All Blog Posts Tagged 'music' (15)

Visiting the King(s) in Memphis

http://mitziszereto.com/blog/visiting-the-kings-in-memphis/

Added by Mitzi Szereto on July 11, 2013 at 6:10am — No Comments

This is a big day for me..

Today I present the debut video to my novel/album, Josephine the Outlaw King, 6 years in the making!

May I present,

Nolita Growled

featuring Viva LaCholita, Beau Ryan

performed by A Brokeheart Pro (aka, Jeannette Louise Kantzalis)

Directed by Aron Paul Orton

I hope you…

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Added by Jeannette Louise Kantzalis on January 18, 2012 at 6:54am — No Comments

Sexy classical music and crime novels

When Peter Cook admitted to Dudley Moore that he was “turned on by dead Popes,” it was a satire on those among us who’re so bored by their lives as to be infinitely suggestible. Thus a dead pope lying on a catafalque in white robes looks “at peace, at rest, and ****ing fanciable.”

The joke, of course, is that no one could imagine the Pope as a sexual object, whether alive…

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Added by Matt Rees on June 3, 2011 at 9:09pm — No Comments

The Music Behind my Mozart Novel

The best reason I have for writing a novel about Mozart must surely be that I love his music. Other elements contribute, including my fascination with his neglected sister and the growing historical research which I believe points toward his murder. But the music must be at the center of the novel itself.

I’ve played music all my life. But after my initial music lessons I…

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Added by Matt Rees on May 4, 2011 at 5:16pm — No Comments

Mozart Scene of the Crime

Historical novelists recreate the emotions and events of distant times. It helps if they can use real places that still exist. In the case of MOZART’S LAST ARIA, I was able to set much of the action in streets and buildings where Mozart lived and worked – and where you can still visit.

In my historical…

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Added by Matt Rees on May 3, 2011 at 5:38pm — No Comments

Reviews, interview & book giveaway in new issue

New issue of Kings River Life just went up and we have an interview with mystery author R.J. McDonnell whose books are set in the music industry, also a review of his latest book "Rock & Roll Rip-Off" & a give away http://kingsriverlife.com/02/12/robert-mcdonnell/
We also have a review of the latest Dean Koontz book "What The Night Knows".
Have a great weekend!
Lorie Ham

Added by Lorie Ham on February 13, 2011 at 4:10am — No Comments

Flutes and Flambeauxs

Flutes and Flambeauxs

What is this strange land

Of flutes and flambeauxs

Dancing in the streets

To musak with strange beats?

It is the collage

Of cultures mixed

With French, Spanish, Creole

And international flare.

Have you seen the Indians

Of this partying town?

Yes, they call themselves Indians.

Dressed in flamboyant costumes

With beads and feathers

And painted… Continue

Added by Roger C. Bull on September 16, 2009 at 2:29pm — No Comments

The most obscure band in Jerusalem

I bet you didn't know there was an underground scene in Jerusalem (at least not an underground music scene; you've probably heard of some other undergrounds that operate here). Here's a little bit of Middle East insider poop for you: what's the most obscure underground band in Jerusalem?

Answer: Dolly Weinstein.

A fivesome (formerly a sixsome, sometimes foursome) of folk rock and rock standards, featuring yours truly on bass.

Other writers are notable for… Continue

Added by Matt Rees on June 26, 2009 at 5:39pm — No Comments

Fiddling Up Murder

D. H. Parker fiddles up another great mystery DARK DIAMOND REEL all this week On Wings of Murder at http://murderx5.blogspot.com

Added by Linda Suzane on June 2, 2009 at 10:55am — No Comments

EVA BATONNE ON MYSTERY PANEL: FRESH BLOOD, INTRODUCING NEW MYSTERY WRITERS MAY 2, 2009

Come meet the author in person at BURBANK LIBRARY, May 2 from 2-4 Available to sign books and chat...

Event Title: Fresh Blood – Introducing New Mystery Writers

Date: May 2, 2009

Time: 2 – 4 PM

Location: Burbank Library, Buena Vista Branch

Address: 300 N. Buena Vista Street

City, State, Zip: Burbank, CA 91505

Phone: Louise Paziak (818) 238-5600 Central/(818) 238-5620 Buena Vista

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Added by Eva Batonne on January 24, 2009 at 2:12am — No Comments

Two awesome reviews for BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS...and one for LIBRARIANS DONT GET MARRIED

Reviews

Title: Beyond the Looking Glass

Author: AP Miller

Author Website: na

Genre: Horror/Fantasy Erotica

Published by Extasy books

Cinderella,…

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Added by AP Miller on December 24, 2008 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Too Deep to be Popular? Or Vice Versa?

(Cross posted on One Bite at a Time.) Crimespace currently has a couple of enthusiastic debates (here and here) about the endless dispute between literary fiction and genre fiction. Sides tend to form pretty quickly in such engagements. The “literary” side goes on about the “limitations” of genre… Continue

Added by Dana King on November 21, 2008 at 3:21am — No Comments

music blog

I've started one, if anyone's interested. . . .
http://johnnyostentatious.blogspot.com/

Added by Johnny Ostentatious on October 11, 2008 at 12:08am — No Comments

Music to Write By

Do you listen to music while you write? Or while you read? Work? Play?

Recently, I’ve seen authors include their Play Lists either in the fronts or backs of their books, presenting the music that inspired them while they wrote.

I’d love to be able to do that, too, but I can’t listen to music while I do anything else that requires significant concentration.

A lot of people say that music helps them get in the mood, or helps them focus or concentrate. For some, it… Continue

Added by Karen McCullough on July 23, 2008 at 4:50am — 1 Comment

Have You Got That Thing in Your Head?

My worst one is songs. If there's even a vague reference in conversation or on TV to something that is (or reminds me of) a song lyric, the words play in my head for hours afterward, even if I hate, hate, HATE the song itself. Please don't mention low places or Garth Brooks (my least favorite) starts singing to me. And please don't say anything about roller skates, spirits, or flowers in your hair, because certain sixties songs just dominate when you do. I don't even have to hear it aloud. I'm… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on June 25, 2008 at 10:09pm — No Comments