It’s been a great experience writing for them and the music channel has grown by leaps and bounds.  I am looking forward to a lot more growth and exciting things to come.  Below are some links to those other channels and some key articles and blog entries for each of them.  Click them, read them, and enjoy them.

• 52Bands featured the Barenaked Ladies band.
• Austin Sound Check already has the SXSW 2009 Dates.
• Big Apple Music Scene has a list of her favorite CD store in NYC.
• Brit Music Scene begs for BoyZone to give up.
• Christian Music Fan reviewed David Pettigrew “Every Minute Miracles”.
• Concord Crazy delved onto
• Country Music Stop tells us about the Country Music’s 3 Muskeeters.
• Crooner Culture is not sure whether to believe or not that Marilyn Monroe has a sex tape.
• Ear Sucker is starting to get really sick of Mariah Carey.
• Hip Hop Roll confirms that it’s really hard out there for a pimp.
• Hippie Sounds posts her favorite hippie video of the week. I
• ndustrial Addiction is not surprised at Marilyn Manson’s sex change.
• check out my own article at Jazz and Blues Lounge teaches you how to create your basic jazz library.  
• Killed By The Video Star is not impressed with John Mayer.
• Metal Martyr gives you major tips before getting your tattoo.
• New Age Vibe posts an interview with Steven Halpern.
• News In Punk has the track list from the Offspring new album.
• Our Digital Music shares the news on MSN Download shut down.
• Oz Music Scene gives Wyclef Jean a pat in back for setting a journalist straight during MTV Australia Awards.
• Pop Music Scene jumped on the Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair pictures bandwagon.
• Rumors In Music says there might be a Metallica online album.
• She Plays Music lists the Top 10 Bad Girls Of Music.
• The Beatles Invasion takes a look at the bitter rivalry between John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
• The Good Musician has 10 tips to power up your rehearsal techniques.
• The Production Side has the FYI on Lollapalooza.
• The Rock Dose has the Bob Dylan ‘Hard Rain’ video.
• The Rock Relic says it’s time to ROCK again.
• Toronto Unplugged reviews the Colin Meloy concert at the Phoenix.
• And just in case you missed it, here’s the ‘Soundtrack of The Day’ list from the music channel bloggers.

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This blog is brought to you by the very cool people at b5media.  They are a great bunch of people and they have given me an outstanding forum to talk about a kind of music that I truly love.  They have given me a forum where I can meet other jazz lovers like Chip and those who spend time here and comment here.  I have found that writing on this blog is as much a learning experience for me as I hope it will be for those who spend time reading here.  I am already adding Jaco Pastorius to my list of artists to look into further thanks to yesterday’s entryand Chip’s comment.

So, I am taking today to tell you about some other cool things that b5media is doing.  The great thing about them is that they are contests and you could win some truly cool prizes.  So, I hope you check them out and have a little fun. Then check back here soon and maybe you can learn something new about some jazz artist you had never heard of all over again.

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Cool prizes and a little bit of fun.  If you happen to mention to them that you saw those links on this blog and how much you appreciate the Jazz and Blues Lounge, well, who am I to stop  you?

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I have been greatly enjoying writing the “Master of Jazz” series (as I have come to think of it) and I wanted to write about several other classic jazz musicians and artists.  They are a lot of fun to write, but they do take a lot of time.  They tend to require a lot of research.  There’s nothing wrong with that, I love doing research, but I just have not been up to doing much of that lately.

I do hope to get back into the swing of things starting next week.  I thank you for your patience, for your comments, and for your continued support. 

If there is anything YOU would like me to write about or look into, please let me know.  I truly want this blog to be as much a part of your life as it is mine.

I wonder if there is the perfect jazz music to listen to while you are trying to get over a head cold? 

Go out and enjoy some jazz or blues music this weekend.  If you happen to be in Chicago, there’s are ton of choices to choose from and maybe I’ll bump into you over at the Velvet Lounge.

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I have a vision for this blog.  I imagine it being a place where those who love jazz and blues (but mostly jazz, as you may have noticed) can come and find out what’s going on in the music world that we all enjoy.  But I do hope that people who don’t know a thing about this music, either kinds, may stop by to look and read and maybe it will open a few doors.

There is a lot of modern jazz that follows the old traditions.  Too much of the new jazz and “smooth jazz” is just not for me.  I fell in love with the traditional jazz.  It is the history of the music that I love.  I am a history buff, so I love learning where things come from and how that affects where things are going.

So, I enjoy writing the articles about the “masters” of jazz.  I like to think that those new to the music will also find it interesting and that may lead to them expanding their horizons, and at least lead to some new downloads.

So, I do hope you enjoy this blog.  I hope that if you have loved jazz but never gave much thought to Louis Armstrong, you may be tempted to listen to some of his music, or take Chip’s suggestion and download his album recorded with Ella Fitzgerald.

I don’t think one man can cover all of jazz and blues.  There are too many roads to go down.  For example, I have never been a big fan of jazz vocalists, but I know people who would rather listen to nothing else.

I want this blog to be yours as much as mine.  I may do the writing, but I do hope you will tell me what you want me to write about.  Is there an artist you have a question about?  Ask me, and I will try to find it.  Is there a kind of music or artist you think deserves more press or coverage?  Let me know, and I will try to turn other people on to it.

So, anyway, that’s my thought tonight.  I hope you comment and I also hope you keep reading.

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