Tunited – New Music Website

Just been sent a new web site by its MD – Matt Stanley. It is aimed at independent artists and co owned by ex Ultravox frontman – Midge Ure. Check out the link below.
 
Tunited > Home.

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Zappa influence on my own music

Having become so obsessed with Zappa’s music over the last few years, I thought it would be interesting to compare some of my own work to his.  Although the tracks I have posted below have no stylistic influence – I have noted the use of complex time signatures and a ‘cut and paste’ approach to [...]

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Zappanale:The Ultimate Music Festival

After a long journey from Brecon to Bad Doberan, the first delight was the exposition on Jimmy Carl Black near the ‘Arf Society’ office. Featuring a huge collage of album covers, a video installation and several of his sculptures, the event provided a thoughtful start to this year’s festival. Having sadly died last year, the [...]

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The ways in which we can listen to and consume music

Over the last couple of months I have discovered several different ways that make it possible to listen to music on the Internet. The first and possibly most amazing is a site entitled Wolfgang’s vault. This site focuses upon live concerts, so it is possible for example to listen to rare Halloween Zappa recordings from [...]

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