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- A home of their own
- Young artists blend music and spontaneity
- … Murat Tepeli – Rhonda Vincent – Blind Boys of Alabama -…
- Music Lover’s Expo January 20

A home of their own
commercialappeal.com (subscription) – Jan 20, 2008
"And he has crates upon crates of records. "A record player that looks old-fashioned and doubles as a CD player is a central feature of the room. Metal music notes adorn the walls along with vintage concert posters a print that displays "guitar chords" and a collage Gary constructed using pictures cut from old Rolling Stone magazines. Next door is Amanda’s office which she pulled together by framing a collection of prints and photos in black. Her mother who formerly owned a custom framing shop in Amanda’s hometown of Ripley Miss. helped with the project. At the end of the hall is a spacious master suite.

Young artists blend music and spontaneity
San Diego Union Tribune – Jan 20, 2008
Behind them in the dim room 300 people bundled in coats against the chill watched intently. This was a “Tribute to the ld Gray Warehouse” performance art production by the Art Wars Club of San Dieguito Academy High School. Held Friday night in a metal warehouse in downtown Encinitas the event drew a serious crowd of kids and adults. The Encinitas school's visual arts teacher Jeremy Wright conceived of the Art Wars concept three years ago: Two student artists create a spontaneous mural on a 10-foot-by-10-foot canvas while student musicians improvise. Before the event begins the canvas is divided into 100 1-foot squares that are sold for $20 each to audience members as a fundraiser for the art club. The artists have one hour to complete the mural before it is deconstructed and buyers take their still-wet panels home in a pizza box. Before artists Hannah Shoetz 17 and Burch 18 began their work Friday night Shoetz admitted to a small case of nerves… “It's a diverse kind of creativity. Everyone can express themselves in their own way. ”David and Tami Gan Chicago residents vacationing in Encinitas were out getting coffee when they heard the music and wandered inside. “It seem like there's a real energy and creativity here” David Gan said. “This is great. ”“Tribute to the ld Gray Warehouse” took place at 687 S.

… Murat Tepeli – Rhonda Vincent – Blind Boys of Alabama -…
New York Times – Jan 20, 2008
SSM also toys with electro progressive rock and punk-funk. What the songs share is a cantankerous rock spirit and behind it musings on life and death from “Let’s Make a Baby” to thoughts like “Before long you’re gone so prolong the inevitable” — which is tucked into a song called “Start Dancing. -producer team Prosumer (Achim Brandenburg) and Murat Tepeli. The tracks are often little more than a ticking brittle beat a nearly subliminal bass line and perhaps a chord or two — house music utterly deflated — behind the restrained vocals of Prosumer and a female singer Elif Biçer. The album gradually moves toward commonplace functional club tracks with titles like “Makes Me Wanna Dance”; after all Prosumer is a resident D.

Music Lover’s Expo January 20
Massapequan bserver – Jan 20, 2008
Records CDs tapes and memorabilia; dealers from New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Rhode Island hio Massachusetts and Connecticut are expected to participate. They carry a large selection of new and used rare collectible and common records CDs tapes 45s 12″ singles posters T-shirts and memorabilia in all types of music including: rock metal jazz R&B alternative classical new age soul show sound tracks folk comedy disco new releases imports out-of-print and much more. Records start at $1 and CDs start at $2 with the average new CD selling for $9. This is the place to find those hard-to-find records and CDs at an affordable price. Admission is only $5. For further information please call (973) 209-6067.