I Nine Releases New Video for "Seven Days of Lonely"

I Nine have just released the video for their first single, “Seven Days of Lonely.” The song will quickly open people's ears up to the enchanting, melodic sound of the band. I Nine is a quartet from Orangeburg, a town in central South Carolina. I Nine members consist of the charismatic lead singer, Carmen Keigans, Bryan Gibson on lead guitar and cello, Matt Heath on bass and Brian Whitman on guitar. Together the four members have influences of traditional rock 'n roll and, of course, southern rock. However, \the songs of I Nine that veers between pop and more artsy, moody tunes this is the result of having four people in a band who are all gifted songwriters.
I Nine’s debut album, Heavy Weighs the King, is going to be released in 2008. You can watch the video for “Seven Days of Lonely” today! For Windows Media go here, Quick Time go here.

Taylor Thursday

Monday I posted some news about Bruce Springsteen, so since today is Taylor Hicks Thursday and I have been posting videos of Taylor's cover songs and the orginal artists, at my other blog . I thought I would do that here today, with this blog entry. So below you will see a Bruce Springsteen Video of "Dancing in the Dark" and Taylor Hicks version of the song. Enjoy!

Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark



Taylor Hicks - Dancing in the Dark

Fans Can Share Stories and Win a Chance to See Bruce Springsteen at London’s O2 Arena

SIRIUS invites fans of Bruce Springsteen to celebrate the return of E Street Radio with “You Be the Boss”. Each day at 10am ET fans are able to pick their favorite songs and share their Bruce Springsteen stories on the air by calling 1 (877) 33-SIRIUS and pressing 10.

One thing being offered is one that fans are sure to love, as SIRIUS Satellite also announced the “Radio Everywhere” sweepstakes that offers listeners the chance to win a trip to London to catch the final concert of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band’s 2007 tour at the O2 Arena on December 19th, an autographed copy of the Magic CD, and the Stiletto 100 satellite radio so the winner can listen to SIRIUS and E Street Radio virtually everywhere. The lucky winner of either of these will be a very lucky and happy fan.

“You Be the Boss” airs daily on SIRIUS Channel 10. Listeners can call in at anytime to choose songs and share their stories. The “Radio Everywhere” sweepstakes runs from November 5th to the 26th.

For more information visit the official E Street Radio page at SIRIUS Satellite www.sirius.com/estreetradio. The page features a lot of Bruce Springsteen news, programming updates and fans also get a free 3-day online trial of the SIRIUS Satellite radio.

And of Course a Video of The Boss

Born in the USA

Taking Back Sunday Louder Now:Parttwo

“Taking Back Sunday” released Louder Now on April 25th of 2006 and it went to Number Two on the Billboard Top 200 chart a week later, selling more than 157,000 copies. The “Louder Now: Partone” CD featured personal stories from the band, exciting behind the scenes video of them on tour and in the studio and music videos.

Now fans will be happy to know that on November 20th, Warner Bros. Records will release the companion CD/DVD, entitled “Louder Now: Parttwo”.

The DVD will include lots of new behind-the-scenes videos and interviews with the band, previously unreleased live performances, the European version of the "Twenty-Twenty Surgery" video, the animated sensation “12 Days of Christmas,” which has received over 796,500 views on YouTube, and a lot of bonus features, including a "Making Of the Video" featurette for their Modern Rock hit "Liar (It Takes One To Know One)." The audio CD contains eight live tracks, including the hit single "MakeDamnSure," which was nominated for this year's MTV2 Viewer's Choice award.

Judd Starr Interview

Yesterday I posted that I had a interview with Judd Starr it has now been published.

Interview with Judd Starr
A Musician with More Than Just a Wonderful Voice
By Cindy Wright
You may not have heard of Judd Starr yet. I had not heard of him until a few days ago. I found the video "Firefly" and it caught my attention so much that I was immediately interested in finding out more about Judd Star. I wanted to share this music with more people.
Here is some background information about Judd Starr before we get to the interview. Judd Starr writes, plays all the instruments, mixed and recorded each song on his CD "Luminescent". Judd has recorded music that has appeared on MTV and NBC television shows as well as movies and more. Judd's fans or supporters, (which is what he prefers to call them), support him completely. One such supporter said something to me that I think sums up perfectly what his supporters think of Judd Starr, as a musician and how he treats those who support him. I am sure she does not mind me quoting her; Debbie said this about Judd "This man is VERY devoted; he knows each of us and is grateful for the support and friendship. I love him, so many of my friends are now his friends and fans and many have become Judd addicts and have purchased his album. By the way, it is VERY good; He is truly a music genius."

When did you get started with music?

Judd - Probably 9 or 10 years old, I remember teaching myself the piano (we had a really beaten-up piano with broken keys), figuring-out which keys sounded good together, etc. Then at about 11 years old, I took 2 tape recorders, which were lying around the house, taped myself playing the piano on one, then recorded myself singing on the other, back and forth....so I was laying tracks without even knowing it. My mom and dad were pretty shocked when they heard it. I still remember the song. That eventually led to my first professional recording at 14.

What inspires you to write your songs?

Judd - Knowing there are people interested in listening to what I do. That inspires me.

Which song on Luminescent is your favorite?

Judd - Aside from "Firefly" I think "Anything" or "The Letter".

Read the rest here.

Taylor Hicks Thursday

It’s Thursday, which means it is Taylor Hicks Day here at “Live.” Taylor is on hiatus, taking a well deserved break and writing music for his second CD. Because of this there isn’t much new news to report about Taylor. So I’ve been thinking what I want to discuss about Taylor Hicks.

Music is something that we can all relate to. We may not all like the same artists however we all know we could not live without music. Different moods make us want to listen to different types of music. How do we find out the new artists that are out there? Most of us rely on radio and television to show us new talent. This is how I had been my whole life.

Then when Taylor was discovered because of American Idol, I went on line to see if I could find some more information about him. I found out he had 2 Independent CDS. “The Fall” was the first song that I listened to of Taylor’s pre-idol music. It has been my fav ever since. I also love “Heart and Soul”, “The Deal”, “Hell of a Day” and “Soul Thing.”

Then I started wondering how I had never heard of Taylor Hicks before. The songs on “In Your Time” and “Under the Radar” are great. Taylor’s voice is one of the best voices I have ever heard. The record producers just ignored Taylor, for ten years he pounded on doors trying to get someone to just give him a chance, to let America hear his voice. We all know this did not happen. Until the day he walked into American Idol. The judges passed him through long enough to where America got to vote. We the listening audience knew Taylor was just what the music world had been waiting for. He was a change that we had been waiting for and we proved it each week, voting for him until he won the show.

So after all this I realized if all I did was listen to radio and television waiting for them to introduce to the next great person I might be waiting for along time. I knew Taylor Hicks had been out their performing and he had a fan base before he even went on Idol. I just had never heard of him until AI. That’s when I realized if I wanted to discover music that I truly enjoyed and was not force fed on me by radio stations playing their choices over and over, I was going to have to find the music myself.

I started looking on Myspace for Indie artists, or just those I had never heard before. Over the past year and a half since Taylor’s win I have found some artists that I truly enjoy and am so glad to have discovered them. Such as Ross Copperman The Hughes
Relient K and most recently Judd Starr, who I just interviewed and the interview will be published soon. Below you will see his video “Firefly.” I really love this video and his other songs on his CD. I am sure if you go searching for undiscovered or not highly promoted artists you will find some great new music to add to your own play list.