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Amie Street Music Wednesday: Joe Raciti

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

It is about time I start doing my ASMW. What better way to get back into the swing of things by trying to widen the musical blinders you wear. What is it going to be? Some hip-hop, death metal, singer-songwriter. Hope. How about a jazzy piano crooner with catchy lyrics!

I came across Joe Raciti when he posted a simple comment on the blog on a past ASMW post. After a little Googling and going to his website I though it would be a great way to get back into ASMW.

What really made me pick him for this weeks ASWM was a video I came across called “All Hail the Great Blue Whale”. There is nothing life changing about the song but it was recorded 100% from cardboard instruments. If that alone is not worth a ASMW plug I don’t know what is!

Check out the video.

You can also check out Joe’s website at http://www.joeraciti.com

The song I picked from Amie Street is “Everything Comes Up Roses” off his Duck, Duck, Moose album.

“Women may powder their noses or ring on a bell.
Some people think that the way to cure hunger
Is to give people money. Isn’t that funny?
Some people go to the park when it snows
Or to church when it’s perfectly sunny. (Not me)
Some people think that perfume replaced bathing
They’re currently stinky and they formerly stunk.
Some people think that the way to quit drinking
Is to sit in a room full of drunks.”

Click the play button to listen to this weeks ASMW track.

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ASMW is Back but Player Needs Work

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Looks like the Amie Street Music Wednesdays are back. Amie Street just released their new 3.0 player. ASMW is about bloggers like me who enjoying sharing music with their visitors. It happens every Wednesday (duh!) so you can to expect see me posting again about my ASMW suggestions. I just dropped $22.50 in my Amie Street account to get ready for the Wednesday festivities going forward.

If you are a blogger and want to get involved with the ASMW movement check out http://amiest.musicwednesday.com/.

I know it is not Wednesday but I have to share the new player with you so you can see what it looks like. I really like the new player layout but it has some issues that need addressing. It will default to either your page width or a div width which is nice. But here is the issues, after the player is done playing the sample track it shows vertical and horizontal scroll bars. U G L Y! Those should be turned off by default in the Flash movie. Also a major bummer is the iPhone doesn’t support Flash so the player won’t work on the iPhone. Also, the links right above the player should be link to jump out to a new window. They current will load over your blog unless you edit the links manually.

So here my pick for this week…..

Angus & Julia

Location: Sydney, Australia
Genres: Folk
Record Label: Nettwerk Music Group
Bio: Angus & Julia Stone’s cinematic folk music is anchored by the band’s namesake siblings, with percussionist Mitch Connelly and bassist Clay McDonald adding instrumental flourishes to the mix.

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Amie Street Music Wednesday #29 – Minus the Bear

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
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I need something semi-chill today after going to the Old 97’s show last night. After a little searching on Amie Street last night I picked a nice tune from Minus the Bear. The track I chose for this week is Knights. This track sounds a bit like Guster to me. But give it a listen and judge for yourself.

The band is currently on tour. The dates are posted on their website at http://www.minusthebear.com/. Unfortunately not much else is on their website. But I was able to find a little more detail on Wikipedia. Minus the Bear is from Seattle, Washington and the band features current and former members of Botch, Kill Sadie, and Sharks Keep Moving. Although the band has release 4 albums Amie Street only has an EP called Acoustics. All 7 tracks of which is worth the price of $2.58 at the time I am writing this. You can visit Minus the Bear on Amie Street at http://amiestreet.com/artist/minus-the-bear/.

Here is also the video for this weeks track.

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Amie Street Music Wednesday #28 – Carey Ott

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
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I had a hard time picking a song for this weeks ASMW. But the long search paid off with Am I Just One by Carey Ott. Carey hails from Canada and he reminded me of when I was into the band Travis. Kind of took me back I guess. That made me want to listen to more from Carey Ott on Amie Street. The album sounds pretty good and I like the opening track that I am featuring here the best. I ran across the YouTube video below that gives a great background break down of Carey right from the man himself.

You can check Carey Ott at the standard places on the web.

Amie Street: http://amiestreet.com/artist/carey-ott
My Space: http://www.myspace.com/careyott
Official Website: http://careyott.com/

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Amie Street Music Wednesday #26 – The Righs

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Amie St. Music Wednesday

Well I am almost two weeks into my 30 quarantine of no beer. Been hitting the gym pretty hard to see if I am lose a few pounds. But my scale is not working so I can’t tell if I am making any progress.

But back to this weeks ASMW. I almost missed it today and I am posting this very late at about 11:30 PM. So technically I am not late!

Since I can’t have a Guinness or Fat Tire I figured it was time to select a good drinking song. For me there is nothing better than a good Irish jam to make me want a beer even more. So I give you The Righs and their tracked called My Life in the Bike Scene. I found The Righs by searching the Free music this week. You can get their entire 10 track album titled The Rivers Run Deep on their Amie Street page at http://amiestreet.com/artist/the-righs/.

Sorry but I can’t find anything about the band on the web so if anyone know more let me know. Looks like I was able to find more on these guys. You can also check them out on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/therighs. If you are an Irish music fan at all you should enjoy this album. After all it is free right now on Amie Street!

Here is a video as well…

The Shire

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