October Food & Beverage Events at The Langham Huntington
WHAT: Cigar and Whiskey Nosing at The Bar – On October 8, 2009, in conjunction with Beam Global Spirits & Wine, the Cigar & Whiskey Nosing event in The Bar includes two glasses of featured whiskey, one complimentary cigar and a second hand-rolled cigar to take home from 2nd St. Cigars in Los Angeles.
Specially paired hors d’oeuvres and live music are included. Enjoy an evening under the stars with conversation, social networking, education and the appreciation of fine cigars and whiskey with whiskey specialists and fellow cigar enthusiasts!
· Cost is $60 per person (plus tax and gratuity)
· October 8, 2009 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Spectacular Seafood Buffet – During the month of October, the culinary team at The Terrace restaurant will create a seafood extravaganza buffet, including a variety of fresh seafood delicacies and action stations featuring chefs preparing specialty small plates.
· Cost is $55 for adults; $22 children 13 and under (plus tax and gratuity)
· Wednesday nights in October from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Langham Huntington
1401 South Oak Knoll Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91106
For reservations, please dial 626-585-6218
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Full House at the Santa Fe Springs Swap Friday
Come Check us out at the Santa Fe Swap !!!!! Full House and Friends!!!
Friday Oct. 2nd
@ The Santa Fe Springs Swap Show!
Show times are 7pm, 8:30pm and 10pm.
Bring the kids it’s only a $1.50 to get in!!!
Check out the link for more details!http://www.sfsswapmeet.com/events.html
Hope to see ya at the show!!!
Laters,
Full House
Check out the new and improved www.123DRINK.com for more show dates!!!
Friday Oct. 2nd
@ The Santa Fe Springs Swap Show!
Show times are 7pm, 8:30pm and 10pm.
Bring the kids it’s only a $1.50 to get in!!!
Check out the link for more details!http://www.sfsswapmeet.com/events.html
Hope to see ya at the show!!!
Laters,
Full House
Check out the new and improved www.123DRINK.com for more show dates!!!
Upcoming concerts around California from Live Nation
On Sale Saturday October 3 at 10 AM:
JAY-Z
With Special Guests:
N.E.R.D. – Wale – J. Cole
Pauley Pavilion
November 8
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On Sale Saturday, October 3rd At 10 AM Exclusively Online At www.LiveNation.com
Save New Wave II
(Hosted By Richard Blade)
BLASPHEMOUS RUMOURS (Depeche Mode Tribute)
With Special Guests: The Cured (The Cure Tribute), Joshua Tree (U2 Tribute) & Inx-sive (INXS Tribute)
The Hollywood Palladium
November 21, 2009
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On Sale Saturday, October 3rd At 10 AM Exclusively Online Through www.LiveNation.com
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With Special Guest: CALEXICO
The Wiltern
December 19, 2009
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2nd Show On Sale Saturday, October 3rd At 1 PM
2nd Show Added!
KATHY GRIFFIN
Gibson Amphitheatre
November 28, 2009 (Just Added!)
JAY-Z
With Special Guests:
N.E.R.D. – Wale – J. Cole
Pauley Pavilion
November 8
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On Sale Saturday, October 3rd At 10 AM Exclusively Online At www.LiveNation.com
Save New Wave II
(Hosted By Richard Blade)
BLASPHEMOUS RUMOURS (Depeche Mode Tribute)
With Special Guests: The Cured (The Cure Tribute), Joshua Tree (U2 Tribute) & Inx-sive (INXS Tribute)
The Hollywood Palladium
November 21, 2009
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On Sale Saturday, October 3rd At 10 AM Exclusively Online Through www.LiveNation.com
X
With Special Guest: CALEXICO
The Wiltern
December 19, 2009
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2nd Show On Sale Saturday, October 3rd At 1 PM
2nd Show Added!
KATHY GRIFFIN
Gibson Amphitheatre
November 28, 2009 (Just Added!)
John Mayer to release new album
John Mayer's Battle Studies will be released on November 17th, 2009 on Columbia Records. The seven-time Grammy Award winner's fourth studio album was co-produced by John Mayer and Steve Jordan and debuts three years after his critically acclaimed 2006 album, Continuum.
Incorporating the warmth, melodies and simplicity of 70's and 80's California rock/pop, Battle Studies is a confessional, relaxed and liberated album recorded in a private home in California where Mayer lived and worked over the course of six months before wrapping at the famed Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.
The album's first single, "Who Says" challenges conventional standards of what one can accomplish or undertake - despite society's constraints. Battle Studies also showcases universal themes on "Heartbreak Warfare," "Assassin," and "War of My Life," while flexing guitar chops on "Rock Song," and a reinterpretation of "Crossroads." The famously collaborative guitar player also invited one of music's brightest new talents, Taylor Swift, to appear on "Half of My Heart."
"I approach music like a director doing a period piece," says Mayer. "Where Continuum was R&B and Soul, Battle Studies was written with the timelessness of Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac and Neil Young in mind. The melodies and message are concise and from-the-gut with the efficiency of simplicity."
A John Mayer North American tour is currently being planned and will follow the release of Battle Studies in early 2010, details to be announced soon. In the meantime, two rare performances by John Mayer Trio (John Mayer, Steve Jordan, Pino Palladino) have been announced for December – December 29th in San Diego at the Copley Symphony Hall and a New Year’s Eve show on December 31st in Las Vegas at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
In place of Mayer’s annual Holiday Revue, these concert events will raise money for two veteran’s charities – Military Outreach Ministry Camp Pendleton (MOM) and NCIRE – the Veterans Health Research Institute. MOM is a nonprofit organization that supports young military families of all faiths and NCIRE is the largest non-profit research institute affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Among other investigations, NCIRE researches the causes and best treatment for post- traumatic stress disorder and other combat-related injuries.
ABOUT JOHN MAYER - The consistency with which John Mayer combines wordcraft and melody has earned him rarefied status in popular culture as a genuine and respected songwriter and musician. Since his acclaimed debut in 2001 with Room For Squares, each release has earned John Mayer additional accolades. Through 2003's Heavier Things, his work with John Mayer Trio in 2005, CONTINUUM's 2006 release and now, Battle Studies, John Mayer has established himself as a musician and collaborator who exceeds genre boundaries.
The guitarist, vocalist and songwriter has earned seven Grammy Awards and sold nearly 12.5 million albums worldwide.In May 2007, Time Magazine placed John Mayer on their Time 100 list of the most influential contemporary thinkers, leaders, artists and entertainers. For two consecutive years, Rolling Stone Magazine featured John Mayer on the cover of their annual "Guitar" issue - first with the May 2008 "Living Guitar Legends" issue and then as part of February 2007's "Guitar Heroes" round-ups featuring Mayer with peers and icons alike.
Pairings with a range of artists are a defining trait of the musician whose collaborative streak is well-known. From rock to blues, hip-hop to jazz to country, Mayer has performed and/or recorded with Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Burnett, Herbie Hancock, Dixie Chicks, Jay Z, Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift. In 2005, Mayer famously toured and recorded with power players Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan as John Mayer Trio, whose live album TRY! featured searing blues and rock. As on Continuum, John Mayer again took the helm as the co-producer of Battle Studies, his fourth studio album, which will be released November, 17, 2009.
Incorporating the warmth, melodies and simplicity of 70's and 80's California rock/pop, Battle Studies is a confessional, relaxed and liberated album recorded in a private home in California where Mayer lived and worked over the course of six months before wrapping at the famed Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.
The album's first single, "Who Says" challenges conventional standards of what one can accomplish or undertake - despite society's constraints. Battle Studies also showcases universal themes on "Heartbreak Warfare," "Assassin," and "War of My Life," while flexing guitar chops on "Rock Song," and a reinterpretation of "Crossroads." The famously collaborative guitar player also invited one of music's brightest new talents, Taylor Swift, to appear on "Half of My Heart."
"I approach music like a director doing a period piece," says Mayer. "Where Continuum was R&B and Soul, Battle Studies was written with the timelessness of Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac and Neil Young in mind. The melodies and message are concise and from-the-gut with the efficiency of simplicity."
A John Mayer North American tour is currently being planned and will follow the release of Battle Studies in early 2010, details to be announced soon. In the meantime, two rare performances by John Mayer Trio (John Mayer, Steve Jordan, Pino Palladino) have been announced for December – December 29th in San Diego at the Copley Symphony Hall and a New Year’s Eve show on December 31st in Las Vegas at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
In place of Mayer’s annual Holiday Revue, these concert events will raise money for two veteran’s charities – Military Outreach Ministry Camp Pendleton (MOM) and NCIRE – the Veterans Health Research Institute. MOM is a nonprofit organization that supports young military families of all faiths and NCIRE is the largest non-profit research institute affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Among other investigations, NCIRE researches the causes and best treatment for post- traumatic stress disorder and other combat-related injuries.
ABOUT JOHN MAYER - The consistency with which John Mayer combines wordcraft and melody has earned him rarefied status in popular culture as a genuine and respected songwriter and musician. Since his acclaimed debut in 2001 with Room For Squares, each release has earned John Mayer additional accolades. Through 2003's Heavier Things, his work with John Mayer Trio in 2005, CONTINUUM's 2006 release and now, Battle Studies, John Mayer has established himself as a musician and collaborator who exceeds genre boundaries.
The guitarist, vocalist and songwriter has earned seven Grammy Awards and sold nearly 12.5 million albums worldwide.In May 2007, Time Magazine placed John Mayer on their Time 100 list of the most influential contemporary thinkers, leaders, artists and entertainers. For two consecutive years, Rolling Stone Magazine featured John Mayer on the cover of their annual "Guitar" issue - first with the May 2008 "Living Guitar Legends" issue and then as part of February 2007's "Guitar Heroes" round-ups featuring Mayer with peers and icons alike.
Pairings with a range of artists are a defining trait of the musician whose collaborative streak is well-known. From rock to blues, hip-hop to jazz to country, Mayer has performed and/or recorded with Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Burnett, Herbie Hancock, Dixie Chicks, Jay Z, Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift. In 2005, Mayer famously toured and recorded with power players Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan as John Mayer Trio, whose live album TRY! featured searing blues and rock. As on Continuum, John Mayer again took the helm as the co-producer of Battle Studies, his fourth studio album, which will be released November, 17, 2009.
Richy Petrello is back to music and helping others
This isn’t a PR stunt or a reality show, this is as real as it gets - this is human truth. It’s one hell of a story.
Born and raised on Long Island, Richy Petrello has seen his career come full circle; complete with a meteoric upswing and a tumbling downfall, only to rise from the ashes like a Phoenix. If you knew Richy back in the day, he was a fierce Sax cat - the man was a Rock and roll terrorist, terrorizing his own body with alcohol and drugs, waking up in his own vomit.
Richy lived this cliché of sex, drugs and rock and roll for many years; getting caught up in the ebbs and flows and eventually succumbing to the temptations and the perks that came with living the rock star life. Then, as if by some divine intervention, like a flash of light coming down from heaven, he meets and falls in love with Cathe, like an angel she transformed him into a Rock And Roll Humanitarian.
For a short period of time afterwards, he turned away from his music; believing that the entertainment business and everything associated with it was to blame for his rapid descent into drugs and depression. But after some reflection on this, he realized his music was not the key to his downfall, but instead was the thing that would ultimately save him. Since that fateful moment of clarity, he has successfully used music to reach out to others, helping them to not fall into the same trap he fell into, and at the same time to bring joy to people across the globe.
Today this former rock star is on top of the world in many ways; first and foremost as a proud father who has instilled music and generosity into his three young daughters, who now make up the current buzz band, Petrel. Ages 17-23, the girls offer a pop sound that is refreshing and unique. These young Pop Humanitarians bring their uplifting brand of music to the far reaches of the world with the hope of touching those who have been under served and ignored; and they don't need a song with pseudo-controversy like Katy Perry’s I kissed a girl; they have actually kissed AIDS babies!
With this ethos in mind, the family, Richy and Cathe Petrello with their daughters Jessica, Rebekah and Destiny (Petrel) has spent the past several years travelling to remote villages in Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba and Mexico, to the Mayan Jungle, to orphanages in India, China, Belize, Guatemala and to places such as the Metro Church Children’s Outreach' in Bushwick, Brooklyn - reaching out to these diverse communities by preparing food, playing with the kids, and teaching them songs. He's not like some Bono writing a check to save the rain forest. This guy brings his horn to the mud and blood of Haiti, into the Mayan Jungle and to other god forsaken places.
Learn more about Richy Petrello by going to http://www.myspace.com/richypetrello
Learn more about Petrel by going to http://www.myspace.com/petrelmusic
ABOUT RICHY PETRELLOIn his 35+ years in music, Richy has gained notoriety and respect in many facets of the business: playing sax and vocalizing with the likes of Brian Setzer and The Stray Cats, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Don Henley, Carly Simon, Reba Macintyre, Dion, Foreigner, The Cars & Steve Vai and producing, writing and/or directing events for The Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Halftime Show, The Monday Night Football Halftime Show, ABC, ESPN and Back at the Ranch. He is also a past winner of the Hope for Children International Humanitarian Award. Additionally, Mr Petrello holds an honorary doctorate in music management and is an active voting member of The Recording Academy (The Grammys).
Born and raised on Long Island, Richy Petrello has seen his career come full circle; complete with a meteoric upswing and a tumbling downfall, only to rise from the ashes like a Phoenix. If you knew Richy back in the day, he was a fierce Sax cat - the man was a Rock and roll terrorist, terrorizing his own body with alcohol and drugs, waking up in his own vomit.
Richy lived this cliché of sex, drugs and rock and roll for many years; getting caught up in the ebbs and flows and eventually succumbing to the temptations and the perks that came with living the rock star life. Then, as if by some divine intervention, like a flash of light coming down from heaven, he meets and falls in love with Cathe, like an angel she transformed him into a Rock And Roll Humanitarian.
For a short period of time afterwards, he turned away from his music; believing that the entertainment business and everything associated with it was to blame for his rapid descent into drugs and depression. But after some reflection on this, he realized his music was not the key to his downfall, but instead was the thing that would ultimately save him. Since that fateful moment of clarity, he has successfully used music to reach out to others, helping them to not fall into the same trap he fell into, and at the same time to bring joy to people across the globe.
Today this former rock star is on top of the world in many ways; first and foremost as a proud father who has instilled music and generosity into his three young daughters, who now make up the current buzz band, Petrel. Ages 17-23, the girls offer a pop sound that is refreshing and unique. These young Pop Humanitarians bring their uplifting brand of music to the far reaches of the world with the hope of touching those who have been under served and ignored; and they don't need a song with pseudo-controversy like Katy Perry’s I kissed a girl; they have actually kissed AIDS babies!
With this ethos in mind, the family, Richy and Cathe Petrello with their daughters Jessica, Rebekah and Destiny (Petrel) has spent the past several years travelling to remote villages in Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba and Mexico, to the Mayan Jungle, to orphanages in India, China, Belize, Guatemala and to places such as the Metro Church Children’s Outreach' in Bushwick, Brooklyn - reaching out to these diverse communities by preparing food, playing with the kids, and teaching them songs. He's not like some Bono writing a check to save the rain forest. This guy brings his horn to the mud and blood of Haiti, into the Mayan Jungle and to other god forsaken places.
Learn more about Richy Petrello by going to http://www.myspace.com/richypetrello
Learn more about Petrel by going to http://www.myspace.com/petrelmusic
ABOUT RICHY PETRELLOIn his 35+ years in music, Richy has gained notoriety and respect in many facets of the business: playing sax and vocalizing with the likes of Brian Setzer and The Stray Cats, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Don Henley, Carly Simon, Reba Macintyre, Dion, Foreigner, The Cars & Steve Vai and producing, writing and/or directing events for The Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Halftime Show, The Monday Night Football Halftime Show, ABC, ESPN and Back at the Ranch. He is also a past winner of the Hope for Children International Humanitarian Award. Additionally, Mr Petrello holds an honorary doctorate in music management and is an active voting member of The Recording Academy (The Grammys).
Rockstar Games and Timbaland's Beaterator now available
Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that Rockstar Games and Timbaland present Beaterator is now available in North America for Sony’s PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system in stores and for digital download on the PlayStation®Network. Developed by Rockstar Leeds, Beaterator combines the power of music creation with unparalleled ease-of-use and accessibility for people of all ages and skill levels. Beaterator will be available at retail on UMD® and digitally from the PlayStation Network internationally on October 2, 2009.
"Beaterator is a new direction for interactive music,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “What makes Beaterator truly astounding is that literally anyone can be up and making music within minutes.”
“My partnership with Rockstar Games has resulted in something amazing,” said Grammy Award-winning producer, Timbaland. “Beaterator puts studio-quality production tools in your pocket, and makes them easy enough for anyone to use.”
Beaterator is a professional-level, portable studio that guides users through the process of constructing beats and songs with thousands of loops and sounds made by both Timbaland and Rockstar. Jam in Live Play mode with genre-specific templates, or jump into Song Crafter to compose original drum beats, melodies, and even record vocals. No matter the skill level, Beaterator puts the power to make studio-quality music at peoples’ fingertips in a format that's portable, accessible and fun.
Beaterator has received outstanding press across the board: USA Today called Beaterator “a powerful, portable music studio for your back pocket.” Wired says Beaterator “teaches children (and adults) the fundamentals of song-crafting by removing the sense of intimidation” around music creation. Top digital music site, CreateDigitalMusic claims Beaterator “could be a revelation.” MTV exclaimed that Beaterator is “one of the most interesting titles coming to the PSP this year.” Gaming site, Kotaku raves “Beaterator is digital music creation made easier.” GameSpy elaborated, stating “the difference between Beaterator and these rhythm/music games is that here you're creating music, not imitating it.”
Beaterator is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will also be available later this fall on the iPhone™ and iPod® touch. For more information, log onto www.rockstargames.com/beaterator.
"Beaterator is a new direction for interactive music,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “What makes Beaterator truly astounding is that literally anyone can be up and making music within minutes.”
“My partnership with Rockstar Games has resulted in something amazing,” said Grammy Award-winning producer, Timbaland. “Beaterator puts studio-quality production tools in your pocket, and makes them easy enough for anyone to use.”
Beaterator is a professional-level, portable studio that guides users through the process of constructing beats and songs with thousands of loops and sounds made by both Timbaland and Rockstar. Jam in Live Play mode with genre-specific templates, or jump into Song Crafter to compose original drum beats, melodies, and even record vocals. No matter the skill level, Beaterator puts the power to make studio-quality music at peoples’ fingertips in a format that's portable, accessible and fun.
Beaterator has received outstanding press across the board: USA Today called Beaterator “a powerful, portable music studio for your back pocket.” Wired says Beaterator “teaches children (and adults) the fundamentals of song-crafting by removing the sense of intimidation” around music creation. Top digital music site, CreateDigitalMusic claims Beaterator “could be a revelation.” MTV exclaimed that Beaterator is “one of the most interesting titles coming to the PSP this year.” Gaming site, Kotaku raves “Beaterator is digital music creation made easier.” GameSpy elaborated, stating “the difference between Beaterator and these rhythm/music games is that here you're creating music, not imitating it.”
Beaterator is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will also be available later this fall on the iPhone™ and iPod® touch. For more information, log onto www.rockstargames.com/beaterator.
Dead by Sunrise to perform at the Roxy in support of new album
Dead by Sunrise, the new band fronted by Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington, have announced three upcoming live shows to celebrate the release of their debut album, Out of Ashes, due from Warner Bros. Records on October 13th, 2009.
The band, which is Bennington on vocals, guitarists Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh (from Orgy/Julien-K), bassist Brandon Belsky, drummer Elias Anda (also from Julien-K), and keyboardist Anthony Valcic, will perform at Wasted Space in the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas on October 1st, at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City on October 14th, and at the Roxy in Los Angeles on October 19th.
Fans attending these very special shows will be treated to songs from Out of Ashes, which was produced by Howard Benson (Motorhead, My Chemical Romance). The album’s first single, “Crawl Back In,” continues its assault on Rock radio, after being the most-added track for four consecutive weeks in September. The video for “Crawl Back In” is viewable at www.myspace.com/deadbysunrise.
As previously announced, Dead by Sunrise will perform also at MTV’s first annual “Ulalume” Halloween festival on October 23rd, 2009, at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD, alongside Paramore, AFI, and Kid Cudi. Their performance will air during a Halloween-themed week on MTV, MTV.com, mtvU, and mtvU.com.
The band, which is Bennington on vocals, guitarists Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh (from Orgy/Julien-K), bassist Brandon Belsky, drummer Elias Anda (also from Julien-K), and keyboardist Anthony Valcic, will perform at Wasted Space in the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas on October 1st, at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City on October 14th, and at the Roxy in Los Angeles on October 19th.
Fans attending these very special shows will be treated to songs from Out of Ashes, which was produced by Howard Benson (Motorhead, My Chemical Romance). The album’s first single, “Crawl Back In,” continues its assault on Rock radio, after being the most-added track for four consecutive weeks in September. The video for “Crawl Back In” is viewable at www.myspace.com/deadbysunrise.
As previously announced, Dead by Sunrise will perform also at MTV’s first annual “Ulalume” Halloween festival on October 23rd, 2009, at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD, alongside Paramore, AFI, and Kid Cudi. Their performance will air during a Halloween-themed week on MTV, MTV.com, mtvU, and mtvU.com.
Conductor Ennio Morricone to debut new piece at Hollywood Bowl
When Ennio Morricone makes his Hollywood Bowl debut entitled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood on Sunday October 25, 2009 conducting the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the world-renowned composer will also debut a new piece he commissioned specifically to commemorate the event.
Andrea Morricone (http://www.andreamorricone.it), son of Ennio Morricone has composed “Adesso For Strings”, a six-minute piece that will be among many scores from the elder Morricone’s performance at the Hollywood Bowl. This rare live event is the first live familial musical collaboration between the Morricones. Their professional career began in 1988 when both their music appeared in the classic film Cinema Paradiso. Andrea Morricone wrote “Love Theme” for Cinema Paradiso for which he won England’s BAFTA award while Ennio Morricone scored the film.
“For anyone to have the opportunity to score a piece of music commissioned by Ennio Morricone is obviously an honor and unique pleasure,” said Composer Andrea Morricone. “What makes this special for me is that my father has never conducted in Los Angeles, the home of American film, and it is truly an honor just being a part of this historic event. We first were able to collaborate together on the film Cinema Paradiso more than twenty years ago. It will be a thrill for both of us to hear my music conducted by my father for the very first time next month.”
Andrea Morricone is one of Italy’s most prominent composers and has become an established global presence in film and concert music. His film soundtracks include the Oscar-nominated and 2003 Sundance Festival winning documentary Capturing The Friedman’s, Barry Levinson’s Liberty Heights, as well as Here on Earth, Due Amici, Raul, Funny Money, The Inquiry, and the documentaries Brando and Huxley on Huxley.
Andrea Morricone began his musical studies under the guidance of his father, the composer Ennio Morricone, who won an Honorary Academy Awarded in 2007. Â Andrea received a Baccalaureate and Master's degrees in composition from Rome’s Accademia di Santa Cecilia. He was awarded a diploma in conducting as a student of Bruno Aprea; Orchestras he has conducted include the Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, Milan’s Guido Cantelli Orchestra, Bulgaria’s Symphony Orchestra of Sofia, Hungary’s Budapest Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Spain’s Bilbao Symphony and Orchestra, and The Czech National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) Rep. Ceca, Youth Symphonic Orchestra Simon Boliva (Venezuela). Exceptional moments in Andrea's career include: conducting Yo-Yo Ma and the USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra, winning the Globo D'Oro in 2005 awarded by the Association of International Press and having contemporary pop artist Sting record one of his songs.
While still working part-time in Rome, Andrea Morricone and his wife, actress Alessia Albani, moved to Los Angeles, California in 2003. He has moved into a production suite at the world famous Village Recorder in West Los Angeles where he composes music.
Andrea Morricone (http://www.andreamorricone.it), son of Ennio Morricone has composed “Adesso For Strings”, a six-minute piece that will be among many scores from the elder Morricone’s performance at the Hollywood Bowl. This rare live event is the first live familial musical collaboration between the Morricones. Their professional career began in 1988 when both their music appeared in the classic film Cinema Paradiso. Andrea Morricone wrote “Love Theme” for Cinema Paradiso for which he won England’s BAFTA award while Ennio Morricone scored the film.
“For anyone to have the opportunity to score a piece of music commissioned by Ennio Morricone is obviously an honor and unique pleasure,” said Composer Andrea Morricone. “What makes this special for me is that my father has never conducted in Los Angeles, the home of American film, and it is truly an honor just being a part of this historic event. We first were able to collaborate together on the film Cinema Paradiso more than twenty years ago. It will be a thrill for both of us to hear my music conducted by my father for the very first time next month.”
Andrea Morricone is one of Italy’s most prominent composers and has become an established global presence in film and concert music. His film soundtracks include the Oscar-nominated and 2003 Sundance Festival winning documentary Capturing The Friedman’s, Barry Levinson’s Liberty Heights, as well as Here on Earth, Due Amici, Raul, Funny Money, The Inquiry, and the documentaries Brando and Huxley on Huxley.
Andrea Morricone began his musical studies under the guidance of his father, the composer Ennio Morricone, who won an Honorary Academy Awarded in 2007. Â Andrea received a Baccalaureate and Master's degrees in composition from Rome’s Accademia di Santa Cecilia. He was awarded a diploma in conducting as a student of Bruno Aprea; Orchestras he has conducted include the Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, Milan’s Guido Cantelli Orchestra, Bulgaria’s Symphony Orchestra of Sofia, Hungary’s Budapest Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Spain’s Bilbao Symphony and Orchestra, and The Czech National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) Rep. Ceca, Youth Symphonic Orchestra Simon Boliva (Venezuela). Exceptional moments in Andrea's career include: conducting Yo-Yo Ma and the USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra, winning the Globo D'Oro in 2005 awarded by the Association of International Press and having contemporary pop artist Sting record one of his songs.
While still working part-time in Rome, Andrea Morricone and his wife, actress Alessia Albani, moved to Los Angeles, California in 2003. He has moved into a production suite at the world famous Village Recorder in West Los Angeles where he composes music.
Gibson seeking female guitarists for SG Gal contest
Gibson USA kicks off the “SG Gal” contest hosted by the Go-Go’s Jane Wiedlin. Gibson USA is in search of that special female performer who will win the title of “SG Gal” and an exclusive new Gibson Zoot Suit SG guitar. Any female fan who has the chops and charm to represent one of the most iconic guitars in Gibson USA’s history is urged to enter.
Interested Gibson fans can go to www.gibson.com and watch the video announcement presented by Jane Wiedlin for the details.
Entrants are asked to upload an original video to YouTube that shows Gibson USA why they deserve to be named the official “SG Gal.” The female participant with the most popular video, voted on by the public, will win the title and a Gibson SG Zoot Suit Guitar.
Video Submissions must be received by midnight (ET) on November 13, 2009. Uploading is available by going to Gibson’s YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/gibsonguitarcorp. The official entry form is also included on the website.
The SG Zoot Suit features a brand new body built with multiple birch wood laminate pieces, each dyed with a different color then compressed and bonded together to form one solid block of wood. No paint is used. For all the details on the official “SG Gal” contest go to www.gibson.com.
Interested Gibson fans can go to www.gibson.com and watch the video announcement presented by Jane Wiedlin for the details.
Entrants are asked to upload an original video to YouTube that shows Gibson USA why they deserve to be named the official “SG Gal.” The female participant with the most popular video, voted on by the public, will win the title and a Gibson SG Zoot Suit Guitar.
Video Submissions must be received by midnight (ET) on November 13, 2009. Uploading is available by going to Gibson’s YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/gibsonguitarcorp. The official entry form is also included on the website.
The SG Zoot Suit features a brand new body built with multiple birch wood laminate pieces, each dyed with a different color then compressed and bonded together to form one solid block of wood. No paint is used. For all the details on the official “SG Gal” contest go to www.gibson.com.
Guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez to release new album
Renown guitarist and musical mastermind Omar Rodriguez Lopez is set to release perhaps his most melodic and revealing album to date worldwide on November 10th, 2009 via his own Rodriguez Lopez Productions, with European release on September 28th. The disc, titled Xenophanes is the first to feature lead vocals from the Grammy-winning guitar legend -- and we don't use the word "legend" lightly, Rolling Stone hails him among their "Greatest Guitarists of All Time", placing him on that issue's cover. Check out the first MP3, "Mundo De Ciegos"
Wikipedia tells us that Xenophanes was a Greek philosopher, poet, and social and religious critic of the 5th century BC. His pantheistic conception of the Universe supposed that everything in existence has always existed. He rejected his contemporaries' notions of an anthropomorphic "god" (or hierarchy of gods) in favor of a concept not the least bit irrelevant to our 21st century mindset, that of a singular (and hence, all-encompassing) global consciousness.
His unorthodox concepts were not widely acknowledged until many hundreds of years after his death, and suffice to say, their material concerns are primarily those which humans wage war over two-and-a-half millennia later. Little surprise, then, that this iconoclastic anomaly of a man should lend his name to a new concept album by The Mars Volta's hyper-prolific mastermind, Omar Rodriguez Lopez.
The inaugural recording from Rodriguez Lopez's low-profile compound in Zapopan, Mexico, Xenophanes is the first album which finds him at the helm vocally and lyrically, as well as musically. Sung entirely in Spanish, Xenophanes showcases a side of Omar rarely seen before, allowing for a much more gestural experience of the man rather than simply the musician, and truly distinguishing this album from its myriad predecessors.
Equal parts Volta bombast, El Grupo Nuevo... technicality, and a textural richness unequaled on prior solo releases, Xenophanes is a triumph of imagination and an inspired, concise statement. A conceptual journey through life, death, and re-birth, the album tells the story of a selfish and judgmental female caseworker who falls in love with a male client, only for him to die soon thereafter. Over the course of eleven subsequent lifetimes, the woman experiences life from every conceivable vantage point as her soul evolves, thereby allowing the maturity and eventual letting-go of her ego which in turn enables the realization that the man was, and always has been, her father spirit.
Suggesting the fractal and holographic nature of both consciousness and physical reality, the concepts embraced on Xenophanes will appear at least vaguely familiar to anyone with experience in the psychedelic and/or shamanic realms; concepts which Xenophanes himself was likely the first to express within the confines of Western philosophy.
In order to execute the unpredictable, emotionally-charged compositions on Xenophanes, Rodriguez Lopez once again enlists his veteran co-conspirators: bassist Juan Alderete de la Peña, drummer Thomas Pridgen and keyboardist/percussionist Marcel Rodriguez Lopez. Additionally, the album includes contributions from Mark Aanderud (additional keyboards), as well as the notable voice of Ximena Sariñana, doubling and backing Rodriguez Lopez's vocals.
As Sariñana's presence on Omar's recordings and during live performances has already been a cause for much speculation, it should be made clear that Xenophanes does not feature the accomplished and versatile singer's own vocal compostions.
Subsequent releases (the forthcoming Los Suenos De Un Hidago and Ciencia De Los Inutiles albums, for instance) will fully showcase Sariñana's penchant for infectious melody and engaging lyrics.
Artist: Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Album: Xenophanes
Label: Rodriguez Lopez Productions
Release Date: November 10, 2009
1. Azoemia
2. Mundo De Ciegos
3. Ojo Al Cristo De Plata
4. Amanita Virosa
5. Sangrando Detrás De Los Ojos
6. Desarraigo
7. Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erógenos
8. Oremos
9. Perder El Arte De La Razón Sin Mover Un Sólo Dedo
10. a) Flores De Cizaña11. b) Maria Celeste
On the Web:
http://rodriguezlopezproductions.com
http://www.myspace.com/rodriguezlopezproductions
Wikipedia tells us that Xenophanes was a Greek philosopher, poet, and social and religious critic of the 5th century BC. His pantheistic conception of the Universe supposed that everything in existence has always existed. He rejected his contemporaries' notions of an anthropomorphic "god" (or hierarchy of gods) in favor of a concept not the least bit irrelevant to our 21st century mindset, that of a singular (and hence, all-encompassing) global consciousness.
His unorthodox concepts were not widely acknowledged until many hundreds of years after his death, and suffice to say, their material concerns are primarily those which humans wage war over two-and-a-half millennia later. Little surprise, then, that this iconoclastic anomaly of a man should lend his name to a new concept album by The Mars Volta's hyper-prolific mastermind, Omar Rodriguez Lopez.
The inaugural recording from Rodriguez Lopez's low-profile compound in Zapopan, Mexico, Xenophanes is the first album which finds him at the helm vocally and lyrically, as well as musically. Sung entirely in Spanish, Xenophanes showcases a side of Omar rarely seen before, allowing for a much more gestural experience of the man rather than simply the musician, and truly distinguishing this album from its myriad predecessors.
Equal parts Volta bombast, El Grupo Nuevo... technicality, and a textural richness unequaled on prior solo releases, Xenophanes is a triumph of imagination and an inspired, concise statement. A conceptual journey through life, death, and re-birth, the album tells the story of a selfish and judgmental female caseworker who falls in love with a male client, only for him to die soon thereafter. Over the course of eleven subsequent lifetimes, the woman experiences life from every conceivable vantage point as her soul evolves, thereby allowing the maturity and eventual letting-go of her ego which in turn enables the realization that the man was, and always has been, her father spirit.
Suggesting the fractal and holographic nature of both consciousness and physical reality, the concepts embraced on Xenophanes will appear at least vaguely familiar to anyone with experience in the psychedelic and/or shamanic realms; concepts which Xenophanes himself was likely the first to express within the confines of Western philosophy.
In order to execute the unpredictable, emotionally-charged compositions on Xenophanes, Rodriguez Lopez once again enlists his veteran co-conspirators: bassist Juan Alderete de la Peña, drummer Thomas Pridgen and keyboardist/percussionist Marcel Rodriguez Lopez. Additionally, the album includes contributions from Mark Aanderud (additional keyboards), as well as the notable voice of Ximena Sariñana, doubling and backing Rodriguez Lopez's vocals.
As Sariñana's presence on Omar's recordings and during live performances has already been a cause for much speculation, it should be made clear that Xenophanes does not feature the accomplished and versatile singer's own vocal compostions.
Subsequent releases (the forthcoming Los Suenos De Un Hidago and Ciencia De Los Inutiles albums, for instance) will fully showcase Sariñana's penchant for infectious melody and engaging lyrics.
Artist: Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Album: Xenophanes
Label: Rodriguez Lopez Productions
Release Date: November 10, 2009
1. Azoemia
2. Mundo De Ciegos
3. Ojo Al Cristo De Plata
4. Amanita Virosa
5. Sangrando Detrás De Los Ojos
6. Desarraigo
7. Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erógenos
8. Oremos
9. Perder El Arte De La Razón Sin Mover Un Sólo Dedo
10. a) Flores De Cizaña11. b) Maria Celeste
On the Web:
http://rodriguezlopezproductions.com
http://www.myspace.com/rodriguezlopezproductions
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