Mike’s Music Web

By Mike
Musicians still flocking MySpace, other soc-net sites
Facebook and the many offshoots may have acquired more cachet, but Fox-owned MySpace remains a popular – and growing option for musicians looking to drum up interest in projects and build fan base. Air Jamaica jazz & Blues fest debutant Ryan Shaw has an appealing Myspace (www.myspace.com/thisisryanshaw) with samples of his original R&B country fusion, while up and coming Jamaican singer Don Gibbs is drawing attention to his cover of Don’t Worry, Be Happy and others on his page (www.myspace.com/bluevista). Meanwhile, other music-specific social networks are popping up. Social networking news site Mashable ( mashable.com) lists among its top 12 music sites: flotones, MOG, lastfm, Jam Now, Musocity, Sonific and iJigg. Facebook, for its part, is reported to be working on a music site for a May launch.

Jazz & Blues goes ‘U-Tube’
JazzVision is the first video-sharing site dedicated solely to Jazz videos and Blues videos. Signing up is free, and you can put as many Jazz videos and Blues videos as you would like from classic jazz videos to jazz comedy videos, jazz lessons, jazz video epks, and whatever your imagination comes up with! We welcome your feedback and suggestions, as we continue to finesse and build JazzVision to be your 1st destination for Jazz videos on the web

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RebelMix ‘Fires up Chalice’
April 1, 2008 will see the 28th anniversary of what some consider Jamaica’s greatest pop/reggae band ever formed. Chalice, which was conceptualised in 1979 began on April 1, 1980 in the Gibraltar Hills of St. Mary and was at the time comprised of talented musicians of diverse social and musical backgrounds. Chalice will celebrate this anniversary with the release of their greatest hits, entitled At Their Best, through Rebelmix, the Caribbean’s first and leading full-service digital distribution company.
Chalice has had an incredible career, opening for notable U.S. acts such as The Commodores, The Spinners, Eddie Kendricks and The Four Tops. The band has also had a slew of hits including “I Still Love You”, which stayed seven weeks at number one, and “Good To Be There”, which broke the Jamaican top ten; both songs were from their 1981 debut album Blasted. Chalice followed up Blasted with several other critically acclaimed works including Standard Procedure, Stand Up and Crossfire, which was released in Jamaica only and featured the hit “Revival Time”.
In 1990 Chalice released their sixth album, Si Mi Ya. This album was voted album of the year by the Jamaican Music Awards Committee and the single “Dance Hall Monic” is still being heralded as a masterpiece of ingenuity and creativity.

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