Today’s MSMOTD
Edvard Grieg – Aase’s Death (from “Peer Gynt” – buy this song)
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I haven’t done any Classical music yet, so this seems like a good place to start.  Grieg was a Norwegian “Romantic” composer who lived from 1843 until 1907.  He trained in Germany and became very famous, with [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
Sebastian – Ross Ross Ross (from 2008’s “Productions and Remixes”)
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Today we will dive ears-first into the incestuous waters of the French Electro scene!  Dance music as a genre has always been a little too eager with the remixes and remixes of the remixes and 4-person collaborations, but electro, [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
Heavenly – The Dark Memories (buy this song)
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I’m not sure why, but most Power Metal comes from places with lots of snow and hair and leather.  Germany and Finland come to mind.  Northern Europe in general.  Heavenly, however, are from sunny France!  I don’t know if they’re seen [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
Loreena McKennitt – Dante’s Prayer
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Ok, this MSMOTD is something special.  Loreena McKennitt has probably had the most significant musical influence on my life of any artist.  It’s doubly special because she’s actually from my area.. One of the few Winnipeg artists who’ve made it internationally (A few others [...]

Mons – Silhouettes
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Wow, the response to the contest to name “The Unnamed Melody” that I posted last week was much greater than I expected! I got a lot of emails and messages with suggestions along with the comments on the post itself. I’m really happy that the [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
Barcelona – Please Don’t Go (buy this song)
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Can you have too much of a good thing?  I’m a big fan of Piano-Rock ala Coldplay, Keane etc, and Barcelona is one of the newest and most talented entries into this genre.  They’re from Seattle and were originally just one [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
Mons – Silhouettes
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UPDATE: I’ve chosen “Sillhouettes” as the name for the previously “Unnamed Melody”.  Thanks Doreen and everyone else who gave suggestions and feedback!  See the full contest results here.
This is a song I wrote a week or two ago for piano, cello/viola and choir.  It’s a sad [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
DGM – The Alliance (from “Different Shapes”)
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Funny story about these guys.  DGM has been around for a long time, having released their first albums in the 90s as a purely instrumental band.  “DGM” are the initials of the 3 founding members, none of whom are still in the [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
Plod – What Happens To The Hole When The Cheese Is Gone?
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Happy Canada Day!  I’ve been so busy with various things over the last few weeks that I’ve been seriously neglecting updates.  This one has been at least a week in the offing, but it’s finally here!  We’re [...]