I love this rendition of “Dancing with myself” originally by Billy Idol
I always wondered where LA Ink got it and sure enough I found it !

perfect stubleupon.com moment !

[Use Dijjer to get the song here]

http://www.nouvellesvagues.com

I found this email and I understand it really gets to Gene…

thought it was cool
questions@genesimmons.com

This hallows dark muse

Sharon den Adel

is a neat evolution to evanescence .

I hope to work with her musical influence for the score of my graphic novel REALM.

I wanted to learn how to do this because I am taking my wife out to a beautiful night at the orchestra under the stars… 

massive props to a new friend of mine check him out at: myspace.com/simplyjusthen 

I am looking forward to hearing

Jun Markl conduct at manncenter.org

My alphabetical top favs :.

Aerosmith - Dream On
Blue October - Trampoline
Candlebox - You
Danzig - Mother
Doors - Light My Fire /or/ Riders on the Storm
Queensryche - Anoher Rainy Night
Metallica - Fuel / Enter Sandman
Pearl Jam - Oceans /or/ Jeremy
Sponge- Plowed http://www.last.fm/music/Sponge
Staind - It’s Been Awhile /or/Mudshovel

xtras::

Tenacious D - The Greatest Song in the World
Alice in Chains - Rooster
Course Of Empire - The Information

this guys is a great musician, I am excited I get the chance and the thrill to hear him play…  

listen and hear it for yourself too . . . 

his website

(a neat article excerpt written By Cory Treffiletti)

Pearl Jam has recognized this concept better than any other band. Now that they’ve partnered with a label called J Records, the home of Clive Davis and one of the most well-respected names in music, they are reaping the benefits.

Over the years Pearl Jam has run an Internet fan club that routinely asks for input and artwork from its members, many of which have been used in T-shirt designs or published for others to see. They’ve run a Web site chock full of reviews and set lists written by fans. They post images and pictures in a gallery full of fan art. When they tour, they sometimes take requests from the fans, and in many cases they tease them with songs they haven’t played in years (this tour it’s “Leash,” for those of you truly playing attention). They offer fans an incentive to be this engaged by giving them first stab at tickets and special opportunities, like the show at Irving Plaza. Over the years they’ve discovered a way to make their band a brand and make that brand representative of a lifestyle. As a result, they continue to sell records and now that they’ve re-emerged into the mainstream consciousness with a little corporate backing, they’ve mobilized an army of fans who will guarantee success!

The way we see user-generated content being used by brands outside of entertainment is actually a bit of a cop-out. They are asking consumers to create ads or fill in the blanks for a MasterCard commercial, all of which represent the first, and easiest, wave of how this model can be applied. These are the simple ways to apply the model to advertising and though I love to see it taking hold, it represents only the tip of the iceberg. Once you’ve asked the consumer for input or content, then what? Great job; now you’ve got some new ads… what are you going to do to really motivate them and get them engaged? How do you make your brand into a lifestyle, and how do you mesh that lifestyle into the lives of your target audience?

The problem with what we are seeing now is these are only one step in a choreographed dance. They are the first step, and it’s an important one, but we need to see the steps that follow. We need to provide consumers with input and ways to shape the brand outside of the advertising. P&G has done this in the past with their Connect and Develop program, where consumers actually helped develop new products like Crest Whitestrips and the Swiffer Wet Jet, but even these are only single steps. No-one has yet packaged these various steps together and created the full choreography of user-generated marketing.

It will likely take a few years for our industry to understand the choreography necessary for a true user-generated marketing effort, but take a look around you and identify how your favorite lifestyle brands manage to get you involved. A little of what you see in each place can be repackaged and reworked, and you might come up with the right model.

For me, I’m going to go see a few more Pearl Jam concerts this month and continue my “research” into this topic.

Rock on!

Technologic

Francesca Lee I discovered her music for myself in Ft Worth this weekend.

Holy underground OverTheRhine meets Jewel …

Im in love!… I love her na-na-na- song !

I dig her sassyness… lol

I admit I think she is hot and has a great harmony and attitude in her music… anyways lol

I dig the café scene vibe she puts out in her rythms…

very Portishead and hip .

WOOF ! ah-hem…

… I mean check her out…

http://www.francesca-lee.com/

or now also here at her Myspace

I always liked the Sponge song Plowed but I really feel in love with the band when in Texas, I saw them in concert and it began to lightning and most people left, the drummer and guitarists left the stage …

then it began to rain and almost all left; even my girlfriend.

I stayed and sang Plowed with only Vinnie Dombroski In THE RAIN

I was Soaked but I was rockin!

http://www.last.fm/music/Sponge

The word “Legend” is so carelessly applied these days to the media-hyped, trend-du-jour artists of America, that it has all but lost its meaning. To find a true measure for the term “Legend,” look at Johnny Cash. In a career that spans six decades he looms nearly as large as a pop icon, as he does a country mega- star. Since his debut on Sun Records in 1955, he has recorded over 500 albums. From them came over 140 country hit singles and nearly 50 singles that made the Billboard Hot 100 Pop chart. He was there at Sun along with other true legends-to-be like Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis, all key ingredients in the primordial soup that congealed into a thing called rock & roll, while Johnny simultaneously began to help re-define country music. It is not surprising that he is the only artist enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Roll and Rock Hall of Fame.

I have listened to many of his hits and the wisdoms and terrible truth in his music is summed up in this song . I take this - his own tale of death - to heart the most… ‘For I seek the same.

1983 - Chuck Brown
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YOU ARE A SHIELD FOR ME

CHORUS
Lord, you are a shield for me
My glory and the one who lifts my head
Lord, you are a shield for me
My glory and the one who lifts my head
I cried to you
Your answer gave me peace and I slept
I awake for you sustain me
CHORUS
Some gather ’round
Saying “There’s no help for him in God.”
But I live for you sustain me
Sustain me