JC_AOR
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Fuck! Terrible news! What a great singer & song writer he was. RIP
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Adriano, I could PM you our e-mail conversation if you want to show you who cancelled the deal, but the purpose of this thread was not to let everyone here know who cancelled the deal. As everyone here can read my postings, I had 1 intention of this thread, and that was to warn collectors of possible problems that could arise, such as what I was dealing with.
I'm not trying to ruin your name Adriano, in fact you can see in my postings that I actually complimented you and your knowledge (have not seen a single kind word from you in long time, or maybe ever) I am just letting everyone know what to watch out for.
With a title called Adriano and a subtitle called beware. Kinda hard to think someone is not trying to ruin someone elses reputation.
If I see an album or movie review with a negative word to describe it in the title bar, I'm sure not going to read the article hoping to find the positives.
It might have been better to focus on the cd in question and not the seller.
I agree. This topic comes across as an attempt to defame someone - that is clear from the very start.
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I have traded with Adriano twice in the past. I can only report that he is a respectable and reliable trader who has helped me out with some very tough to find discs. Yes, it sometimes takes a bit of negotiating to strike a deal, but that is the joy of trading really. I have always found his communication to be excellent, and have always been very happy with the CD's that I received. Personally, I wouldn't hesitate to trade with Adriano again.
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What happening with the Crashdiet tour, there were ads for it and now there none?
I would not be one bit surprised if it got cancalled, the way things have been lately with international tours.
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Without a doubt , the rarest cd in my collection is a fantastic Christian AOR gem from 1987 called simply '7'. Yes , '7' self-titled. I have never seen it ANYWHERE , EVER and it's almost as good as the Mastedon material. I would be shocked if that didn't fetch $1000+ but maybe I'm too optimistic. Has anyone else ever heard of that or seen it around?
I have hundreds of discs like that and I've been extremely reluctant to sell those off.
Here it is: (well I'm not sure, is this the same one?)
super rare 1988 AOR indie bliss!
"Here's your chance to get an original CD called 7 - S/T. This super rare 4 track CD was released in 1988 on a US indie label. This band is totally awesome and features very catchy, melodic AOR with superb vocals and big keys. Take YES (Trevor Rabin period) mixed with SILENT KNIGHT and FX...and that's what best describes this fantastic release. Brilliantly produced and played to perfection, this rarity is near impossible to find. Check out the tasty MP3 song sample below. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND it. The CD and inserts are in near mint condition."
Will be interesting to see how close this gets to $1000
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Just got this one and man it's awesome. Not as good as "Culture" or "Temples" but it's has to be in the top 4-5 Victory discs ever. "Love Kills Love", "Speak Up", "Restless", "Burn Down the City", "Blinded by Darkness", "No Return" and "Victim of Lies" are great tunes IMO.
Agreed, this is one cool disc.
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latest rumours are saying Aerosmith caused the implosion by not committting.
It doesn't make sense why an un-announced co-headliner would cause the entire festival to be called off. Just continue without Aerosmith? Even if Van Halen pulled out as well, why not go ahead without Aerosmith and Van Halen, and offer refunds to those who want them.
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massive rumours doing the rounds... Soundwave Revolution cancelled.
hmmm.... let's see where this one goes.
Really? Can't see any mention of this by anyone including fans on the facebook page.
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Midnight Eve
Cool glam/sleaze band from Sweden.
http://www.facebook.com/MidniteEve?sk=app_178091127385
http://www.myspace.com/MIDNITEEVE
In Vaïn
Also from Sweden, a bit more Hard Rock and less glam than Midnight Eve.
http://www.myspace.com/thebandinvain
Siphon Fuel
Again, from Sweden.
http://www.myspace.com/siphonfuel
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Dynazty - Hunger For Love
Dynazty - Throne of China
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Still Echo
http://www.facebook.com/stillecho?sk=app_178091127385
http://www.myspace.com/stillechoofficial
These dudes are heavy, very heavy at times. A mix of clean vocals and lots of screaming as well. Not usually my thing but I am enjoying this a lot. Really good stuff and worth checking out for sure.
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Midnight Eve
Cool glam/sleaze band from Sweden.
http://www.facebook.com/MidniteEve?sk=app_178091127385
http://www.myspace.com/MIDNITEEVE
In Vaïn
Also from Sweden, a bit more Hard Rock and less glam than Midnight Eve.
http://www.myspace.com/thebandinvain
Siphon Fuel
Again, from Sweden.
http://www.myspace.com/siphonfuel
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Happy Birthday Wes!!
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Good stuff, I love all his albums. Still need his first one on CD though.
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I like the previews so far, should be much better than Tinnitus Sanctus.
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A couple of releases that recently snuck up on me:
We The Kings - 'Sunshine State of Mind' ; hmmm, not too sure what they were thinking with this one. I've really enjoyed both their first two albums - good solid pop rock. On the last album there was one filler, with a really unpleasant fluffy verse. Well, unfortunately, although the band has kept their choruses in tact, they seem to have thought these day, ugly and fluffy verses were the way to go into the future. Because what we have here is really quite a good collection of hooks and choruses, but the vereses - for the most part - suck. They really do. There's a few typical WTK start to end gems on here, but a lot of bad decisions in verses. Still worth checking out if you liked them before... just a shame about those verses.
There for tomorrow - 'The verge' ; if you liked them before, you'll still like them. Good consistent CD which I can't wait to hear more of.
I picked up that new There for Tomorrow disc as well and yeah I thought it was pretty good. I'll probably give We the Kings new disc a go as well but only when I can pick up a cheap copy. Yesterday in the mail I got Go Radio - Lucky Street and All Time Low - Dirty Work as well - playing them now.
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The whole Norway thing has been my main bone of contention on Facebook, that people are all putting up RIP statuses for this waste of life, and nobody even mentioned all the innocent lives that were lost the day or two before.
Sickens me that a celebrity who destroyed her own life is apparently worth more than all those innocent lives who died through no fault of their own.
well said
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So I went to see them live last night. Their lead singer had laryngitis but decided they would still play anyway, with him on keyboards and one of the guitarists taking over most of the vocals. Unfortunately, this guitarist didn't have a very powerful voice and on top of that, I think his mic was turned down really low. But vocalist issues aside, I found that musically, the band wasn't able to take the excellent sound of their album and reproduce it live. I'm sure with time and experience they will get better as all bands do, though my first impression is that they are a band with a wonderful debut album, but at this stage an inability to do their music justice on the stage.
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Save your Breath - Nothing worth having comes easy EP ; loved this one. A bit more balls with these guys, and it's only a short EP... but very impressive.
Cool, thanks for the recommendations. I've tracked down most of these now and will let you know what I think. You're right though, only three of these I could find on CD, the rest downloads only. With the band Sve Your Breath, I found a 2011 release called 'Vices' with 11 tracks. Playing it now.
Nice, thanks mate. That was a great EP. Will check out the album too.
Hey Justin, what did you think of 'Vices?' I have to admit, I was very pleasantly surprised. It's not perfect the whole way through and bits of the 2nd half, whilst not being bad, are a little unmemorable. But wow, is it just me or does this band sound more like Cauterize than any I've heard? I was hearing a huge Cauterize vibe on a few of these songs. Yeah, I definitely like this one.
One more good 'un I'm listening to the CD of:
Schoolboy Humor - s/t (2009) ; this one is quite nice indeed. A few songs did end up leaving me hanging, waiting for that killer hook that was promised by the rest of the song, so it's not flawless by any means. But thesed guys have a really cool sound. If you like Mayday Parade / Go Radio and Houston Calls, then you should certainly check these guys out.
Yeah 'Vices' had some great songs on it. 'The Lost Boys' is my favourite and 'Vices', 'Stay Young' and 'You're a Rebel, Alright' are pretty cool tracks too. Just been playing 'Racing Kites' and 'Parade the Day' - both very cool bands. I'm really liking 'My Girl Friday' too, but only have a 4 track EP.
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There was a topic started a few years back about "Country AOR" bands - these guys were mentioned along with Restless Heart, Rascal Flatts and heaps of others. I'd love to find it again but it doesn't turn up in any searches.
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Dont actually have this one, but most of the Perris releases I do own are pretty piss poor packaging wise.
Yeah, Perris aren't known for having classy packaging and inserts, that's for sure.
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I guess if most of the songs were written in 1998, I won't be expecting this to be that great...but I'm keen to check this out anyway. I didn't know they were called Overdrive originally.
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ANGRY?? who the fuck is angry? im furious! comparing this mediocre singer to one of the greatest Melodic Rock vocalists in the history of melodic rock vocalists is an abomination! that's like saying boy george has alot of Ted Poley in his vocals! or that guy that sings for the clash is similar to Keith Slack! come on you 2, who are you? if my language is offensive to you, drop me a message and tell me, but I don't think you want to do this out on the open boards do you? I mean im down, im not saying I wont(or haven't) but Ive been posting on here for a couple months now, and even though im not in the upper crust, Heaven&Hell, Whiplash, Geoff and other legends of the board, im not some fly by night(rush reference)flamer, or instigator, I say fuck, alot, I don't notice when other people say it, I don't notice that I say it(unless my daughters in the room)we are grown ups, if you'd like me to use the edited version, just message me and tell me, and I know none of you know me on here, but im not angry, im actually really happy cause in about a half hour, this chick is coming over to take me to see Bad Teacher, and probably get some action to, shes pretty hot, and yep, if things go well, me and her are gonna F..... Make Love!!
Your language isn't offensive mate, I'm just saying you could relax a little. The forum is supposed to be fun.
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i was gonna go but can't for the life of me find anyone else who is going...
Haha! If I'd ever let that stop me I'd have literally seen maybe 5 concerts in my life!
Yeah I agree, don't let that stop you. If you like the band, go see 'em.
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MediaMonkey is by far the best ou there - I've been using it for years.
A more recent program which also looks quite good and is getting great reviews is MusicBee http://getmusicbee.com/. I've tried MusicBee very briefly and it is very good but I still think MediaMonkey is the best out there.
I-Tunes and Windows Media Player are horrible.
A good feature of MediaMonkey is the ability to right click on a song or selection of songs and click on "send to iPhone" (or any other device) - this copies the selected tracks to your iPhone in seconds and means you don't have to muck around with the shitty iTunes interface. Unfortunately you still need iTunes if you want to remove songs from your iPhone as I believe there is no other way of doing that as yet.