My Musical Evolution – Part 393 21st Century Mash-Ups

I can’t quite remember how I stumbled across the Mash-Up phenomenon. I am fairly certain it was accidental.  I am also reasonably certain that the song that started it was Rapture Riders. If you are not familiar with what a Mash-Up is, I’ll try to describe it for you. A Mash-Up is when somebody takes …

My Musical Evolution – Part 392 21st Century The Electrosoniks

What we have here is possibly the very first recording of Electronic Music. The Electrosoniks were Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan.. Interesting names for the 1950’s don’t you think? Was Kid Baltan from the future? You already know that I love electronic music. I find something fascinating about these tracks. Maybe it is because of …

My Musical Evolution – Part 391 21st Century No More Mr. Nice Guy

Was it stupid luck or destiny? If you have been following along you know that I went through The Metal Years and you also know that I like the crooners and lounge acts like Bing Crosby and Dean Martin. Here is where those two worlds collide. I was online one day doing some research and …

My Musical Evolution – Part 390 21st Century The Most Beautiful Girl In The Room

She sorts out the recycling. That’s not part of the foreplay process but still very important. Again we see the cycle returning to humor in music. Flight Of The Conchords is a duo from New Zealand. The first time I heard of them it was a link to HBO’s website where I was able to …

My Musical Evolution – Part 389 21st Century The Budos Band

My association with The Budos Band begins with my association with Verizon FiOS.  In the summer of 2007 FiOS came to our house. With it came The NFL Network. The timing was cool because The Colts had just one the Super Bowl and The NFL Network was showing plenty of Colts stuff.  At the time …

My Musical Evolution – Part 388 21st Century Easy Listening News Group

Before my access to the News Groups was cut off, I was able to score a couple more times. Again I find myself trying to understand exactly what it is that makes me like stuff like this so much. Is it the fact that it is so far under the radar? Could be it be …

My Musical Evolution – Part 387 21st Century Roberto Delgado Full Circle With Hawaii 5-0

As you know, I was frequenting New Age Music News Groups to find out about new artists and music since I didn’t have any New Age peers. At some point along the way a couple things happened. I signed up for an Easy Listening News Group and Verizon announced that they were discontinuing News Group …

My Musical Evolution – Part 386 21st Century Stéphane Pompougnac and Hôtel Costes

Hôtel Costes is apparently and upscale hotel in Pais, France. Hôtel Costes is also a series of great music Compact Discs that were made for the hotel.  Stéphane Pompougnac is a DJ and the creative mastermind behind this series. Again we have Ben Porter to thank for bringing this to our attention. The music of …

My Musical Evolution – Part 385 21st Century The Porter Influence

For a few years, I worked with a guy named Ben Porter. Ben is a musician. He plays guitars and other similarly string instruments.  He always seems to be playing in a band of some kind.  He is a fan of a good coffee press and a bunch of unusual music. As you know, I too like unusual music but I …

My Musical Evolution – Part 384 21st Century More Influence From My Kids

It is interesting and enjoyable to watch your children on their own Musical Evolutions. Sure I provided some influence and guidance along the way but while I shared my favorites with them, I really tried to let them explore on their own as well. I’ve been writing here on My Musical Evolution for nearly a …