Matt Thiessen of Relient K spent some time with us CMSpin.com answering some random questions and talking about keeping LeBron James in Cleveland!
Nappy:I remember talking to Mark Stuart of Audio Adrenaline a few years ago and he was pretty proud that he and the guys beat Relient K in a game of basketball.
Matt:Ha, yea I remember that day.It was back in the day, we had our old bass player Brian who could sink a three almost at will.Matt Hoopes our guitar player is a pretty decent ball player, and I’m 6’3” and I’ll shove my 155 pounds if I can.No one else on our team was any good, so they beat us.
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The other day I was talking to DJ N.O.S. about his music. He's a big fan of TastyFresh.com, which is a community of Christian DJs. While he enjoys focusing on mixing electronic music of all genres I felt he should get into production and making mashups and remixes. There especially seems to be a gaping void when it comes mashups for Christian music artists.
I remember owning a mashup CD that was very well done so I figured there must be someone on the net doing the same. This mashup for Tobymac/Thousand Foot Krutch is excellent.
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Gaming music has always had a place in my heart. I remember grabbing my boom box and taping the intro to One on One: Jordan VS Bird and playing the drop ship level from Aliens over and over again because I was entranced with the music. As systems and sound cards improved, so did the music, and now I find myself adding game soundtracks to my glowing collection of Anime and Movie scores.
Does that sound a little strange to you? Maybe you think there just isn’t enough good game music out there to make you want to buy a soundtrack. If that is the way you feel, let me challenge you to listen to the games you play. Notice how the music adds to the experience, much like a good score adds to a great movie. Think about the driving sound of the battles in Gears of War, and the great relive you felt as the music changed and dropped out, your audio clue that the battle was over…for now. Remember the haunting music that plays in the wraith mash in Fable 2, setting you on edge as you looked around each corner, trying to spot the banshees before they spotted you. Good music adds to the atmosphere of the game; we just tend to be so wrapped up in making sure we don’t die that we tend not to notice.
So maybe you’re considering starting a soundtrack collection of your own, but you have no idea where to begin. The following list, while in no way comprehensive, might help give you some ideas.
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The Alpha Jan here again with the last article of the day...actually a review. This was something I thought The Merry Muse might do first but I guess I call it! Did it first Michelle! Anyways, both she and I love listening to Joshua Bell and to most people of the MTV culture-only thinking, Joshua Bell is a prodigy when it comes to playing the violin. He is world famous and people pay $150 a minimum to watch his performance. Why, he is more popular than most NFL football players and I love watching the NFL. On a sidenote, you want to really get underneath an arrogant football fan's nerves, just say that soccer players and professional wrestlers are more famous and in all accounts they are. Only in the United States is the NFL really a stable but soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Do you ever hear of a Team United States going against a Team China in American Football? Nope. However, when it comes to soccer, even though there are local teams per country, what are the matches usually? Country versus country. Don't get me started on the fake wrestling.
Well back on review, Joshua Bell has over two dozen albums recorded and has been a prodigy in classical violin music for many, many years. I believe his first album that I can remember was back in 1998 with the album Gershwin Fantasy. Not many artists out there with over two dozen albums to their profile. Well now that the history lesson on the violin prodigy is over, here is the review for At Home With Friends by Joshua Bell and also from what I can remember this is the first classical music album reviewed on ICE so another intro prop for me! YAY!
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Surprised X has not mentioned this yet... Belton, Texas-based quintet FLYLEAF has teamed up with director Meiert Avis (who has helmed clips for a diverse list of artists, including AVRIL LAVIGNE, U2, JACK'S MANNEQUIN, AUDIOSLAVE and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN) to film a video for the band's new single, the bracing rocker "Again". The track comes off "Memento Mori", the follow-up to FLYLEAF's hit 2005 self-titled debut, which is scheduled for release on November 10 via A&M/Octone.
"The whole theme is that everything comes to an end," explained guitarist Sameer Bhattacharya, noting that their album title is a Latin phrase that loosely translates to "remember death." "But there's always hope and a bigger picture too."
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On November 10, Sparrow Records and Atlantic Records will release Hello Hurricane, the seventh full-length album from the multi-Platinum, San Diego-based rock band SWITCHFOOT. Hello Hurricane is the group’s first album on Atlantic Records and its first studio album since 2006’s Oh! Gravity, which debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200. SWITCHFOOT has been hard at work on Hello Hurricane, tracking more than 80 songs at the band’s self-built home studio and selecting the very best of them for the record. The band recorded the album with noted producer/bassist Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Rilo Kiley, Eminem and Pink). The edgy, driving lead single “Mess of Me” goes for adds at Modern and Active Rock radio this week as the stirring “Always” goes to Christian radio later this month.
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As previously announced, Living Sacrifice are back with their brand new album, "The Infinite Order," their first release since reforming in 2008. The release has been moved from November 3 to January 26, 2010 on Solid State Records. This will be the band's seventh studio album. You can check out the message from band:
“Hey guys and gals, the release of the record has changed to Jan. 26 2010. This will allow LS and Solidstate properly promote the release of the record. So it is a good thing. We will be posting songs very very soon for all to check out. We are really really happy with this record and I cannot wait until it gets out there. Thank you all so much for caring, and sorry for the additional wait.
Powerful, forthright, thrashy and skillfully executed as ever, the album serves as an unapologetic reminder as to exactly why so many of today's heavy music leaders hold Living Sacrifice and in such high-esteem.
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