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“The Future” is here
Los Angeles, CA – Sean Douglas is showing fans the future of hip-hop with his new single “The Future (Fook Fook)” from the new album “Seize the Day.” Douglas ably merges smarts and originality with commercial viability and sends out lyrics that listeners can relate to. His beats, samples and melodies come together in a hooky, sharp-textured groove of hip-hop energy.
“The Future” has got the drive and wordplay fans can expect from the rest of Douglas’ work, offering listeners an intro into hip-hop Douglas style. The phrase “fook fook” is a transliteration of sorts of the words sampled in the song’s hook. The words mean “wake up” and point to the alertness and awareness Douglas urges when facing the future of one’s life.
The full meaning of the chorus, says Douglas, is “Wake up, you dreamers – in Hollywood, things are not always as they seem.” The tune tells the listener to be true to self rather than succumb to the mindset of “Hollywood wanna-be’s.”
“To my fans: Come with me to a side where this nonsense doesn’t exist,” says Douglas. Themes of personal struggle and self-empowerment occur throughout his music.
The classical undertones, confrontational topic, shiny production, commercial song structure, the peak of the song’s bridge and the final chorus segment, the vocalist collaboration – these are all typical of Douglas’ music.
But while “The Future” does boast all the staples of Douglas’ work, he is quick to point out that every song on the album is distinctive, all representative of his style but each possessing its own personality.
Douglas is the son of Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Douglas Stewart. He was raised in Los Angeles and found himself on the road to hip-hop via an interest in spoken word performance he developed in college. From poetry slams to hooking up with local MCs and other poets, Douglas was facing his destiny as a rap artist.
He is currently working with A&R Select, the world’s leading independent artist development firm based out of Los Angeles, CA. More information is available by visiting www.myspace.com/seandouglas1, www.seandouglasmusic.com and www.arselect.com.
Sean Douglas' music is a seamless hybrid of hip-hop, classical, rock and soul. This diverse group brings honesty and integrity back to a fledgling art-form. A tremendous live act accompanies their radio-ready cd.
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CONTACT: Rich Reich ph:720-352-0939 email:csamrecords@gmail.com
"IN YOUR FACE"
The New CD by RICH REICH
With his long awaited CD effort, affectionately titled "In your face", Rich Reich combines elements of Folk, Jazz, Country and Hard Rock to create one of the most well rounded independent releases in recent memory. Released on his own label "CSAM Records", The 35 minute CD features 9 songs all penned by RR. 4 years in the making, this recording contains some of Reich's finest work to date. The magic of this record is due largely to the sum of its parts.
Recorded in and around New York City, the outing was produced by Eric Mauriello who, as well as engineering the recording, played bass, keyboards, guitar, miscellaneous percussion, and sang on a number of tracks. Also featured on the cd are the talents of Phil Bloom (drums and percussion) , Theresa Cifali (back up vocals), Nellie Ramos (back up vocals on "Pieces"), Bruce Algera (Pedal steel guitar on "Unpatiently"), and John Campagna (flute on "Unpatiently").
Reich is currently located in Boulder, Colorado where he plans to reinvent the music industry.
Samples and free downloads can be found on Rich's web-site.
http://www.richreich.com
Part Two DecadeZ "Go Girl"
After two years in the studio, Anti-M have released their new album, DAMAGE (2008). The female fronted goth rock influenced album has a mix of hard rock tracks (Damage), pop rock cuts (Little Things, Let U In), fluid and melodic ballads (Deep), gothic rock epics (Rage, Damage In The Dream) and a smattering of instrumentals (Dreaming in Metaphor, Incineration, The Sixth Extinction, NO KILL I).
Primarily a studio band in the past, Anti-M hopes to take Damage on the road in the near future.
Anti-M is available at CDBABY.COM, iTunes, Amazon.com
Anti-M is a mix of melodic electronic pop rock and Euro female fronted goth rock. Kind of like Evanescence crossed with Depeche Mode.
If you could imagine a breed of T.I.'s Attitude, Kanye West's Cockyness,Lil Wayne's Swagger,Fabolous's Punchlines,and Ludacris's Delivery then you would easily be able to imagine how his album The Heatrock 2 sounds like. For Artist,Producer,Singer,Songwriter,& Audio Engineer DecadeZ...It's been a long road...
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