 FluteFlights.com
is dedicated to increasing the accessability to the music of the Native
American flute, as well as the pennywhistle, recorder, and other end-blown
flutes. A cooperative venture between native flute musician and author
Dick Claassen and C.S. Fuqua, the website offers Native American flute
instruction books, Native American bamboo and PVC flutes, music, and
more. Drop by to download free native flute TABS, browse book offerings,
or listen to sound samples of WindPoem
flutes.
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 Music
has the power to move mountains, and the Native American flute is a
jackhammer! If you've ever wanted to play the 6-hole Native American
flute, and play it well, Dick Claassen's book Celebrate
the Native American Flute is for you. No music background is
required. All the tunes are written in an easy to read tablature, (music
notation that anyone can understand), whether you know anything about
formal music notation or not. Regardless of what kind of 6-hole flute
you own, and regardless of what key it's in, (C, D, E, F, F#, G, A,
it makes absolutely no difference), you will be able to play the tunes
in this book. You'll learn to play Native American tunes, religious
chants, and familiar folk tunes. You'll learn how to play the blues
in the pentatonic scale. And you'll learn how to use your flute for
meditation. It's all here, in just one book. NOTE: This book is an ebook.
You can download the book
and the mp3 audio files as soon as you click the 'Buy' button in our
shopping cart. No waiting for a book to arrive in the mail.
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 Dig
the blues? Of course you do, and, because you do, you'll certainly dig
the blues of the John
McVey Band. John, dubbed "Houston's hottest guitarist,"
and I are old (not that blasted old, okay?) high school buddies...no,
I'm not going to get into the sordid details of those nights back then,
but, suffice to say, they stand out in memory as some of the great ones.
After high school, John packed his guitar and headed for Arkansas and
then Texas. Since then, he's played with a host of the blues greats,
including Johnnie Johnson, Albert King, Albert Collins, Johnny Little
John, and Bigtime Sarah. His first solo CD, Gone to Texas,is
now available at Amazon.com.
Another is in the works.
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 Neo
Epoque is based in Japan and comprises a host of musical wonder,
including Neo
Epoque Radio, a web-based monthly radio program, and two member
bands of incredible talent, Dogs & Docks and Russian Butcher Shop.
Based in Chiba, Japan, Neo Epoque has just released its new CD/DVD package,
Just
a Human, an eclectic mix of musical styles, video, and animation,
featuring Neo Epoque and works by some of their musical and artistic
friends, including a new grass song by C.S. Fuqua entitled "Killing
the Buddha." View a 2-minute trailer for the package on YouTube.
For information on ordering, visit the
band's website where you can listen to the band's monthly Internet
radio program and get more information about the band's activities and
other CDs.
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 Out
from Reverse -- Letters to the President
features songs by
a group of diverse musicians and styles who have donated their music
to benefit those most directly and adversely affected by the invasion
and occupation of Iraq. All proceeds from CD sales go to the Armed
Forces Foundation and Operation
Iraqi Children. The CD is the brainchild of Kimberly Streible who
heads the La Grange, Kentucky-based band A
Death in Summer. C.S. Fuqua's songs, "Devil
Disguised" and "We Used to Sing (My Country 'Tis of Thee),"
both written in response to the invasion and occupation ofIraq, have
been included on the CD and are also featured on Neil Young's Living
With War website. With her own debut CD Towards Tomorrow coming
soon from Sour Lamp Records, Kimberly has assembled a diverse collection
of styles on Out from Reverse that explore the frustration with
and opposition to the war in Iraq and the desire to help and support
those most adversely affected, including U.S. military service personnel,
their families, and the children of Iraq. The CD can be purchased at
CD Baby or downloaded
at ITunes.
Learn more about the project and watch the promotional video at the
Out from Reverse
MySpace website.
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 Through
organizations such as AcidPlanet.com,
I've met some wonderful musicians, among them one of the best, trumpeter
Skip Warren, known as LR-60, from Dallas, Texas. Over his 40-year career,
Skip has recorded and/or performed with the best in the business, including
"Disco Lady" Johnnie Taylor, the late Z.Z. Hill, Bobby "Blue"
Bland (ten years with the band), B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Greg
Allman, Albert King, Little Milton, Clarence Carter. Tyrone Davis, Bonnie
Raitt, Willie Nelson, Wilson Pickett, Junior Walker & the Allstars,
Buckwheat Zydeco, James Brown, and Kirk Franklin on his Nu Nation
Project CD. Skip has also written and recorded original compositions
for CNN television and ASCAP. Now he's teamed up with Christian Denis,
"Mr. Moods" from Laval Quebec, to explore down-tempo, trip-hop,
and acid jazz on their new CD, Coldest Memories. If you
like Miles Davis or Dr. Crush, you are going to love this CD. Hear samples
and purchase it www.cdbaby.com or
www.soundclick.com. For more
information, please visit Skip's web home at www.LR-60.com.
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Michael Kelly, based
in Toronto, Canada, writes in a variety of genres. His first published
story garnered an Honorable Mention in The Year's Best Fantasy &
Horror, Vol. 11. Learn more about Michael's work by visiting his
home page.
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Subtle
Tea is one of the internet's best literary 'zines, edited by
David Herrle, featuring poetry, interviews, reviews, and more.
It's a well-designed, fast-loading site, loaded with great work by new
and established authors.
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Take a walk on the dark
side at HorrorWriter.com, the
official J. L. Comeau website. You'll find stories, poems and
links to other nightmare web entities. Don't forget to check out the
Infamous PumpkinRot Ritual; it's a do-it-yourself project that Martha
Stewart fans will want to avoid.
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