One might notice I appropriately used "The Coachella" font for my titles.

 miamizsun wrote: If I can do it... anybody can.

I'm not sure how Nero works... but I think you could make it work. Do you have a daughter who works for Nero?

I first find the photos... almost always ones I've "borrowed" online someplace and use on my "world famous" screensaver.  Having an Apple computer really helps in this endeavor.
I have no intentions of making money off of them. But people who have  seen them go "Where in the world did you get those pictures?"
Sometimes/ always I have to  do an edit on them by using Apple's Pixalmater. That where I also do the "Text" feature to and titles and song/ artist list,
My daughter help me set up a  CD cover format file through Apple Pages.  I just grab my picture when I do this.  I drag it right into the template and fit it into the square. The back side of the cover has to be flipped. Hit print and it's done. I use the higher end photo paper because it really makes the pictures clean.
For the CD label.. I have a fairly decent Epson printer that has the option of... printing CD's.  Again, my daughter found me a CD labeling template. So it's just a mater of using Pixalmater to edit, dragging the picture onto that template, adjusting it to fit and sizing then printing it.
It really helps to have a daughter who used to work for Apple when you get stuck.  She has guided me in the past on how to use Pixalmater effectively.

 Steely_D wrote:

yeah i'd like to see a training/example of how that is done
list of materials where to get them and the software etc.
how to bake that cake so t speak
if it has been posted, i apologize

or if one knows how that cover might be done in nero
just sayin'

 Steely_D wrote: Why thank you.
I wanted to compete with Mr. Wyoming because I heard he was the best.
Then he quit right after I joined the Club. 

My, that's a nice package.

 miamizsun wrote: Watch the cover.
Those Cholla are brutal.

 Steely_D wrote:
all apologies for the late review and please pass the grey poupon

numbers reminded me of elp/emerson
five o'clock sort of a ghostly opera/musical
nuclear apathy simply great progressive rock and probably my fav on this effort
rachel's song hits notes of dylan ballad, great tune
joytown to me is oddly therapeutic/confessional (don't ask why...)
your move is cool and a fantastic song, sung this tune more times than i can count
4 out of 5 like off balance and oddness got together on a poetry slam
the apocalypse song is haunting and beautiful, another fav
holyland/todd is always welcome, a catchy pop b-52-ish quality
burial scene is
my love is alive by joan is very listenable, because spooky t/gary fan and i love joan

really nice mix with pleasant surprises!
also i admire the efficiency of the digital delivery

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

prickly playlist in house!

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Mine blew in like a tumbleweed!

 ColdMiser wrote:
You are the special one.
That, and for some reason, USPS won't deliver "Media Mail" to you.

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
my copy made the 2,667 mile journey unscathed. Thanks for spending the extra few sheckles on me!

 ColdMiser wrote:
I did it yesterday.
Trying to get them out before the months over.

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

i'm behind, i haven't posted on sd's effort
much less lazy's
however i would send them when you want
business has been nutty
and i'm due some med procedures in the first couple of weeks of april
so fire at will amigo

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
DO IT!

Who hasn't reviewed Lazy's music yet?
Come on! I'm anxious to get mine out. 

I might just mail them the beginning of next week.
It'll take time for the guvment mail service to deliver anyways.

 Lazy8 wrote:
Thanks for teaching me on the "Bluegrass" issue. I kinda lumped those songs in a genre because of the instrumentation I guess.
Call it Soft Bluegrass? 

And the same with the no didgeridoo...  I had no clue.

Sat down to do some web work last night and had the latest submission on. Man, that was fun. 

Lots of stuff that stood out as interesting and pleasant and wanting more attention. A couple in there that elicited a WTF, like the Missy Elliot. 
Liked that Cosy Sheridan as well as the BASSNECTAR; some of it might be the production, but still enjoyed.
Not a fan of the DJ Vadim or Kate Tempest, but didn't mind listening.
Loved hearing the RL Jones. I remember that tune from way back. 
Really liked the Shabazz Palaces and the Schlagel. The latter reminded me of McMurtry, of course.
And finishing off with the Cosy Sheridan was nice - so nice that now I'm thinking "wait - TWO Cosy songs that I like. Must figure her out now."

Many thanks!

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
My work here is done. 

Oh wait, we're only at track 2!

Almost. I had literally just dropped that stack of discs in the mail when I heard this song in concert and thought "That would have been perfect!"

And this sounds a lot...older, calmer, less flashy than bluegrass. Yeah, it's got banjo and mandolin and guitar, but they're there to support the singer rather than impress you with how fast they can pick.

Do I sound disappointed with most bluegrass these days? Guess so.


There were other cuts on this disc I liked better but they were a lot longer, and I figured I'd be trying the audience's patience with this genre as it was. Glad this worked for somebody!


This band deserves to be famous. I hope they find an audience that appreciates them.

With the—ahem—crowd so small at their show we got to have a very interesting Q&A session at the break. One question they asked us was "What genre would you say our music fits into?" and none of us could think of a handy bin to put them in. Does it matter? I didn't think so, but in the words of their cellist "Spotify begs to differ." A dilemma Bob Dylan didn't have to face.


The musicianship is next-level, but its purpose is to match the phrasing and tempo of contra dancing. You can hear the fiddler (Noah VanNorstrand, he's also doing foot percussion and a bunch of other stringed instruments too) in a couple of other touring dance bands.

These guys are local (and one of the duo is a friend of mine) so I get to hear them pretty regular. Never on my front porch, but a guy can dream. Heard this in a hundred year old theater accompanied by the sisters of one of them on cello and violin in front of a home-town crowd. Pretty magical.

From a Christmas album, this is a traditional Catalonian carol, translated by the musicians.

There's a Jew's harp, two-string horsehair fiddle, and a shamisen-like instrument. What you might be hearing as didgeridoo is actually throat singing. These guys brought the house down live.

His lyrics have a sorry-for-himself quality that I found hard to take at album's length but it worked fine one tune at a time.

 ColdMiser wrote:
They're singing in Georgian. Got this disc after seeing their CD release concert online. Ordered it from an Israeli company and it shipped from Italy. They've been on a few of my past mixes.


Saw them live on a tour leading up to their latest album release. All of 4 people in the audience—we just barely outnumbered the band (guitar, cello, & drums). Debated which song to include because this one fit better but it doesn't really capture their sound as well as some others. And I take issue with the "bury the vocals in the mix" approach to recording, but if you turn it up loud and have good equipment the lyrics are quite nice.


I wish! Been trying to hire this band for a dance weekend that kept getting postponed from Covid, then the piano half of the band stopped touring for health reasons. I've heard the other half before, and he's simply amazing.

They're from Mongolia. Saw them live but didn't get this CD; a friend was shedding her music collection and I snapped it up.


What? What?


Me too. Another garage sale find. Pretty rare there's a Neil Young record I don't have, but I missed this one.


Crushes me like a bug every time I hear it.

If you're tuned into KGLT on April 29th I can see what the options are! Last time it was strictly come & get it, but how about a nice tote bag?

 Lazy8 wrote:
Nice to hear you dedicate your time  to your local institute of higher learning.  I dabble occasionally in the some of our local offerings when I can tune them in on the car stereo. Sometimes I'm surprised by what I hear. Your mix was very diverse and that is what one can expect from a college experience (except in Florida anyway ;-). You always challenge us MCC members, but then again the title has "culture" in it. So many cultures, so little time (hehe, see what I did there?). Anyway thoughts along the way as I delved in with my new head phones.

Trio Mandilli - I don't know what they are singing about but they have great harmony
Cosy - digging the banjo work here. 
Collapsing Stars - Had a Rocky Raccoon kinda intro. The singer sounds familiar but I can't put my finger on who he reminds me of. I like em! Nice band name as well.
Muscles/Ride the Wheel - This is Lazy 8 special! I'm assuming you got this at a live show. 
Erge-Sholee Biste Turda - Some interesting sounds here (was really cool on headphones) many odd instruments and the vocals almost had a Yips-Muppet sound to them.
Missy Elliot - RRHOF? Really?
This Old Guitar - I'm hearing Harvest Moon on this one. 
RLJ - Stellar live performance of a beautiful song. Great CD, in my collection as well. 
Demeter in the Underworld - Good closer track, sweet vocals and good lyrics. 

Good job multi-tasking by clearing out your in box and getting your mix out simultaneously.  Your eclectic collection just got more broad, if that is possible. I'm wondering if they would deliver that load of gravel to New Jersey?