Hanson “Give a Little” Single released to iTunes today!

Today,  April 5th, Hanson will be releasing their single for the song “Give a Little” to iTunes.  Give a Little is the second single off their album Shout It Out which was released June 8th of last year.  The single includes 3 songs and 4 music videos and is just $2.99.  You can’t beat that price! And even better, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the Give a Little single on iTunes will be donated to the Red Cross to help Japan in its recovery efforts!  If you are looking for an easy way to donate to help Japan AND get some awesome music in return, look no further than to buying the Give a Little single on iTunes.

Tracklist:

1. Give a Little (Radio Mix)
2. Give a Little (RAC Mix)
3. Give a Little (Questlove Mix)
4. Give a Little (Music Video)
5. Give a Little (RAC Mix Music Video)
6. Give a Little (Questlove Mix Music Video)
7. Making of the Give a Little Music Video

CD Review: Yanni Truth Of Touch

Truth of Touch is Yanni’s first instrumental release of original compositions in over eight years! Yanni is currently on tour supporting this release, so be sure to check out his website, http://www.yanni.com/tour/ , to see when he will be coming to a city near you!

The album is now in stores and I was given a free copy to review for all my readers at Concert Katie!  It contains 15 tracks.  Yanni is not an artist that I have listened to in the past, so I can not compare this album to any of his past releases. However, I really enjoy this new album.  The sound is refreshing and soothing, and it was not a distraction when I had it on in the background while trying to get work done. In fact, it seemed to even motivate me to get more done!

Each track has a unique sound, yet they all fit together well as an album.  Some of the songs do have vocals/lyrics (Can’t Wait, O Luce Che Brilla Nell’Oscurita, Secret) but still fit right in with the great instrumentals of the rest of the album.  Overall I would give this album 4.5 stars out of 5 and definitely would recommend that you check it out.

Track List:
1. Truth of Touch
2. Echo of a Dream
3. Seasons
4. Voyage
5. Flash of Color
6. Vertigo
7. Nine
8. Can’t Wait
9. Guilty Pleasure
10. O Luce Che Brilla Nell’Oschurita
11. I’m So
12. Long Way Home
13. Yanni & Arturo
14. Mist of a Kiss
15. Secret

I received a copy of “Truth of Touch” for free to review from One2One Network, I was not otherwise compensated. All opinions expressed are my own.

SXSW 4 Japan

My favorite band, Hanson, has organized a telethon in 2 days, SXSW 4 Japan. It is going on right now and you can check it out at sxsw4japan There are a lot of great performers who have jumped on board. It started at 12pm CST and will be going until 12amCST. If you have some free time be sure to check it out and donate if you can. It is great background music if you are trying to get some computer or housework done and it is all for a great cause 🙂 Please spread the word if you can!

Grammys – Record of the Year vs Song of the Year

Every year there seems to be confusion over what the difference is between Record of the Year and Song of the Year. I’ll try to make this explanation as short and sweet as possible 🙂

Record of the year is awarded to the recording artist as well as the producer, engineers and mixers who worked behind the scenes of the recording of the song.

Song of the Year is for the songwriting (composing) aspect of the song, which is why occasionally there will be subscripts with who wrote the song included, if the recording artist did not write it themselves.

It is common that songs will be nominated in both categories and often will win both categories… hope this explanation helps make a little bit more sense 🙂

FREE Music!

The only thing better than music – is free (legal!) music!  And today I have just that for you.  Tony Lucca, one of my favorites since I was in the 5th grade and he was on the Mickey Mouse Club, is offering his newest album “Solo” on Amazon MP3 for FREE!  It contains 11 of what are sure to be fantastic tracks!  (I can’t say for sure though, as mine are still being downloaded ;))

If you are a fan – definitely download this.  If you aren’t sure if you will like him, definitely download it too – I mean, it is FREE so what have you got to lose? NOTHING!  Be sure to let me know what you think of the album in the comments.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HVG5F2/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_6sMnnb0AA2X7F

I received no compensation for making this post – I simply saw something being offered for free that I thought might be of interest to my readers.

O-Town Reunion?

A couple days ago, I saw a tweet on my twitter feed from Jacob from O-Town mentioning an O-Town reunion.  Slowly, other band members began tweeting about it as well and I was totally excited.  Then, the next day Ashley Parker Angel tweeted saying he won’t be a part of it and then I was a bit torn.  O-Town is not O-Town without the five of them – but on the other hand, Ashley was never my favorite (Jacob and Trever are/were) and I have met Ashley a couple times now since he left O-Town and gotten pics with him so while I need to “complete the set” of pics with the other 4, I can do this whether Ashley is present or not.  Although, it is still a bit weird to wrap my mind around the fact that they’ll be getting together without the “heartthrob” of the group.

Since seeing the tweets I have mentioned on various online places (facebook, livejournal, etc) about the reunion and most of the reactions I get are “What? Where did you here this? I need details” I have gotten sick of repeating myself so I figured I’d toss a post together with my feelings and what I know about this reunion.

Below you will find all the tweets from the band members (as far as I know, Dan does not have a twitter and I don’t know if he has mentioned anything elsewhere) I think in the order they were tweeted, give or take.  There are no dates yet, it looks like they are looking for places where they have a lot of fans before deciding where they will be going. With any luck they will end up playing somewhere relatively close to me so I can go and check it out!

Next up, *NSYNC?

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