New Chat Room!
Well it was long in the making but finally we decided to give a chat room another try. We had been finding small chats and inviting selected members to join in…afterwards deleting the link so little pricks would not attack when no one is in the rooms.
During our last chat, members and non-members were discussing the possibilities of having another chat; one that was easier to load and had the basic chat features. So we asked in an announcement and thanks to all who replied on some really cool chats, we found one that looks to be a winner. We have not set a permanent time yet, the time is on a trial run more on that later. (Thanks January, you rock; one of our keychains is in the mail for your help).
An announcement will be sent out when the official chat is scheduled. During this weekend and next week, we will be popping in and out trying it out; so if you stop by…stay a bit and chat see how you like it…of course you are welcomed to give feedback. http://bmousagenreforum.runboard.com
Bundles of updates
Not much going on with the crew, still working full-throttle.
I have posted several updates on all the sites, 3 or 4 reviews are uploaded as well as an interview from Broomfiller. As you may recall, I recently cancelled it, due to the band was doing major studio time. Enjoy the reads. http://mgreviews.wordpress.com , http://mginterviews.wordpress.com
Watch for more reviews and interviews upcoming. I updated the band list, for those bands if you see anything I have missed let me know, and I will take care of it. http://mousagenre.wordpress.com/bands
Keep your eyes posted here for more new stuff.
Roaming and researching
I am still doing the promo travelling thing, this time round it has been very interesting…. fun, fun, fun, until daddy takes my T-bird away haha! Finally got a rest today and doing some research, a few weeks ago a Rock band from Madrid, Moebio, requested a listen to their music. To say the least, I was mesmerized by their intense sound, power-hitting to the deepest of the soul guitars and smooth, straight-forward idealistic vocals from the lead, Hector Geronimo. My head simultaneously started swaying instantly the music began. Basically, Moebio’s music you can feel and see every lyric. Check them out. http://www.moebioweb.com and watch some of their videos on http://www.youtube.com/moebio
At the moment, I am listening to Samy Deluxe; truly, truly amazing Hip-Hop rapper. Check his stuff out – http://www.samy-deluxe.de
On ending note – thanks to all who came for the selected chat tonight/this morning; good turn out, special thanks to the ones who were friends of friends who were friends of friends who came; you guys rock.
I’m still working on a lot of reviews and such, keep watching for the new goodies.
That’s it, my dry cough is back I need a half of a bottle of cough suppressant and get at least 2 hours of sleep.
Updates and Cancellations
I don’t have to say it… weird weather huh? Warm, mid-hot days, cool/cold nights and everyone is visiting their doctors with dry coughs, and mild to heavy wheezing and sneezing including me. However, it didn’t stop my fun; MG’s new friend, Gustav, from Germany (1dopeboy on the forum) came back to the US to celebrate the Super Bowl. Earlier, my uncle surprised me with tickets to the Grammy’s so off we went; what a time that was, a blast and all those Duo’s. Well, I’m roaming this month but I will try to continue to update the sites. The top 50 are done and are uploaded for good this time, let’s hope. If you find a link that is a dud let me know. In case you haven’t seen it yet, the Artist of the Month for February is posted; I am working on some reviews. BROOMFILLER interview is cancelled for now.
Party with Balkanarama
You are in a slump after Valentine’s Day? Need some cheering up, need to let loose and let the stress go. Well, if you live in the surrounding area of Seattle, WA join Balkanarama at Georgia’s Greek Restaurant this coming Saturday (February 21st) and party hearty!! There will be live music from 7PM until the last one dancing or standing. Reservations recommended before 9PM 206.783.1228 For more information – http://www.balkanarama.com
Thanks for all the emails, please continue we love reading your thoughts.
Updates and future happenings
What a month this has been so far, I can’t believe it is almost gone and we are about to welcome in February; then again this is the 21st century…yes I can imagine it is almost February. I never really felt like it is 2009 yet, however I haven’t written 08 on anything so that’s a good sign that my brain is in 09 mode…correct? LOL!
The updates are going excellent, the only thing that is giving me problems is the Top 50, the links seem to have a mind of their own and keep becoming dead and alive. I think I have fixed the problem and will be loading that on the MG forum sometime this week, I’m hoping for today…fingers crossed Lord’s Will.
Yesterday, I received Russell Stafford album CD ‘Between U & I’ in the mail; I’ve already started the notes for a review. If you haven’t got his new album…question? What are you waiting for? To me, it is worth every penny and it wasn’t many pennies to purchase the CD. http://www.cdbaby.com/russellstafford2. SO ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!
Other reviews to come is one on Al’Azifoon, they are a cool-hip band that is dedicated in Middle-Eastern music. They are worth the listen, trust me; http://www.alazifoon.com and check out in the ‘song list’ link – recommendations “Itmakhtari”,”Andah Aleik”.
Happy New Years! – New happenings starting now!
Happy New Years everyone, I hope you all had a great time…well it’s 2AM most of you are still celebrating including us at MG… well some of us have gone to bed however, my visiting friend from Germany and I are still up and partying hearty; just got in from an amazing party/concert and yes I thought first thing walking in the door ….get online and do some work…haha I just can’t stop working.
I’ve posted the new Artist of the month for January 09, later today I will be posting the Top 50 list on the forum. More to come, I will post about that later.
That’s it for now, until next time I send you love and best music from our studio to yours; live the music!
Tidying things up and down
Just finishing the top 50 of 2008, I will be posting that soon on the forum. I’m reviewing possible reviews and artist of the month for 2009 now. Have a band[s] you’d like us to review, let us know.
People who are participating in the Broomfiller album cover contest, you have 10 days left to submit your guesses. To the ones who emailed your guesses, thank you all; great guesses.
Many of you have asked about our merchandise, more plans are being discussed; more details on that later, and thank you all for your suggestions we love them all and please continue to send us your thoughts.
On ending note – to the ones who have noticed, yes I have omitted a lot of friends from myspace. Most of them are no longer in a band or moved onto another band and/or aren’t active. Just making room for new friends to promote.
To all of you, have a Very Happy Christmas/Holiday and Enjoy to the Masses SAFELY!
Russell Stafford at The Buffalo Gap December 4
Hey Party People the coolest party is about to happen, get ready!
The band will be playing its last show of the year this Thursday at the Buffalo Gap here in Portland! It’s a free show with my good friend Jon Davidson (http://www.myspace.com/jondavidsonmusic) and a special acoustic performance by The Dirty Little Fingers.
Show starts around 8!
Hope we see you there! 
Slowly moving forward pt.2
Still uber sick but feeling much better, had to visit the doctor and of course he loaded me down with a butt load of meds to take; of course some are ‘take with food’…like first thing in the morning? The last thing I want to do is eat when I get up yukk!
I finished editing some reviews, one (Keram Malicki-Sanchez) is posted. Geocities editor never ceases to amaze me, the editor is working now,…correction for now but for how long? Still I’m not moving things back, however, I will keep it for special things that I can upload on the front page.
Note- a lot of you guys are asking what happened to the Mind Discussions I used to have on the site? They are still around, all you have to do is click ‘Editor’s Notes’ link and Whoop! There it is!!
That’s it for now…
I send you good music from my studio to yours!
Slowly moving forward
Updates will be done this week Lord’s will, I am not sure how much I will get done. At the moment, I am uber sick and the only thing I feel like doing is laying in bed sleeping. I did finish loading all the Artist of the Month (except for December’s pick) to the new page on this blog.
Unfortunately, Geocities is not working the way I hoped it would, so all updates will be done here. The links on the Geocities are still accessible that I know of.
I will be working on finishing the Top 50 indie bands of the year. Other goodies will be finishing all the reviews etc.
That’s it for now, comments and suggestions are welcomed.
I send you good music from my studio to yours!
