Cool Song-Better Place by Anders Biegel

Posted on November 28, 2014 by mrbaxteria2008

Here is a a feel good song from a singer/songwriter based in Denmark. I discovered him through Instagram and found out he has a song playing in Spotify. I like his voice. It’s strong, distinctive and clear. Regarding the tune, it’s filled with high keys and pulsing melodies that come in and out of the stanzas. They swirl and bumped against each other during the chorus-beautiful sounds.

“Take me to a better place,

Up to the light for a change.”

His songwriting is sincere and they reflect what he does in life. He is a runner with a website dedicated to fitness and well-being. I think this is brilliant as the music scene is already saturated with angst-ridden artist. I don’t classify him among the acoustic/coffee shop musicians as his sound has a richer grander style. His sound is suited to orchestras and arena-type rock music. But in place of guitars you have keyboards. He loves his acoustic guitar and brings it everywhere. https://soundcloud.com/anders-biegel

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Facts and Figures from The Marwills.

Whenever I hear a tune from Canadian rock band The Marwills, I feel like I am transported into the great era of the 70s when there was punk and funk rock. I love the lead vocals as it reminds me of what’s been missing in mainstream rock these days. And oh, it’s not just mainstream rock but all music that you could possible download in iTunes or hear on the radio. I love a powerful male voice with a terrific range and not something engineered in the studio. It looks like The Marwills are paving the way for ‘real’ music to finally come through. But I guess we will have to wait for a few years until the mainstream can catch up!

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Nouvelle Electro receive a nod from Andy Gillespie of Simple Minds

Hi, we’re delighted that Andy Gillespie, synths for Simple Minds, has listened to “Icon” today and gave the track positive feedback! -Nouvelle Electro.

This is a shout-out from Nouvelle Electro which are a dou of Paula and Ian Henderson. They have just released a remixed of their single “Icon” which is a tribute to the late Marilyn Monroe. I think Paula has captured the sweet cooing vocals of the late thespian and, one of the delightful surprises of this song is the audio sample of Ms Monroe talking.

The Palestinian Tatreez designs sewn by Paula for Moments of Silence( UNRWA Gaza Relief Fund )

Posted on November 18, 2014 by mrbaxteria2008

The Palestinian Tatreez designs sewn by Paula

Passion is an adventurous creature. It takes you to places. For example, I know of Paula as a musician. The knowledge that she teaches as a profession came later. Then there’s this other thing she does in her free time. She has stitches and sends them framed to friends as gifts. They’re beautiful and creations. Then, somehow she that with her music. And it is not hard to imagine now, as she has not lonely contributed a track to Moments of Silence ( A compilation album to raise money for the UNRWA Gaza Relief Fund ). She has just completed framed pieces of her works, the Palestinian Tatreez designs. The proceeds (along with her music track Feeling Free ) will go to Moments of Silence fundraising campaign.

She posted this on her Facebook page as of today: Hi everyone, here is the information about the Palestinian Tatreez piece on sale to raise money for the UNRWA Gaza Relief Fund. The price is £75.00 and all money raised after framing costs will be donated. Postage and packing extra, quotes can be given. Please help spread the word and pm the MOS page or myself if you are interested. Thank you, Paula

Pictures by Karen Gavin

About

Moments of Silence is a diverse community of ambient music artists from around the globe whose mission is to raise funds for children affected by war.

The atrocities of Israel bombing the Gaza Strip in recent days has shocked everyone on a global scale. The death-toll is rising and many souls, including children, are falling.

“Moments of Silence” is a charity compilation organized by Brad Zacharias (Carbon Sigma) where talented ambient artists throughout the world have submitted a track to help relieve the tension of innocents affected by this Israeli strife in Gaza, though the UNRWA.

$30 FEEDS A FAMILY FOR ONE WEEK
$50 GIVES A FAMILY AN EMERGENCY HOUSEHOLD KIT
$235 PROVIDES WATER TO HUNDREDS
$1350 PAYS FOR AN EMERGENCY HEALTH KIT

For more information about the UNRWA, please visit www.unrwa.org

Families devastated by heavy shelling and violence in Gaza are in urgent need of safe drinking water and food. And as always, children are suffering most. Our aim is to help raise support for the rebuilding of schools and provide clean drinking water. With your support, every little counts. #SaveGaza #ChildrenOfGaza #UNRWA
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released 23 September 2014

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Blast from the Past: Boys Don’t Cry by The Cure!
What’s your favourite 80s track? Mine is Boys Don’t Cry by The Cure. There is something sweet and mopey about it. Well, it is kind of mopey. Great tune to start the week as you look at WORK and think of it as a four-letter word.

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Rockadelic If I Had Your Love by The Marwills.

Toronto based band The Marwills will release a new single called If I Had Your Love on November 20. Ohhh the swagger and the dripping sensuality of the song! This reminds me of those funkadelic songs from Cream and the oozing testosterone energy of Led Zeppelin The bluesy classic rock style is definitely going to put them on the map as more and more listeners are getting tired of the same ol same ol adult alternative tunes that saturate the airwaves and the internet. And that Brett Bonnie guy has a kind of voice that can stop a traffic!It is time for a revolution. And that revolution is The Marwills.

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Marwill Street by The Marwills

Posted on January 31, 2013 by mrbaxteria2008

Album: “Marwill Street”

Band: “The Marwills”

Independently released Dec. 28, 2012
All songs by The Marwills
Album written, performed, recorded, mastered, and manufactured in Canada

LINER NOTES:

Vocals: Brett Bonvie
Guitars: Jesse Morrissey & Graeme McGillivray
Drums: James Law
Bass: Adam Stevens
Backup Vocals: Danielle Knibbe
Saxophones: Savic Panylyk
Trumpet: Sean White
Trombone: Matt White

Recorded at The Root Cellar Toronto, ON.
Tracks 2&7 recorded at OIART, London, ON.

Mixing Engineer: James Law
Mastering Engineer: Sam Ibbett
Produced by: The Marwills
Artwork and Graphic Design: Cameron La Fave

Album tracks: 1.Two Hearts 2. Don’t Cry 3. Tell Me Doctor 4. Let Me Know 5. Burn Down Easy 6. Guns In Texas 7. Wheelhouse Grind 8.Wicked Woman 9. Moonshine Hill 10. Empty Road.

There is something raw and visceral about the album Marwill Street by Canadian rockers The Marwills. Perhaps it’s the allusion to the rock greats like The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and even 10 CC that make their sound incendiary. From the start of the first track Two Hearts, Brett Bonvie surely delivers gut wrenching emotional psychedelia that can even take the crown from veteran bands like Cream. It’s just a matter of time before the public will ignite their music into the stratosphere of rock iconography. The music characteristic is generally of pulsing nature interspersed by smashing melodic guitars. But they also add a bit of spaces for the sound to breath and even introducing nuance which is something you can’t find in present day rock bands.

I am not surprised by their serious musicality. Members have their own musical side projects dabbling with other genres. I can imagine that if they’d been around in my college years, my friends who were music snubs at that time would go crazy because this is what real musicians should sound like. Well at least that’s how I imagine them thinking at that time. But if you ask my opinion? I’d think the same way.

The band has this constant sound throughout the album whither they are playing fast, syncopated or slow tracks. That consistency is perhaps the result of skill and technique I guess. Classical musicians have this. You can really tell if a sound is tightly woven but played with light fingers possessed by virtuoso players. It is hard to tell which one is my favorite. If I take all the tracks apart and compare them it would be impossible because each one has its own shining moment. Take for instance track four called Let Me Know. That bass part swagger like an aristocratic debonaire and everything just follows.

Burn Down Easy is one of their heavily played song which is the band’s single. A music video of that single is now available via youtube. And though this is an amazing track, it is just a teaser to the full potential that awaits when you listen to the album.

Now let’s go into lyrical content.

I admit I am a bad reviewer of lyrical content because my fascination or ability is with sound. But I still have to because you people out there are not like me. And perhaps you would be drawn to bands that don’t put out songs like “oh baby baby I love you yeah yeah.” Well, subjects covered by The Marwills are existentialist angst(Tell Me Doctor), pathological relationships (Two Hearts), illicit sex(Don’t Cry) and politics (Guns in Texas) among other things. Now if you are curious like me, then browsing through the band’s Bio should give you a clue. ” But we held on today and we jumped to my Camaro and tomorrow never came” will give you an idea whose experience this song refers to. But then again, good songwriters can still create a scenarios that seem autobiographical and they’re so good you think it’s real.

I think anyone who is into intelligent rock should get this album. I mean if you believe you have a kind of mature and sophisticated taste for rock of the classic kind then Marwill Street will appeal to you. Listen more by visiting their official site: http://www.themarwills.ca/

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