Custom Made

1. Intro

2. Custom Made

3. Kinda Guy

4. Sonic Boom

5. Cars, Clubs, Whatever - Nasty Nate, , Young Dru

6. Porno Star

7. A.O.B.

8. Too Gangsta

9. All I Need [Remix] - Nasty Nate,

10. Aftermath

11. Creativity

12. Make It Hot - Missippi, Nasty Nate

13. No Mo - Nasty Nate, San Quinn

14. Oh No

15. Memory Lane

16. Storm

17. Outro

Custom Made,Nasty Nate,Blaze Entertainment,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop,san quinn and black n brown presents 17 reasons all the xiv soliders drops anothe hitter features san quinn baby bash mesy marv b-legit mac dre(rip) cougnut guce andre nickitina jt the bigga figga self tha gaffla 11-5 mousie louie loc marvaless buddah mac

Average customer rating: A Great HipHop Cd From Now And Forever!!!!! GOLDEN CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Extremely Overrated (Rating: 5 out of 10- -2.5 stars) That Classic NYC Dope Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Present Cloud 9: The 3 Day High Skyzoo , and 9th Wonder Manufacturer: Traffic Ent./Custom Made Ent. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Here Starr Status Spirit of 94 Version 9.0 The Healing National Mayhem ASIN: B000HOJEPG Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

1. 1 Extreme Measures
2. Way To Go
3. A Day In The Life
4. Stop Fooling Yourself
5. Come Back
6. I'm On It
7. Bodega
8. You & Me
9. Live & Direct
10. The Spirit
11. Mirror Mirror

Product Description

Finally theres an answer for Hip Hop fans yearning for an MC that could bring them back to the genres golden era in New York City and beyond. His name is Skyzoo. Get familiar. At an eager, observant age of just nine, Skyzoo penned his first song about the urban inner city life he witnessed from the window of his 18th floor apartment in Ebbets Field Projects. Fourteen years, five independent mixtapes, 100 songs and countless shows later, the 23-year-old Skyzoo has matured into a legitimate full-fledged artist. The loyal Brooklynite, who has already received accolades from Jay-Z, Nas, Buckshot, Sean Price and EPMD for his street-heavy, sharp narrating style and wit, understands a Hip Hop fans mentality and is prepared to customize music for their eyes and ears. Yes, music for their eyes and ears. "If they lend me their ears, they lend me their eyes," says an assuring Skyzoo, who prides himself in the art of storytelling with a street swagger. "I promise you when you hear my music...I promise you, you're going to not only hear something that you've never heard, but see something you've never seen. It's that real. My lyrical style and sound is what Hip Hop used to be. Some may remember Skyzoo for battling Jin on BETs 106 & Park, while others may have heard his tracks playing at Madison Square Garden during a Knicks game. In addition, although unsigned and actively grinding for a deal, one would never know it by peeping a live Skyzoo show. More than 800 people crowded into the Star Club, a New York City venue which is meant to host a max of 600, on December 22, 2005 just to see Skyzoo tear it down. The attendees included New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, who witnessed the show and told Skyzoo hes the real deal. Respected artists and producers in the game have already taken notice at the sheer talent that Skyzoo brings to the table as well. The Brooklyn MC has already recorded with Little Brother, Khrysis, E-Ness from Bad Boy, EPMD, Sean Price, Needlz, Jay Dilla and Hi-Tek, just to name a few. Skyzoo is already off to a quick start in 2006. He has recorded The Way You Get Down, a club banger which industry heads are already dubbing the 06 In Da Club. In addition, Skyzoo has also completed a project with super producer 9th Wonder entitled "Cloud 9: The 3 Day High". The two completed the 12 song disc in 3 days; which is unheard of in modern day Hip Hop. The buzz surrounding this LP has skyrocketed through the net, and the response and anticipation is beyond belief. Along with that, Skyzoo is enjoying a massive following overseas and is reaching out to his fans with his own site and most recently via MySpace (www.myspace.com/skyzoo). With Skyzoo as the torch bearer, Hip Hops future is fluorescent bright.

Album Description

Finally there's an answer for Hip Hop fans yearning for an MC that could bring them back to the genre's golden era in New York City and beyond. His name is Skyzoo. At an eager, observant age of just nine, Skyzoo penned his first song about the urban inner city life he witnessed from the window of his 18th floor apartment in Ebbets Field Projects. Fourteen years, five independent mixtapes, 100 songs and countless shows later, the 23-year-old Skyzoo has matured into a legitimate full-fledged artist. The loyal Brooklynite, who has already received accolades from Jay-Z, Nas, Buckshot, Sean Price and EPMD for his street-heavy, sharp narrating style and wit, understands a Hip Hop fan's mentality and is prepared to customize music for their eyes and ears. The Brooklyn MC has already recorded with Little Brother, Khrysis, E-Ness from Bad Boy, EPMD, Sean Price, Needlz, Jay Dilla and Hi-Tek, just to name a few. Skyzoo has just completed a project with super producer 9th Wonder entitled Cloud 9: The 3 Day High.

Customer Reviews:

A Great HipHop Cd From Now And Forever!!!!!.......2007-05-20

This CD Sounds Great, Flows Amazing, Vibes Perfectly, has Illmatic Production, Plays Flawlessly and Equals a 2006 Superior Classic Hiphop LP. For All the TRue HiphopHeads who loved Marley Marl, DJ Premier, Pete Rock and Large Professor, this Album is a Must Buy for you to put in your Collection. Its Has a Cool Hiphop Vibe thats Musically Genius. Skyzoo Rhymes with a Voice different than any other rapper uve ever Heard before and 9th Wonder Beats are Pure Genius as Always. In 3 Days Skyzoo Made a Hiphop Album so Flawless that its gonna be Remembered for next 30 years. Skyzoo First Solo Released Album is HIs first Classic. Can he Keep this up with his 2nd album? We'll see, but so far he HIT a Grand Slam Home Run with this One. Lyrics = A, Beats = A++++++, Musical Vibe = A+, Overall Grade 5 Stars out of 5 and well DERSERVED!!!!! Do your Thing SKY, cause without cats like you HIPHOP Is Really Dead. Keep Us Alive Sky, Total 5 STAR HIP HOP ALBUM AND A MUST BUY, U WONT REGRET IT!!!!!!!!!

GOLDEN CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-05-20

9TH WONDERS PRODUCTION IS FLAWLESS ON THIS ONE AND SKZYOO COMES WITH GREAT RHYMES. THIS IS THE CD OF THE YEAR. IMMACULATE PRODUCTION WITH THE BEST BEATS U EVER HEARD IN YOUR LIFE AND A DOPE MC WHO ROCKS THE MICROPHONE WITH REAL HIPHOP RHYMES. A MUST BY CLASSIC FOR ANY TRUE HIPHOP LISTENER.

Extremely Overrated (Rating: 5 out of 10- -2.5 stars).......2007-05-14

This album is nowhere near perfect, dope, or brilliant. Like Norfeest and crtx mentioned, Skyzoo sounds like Jay-Z both vocally and lyrically. Infact I was in my car and a friend of mine thought this was a Jay-Z mixtape of some kind that was just released. Thats how close to Jay he sounds (don't worry, this is a common NY trend nowadays). I understand that this was made within a 72 hour period, but there is a saying that "perfection shouldn't be rushed". This album is an example of that saying. The songs "I'm On It" and "Come Back" is an example of what I'm saying. "The Bodega" is your average 'I'm gotta get paid' track (another up north trend), thats been done and by much better people. And I just bust out laughing everytime when he spells his name out. And he contridicts the heck out of his style on the song "Mirror Mirror". Skyzoo should have spent more hours bringing a more of an origonal style to his skills instead of relying on what he is doing now, nor relying on 9th Wonder's production. Speaking of which, thats also another common trend: 9th Wonder producing an entire album, or a high number of tracks for their album. Hey, I love 9th just as much as the next person, but his production is no different than any other album he produced (Little Brother, Murs, Kaze, etc.). In fact, I myself getting tired of his repetative production. And if the beats on here aren't something you're used to, they're aren't that good. "I'm On It" isn't an appealing beat from 9th. And party/upbeat sounding "Live and Direct" is nothing astounding as well.

There are some good songs on here though. And when I say good, I mean good not great. "You And Me" is a good song about him getting a female and is backed by a good 9th beat. I would say that it's the best track on the album.

Overall, this album is average and overrated. People are probably loving this album because it's one of those "something different from the radio" albums, and the fact that 9th Wonder's name is one this album. Just because you have one of the most known producers of the moment on your album doesn't mean you're album is dope. Skyzoo's flow is average and nothing brillant whatsoever. There is a reason why people take their time when recording an album, and don't make it in 3 days. If Skyzoo would have put more time into his album, this album would have been much better. At the end of the album, he says "Imagine if we had 3 months...". Maybe he sould have taken that into consideration. Peace.

Lyrics: C
Production: B-
Guest Appearances: N/A
Musical Vibes: C

That Classic NYC Dope .......2007-03-15

Straight out the lyrical flow-lines of NYC. Solid beats and rhymes as you would expect from anyone claiming da Apple!

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-03-08

I Rarely Use the Word "Beautiful" with HipHop Albums Anymore but This 9th Wonder/Skyzoo Album is Absolutely Beautiful To Listen Too. 9th Wonder Steps It up With the Beats with Amazing Samples and Backround Bass that Will have any True HipHop Listener saying this guy is Sick. Skyzoo Comes Perfectly with a nice Smooth Flow and Deep voice (totally different from jay-z's high pitched voice). The Album Starts off with a Beautiful Hiphop tune "Bare Witness" with sick piano sounds in the backround and a nice chopped up Sample. The best TRack on the Album is "Way To Go". This TRack has an unbelievable Catchy Sample that will have u Singing along for days. 9th Wonder Came Off with Some of his Best work on this Album.

Any True School Hiphop Fan who didnt enjoy this album really shouldnt be Listening to Hiphop Cd's anymore because u probably just lost your taste for REAL HIPHOP and should take up listening to other Music Genres other than Hiphop Music. Anyone who Gaves this Album Less than 5 or 4 stars are either Writing Reviews for Attention or Really is just too Young or DumbedDown or Doesnt understand Real Hiphop Sounds anymore and those people should go Somewhereelse. CLOUD 9 is a near perfect album (I wish there was 2 or 3 more tracks) But any True School Hiphop fan will LOVE IT. 9th's BEST Work Here as Usual. REAL HIPHOP FOREVER!!!!.

Average customer rating: Wise words and cool tunes Love it and Love Harry Manx exotic, yet strangely timeless another level for Harry

Mantras for Madmen Harry Manx Manufacturer: Dog My Cat Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: West Eats Meet Road Ragas Live Jubilee Wise and Otherwise Dog My Cat ASIN: B000BITT1M Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. Where Fools Die
2. San Diego-Tijuana
3. The Point Of Purchase
4. Never The Twain
5. A Single Spark
6. You Sweet Name
7. Afghani Raga
8. It Makes No Difference
9. Don't Take His Name Away
10. It Takes A Tear
11. Nothing Fails Like Success
12. Talkin' Turban

Customer Reviews:

Wise words and cool tunes.......2007-03-28

I guess the most obvious way to differentiate Harry Manx from his peers is his use of Indian instruments, and in paricular the Mohan Veena. Well, actually what's unique and very refreshing is the way he integrates those sounds into a fusion of Blues and Americana that remind me of some of the other artists I love, but also stands out from them.
For all the exoticism of the instrumentation, Harry's songs are actually pretty accessible, and like the best songs are a bit mysterious in their actual meaning but give you a feeling that he's really saying something. Don't Take His Name Away is a terrific song about life and death and memory. I wonder who it's about.
Another standout song is A Single Spark, which has the trademark Indian sound mixed with an emotive blues sound and an intriguing, memorable lyric.
There's not a bad song on the album, though It Takes a Tear, a duet with a singer who's not really interesting enough, comes closest to being one you might want to skip past.
I like the production, even though it sounds at times almost too clean and bright for Blues. The production favours the sound of the Indian instruments, and the couple of instrumentals using those instruments sound fantastic.
On the whole, one of the best albums I've heard for some time. I can see I'll be enjoying this one for years to come.

Love it and Love Harry Manx.......2007-01-10

I love this CD, I love Harry Manx, he is so blusey and his voice and music is undescrible, I recommend this CD for every blues lover and sitar music lover. Highly recommended.

exotic, yet strangely timeless.......2006-05-17

While most musicians are content to work within the accepted boundaries of their chosen style, lap-slide guitarist Harry Manx likes to color way outside the lines. His crayons? Soulful, raspy vocals, poetic lyrics, and the whining drones and mysterious melisma of Indian music. In addition to picking Hawaiian-style flat-top à la David Lindley, Ben Harper, or Kelly Joe Phelps, Manx plays the mohan veena-a 20-string archtop developed by Indian slide wizard Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. East/West fusions can sometimes sound forced or awkward, but Manx-who studied with Bhatt for five years-dodges that bullet. On Mantras for Madmen, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, tamboura, tabla, and haunting female voices swirl seamlessly around intricate slide melodies, creating an exotic, yet strangely timeless sound. Drawing from blues, ragas, and the story-telling heritage of British Isles folk music, Manx conjures songs that are as bewitching as they are unique.

another level for Harry.......2006-01-20

I've been listening to Manx' blues ever since I caught him in concert here in New Mexico. "Road Ragas" being my favorite until this new release which really showcases his talent at writing songs, let alone the unique Indian instrument (I would write the name but would slaughter the spelling-a sitar/guitar cross)he plays them to. Don't let Mantra in the title sway you into thinking this is true sanskrit mantra (which I also listen to) but I think it is his way of honoring his unique East/West style and he does have a terrific sense of humor which also prevails in his songs. Good go Harry-come back to New Mexico soon!

Average customer rating:

Custom Made Gangstas: If You Ain't Hungry, Don't Come to the Table Lil' Keke Manufacturer: South Central Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Southern Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Changin' Lanes Peepin' in My Window Screwed Up Movement Birds Fly South Layin' Hands ASIN: B000EWBMHE Release Date: 2006-04-25

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Hogg Da Lane
3. Im A Dog
4. Calculated Steps
5. 84's
6. Skit
7. I'll Be Around
8. When Da Smoke Clear
9. Appreciate Love
10. Skit
11. Hydro
12. Victorious
13. Shoot First
14. Pimping & Money
15. Outro
16. Bonus Track 1

Average customer rating: If you don't like this you could be gay..... Schlockabilly Punk at its finest Hard, fast, catchy, and good I liked it the music is pure rock It cost more than a buck a minute

Greatest Show on Dirt Custom Made Scare Manufacturer: Side One Dummy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000I4FM Release Date: 1999-02-23

Tracks:

1. Peterbilt
2. Wayside
3. White And Lazy
4. 5 O' Clock
5. Wake Up And Smell The Gunpowder
6. Sick, Sober And Sorry
7. White Trash Girl
8. Texas Didn't Wreck Us
9. Stupid Fuck
10. CUD
11. Down With El Diablo

Customer Reviews:

If you don't like this you could be gay............2006-04-14

Cow/Hillbilly/Physcobilly/good ol' punk rock...This CD is highly under rated. Do yourself a favor and get it. I had some of these guys before but never commited to this album, I was missing out.

Schlockabilly Punk at its finest.......2002-07-25

...I love this stuff.Its sleazy , greasy , truckers on speed punka-a-billy and it rocks. Custom Made Scare put the pedal to the metal and never slow down.Its a raunchy good time.
If you like rockabilly played at punk rock speed with plenty of american trash refrences and tons of laffs, then you have found one heck of a CD.Texas Didn't Wreck Us,White Trash Girl , Peterbilt and Stupid F*** are some of the song titles to help you figure out what Custom Made Scare offers up on The Greatest Show on Dirt. Theres an obscure cover and an instrumental and White Trash Girl kinda sounds like Tom Petty's American Girl, but don't hold that against them. Just crank up Greatest Show on Dirt at your next kegger and you'll have a Texas two-stepping mosh pit in no time.

Hard, fast, catchy, and good.......2001-07-16

Music that makes you want to drive fast, drink hard, and wear sh**kickers into the mosh pit. Cowpunk, fast and hard, with catchy lyrics, and eminently sing-alongable. On semi-permanent rotation in my CD player.

I liked it the music is pure rock.......1999-10-11

I've seen them live several times thought they are good real good. I liked the CD, Good hard rock n ROLL

It cost more than a buck a minute.......1999-10-07

I'm not sure what I expected, but this album is 11 minutes of the same power cord over and over and over....ect. at least the live show last longer, and is slightly more entertaining

Average customer rating:

Sidewalk Mindtalk: The Best of the Custom Made Mixtapes Custom Made Manufacturer: Babygrande Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Society of Invisibles The Renaissance Child A Heap of Broken Images The Gatalog: A Collection Of Chaos The Holocaust ASIN: B000GYHQZW Release Date: 2006-09-19

Tracks:

1. Lost In The Yard
2. Live From Parker Center Part One (Interlude)
3. Dawn
4. Gridiron Hash
5. Here 2 Take It
6. Consignment
7. Raw Times
8. Go Away
9. Live From Parker Center Part Two (Interlude)
10. Marley Money
11. Head Is Heat
12. M.I.Aneek
13. I Get Busy
14. What I Want
15. Power Struggle
16. Advice To The Homeless
17. Live From Parker Center Part Three (Interlude)
18. The Real PT.II
19. Solo Gofo

Average customer rating: experimental minimalism

Monk: Volcano Songs Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000031ZV Release Date: 1997-03-11

Tracks:

1. Volcano Songs: Duets: Walking Song
2. Volcano Songs: Duets: Lost Wind
3. Volcano Songs: Duets: Hips Dance
4. Volcano Songs: Duets: Cry #1
5. New York Requiem
6. Volcano Songs: Solos: Offering
7. Volcano Songs: Solos: Boat Man
8. Volcano Songs: Solos: Skip Song
9. Volcano Songs: Solos: Old Lava
10. Volcano Songs: Solos: Cry #2
11. St Petersburg Waltz
12. Three Heavens and Hells
13. Light Songs: Click Song #1
14. Light Songs: Click Song #2

Customer Reviews:

experimental minimalism.......2006-09-04

Often I find that a particular kind of facial expression goes with the mention of Meredith Monk.

I would be hard-put to describe that expression from others as `sour,' or in any other way resentful (assuming, of course, they know who she is), but perhaps more a look of recognition, of compliance almost, for as many people I have found who do not care for her, and as many as I have found are quite fond of her, she seems to demand respect.

And why not?

Who else can easily be named who exhibits such unique work?

Who else creates music and vocal works that would take someone at all familiar with her only seconds to recognize it?

Am I mostly to ask questions in talking about her latest release?

Am I to keep to the form I have thus presented to the present moment--one sentence a paragraph?

We'll see.


The main question, I find, is this:

How is it that Meredith Monk has persisted in the traditions of the experimental yet not faded to art history or another type of death?

How is it that she continues as a fresh, alive presence in music?

Those were two questions, weren't they?

Meredith Monk's "American maverick tradition" continues with her latest release off ECM New Series, Volcano Songs.

("American maverick tradition" being, of course, her own term.)

Other `mavericks' (by her own standards): John Cage, Henry Cowell, Harry Partch, Edgard Varèse.

Another `maverick,' by my own: Gertrude Stein.

Allow me to explain.

Perhaps an understanding of Meredith Monk's work may be helped along with a discussion of Gertrude Stein, for the works of these two I find more integrally linked than Monk with the random compositions of Cage, the out-and-out destruction and rebuilding of tonal scale and instrumentation of Partch, the 4th dimensional music of Varèse, the recapitulation of American folk music into classical tradition of Cowell.

Granted, there are startling similarities inside them all (in ways I am not bothering to note here), but I find that Monk and Stein orbit around the same American sphere, a sphere of American influence that to this day is debated and debunked.

The sphere of American language.

We Americans have always been castigated for our language.

Yes, `our' language.

We are accused of not speaking proper English.

When we want to add words like `grunge' and `nerd' to such tomes as the Oxford English Dictionary, Harvard linguists shake their heads mournfully.

When others find their own forms of language (i.e., ebonics), we get outraged that this is not an official language, and thus we want to name our own.

We hold language before us, as if it were the universal way of expressing ourselves, a common denominator.

The point is--we all speak the same language, yet we don't understand each other.

Watch any talk show--you'll see my point.

What does this have to do with Meredith Monk?

Could I say quite simply at this point that Meredith Monk does not hold the language before her as a banner, as something she must mold her ideas to, but behind her, as a tool to bend and shape and mold and crucify and desecrate and love to fit the concepts she is to express?

Would that make any sense at this point?

What about Gertrude Stein?

Have I even really talked about Gertrude Stein?

Is the English language even used in Meredith Monk's works?

It can be hard to tell at times.

In "Walking Song," the first of her duets labeled as "Volcano Songs" (1993), we hear a lot of controlled breathing, a lot of swoops in the voices of the two singers, reminiscent almost of sashaying arms, a body bobbing up and down to the rhythm of a power walk, but is there a libretto?

In other words: are there words?

Listen more carefully--the swoops are o's, the bobs are hi's, back to the o's.

Ohio.

`Ohio?' we may ask.

`Walking in Ohio?

`Is that what the song is about?'

My response:

No.

Ohio has nothing to do with this song.

Ohio has everything to do with this song.

What the hell is Ohio doing in there, anyway?

Musically, you could say Ohio is like the notes in Philip Glass, or Steve Reich.

The point there is not the notes.

The point is the rhythm of the notes.

In Glass and Reich, the notes do not vary much--they repeat.

Thus, minimalism.

The point is the configurations those notes get into, the patterns, how those patterns change, how they relate to each other.

Thus, Ohio has nothing to do with "Walking Song."

The point has to do with the breaths, the singers, the swoops and bobs.

Ohio is not a state in "Walking Song."

Ohio is a sound, a pleasing sound if you will let go of it and let the singers do with it what they are doing.

One of those singers, by the way, being Meredith herself.


The same goes for Gertrude Stein.

Listen to this:

Lena was very sick on the voyage. She thought surely before it was over that she would die. She was so sick she could not even wish that she had not started. She could not eat, she could not moan, she was just blank and scared, and sure that every minute she would die. She could not hold herself in, nor help herself in trouble. She just staid where she had been put, pale, and scared, and weak, and sick, and sure that she was going to die.
--Gertrude Stein, "The Gentle Lena"

How many times needed you hear that Lena knew she was going to die?

How many and's are truly needed in this passage?

By others' terms, we surely don't `need' all that repetition.

But listen to it.

Really listen to it...

...and you will hear that every time it happens it is perfect, needed, necessary.

Same goes for Meredith Monk.

Ohio means nothing in "Walking Song" but how it sounds.

Could other words have been used in "Walking Song"?

Of course: she could have used antelope, blueberry.

She could have used Gertrude Stein.

She could have used no words at all--`fleg,' `huggumph' and the like.

She used Ohio--that's all that matters.

This is why she exacts such a sour note in many ears: she requires you to listen anew to her work, to put aside what words `mean,' what notes need to happen in what places, what we are used to.

But if you listen, you can get along, get used to, accept.

This step is yours.

Any form is adjustable, if you are willing to work with it.

What happened to my questions?

Does this form I've been using still annoy you?

Or have you gotten used to it somewhat?

Maybe, sometimes, it has surprised you.

Like when the paragraph wasn't quite a sentence,

or when it went incomplete into another paragraph.

Maybe you actually expected it, because maybe you thought, "He can't keep too rigid to this form. He has to experiment with it a little to keep it interesting."

I think you're right.

The making of this essay was a process.

I tried some things, went back and took some things out, changed things around, sometimes changed order to see how things looked.

This is what I like best about Meredith Monk--her process.

Her releases are more like compilations--different things she's experimented with over the years, her experiments.

Her pieces are labeled by year--not so much, for me, to chart her progress, but to show that these pieces were not all in one string, that she is still at work, trying things out.

In "The Tale," off Dolmen Music, all she does is laugh.

She laughs rhythmically, but indeed, all it is is laughter.

One day, I was listening to her opera Atlas while playing a board game with my eldest brother; suddenly, after a lot of nonsensical hey-yo's and ya's an such (I think even an occasional watta), a voice struck out, as clear as anything: "I own my own equipment."

"What?" my brother asked.

"He said he owns his own equipment," I responded.

My brother shook his head.

In "Turtle Dreams," Meredith has a long sequence of variations on the line, "I went to the store."

Oddly enough, I did not really think about this until I sat down to write this essay.

Why worry about it?

Every time I listen to "Three Heavens and Hells" (1992) off Volcano Songs, I always seem to lose when the singers explain the third heaven and hell.

The first is People Heaven and Hell.

The second is Animal Heaven and Hell.

Somehow, by that point, I'm not listening for the third.

There's far more at stake by then.

Average customer rating: I got this cd from Nick Caruso

The Show Must Go Off Custom Made Scare Manufacturer: U-Sonic Sweden ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00009VH90 Release Date: 2007-01-08

Tracks:

1. Big 10-4
2. Detroit
3. Kachina
4. Down in TJ
5. Saddle Up
6. Holdin'
7. Truckers
8. Speed Junkies Shotguns & Highways
9. 45
10. Step in Line
11. Wayside
12. White & Lazy
13. Wake Up and Smell the Gunpowder

Customer Reviews:

I got this cd from Nick Caruso.......2006-04-22

A couple years ago i was visiting a friend Nick Caruso (from the 50's band Dion and the Belmonts) He let me listen to Custom Made Scare and told me his son was in the band. I liked it and he gave me a copy of it. It rocks. Go get it.

Average customer rating: Stunning Voice! Hauntingly Beautiful compositions.

Volcano Songs Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mercy Our Lady of Late: Music for Voice and Glass Meredith Monk: Dolmen Music Meredith Monk: Facing North Book of Days ASIN: B000024IH9 Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

1. Volcano Songs: Duets: Walking Song
2. Volcano Songs: Duets: Lost Wind
3. Volcano Songs: Duets: Hips Dance
4. Volcano Songs: Duets: Cry #1
5. New York Requiem
6. Volcano Songs: Solos: Offering
7. Volcano Songs: Solos: Boat Man
8. Volcano Songs: Solos: Skip Song
9. Volcano Songs: Solos: Old Lava
10. Volcano Songs: Solos: Cry #2
11. St Petersburg Waltz
12. Three Heavens and Hells
13. Light Songs: Click Song #1
14. Light Songs: Click Song #2

Customer Reviews:

Stunning Voice! Hauntingly Beautiful compositions........2004-04-20

While perhaps still widely unknown Meredith Monk is a modern master.
This album is another incredible addition to her work. The set of four opening duets will take your breath away. The first of these "Walking Song" was featured in the Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski...As strong as that cut is each of these four composition gets successively stronger. On "Lost Wind" The singers hit ringing overtones that are otherworldly. "Cry #1" is overwhelmingly emotional... The New York Requiem for people lost to AIDS is another standout ...also deeply moving. There are also two sets of vocal solos by Monk herself interspersed with a solo piano piece, and a vocal quartet piece "Three Heavens And Hells" set to the words of a young childs poem. Lyrics are rare for Monk who usually avoids them... she claims in the notes that this is a first. There are other songs with recognizable phrases such as the repeated mantra "I Went To The Store" in TURTLE DREAMS and the woman's conversation with death in THE TALE (from Dolmen Music). However in those cases, words evolved out of the pre-established melody. Here the words came first.
Those who recall 1980's landmark vocal milestone DOLMEN MUSIC will want to give VOLCANO SONGS and the latest release... (the equally beautiful) MERCY a listen.

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Custom Made Nasty Nate Manufacturer: Blaze Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000AQKXR4 Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Custom Made
3. Kinda Guy
4. Sonic Boom
5. Cars, Clubs, Whatever
6. Porno Star
7. A.O.B.
8. Too Gangsta
9. All I Need
10. The Aftermath
11. Creativity
12. Make It Hot
13. No Mo
14. Oh No
15. Memory Lane
16. The Storm
17. Outro

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Mvp Manufacturer: G.E.P. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA42MU Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

1. Dang
2. Come Get Some
3. U Dont Want to See Me
4. MVP
5. It Ain't the Same
6. Get Out the Way
7. Hold My Ice
8. She Want's to Know My Name
9. The Real Lil V
10. This Is How We Get Down
11. We Don't Play
12. 2k3
13. It's So Sad
14. Just Blaze
15. Shorty

Dance Music:

1. Da Da Good da Bad & Da Ugly [Explicit Lyrics]
2. Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told [Explicit Lyrics]
3. Da Real World [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]
4. Dirty Harriet [Explicit Lyrics]
5. Explosive Mode [Explicit Lyrics]
6. For Real
7. Future Sounds of Jazz, Vol. 6
8. Gone Till November [CD-single] [Import]
9. Hard to Earn [Import]
10. Hardest Pit in the Litter [Explicit Lyrics]

Dance Music

dance music

Dance Music

Spirit of the Age Pt.1 [CD-single] [Import]

Aulis Sallinen: Chamber Music

A Man and His Music

The Chillout Session

Best of Dance 1985 [Import]

Away From The Water

A Bossa De Sempre: Serie 100 Anos De Musica [Import]

All Hits [Import]

3 Classic Albums [Import]

A Musical Hodge-Podge: English Song 1600-1750 / Evelyn Tubb

An Interview With Tori Amos [CD-single] [Import] [Limited Edition]

Beautiful Sky [Import]

A Tribute to Tito Rodriguez [Import]

Peace Praise and Worship for the World

Collection