8 posts tagged “fave”
Hey everyone, thank you for coming back to check out another edition of MyLoveForMusic:Twilight.
The cool thing about putting these podcast together is that no matter
what mood I'm in these tracks relaxes me, makes me reflect on being
blessed to be able to have music to share with the masses. (I knew
reading album liner notes would pay off one day for me)
This show will showcase a track when first hearing it blew me away. I first heard this track on a compilation CD and ran out and picked it up years ago and it still sounds good today. Gaia's "Firewater" from the self-titled LP that was released back in 1994(you can find it on the Windham Hill Sampler '94 as well). What really caught me with this track was the fretless bassline in here...killa!!! Along with the haunting harmony vocals and the nice drum track and the blending the keyboards and synthizers makes this a must have for your library.
Three gifted musicians come together on the next track. I have never met these guys before but we have one thing in common...we are all podcasters but what makes this track really cool is that Fave, Doug Fresh and Todd Kelley (The BigLa) have never met in person but have come up with a great track that is really cool because with technology and with gift of their skills are working on a collaboration of bringing to the masses great music and I am so blessed to know all three of the cats. Their track "Give It 2 U" The cool thing I love about their music is that it takes me back when musicians truly loved their tracks. I love how Fave shows off his vocal skills in the forefront and the harmonizing background vocals which lets you know his gift as a vocalist and vocal arranger and with the "golden ear" of Todd Kelley makes this a gem and will get heavy rotation on my iPod.
Ocean Odyssseys by Asiabeat is a from my "Thriftstore Gems" archive...I still can't believe I getting this cassette from Big Lots back in the early 90s still sounds this good now...let me take that back...it doesn't surprise me because great music is timeless. This was the second LP from the "World Dance Beat" collection. This track would sound good today with the ambient tunes that are out now. I have always loved World Music because how it has interwoven acoustic with electronic.
Other tunes I have included in this podcast are from saxophonist Gerald Albright, guitarist David Torn, soundscape artist Rich Brodsky(Atomic Skunk), from the Windham Piano Sampler, Allaudin William Mathieu, the legendary Dr. Hook, acoustic guitarist extrondinare Andy McKee, the late George Jinda, The Shanghai Restroration Project(featuring The Virginia Sil'hooettes), great acoustic guitarist Earl Klugh and from the Chillout Album, Portofino Lounge.
So as always, kick back, relax, and take you some "me time" while you let this music flow over you and threw you.
Be Blessed
~DarrenKeith
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Track/Artist(s)/Album
01. Firewater - Gaia{From the "Gaia" LP}
02. Give It 2 U - Fave & Todd Kelley(The BigLa)
03. Oceans Odysseys - Asiabeat{From the "World Dance Beat: Beyond The Borders" LP}
04. Take Your Time - Gerald Albright{From the "New Beginnings" LP}
05. Sunday on the Violet Sea - David Torn{From the "Windham Hill:Guitar Sampler, Vol. 2" LP}
06. Mind the Gap - Atomic Skunk{From the "Binary Scenes" LP}
07. Listening to Evening - A.W. Mathiew{From the "Piano Sampler" LP}
08. Sharing the Night Together - Dr. Hook{From the "Sharing the Night Together" LP}
09. Into The Ocean - Andy McKee{From the "Dreamcatcher" LP}
10. Just My Imagination - George Jinda{From the "Cool Covers - Smooth Jazz Plays The Hits!" LP}
11. vOX (feat. The Virginia Sil'hooettes) - The Shanghai Restoration Project{From the "Zodiac" LP}
12. Doin' It - Earl Klugh{From the "Move" LP}
13. Remember Me - Portofino Lounge{From the "Chillout" LP}
*Bonus Track
14. Behind The Waterfall - David Lanz & Paul Speer
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The Shanghai Restoration Project
"vOX (feat. The Virginia Sil'hooettes)" (mp3)
from "Zodiac"
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{inspired by Fave's discussion with Doctor REALove}
I am so happy and blessed that I'm married...I really am. This is a post I've been thinking about this since downloading and listening to his his "G&SeXtra: Grown Folks ONLY" show. What started off as a question from a young man asking about which direction he should allow his interracial relation to take because of the looks and reactions he's receiving from some Black women and how he feels that when he was single no Black woman in his area would "give him the time of day" spiraled into a heart to heart discussion between Fave and Doctor REALove. It hit home for me, not because of the fact that I have been in a interracial relationship (and not to say at one time or another I haven't tried, I guess I frightened women because of my height and weight, who knows) but what Fave said really hit home for me when it comes some of my sistas in the workplace and how many times they will not speak, make eye contact with many Black men.
Let me say this is not ALL of my beautiful black women but I'm not going to lie, I have witnessed it time and time again when it comes to myself in my workplace today. I am so glad I am not single in this day and time because God forbid if anything would happen to my beautiful queen I think I would go into the priesthood (and I'm not even Catholic). I'm at a age now where at one end of the spectrum it makes me angry and on the other end I can do nothing but laugh when it comes to my beautiful sistas not wanting to say "hello" when passing me in the hallway, not making eye contact, not smiling...I just do not get it. What has we as Black men done to you(Black women) to make you act as if you just spoke we would try and jump your bones right there on the job. I can see if you were walking down the street or if you were in a bad neighbourhood or in a club but you are in the workplace. I have come to a place in my life where now I deliberatly sometimes look and smile at my Black sistas to see if they will make eye contact and just speak and to be honest 8 out of 10 times they will not make any type of jester to speak.
Now I'm a realist and I know some of us brothas are knuckleheads, some of us will try and hump anything with a hole. I know some of us have turned out to be real dawgs and many times my brothas are little boys inside grown men bodies. We sometime want to blame every Black woman for our downfall and in many cases we need to look inwardly...we need to look in the mirror and have a serious conversation with ourselves and ask, "what can I do to make myself a better person, a better man, a better Black man?" I was brought up by a single mom and coming up I did not have not one girlfriend growing up...NOT ONE!!! I tried, believe me I did and time and time again I was shot down but as I grew older and I look back I wasn't really ready for the opposite sex. I know if I would have had my way I would have had upten babies and probably living with my mom sleeping in that same little bed with the poster of Tony Dorsett on the wall.
{that's a lie. I hated the Cowboys so it would have been a poster of Franco Harris on the wall...but anyhow...}
I know some of us Black men have left a bad taste in out Black women mouths but you can not throw out the baby with the bath water. We all are not lepers, we are all not "no-good bastards". Many of us may not the corporate jobs but we work hard, put up with nonsense in the white and blue collar workforce just like you do. What I really loved the conversation between Fave and Doctor REALove was how open and honest she was about having date a White man and how Fave was honest when he dated outside his race...about how he went through the same dilemma the young man was going through and I feel both of them. If a person wished to date outside their race because of "love" so be it but they have to realize what they will face for a lifetime.
All relationships are work...yes work! And to date outside your race that is another culture class because let's be honest dating the opposite sex in my book is "opposite" enough so imagine when you bring someone into your life that is of a different culture. I also feel what DoctorREALove said when saying when you date outside your race because you think one race is better than another that is a problem. That person really, in my opinion does not love themselves and need to take a long, hard look at themselves before bringing someone in their lives.
I think what hurts me when seeing this behavior with some Black women (I have to keep stressing that because I know it's not all of my beautiful sistas) is how cozy they are with White men and will walk right past and not even speak to a brother. I just turned 44 and to me it's like in some ways we are going backwards and not forward. Just last night a sista received a note on her desk...a young man left his number and ask her to "text him". Some of the things she said I understood...she said, "Whoever it was needs to say something face to face...I'm not into playing games." I nodded my head in agreement; but when my sista said, "and besides, I don't date dark men...only light complexion guys." That was a quick, horrific flashback for me circa 1970s and I'm hoping we are not going back to that day and time. Now, she has every right to date only light complextion brothas because as she puts it, "I've only gotten along with light dudes" but at the same time that kind of stings because I went through that coming up because I'm a brown complexion dude and to here that took me back to the days of seeing groups like Switch, The Debarges(wait...they are from the 80s right? anyhow...) I couldn't do anything but shake my head.
To my beautiful sistas out there, I just ask one thing of you...when you see a Brotha in the hallway of your workplace at least speak. I know you have had it hard, I know at times you have been treated badly but sometimes we as people have to be honest with ourselves and say with some of those "losers" I hooked up with, "Did I ignore the warning signs when dating this person?" One thing I know that I know in my 44 years on this earth, God has given women the "golden touch" when it comes to judgment but I'm afraid many times you are lead by your heart and not your head. If your inner voice (I don't care what anyone says, it's the Holy Spirit) is telling you that hey walk away from that person....DO IT!!! If a man, while you are dating insults you on purpose privately or in public...LEAVE HIM ALONE!!! It's not going to get better. If a man puts his hands on your ONCE...leave him alone. You cannot love someone if they do not love themselves.
Okay, that's my rant...I'm getting off my soapbox. I love you my sistas but as the one brother said in "Dairy of a Mad Black Woman" said, "Don't make me pay for the mistakes of how you were treated in past relationships" It's a drain on you and the person that is trying to treat you the way you needed to be treated...like a queen.
{if you have not listened to Fave's podcast it is a MUST!!! Thank you again Fave and DoctorREALove for this insight show}
I
met this brother in podcasting last year and I have been boppin' my
head to his beats from that day on. It's one thing to love music but to
have an ear for beats: when to blend them, when to let them fade out,
how long to let it flow...I do not care what anyone says, to me that is
a gift.
Todd Kelley is a guy that every time I hear a new mix from him he give me hope that true hip-hop is not dead. I have to be honest, I gave up on dj mixing for a very long time and it was not that I met this gifted cat through Fave that I realize that it's not dead...you just have to look for great things. Some things you have to dig for and when you find them you share it with the world and this Big La is a that gold mine vein I tap into time and time again. What really hooked me on Todd is when he created the flow for T.J. Brown's "The Chance of Rain". When hearing that cut only thing I could do was shake my head in delight and say to myself, "Where the heck has this dude been...better yet...why haven't you come across this guy sooner?"
One of my favorite mixes by Todd Kelley
{to download right click...click here to download other mixes}
Macedonia is a guy again I heard from Fave's netcast and I have to admit I am great gratitude for Macedonia and BSOTS. I tell people time and time again (and showing my age) that being a 70s kid we had the best of both worlds. I came up in an age where the Walkman first appeared, when video games first became popular and in the late 70s and early 80s hip-hop first caught my ear. For me that is when you had true djs digging through crates of music mixing beats together that could stretch out for hours on end you did not what the party to end. This is what Macedonia brings to the set. Again I say you have to have a gift for this and this cat does. I know you have to practice at your craft to get better but to me some men and women either you have it or you don't. I truly love music but mixing beats is not my gift...my gift is sharing it with the masses because in todays world of homogenized music BSOTS is a breath of fresh air. I'm a Jazz/New Age/Bluegrass kinda fellow but you can never forget where you began. I was blessed to be exposed to different genres of music but I always pay attention to the people in the background rather than focus on the singer my focus has been the musicians or DJs because without the beats (especially now days) many singers will not have a ghost of chance making it.
A great mix from Macedoni
{right click to download...click here for other mixes}
I thank dudes like Todd, Macedonia, Fave for having me rethink my view on hip-hop and R&B because for me I thought true innovation was long dead in those genres.
I downloaded and listened to Fave's BART 2007. I love music. Always have, always will. Coming up listening to my older cousins 8tracks, LPs from The Platters, The Beach Boys, The Temptations, The Four Tops to The Ohio Players, Con Funk Shun, Aerosmith...the list goes on and on. Years have past and my love for music has grown to Jazz, Fusion, Bluegrass, New Age and new music.
After the Eryka Badu/Maxwell/D'Angelo, Ice Cube, Bone, Thugs, & Harmony I stop listening to R&B, Hip Hop because nothing was catching my ear and many of these kind of artists fell to the curb. This year has been an eye opening experience for me because after meeting ToddKelley and ejflavors and hearing more music on Fave's podcast. what's really cool about the artist they are showcasing takes me back to the 70s and 80s where you sit out on the stoop with your boombox and with these artists I'm longing for the LPs where you checked out the artwork, the liner notes(which I do that with CDs and the this is why I will always by CDs either used or check them out from the library)
If you get a chance, listen, download this podcast...intelligent talk, true music lovers that dig deep within each of the 10 artists that is showcased with this show.
A track from my "Brothers In Podcasting"...Fave (feat. Big La remixing this bad boy)
Some of the stories that caught my eye this past week:
- Instead of doing what children are suppose to do on Summer vacations, Chinese children spent it online
- New iPods and cutting prices on them to boot
- If you are an IT person, you still don't feel at ease about job security
- HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY...mobile technology turns 20 ^_^
- IT Workers Second Guess Career Choice
- It's time to PIMP YOUR iPhone(that line went over so well in production)
- On again, Off again, On again rumor of Microsoft acquiring Yahoo
- The elephants and 800 pound gorillas that are not going away for IT employees
- Top IT Starting Salaries(you know I had to find some good news for my geeks)
- Before you start that email, do your homework
- Who says cyber criminals don't want to share the wealth(for a price that is)
- Tips to help you stay safe online
- Would you call him a sucker?
- New iPods...YAY!!!, apple cuts 200 bucks of iPhone...BOOO!!!!
- But Steve offers a $100 credit...awww(you know we couldn't stay mad a you Steve my man)
- Could Microsoft really be this childish?(I think so)
- Ajax Startup Launches Web Desktop Linked To Gmail
Software pick of the Week
:
AVG Anti Virus(the free version of course)
Foxit(small PDF app that is not a H-O-G)
Tips On Converting your old cassettes/vinyl to Digital Tunes
(the night before do the following)
- Defrag your hard drive
- Run your Anti Virus/Anti Spyware(you don't want to encode junk and pass it on do ya?)
- Disconnect from the web
- Shut down apps that are running in the background(anti virus, anti spyware, stuff like that)
- Turn off your screen saver
or just plop down $200-$300 for this
Tunes for today
Peter Gabriel...............................Red Rain
Fave & Todd Kelly........................Anything But No(from the block is hot Friday Favecast podcast)
Chet Atkins..................................Put Your Clothes On
CONGRATS TO MY MAN FAVE FOR HIS BLACK WEB BLOG AWARD!!!(Friday Favecast) 
come across any cool websites, software shoot me an email and the link to dktechlabs@yahoo.com
