(the other post I mentioned a couple days ago 'll hopefully be up by late this week...)

^ Just so you know... ^

I Love a Rainy Night - by Eddie Rabbitt

I figured it was appropriate for tonight.

Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was born Nov. 27, 1941, in Brooklyn, NY.  He dropped out of school when he was 16, and after a number of singles with 20th Century Records, he moved to Nashville in '68 when he was 27; & though it took a few years to get his music career going, "he paid the rent through songwriting, authoring Elvis Presley's 'Kentucky Rain' [1970] and Ronnie Milsap's 'Pure Love' [1974]".  He signed with Elektra Records (Bruno Mars, Harry Chapin, The Doors, Grandmaster Flash, & so on…) in '75, & followed the signing with a number of hits including "Forgive and Forget" [1975] and "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)" [1976].  Rabbitt has released more than a dozen studio albums over the course of his career - which, by the way, was broken up by a three year hiatus after his son passed away of a fatal liver disease in 1985.  On May 7th, 1998, Eddie Rabbitt died from lung cancer in Nashville; he was 56.  This song is from his LP "Horizon", released in 1980.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJ7pA-CKGM

Patience - by Abandoning Sunday

[Relatively] new song.  New video.  <-- Enjoy.

Abandoning Sunday is from DeLand, FL.  They began in Dec. 2007, started by singer/guitarist Michael Thomas - & though it started out as 'Abandoning Sunday is Michael Thomas', it is now officially a 'band' (check out http://abandoningsunday.blogspot.com/ for such details…).  The other members are guitarist John Ostermann, & drummer [Aaron] Casey Roth (who, as it appears, is roughly my age as he is from a high school class of 2010 - which I think is kinda cool! lol).  They released a set of demos (called "Demos and Such") in May 2010, followed by "Forgive (Acoustic EP)" in Sept. that same year.  & on March 29th, 2011, they released their newest single "Patience".  They started working on a new album just last month [April]; & in addition, they were the Indie Rock Winner in April on OurStage.com as well as in the Top 40 in Indie Rock [May 2011] & Top 40 in Acoustic [April 2011] on OurStage.  This song, as mentioned, was their single released in March.

The music video was released just yesterday, too (May 27th)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ekA9KPRkc

Also, they're currently in the run (with a few other awesome bands, too!) for this song & "Really, I'm Fine" to be in the movie "Renee" - you can check out some details on the movie here:

http://www.reneethemovie.com/ (& here: www.reneethemovie.com/soundtrack for details on the contest which ends in 2 days…)(but FYI: the .com/soundtrack page seems to be fussy… just so you know…)

It's almost kinda stupid...

It's almost kinda stupid how fast time goes at times.
Just to let you know (for the heck of it?) - :
the songs of the days may be somewhat sporadic over the next while as things are coming up in the evenings... So: for anyone who checks in regularly (that means you too, Mom!) - : I'm not giving up or meaning to slack off - I'm developing some sort of life (woohoo!!), & after a certain point in the evening (when I'm home/free), I think about bed before this...


Also, for the sake of anticipation - I do plan on putting up another post unrelated to the songs/bands...'


Just so you know....

Blue Ghost - by Falling Up

No amount of networking cables & internet could allow my excitement to come through upon discovering that they released this new song on their Facebook yesterday.

Falling Up is from Portland, Oregon.  Fronted by Jessy Ribordy, they were a 6-piece* alt-rock band for their first albums/release: "Crashings" [Feb. 24th, 2004].  5 were listed** for their follow up: "Dawn Escapes" [2005], then 6 again*** for their remix album "Exit Lights" [2006].  There was one more release "Captiva" in 2007 (which had 5 listed****) before their greatest hits album ("Discover the Trees Again").  The now 3-piece band***** (that The Dear Hunter's Casey Crescenzo produced and was heavily involved with) "Fangs" on March 24th, 2009.  But they announced their breakup in Jan. 2010, only to follow that with the announcement of new music in Oct. the same year.  A KickStarter follwed, which fans raised enough money for - & they started recording in Feb. 2011.  This song was posted on their Facebook page yesterday (May 25th); it's from the new album "Your Sparkling Death Cometh", to be released June 28th, 2011.  Needless to say, I'm quite excited.

https://www.facebook.com/fallingup

& if you can't view it on their Facebook (or just want to have it loaded on YouTube so you can move your laptop to better speakers to hear it) - :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLTETMJRiFw

*Original listings:

A-Dub - keyboards, DJ

Jeremy Miller - bass

Jessy Ribordy - vocals

Joseph A. Kisselburgh - guitar, bg vocals

Josh Shroy - drums

Tom Cox - guitar, bg vocals

**"Dawn Escapes"

Jeremy

Jessy

Josh

Tom

Joseph

***"Exit>Lights"

Adam Taylor

Jeremy Miller

Jessy Ribordy

Joseph Kisselburgh (he went on to become The Send; sadly no news for the past couple years of what he's doing/done since release of "Cosmos")

Josh Shroy

Micah Sannon (now in Disciple)

****"Captiva"

Adam Taylor - keys, bg vocals

Jeremy Miller - bass

Jessy Ribordy - vocals, keys, synths

Josh Shroy - drums, loops

Micah Sannon - guitar (now in Disciple)

*****"Fangs"

Jeremy Miller - bass

Jessy Ribordy - guitar, vocals, keys/synths

Josh Shroy - drums, percussion/loops

(additional guitars & vocals - Casey Crescenzo)

Noisetrade.com...

So: NoiseTrade.com just got their new site up & running - check it out if you haven't already!
It's an awesome site that offers completely free & completely legal music for you to download.  It features many, many bands (any band who wants can join & put something up...) whether they're already in the industry or just an indie starting off...  It's a great way to find up & coming acts & other novelty items...

You Gotta Believe - by The Rocket Summer

Awesomely poppy & even more catchy.

TRS is the music project of Bryce Avary - born Dec. 31st, 1982.  His base of operations is Fort Worth, TX.  His music career started when he was 16 - he independently released "The Rocket Summer EP" in 2000, & was signed to Militia Group for the following LP, "Calendar Days" [Feb. 8th, 2003].  The name came from Ray Bradbury's 1950 "Martian Chronicles" - a short story which one of the chapters is named "Rocket Summer".  A successful tour in the U.S. & Japan came in support of his next LP "Hello, Good Friend" [May 17th, 2005], after which he was signed - after a couple of other EP's including "The Early Years EP" [2006](a re-release of his self-titled EP) - to Island/Def Jam Records.  He's since released 2 LP's - "Do You Feel" [2007] & "Of Men and Angels" [2010] - & 3 EP's.  The latest, just released today [May 24th, 2011]: "Bryce Avary, His Instruments, and Your Voices"; it's an acoustic EP with him on acoustic guitar and piano, & the audiences from a couple of live shows.  This song is from "Of Men and Angels" (released Feb. 23rd, 2010).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF7AxTmwqtE

The music video features fans who submitted their videos of them playing to, singing to, & dancing to the song.

&, something you should definitely do: download "Bryce Avary, His Instruments, and Your Voices" for FREE:

http://www.therocketsummer.com/

(all you need is an e-mail address & to let him/them know your country, province/state, & gender - do it!!!)