Music
Musical Notes: Musician/Composer Danny Klass Talk about Inspiration Behind His Music #Podcast!
October 10, 2013 | 
Author It’s always interesting to me to talk to a musician or composer or performer outside of my typical genres of pop, indie, top 40 or alternative music. I find the people who do contemporary updates on versions of classic ballads/pop music from 30′s on forward or country-western (not typically what is on my list of music genres) is often interesting and even challenges me to open up my mind, my heart and my musical ear to something new– often with great results. I loved talking to Brian Culbertson & suddenly found myself back intensely into jazz for a long time. I found a couple of R&B singers who were so great.. and I wound up falling back into my R&B and soul groove (yeah yeah– it’s true. When I was in high school, my best friend was Japanese and she loved R&B and got me hooked on it — as a few other genres too. She made sure I knew how to dance too. That’s what BFF’s are for).
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League of STEAM: Steampunk Web Series In Final Stretch of Kickstarter Campaign – Please Donate & Share!
The League of S.T.E.A.M. needs your help! As the League of S.T.E.A.M. is trying to bring you the third season of their steampunk comedy adventure web series! It’s filled with werewolves, zombies, vampires, ghosts, and all kinds of cool steampunk gadgets, they are in the final stretch of a Kickstarter fundraising project.
LA’s Broken Anchor Hits LA with CD Release Party at El Cid on 9/19. Celebrate “Fresh Lemonade” Debut!
Looking for some hot new music to spark your friends attention and add to your personal “cool’ factor? Check out Broken Anchor– an LA-based group that “recalls blue-eyed rock ‘n’ roll of the golden days refocused through a folk lens,” (WXPN The Key) on the new LP Fresh Lemonade that drops TODAY. (I am nothing if not timely!)
Digging this new sound- and how it’s still reminiscent of sounds from other genres and bands yet still very distinctive– Broken Anchor is sure to have a tune or two at least to haunt you!
Pulling the Trigger on Fall 2013 DVD, TV & MOVIES!! The New, the Yet-to -Arrive- and the Already-Out-There!
What’s hot in theaters, TV, DVD? TONS!! Starting with last things first, I am diving into DVDs because that will keep you happy the longest. After all, a marathon of series episodes is killer whether you have a family, a relationship, sharing with BFF’s or just watching solo!!
Here’s what’s new right now that you should be seeing.
Fall Music Play-List: Cred.fm Works Hard to Give You Great Music Choices!!
Looking for some great music to play for this weekend? Here’s the latest from Cred.fm – my own playlist for the first weekend of FALL!! (Actually the playlist was supposed to be for Labor Day but we had a few technical glitches so we are going to feature it now)
Gilt City LA Brings Gloria Estefan to LA for a Unique “Behind the Scenes Event”: Q and A with Kathy Griffin on 9/25 !! Hustle for Tickets!
It”s been a while since Gloria Estefan has been in LA. This Miami-based super star singer has not been seen in LA in quite some time and it took a new album and GILT CITY LA to get her HERE!! (whoopee) This phenomenal event is extremely special and definitely worth the read and the $$$ !
KATY PERRY: Yesterday. Today. Guest Post from Mike Nappa, FamilyFans.com
Courtesy of FamilyFans.com and most notably, writer Mike Nappa, we are featuring this very insightful article/interviw with Katy Perry. What’s cool about this — beyond that she’s a hugely popular singer/songerwriter/musician and celebrity (*note what the last word is)- is that Katy Perry is a person with her own life and her own journey to walk– both past and present. That’s what Mike Nappa is showing us today: the rise of the singer and what she has experienced and learned along the way. Read the rest of this entry »