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A.C. says

So its after 12 and we're still going! Apparently i'm not sleeping tonight. I'm guessing we have a few more hours before we get our lives back so what better way to spend them other than voting for all of our kick ass friends?! Exactly, no better way.

LoVE SeX n DeATH says

LSD Salutes you!

First, a history, for those who are not familiar with my "Salutes", or what I'm doing in this comment.

Back in the first round, I started to do daily artist spotlights of around 5 bands / artists that I thought I could relate to, and possibly describe in a way that other artists here could relate to, all the while pleasing the spotlighted, even though it may have not been the way they saw themselves. The results were ones of almost overwhelming love, and it was the absolute most fun that I had here at MN as well. Not to mention, besides breaking up the monotony of the voting phase, I was helping to spread the word about other artists here, as well as myself, all the while everyone was getting to know each other.

THIS IS WHAT THIS SITE SHOULD BE ABOUT! Not saying totally, but just as one of the basic threads of integrity, made from this kind of moral fiber, that weaves through everyone in a way that even the artist that comes in at #500 out of 500, has gained more than they could have ever expected, or hoped for.

What happened?

Well, going into round 2, and not being experienced in the h2h, I was overwhelmed with what was going on. Survival mode kicked in and on top of that, in trying to figure out how this all worked, the positive that once ruled my way of thinking and what I did as a result, now engulfed my head with flames of negativity. But remember, life is made up of balance, where it takes the opposite for the other to exist, and this positive that I was doing was born from a negative. It's the only way that I know of, to make a right out of a wrong. It is how most positive things come to be. I believe we usually chalk that up as, "God working in mysterious ways". Personally, I think it's all pretty simple, and we are the ones who made Gods ways to be mysterious by making him out to be what he is not. A being with faults like jealousy, and anger. To me, to even think that, of such great power and love, is a pure sin. But I, am NOT without these faults, and so I do get lost. More than knowing the way actually. So once again, with the many to come, I do apologize. NEVER sorry, but sincerely I apologize.


So I'll end with these notes---- E sharp / F flat / B sharp / C flat. LMAO! (Did I forget to mention, that these also came with dumb jokes that I make up?) Okay, but seriously I'm glad that I did, because I just came up with the significance of this joke, to all of this. Here goes............

Although, just like all of us here at Music Nation, those notes that I mentioned, technically are not recognized nor do they exist. Just like there are no sharps and flats between E and F, or B and C, there is no Love Sex n Death on the radio, in magazines, or on TV. But, if you'd just hit a note, where you'd NATURALLY hit it if I called out those notes, you'd find that although they don't exist "technically", they still have a sound, and they are of great value. Without them, if God were to take away the sound of those notes, music would never be the same, and music of the past would be destroyed. Big, small, existent, or nonexistent we all make an IMPACT. My biggest influence is Led Zeppelin. You know whose just as big of an influence to me? The band KISS. Maybe not so much musically, but everyday after elementary school, when I was so very little, my friends and I would raid our mothers make up, grab acoustic guitars, ukulele's, brooms, and bar stools and set up right in front of a big mirror and amp out in front of it to Kiss "Alive I & II", almost every day. (I always got to be Ace. Uh-huh! Being double jointed in the legs, and having straight long hair got me places.) lol. But getting back to making an IMPACT, the absolute most important influence, even bigger than Kiss or Led Zep.............. the 2 high school stoner's that had me in awe, while they played Pink Floyd and Led Zep songs with 2 acoustic guitars. I'll always remember this as clear as day, even though I was just a little kid when it happened. It was after school, on a late afternoon at my elementary school. It was the place for kids to hang and have fun, being that there were places to sit, big parks / playgrounds, a valley to go exploring in, baseball, basketball, etc. But I had never seen 2 kids jam before. And I had sure as hell never seen, anyone play rock songs live before. Not to mention, these were songs that to my understanding could only be played by it's great creators, and now, they were being played with these simple acoustic guitars, by 2 simple kids. I never saw those local kids as just stoner's ever again. They put an indescribable feeling and determination in me, that I can only describe as "being lost, but knowing what direction you're going in, and where it goes, not knowing what is there for you, yet knowing all that this place contains, and having a pure love for all of it, and knowing that it's there for me". So "Led Zep" might be the fire, and "Slipknot" or "Pantera" or even YOU, the fuel that keeps my influential fire going, but most important was that spark made by the passing of 2 boys on a simple day. That's the kind of IMPACT, that I'm talking about.

I said in the beginning of the spotlights that I was doing here at MN, that since I was getting a lot of attention because of the high placement that I held in round 1, that I wanted to share it by spreading the love by way of plugging other artists. Not doing as well in this round, I questioned, that if any, who would care anymore? But then I found my answer! There are 5 artists / bands listed below, that can answer that question. And more will follow.

Please keep in mind what I've always said. The number in which these artists are listed, are in NO way listed in order of a rank of any kind. It's just totally random, and should not matter.

I also want to state right here and now, that this is NOT to win you over for voting purposes. In fact, that would only stain the whole purpose of the spotlights if you did. I am not saying that I don't want your votes, I'm saying that I don't want it, as result of this. The only way to reward this gesture, is to simply continue the perpetual motion of positive gestures, via promoting others, or in ANY way that you can think of. What I suggest, is a way that you would want done for you. If you happened to hear my stuff because of this, and like it, then great. I would gladly accept your support in the competition. That would be an even greater effect of a good thing as a result of this. If you have your doubts about how genuine this is, I surely cannot blame you, as I would too. Especially if I wasn't familiar with the person writing this.

However, one thing is very certain! There is NO question, about WHAT I am saying here, and what it's about. Nor are the effects of it and it's value. When you truly think about the big picture, if everything that I'm saying here continues to grow with all of us, then you'll see that this is NOT about me, it's really all about YOU. About all of us.

I'm not asking you to believe in Aaron, but to believe in whatever you think is right. Hopefully, you'll find most of what I've said here to be right. Today, I am standing on a clean slate. The shitty moments of the past, and who it may have involved, along with the drama that followed no longer exists. Mistakes are not the end of a good run, but the beginning of a good lesson. Accepting it removes all the obstacles, and moving on is as easy as walking forward. Here's my first step. Enjoy.

Todays SpotLights:

Jarah: "falling" http://musicnation.com/music/jarahlette/falling
If being impressed by her musical talents of writing and performing wasn't enough, she also holds within her, a stunning voice that was paralyzing to me. I loved how she blends eerie with beauty in her songs, that makes for the same kind of the happy dark feeling that you get from looking at the sky at dusk, on a perfect day. Her use of background melodies with her voice really enhances this effect. Another great example, is her version of "Wont back down".

Steelroad: "The Opening".
http://musicnation.com/music/steelroad/the-opening
I was gonna go with their song, "Sometimes I am the sky", which is another incredible one, but after hearing "the opening", I was pretty damn mesmerized. INCREDIBLE guitar work amongst everything else, I could not help but to hear this a few times. The vocals, lyrics, everything was perfect. It was reminiscent of Pink Floyd and a touch of Jane's Addiction. I must really like eerie, because this too, was hauntingly beautiful.

Imaginary Bones: "Sofie". http://musicnation.com/music/imaginarybones/sofie
This song truly shows how this band takes a sound of another era, captures it, and lets it go into the world of now, with a crystal clear sound of driving drums and bass, along with different guitar melodies, and classic vocals that gets the point of the lyrics across without hesitation. Very easily lovable!

Harbour Grace: "One Step". http://musicnation.com/music/harbourgrace/one-step
This is a live video of their song "One Step", and I have to say that they fucking rock. It showed truly great vocals, a tight band, and an in-fucking-credible tone of guitars. That kind of crunch, with melodic smooth vocals = fucking awesome. Harbour Grace, is nothing short of impressive.

5 Tongues: "Cool Aide". http://musicnation.com/music/5tongues/cool-aide
This song would have made the Reverend Jim Jones proud. lol. Seriously, I wanted to do a spotlight on them a while back when I heard this song. The music is fucking incredible, and I especially loved the singers voice in this one. And although this band has all kinds of great songs, I personally think that this is the style and sound that truly shows their greatness. With a heavy-ish sound along with really cool time changes, there's a background of different melodies of piano and guitar that separates this from the norm, and gives it a really cool feel, versus the lyrics. It says in their bio, "kill the band on the radio". Well, you'd better watch out for what you wish for guys, because this could easily be a hit song.

That's my word. Peace.

LSD



PS. Ben Vandagriff is a stud. (you asked. lol.)

SINGLE FATHER says

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SO IT SEEMS THAT ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SPIN THE TOP TEN IS LIKE A DOORKNOB: EVERYONE GETS A TURN!
(EXCEPT FOR MARK DOOLEY, HE GOT SOME CYBER-SUPER GLUE MOJO GOIN’ ON! CONGRATULATIONS, MARK! IF YOU’RE NOT A FINALIST, THE RULES LIED!)
WHO KNOWS HOW THIS WILL WASH OUT TOMORROW, AS THERE HAVE BEEN NO WEEKLY POSTING OF WINNERS (DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!)
BEST OF LUCK AND HOPE TO EVERYONE WHO STUCK IT OUT THIS FAR-WE ARE ALL WINNERS IN THAT SENSE.
TO ALL THE FINALISTS, WOMEVER THEY MAY BE, AN EXTRA PRAYER FOR THOSE EXTRA DEALS THEY ARE OFFERING-AND OF COURSE THE BIG CHEESE:
THOSE TWO BAD ASS GIBSON GUITARS!
PEACE, AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ON “THE OTHER SIDE”!

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I FEEL A STRANGE CHANGE
STARTING T☼ REARRANGE
THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THINGS
I’M READY TO LIVE MY LIFE
AND ACCEPT ALL THE L♥VE
AND J☺Y THAT IT BRINGS – Д@ŖŐŊ ©ħąЯĻęś
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Harbour Grace says

Best of luck today!!!

A.C. says

So it's finally come. The last day of this interesting competition. One last time I want to thank any and all who sent a vote my way during this crazy ride. At this point I think pretty much anybody can make a run for the top 20 and I'm sure by the end of the day the right people will be where they should be. Although I don't quite agree with the way this competition was handled, I'm kind of glad it did go down this way. There may or may not have been cheating in the beginning, people can complain that they didn't come up in the head to head player as many times as others, some may even consider it rigged. The way I look at is this: this is a community for musicians to meet, build relationships, and interact with other musicians who share the same passion for music as you do. These competitions are meant to help artists get heard by the whole community and bring other people into the community. For that I am thankful. I have been a part of many online music sites where artists put up their music, look for reviews, acceptance, and fame, basically whatever they can get. This is the only place where I actually felt like part of a community. I know it may seem like i'm just beating a dead horse saying how much I love you guys night after night now, but I just want to make sure the community knows that after this competition is all said and done I will still be here and I will still be showing love to all of my friends that I can honestly say are a part of my life now, and I have Music Nation to thank for it. Sorry i'm taking up so much space in your comment box haha i'll shutup now. Anyway, i'll end with saying its been a pleasure, and I can't wait to see how this turns out!

elephants never forget says

An elephant was having a horrible time in the jungle because a horsefly kept biting near her tail and there was nothing she could do about it. It was far out of reach.
A sparrow saw this and killed the horsefly with its beak. "Oh, thank you!" said the elephant. "My, pleasure ma'am." said the sparrow. "Listen, Mr. Sparrow, if there's anything I can ever do for you, don't hesitate to ask."
The sparrow said, "Well, all my life I wondered how it would feel to fuck an elephant." "Be my guest!", said the elephant.
So the sparrow flew behind the elephant and started fucking. In the trees above, a monkey in the tree saw this and became very excited. He started to masturbate, shaking a coconut loose and it fell from the tree, hitting the elephant on the head. "OUCH!", said the elephant.
Then sparrow looked over from behind and said, "Am I hurting you, dear?"

The Altruistic Messiah ~ Ben Vandagriff ~ The CEO of Rock & Roll ! says

Now that Pavarotti passed away ~ those other two guys always seem to keep bugging me to join the trio !

Please come hear why on my very 1st vocal debut on Music Nation! ~ It's ONLY a little over 9:00 minutes long . . . so you can let it loop ~ quite a few times ...

It's called ~ ' 1 suse#2w_vox.mp3 '

Laugh all you want ~ I'm coming out with my very own ~ new ~ A Cappella
version of ~ 'INGRID MICHAELSON: THE WAY I AM' ~ just use your ESP & you'll know when . . .

Feel free to comment ~ 'cuz I got big shoulders you can cry on !

& Frank Zappa ~ never heard of `em ~ wasn't he the guy that used to advertise his albums in the pages of my comic books when I was a little kid ?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Peace ,
Ben

http://musicnation.com/music/thealtruistic/1-suse2wvoxmp3

DICARLO PRODUCTIONS says

OK PEEPS,

WITH 2 MORE DAYS OF THIS COMEDY TO GO, I´M POSTING MY ORIGINAL BLOG (WHICH I´M SURE NO ONE HAS READ :) LOL) THAT I POSTED ON MN THE FIRST DAY I ARRIVED HERE!!!!!!!! :)

"HELLO MUSIC NATION"

Hello Everyone,

I was invited over here to vote for a friend of mine, and had to register in order to vote, so I decided to make a page, and even entered in the "HOT PURSUIT" contest. But, to be honest, I´m more interested in networking, meeting new artists, and promoting my business www.online-mixing-and-mastering.com.

To be quite honest, I feel that most contests, are just popularity contests, and have very little to do with real talent. Very seldom do the really talented artists win. It´s more who has the most friends that will vote for them, and I´m far too busy to be running around trying to get people to vote for me. :) lol

Anyway, I wish you the best of luck. I´m looking forward to meeting all of you.

DICARLO

Added; Please feel free to join my My Space pages, check out my www.online-mixing-and-mastering.com website, or Google search DICARLO PRODUCTIONS. I´m everywhere. :)


OK, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I´M ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT YOU´VE ALL GIVEN ME. I CAME HERE ONLY KNOWING 1 PERSON, AND HAVE MET 100`S OF FRIENDS AND FANS IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS TIME, QUALIFIED FOR THE CONTEST AT #22 AFTER BEING HERE ONLY 2 WEEKS, RECEIVED ALMOST 6,000 PLAYS, AND WILL BE MASTERING 2 CD´S, AND SEVERAL TRACKS FOR ARTISTS HERE!!!! :)
SO, I´M QUITE CONTENT, BECAUSE I´VE ACHIEVED MUCH MORE THAN I HAD EXPECTED!!!!! :)
MN (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW ASSHOLES, WHICH YOU WILL FIND ON EVERY SITE) IS ONE OF THE BEST SITES I´VE EVER BEEN ON, AND I´VE BEEN ON A TON OF THEM!!!! :)
YOU PEOPLE ARE LIKE FAMILY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT!!! :)

I HOPE THAT WE KEEP THIS FEELING GOING LONG AFTER THIS CONTEST IS OVER, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT ME AT OURSTAGE, WHERE I´VE BEEN IN THE TOP 10 SEMI FINALS 5 OUT OF 6 TIMES, AND WOULD HAVE MADE THE FINALS, AND MAYBE EVEN WON, HAD I HAD ENOUGH FRIENDS AND FANS VOTING FOR ME. :)
MY SONG "DO YOU WANT MY LOVIN" HAS BEEN AT #3 IN THE LATIN GENRE OVER THERE FOR 1 WEEK NOW, AND I HAVE 4 OTHER SONGS IN THE TOP 20-30. SO I HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT ME OVER THERE WHEN THIS CONTEST IS OVER, BECAUSE IF I HAD THE KIND OF SUPPORT OVER THERE, THAT YOU´VE GIVEN ME HERE, I WOULD HAVE WON SEVERAL TIMES OVER THERE!!!!! :)
NO SERIOUSLY, YOU PEOPLE ARE GREAT!!!! :)

GOOD LUCK TO WHO EVER WINS THIS CONTEST, BECAUSE IT´S JUST THE BEGINNING!!! :) WINNING THIS CONTEST WILL NOT MAKE YOU AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS, IT´S JUST A STEPPING STONE, AND YOU´LL HAVE TO WORK EVEN HARDER, BECAUSE THEY (THE LABEL) WILL BE EXPECTING YOU TO DELIVER THE GOODS!!!! :)

TO THE REST OF YOU;
LIKE MY SONG SAYS, "DON´T STOP". :)
THERE WILL BE OTHER CHANCES, OTHER CONTESTS, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. JUST KEEP UP THE HARD WORK PERFECTING YOUR CRAFT, AND IT WILL PAY OFF SOME DAY!!!!! :)

ALL THE BEST,
DICARLO

The Altruistic Messiah ~ Ben Vandagriff ~ The CEO of Rock & Roll ! says

It's my same old rap ~ as I'm nothing if not redundant !!!!!

Don't merely vote ~ promote
With every rate ~ you elevate
& with every single comment ~ give your consent to the content
To some extent
Whither you make us laugh or make us cry
Read between the lines ~ and amplify
There is beauty in revealing your true feelings
& it's not do or die ~ it's believing

http://musicnation.com/music/thealtruistic/beatz