This is an open call for music! We are looking for songs about overcoming obstacles, heros, victory, winning, and tribute. All genres are accepted, however, we would really like to keep this CD positive and upbeat!

The submission deadline is September 1st, 2008 @ midnight. If you are interested in submitting music for this project, please download the .PDF form via. the link below, and mail in your CD with the select tracks you would like us to consider.

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1. 500 copies will be produced, if all sale as planned we will raise
$10,000.00 for the John Hopkins Sarcoma Research Center.

2. All submissions are donations.

3. Please click the link below to get our permission sheet, and mail your CD
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When I usually get something from the Fearless label I expect some hardcore punk or something of that stripe, not interesting, intricate pop music. But it is very good pop music, with a youthful energy. Strong melodies with some great instrumental touches and synth washes – very mature songwriting with some great guitars right where they should be, like on the anthemic choruses. I can see this being played on the radio as it is very good Green Day-styled stuff with more of a power pop element than most bands of this kind.

Very accomplished and very catchy – great stuff. I am hoping for another full-length album soon.

myspace.com/themorninglight

Scott

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The Northern Ohio area has so many groups and writers that are creating Reggae music that many years back, the Mid West Reggae Fest was created to showcase many of the bands from the region as well as the entire world. This year, the festival will be taking place in early August.

Even though the band Tropidelic is not 100% Reggae, the band could easily be grouped into the Reggae scene in the Greater Cleveland area. The Kent, Ohio group creates its sound by taking a large amount of Reggae, combines it with an equal amount of rock, adds in some funk and hip-hop, and serves it up with a huge amount of energy.

The Kent, Ohio band is comprised of five members. Lead Vocalist Matt Roads, Bassist Neal Badolato, Guitarist Kyle “Chevontez” Cheuvront, and Drummer Kevin “Senor Seis” Six create the music of the band and DJ Mekadog adds the final touches on the turntable. Together, they form a polished rock band.

When the band’s sound was solidified, the group went into the studio to record. The resulting releases were 2008’s Tree City Exodus, and Rebirth of the Dope, which was released in 2007.

The new release of Tree City Exodus is starting to give Tropidelic the exposure it deserves. The band was recently asked to join the Vans Warped Tour as it made its way through the Cleveland area where Tropidelic played the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater. Along with playing the Vans Warped Tour, they have also shared the stage with other big name groups such as George Clinton, Afroman, and Cleveland reggae legend Carlos Jones.

Tropidelic is in the middle of promoting their new album, Tree City Exodus. The band is using their song Aquafire as their first single off of this release.

Even though Cleveland, Ohio is not the most tropical location in the world, it does have its share of bands creating reggae music. And Tropidelic is the latest band in the area to release an album of reggae-based rock. And the band’s release of Tree City Exodus is “hot” enough to satisfy anyone’s desire for something exotic.

If you are interested in some great music from a band that combines rock, reggae, funk, and hip-hop, the music of Tropidelic is for you. You can find the band on MySpace at www.myspace.com/tropidelic.

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Atmospheric stuff, which means it’s been done right as it’s also pretty emotionally gripping as well, not to mention they show great taste by covering Johnny Cash’s “Understand Your Man”. Pickn this up if you like you some gutbucket!

http://www.myspace.com/leopoldandhisfiction

Scott

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The first album chronologically in this set is Detroit ‘85 Live and Unreleased. Recorded when Olson was touring along with her band the Textones to support her recently released album Midnight Mission, the album was recorded by the Westwood One Radio Network but never released until now. The lion’s share of the songs on this live set come from Midnight Mission which are mixed with a few covers and two songs sung by Textones drummer and former associate of Dwight Twilley, the late Phil Seymour. Listeners will immediately notice how tight the band is after listening to this set, with the only negative aspect being the saxophone player taking advantage of an unfortunate fad of the ’80’s: the overly-done sax solo, one of the few negative aspects of Bruce Springsteen’s rise to fame. Anyway, Olson shows here she’s a hell of a bandleader, with a band so tight and intuitive James Brown would be proud of her. Anyone who doubts this was recorded in the mid-80’s will find all the proof needed in Olson’s name-drop of actor(?) Judd Nelson. Though the music is fantastic, Olson’s satge patter is a little stilted, as if she either practiced what she was going to say because she knew the concert was being taped or maybe she was the kind of performer that did the same show every night. Listening to her ballsy, sweaty rock and roll I would guess the former, but you never know. Though the a perfect rock and roll show, Olson and her band were a helluva great show and this CD proves it.

The next album in Collector’s Choices reissues of Olson’s material is the live set Too Hot For Snakes, on which she performs with onetime Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor. Legend has it that OIson grew up listening to the albums Taylor made with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (before he joined the Stones) and first met her guitar idol when asked to appear in Bob Dylan’s first video, for the song Sweetheart Like You. Because Taylor wasn’t available to be in the video, Dylan asked Olson to come in and mime his guitar parts. Eventually, the two corresponded as Olson’s subbing for Taylor served as an introduction and icebreaker for the two. Taylor became a fan and it was decided they would do a live recording together in the future. Musically, Olson and Taylor share the same sort of vision, so it is no wonder this album is filled with hard rocking, bluesy numbers. The album was recorded at The Roxy Theatre in Hollywood in 1990 and features both Taylor and Olson at the top of their respective games, musically. By now Taylor had found his confidence after leaving the Stones and was guesting on a bunch of albums by various artists while Olson’s career was (at the time) picking up speed as she positioned herself as the female answer to Tom Petty or John Fogerty, her common-man lyrcial bent fusing with her love of Stonesy raunch and roll to form an original sound despite her adoration of her influences. Together, the two formed a formidable unit that oner wishes would have taken their talent into the studio instead of just leaving it on the stage for this recording, good as it is. Covering a mix of Stones songs (and covers made popular by the Stones) and songs written by Olson, the album is a guitar tour-de-force, with Taylor once again proving why he was once considered one of the best blues guitarists from England. This edition of the album adds another CD of songs recorded by Olson and Taylor, this time in the studio environment as he often geusted on her subsequent albums. It’s a nice addition to this rocking live set and one hopes they eventually try to re-ignite the flame burning brightly here and do an album together.

Fans of roots rock will love these albums. Filled with Stonesy swagger and impressive songs, Olson was at the very top of her game when she made these two releases and you will hear it almost as soon as the CD begins to play. That she has recently dedicated herself more to producing than performing her own work is a loss of which rock and roll may never recover. Some might say you can lose what you didn’t know you had, but I beg to differ. Though invisible to the public at large, Olson has influenced a bunch of rockers, and not just female artists. In her heyday in the mid-’80’s, she was right on the cuspo of fame and many people were paying attention to her. Her lack of mainstream success has a lot more to do with timing and luck than lack of talent. Those who re-discover her on these re-issues should recognize that in an instant. I am hoping she once again turns to recording her own songs instead of producing other artists. A comeback like that of Bonnie Raitt would not be out of line.

http://www.carlaolson.com/

Scott

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Thanks for listening!

Mark

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