would anybody spend even $9.99 for an album worth of filler material? And even more importantly, with the days of records stores all but over, people have no connection to the music anymore. At least not in terms of putting it back to where it was. The labels really have no clue as to how they can turn things around. The crowd requested “Mardi Gras.” Pandora provided the “playlist” – Sullivan Hall, March 3 READ ON for more from Brian on MMJ Storytellers… There were comical moments, especially when James told of the band’s early years and the Brown/Cream colored van that they toured in, and how his Grandmother told him that bars are “dark and lonely places,” a line he eventually used in the song Golden. He seemed to get lost in his childlike, philosophical brain before finally deciding to step away from the mic and play the next track. The sense of nervousness amongst band and crowd was further witnessed when James first started telling a story about how he was struck by divine inspiration over a carton of eggs in the early morning and how the sunlight reflected off of them. ![]() The setlist was vintage MMJ, and even included some nods to their upcoming release, Circuital. After numerous instructions and camera finagling by VH1, the band entered to thunderous applause around 8PM and played non-stop through the taping for exactly the next two hours. Yes, it was somewhat nerve-racking having to wait on line for hours before entry, but after I settled into my front row seats, directly in front of guitarist Carl Broemel, I realized how I was about to see a band that has easily sold out Radio City and played MSG on New Year’s Eve in a space that seemed fit for a small party. Taking place at the NEP/Metropolis Studios on 106th Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan, it was a unique setting for this surreal event. Yim Yames), his space-cadet, yet loveable personality and storytelling, and especially hearing many of band’s biggest songs in a truly intimate, 110 person setting. But what I will never forget about this night is the magical and zany world of Jim James (a.k.a. The entry required more than just basic info, but actual written responses and potential questions from the fans, which made the entire experience of being one of 30 winners out of thousands and thousands – as the staff told me while waiting on line – extremely memorable. ![]() ![]() The band was none other than My Morning Jacket. On Thursday, February 24th, I was lucky enough to have won a contest that gained me a pair of tickets for the first taping of VH1’s 2011 Storytellers season. This week, featured columnist Brian Bavosa shares an inside view of the super-intimate taping of My Morning Jacket’s VH1 Storytellers…
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