Fumbler's Café

I created this new topic so we can talk about anything related to music in general...

There's a website I like a lot, CTN-Music. You can vote for the CTN-Music Awards 2010.

Check here if you want:
http://twitter.com/ctnmusic2com
http://ctnmusic.com/

Here you can vote:
http://wildfireapp.com/website/6/contes ... ntries/new

http://www.progarchives.com

A really great website for experimental kinds of rock.

In the news, we just lost a legend. Goodbye, Captain Beefheart!

Captain Beefheart, R.I.P.

By Aaron Goldstein on 12.18.10 @ 4:24AM

Don Van Vliet (better known as Captain Beefheart) has died of complications from multiple sclerosis. He was 69.

Captain Beefheart recorded a series of avant garde albums with The Magical Band from the late 1960s into the early 1980s before he retired from music to concentrate exclusively on painting which proved to be a more lucrative venture.

Beefheart's best known work was the double album Trout Mask Replica which was released in 1969 on Frank Zappa's Straight Records label. It sure isn't easy listening but it's not nearly as weird as Tim Buckley's Starsailor (especially the title track) which was released on Straight Records the following year.

Nevertheless, Beefheart not only marched to his own drummer but conducted his own orchestra as evidenced by these rare interviews he did with David Letterman in the early 1980s.

http://spectator.org/blog/2010/12/18/ca ... fheart-rip

I'm doing a little bit of promo for Noisetrade, a music platform I discovered in 2011 or 2012.

On Noisetrade, you can download legally and for free music by emerging artists or by well-known artists. The website also has some partnerships with Nettwerk, Paste Magazine, Atlantic, etc. It's a great way to discover new music without having to pay for it. Of course, if you want, you can leave a tip to the artist!

I wanted to promote the website today because for 3 days... well, 2 because I got the email yesterday, Katie Herzig is offering her entire music catalogue. She's an American singer and besides her solo career, she worked with Butterfly Boucher and Missy Higgins. You can get all of her music, 81 songs, so.... go!!
http://noisetrade.com/katieherzig/retrospect

To have a little taste of Katie's music, watch this video for Free My Mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfzHcemIEGs


Oh and you probably know that after beeing Sarah's opening act during the Afterglow live tour, Butterfly Boucher has been in her band for the last years. If you want to discover her, just download her free sampler http://noisetrade.com/butterflyboucher/the-evolution
The song that Butterfly & Sarah were singing here is the first one in the sampler: http://youtu.be/6Fvpl422dQI

Lucy Schwartz is a singer-songwriter that I discovered a few years ago. Her songs were featured in many shows and movies and she was at the Lilith concert in Portland.

I saw that today her last album, "Timekeeper", is available for free download on Noisetrade. You should really listen to it: "Ghost In My House", "Turn Your Light On Me" and "Boomerang" are my favorite.
http://www.noisetrade.com/lucyschwartz/timekeeper

Some videos of Lucy are on the Lilith channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmiG8tAQ43KgaBDAg8ucQwQ