This new album - Past to Present - the 70s - features Jay Graydon on vocals, guitars, bass and some synth stuff; great singers such as Bill Champlin, Marc Jordan, Tata Vega, Lisa DalBello, Ed Whiting and more.

Keep hanging around the web site for the latest news on the release date and purchase info for Jay's amazing new album - Past to Present - the 70s!!! This is the one album you will want to own in 2006!

Source: www.jaygraydon.com

Frontiers Records is pleased to unveil the first music sample taken from “Bottom Of Your Soul,” the first single from the upcoming TOTO album, “Falling In Between.”

Photo: www.toto99.com © TOTO

The song, in the words of the band’s keyboard player David Paich, is a “prayer for peace” lyrically inspired from the tragedy of the Sudan civil war victims. Paich explains: “The song started out from a 6/8 african groove I had in mind with Simon Phillips, and Steve Lukather later came up with the chorus chords.”

Featured on lead vocals during the chorus is former TOTO singer Joseph Williams, together with two other very special guests Jason Scheff (CHICAGO) and L.Shankar (PETER GABRIEL). Percussion work is courtesy of Simon Phillips and Lenny Castro.

Enjoy the 1 minute mp3 sample at the following link!

“Bottom of Your Soul” will be launched on all European radios in the first half of January 2005.

Other sound samples from the upcoming shall be posted on the audio page on the www.frontiers.it and www.toto99.com websites

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My Land project started on 1992 in Milan former drummer/songwriter Paolo Morbini (ex EVA, EXILIA, BRUNOROCK’S drummer), after a long experience made into many Milan’s area rock bands performing original material and cover repertoire from most famous rock bands of the world.

Early 90’s Paolo have been working in Milan for most important Musical Academy in Italy and there met brothers Stefano (keyboard) and Marco Andreasi (guitar) who were also huge Aor/melodic rock fans just like Paolo was and still is.

Guido Priori (vocal Journey tribute demo) and Adalberto Rizzoli (bass) both grew up into many Milan’s rock bands ,  were also oldest Paolo’s buddies and sometime they jammed into various  rock venue performing most of all songs from Toto/Journey/Survivor’s stuff. Paolo Morbini, after many years of live playing (credited around at 1.700 dates today) decided to record first debut album under “My Land” monicker asking the other members of the band to join his project.

The album was wrote, arranged, mixed and produced by Paolo himself and was recorded and mixed into some different steps, using 4 different recording studios one at the time. For once the album was finished (2005) the band was so happy and proud by the final result and this gave the band a special input for looking a deal and a label interested on  producing and distribute the album over the world hopefully.

The band decided to collect on My Land ‘s album their most important melodic rock musical influences, as you can easily listening on the promo copy in your hands, trying to capture the sounds as much as live they can concentrating their efforts on melody lines , powerful chorus/ vocals and instrumental parts as well. In the light of the fact that “My Land” is still remains a project, all the members have actually busy with other bands on the road actually, even though Paolo has already wrote some new original material for a second My Land album next to come.

Important note: another song “Broken Dreams” will be available soon on the full version of the album “The time is over”.

For more info contact:
Paolo Morbini: jedidrum@jumpy.it
Guido Priori: pierguid@libero.it

Soon available: www.mylandproject.com

The new Andrew Gold single – his first in years – is called “Did You Get What You Want”. It was released by DMG Germany in September 2005 and became available at several internet download portals in November 2005.

The story behind this production is quite unique and it makes this track even more interesting: An Andrew Gold fan and amateur songwriter by the name of Robert Baitinger from Germany asked Andrew in 2004 if he would record and produce one of Robert´s songs. The song - “Did You Get What You Want” - turned out to be far better than both had ever imagined. It got airplay time at various radio stations and lots of positive response from the public and experts from the music business. In this production they call themselves “Rob B. featuring Andrew Gold”.

"Did You Get What You Want" is a song about the final phase of a couple´s partnership when he finds out that she is cheating on him. Feelings of anger, sadness, resignation, hope and melancholia are cleverly mixed together in this musical masterpiece. Robert Baitinger wrote the song in 1987 and Andrew Gold made it come to life when adding the finishing touches in the studio during the recording in 2004.

The production consists of strong rock and pop elements combined with extremely catchy melodies and a sing-along refrain. The lyrics are sensual and well-worded, with an excellent flow. Written critiques say the music has a strong pop appeal with a nice 70´s vibe that the listener won´t be able to get enough of. The emotional ups and downs of the described situation are brilliantly mapped to the musical interpretation of the song. The title is a perfect choice.

Andrew´s powerful lead vocals emphasize the emotional sentiment of the song and the complex background vocals from Andrew and Robert are expertly mixed. The choice of instruments is excellent and the blend of rhythm and solo guitars really make the song rock. It is hard to believe that this production is a one-man show with Andrew playing all of the instruments. The production has exceptional qualities from beginning to end. The “Song Of The Year Contest” experts analyzed 10 elements of the track and it got a sensational overall average rating of 9.3 on a scale from 1 to 10. The song fits into the timeless Southern California mold pioneered by the likes of the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, America and Jackson Browne, among others. Fans of this style of music will be very pleased with this song.

Andrew Gold, a pop star from the 70s (Lonely Boy, Thank You For Being A Friend) and former WAX member (Right Between The Eyes, Bridge To Your Heart) produced this song mid February, 2004 at QBRAIN Studios in his home near Hollywood, California. He is famous for his instrumental and vocal virtuosity. He gave this production its distinctive West Coast sound. He also plans on including this song on his upcoming new album "Singer Songwriter".

You can purchase the single at the following internet portals: Musicload - AOL - Finetunes. International portals will follow soon.

Source: www.robertbaitinger.de – includes lyrics, pics, a song sample and a video.

"Fade Into Light," an intimate and understated studio album from the singer BOZ SCAGGS, was released by Virgin Records on September 27, 2005. Previously released by Virgin Japan, "Fade Into Light" has become a much-sought-after prize among Scaggs aficionados who've paid high prices for the import. It offers "unplugged" versions of some of Scaggs' best-known songs, along with several new compositions. Included in this U.S. Virgin DualDisc edition is a new recording by Scaggs of the 80's classic, "Love TKO."

The DVD side of the U.S. package contains the entire album in Enhanced Stereo, along with concert performances in 5.1 Surround Sound and High Definition Video of "Lowdown," "Harbor Lights" and "We're All Alone," taken from the "Boz Scaggs Greatest Hits Live" DVD, recorded in San Francisco.

When asked about his approach to this production, Scaggs says: "I've always worked like this in my recording. I hire good musicians and let them do what they do. What you hear on this album is those guys, in that room, on that day." Scaggs initiated the original session when he was hired to write and record the title track as a theme song for a Japanese film. Later, the label requested four more songs to make up an EP, and then more songs to make a full album. Scaggs and the band recorded new arrangements of his classic songs "Lowdown," "Harbor Lights" and "We're All Alone," from his landmark album "Silk Degrees," as well as "Simone" from 1980's "Middle Man," along with several newly written songs, at Skywalker Sound in Northern California. Among the players joining Boz are Nathan East, Greg Phillinganes, David Paich, Ray Parker, Jr., Lenny Castro, Dean Parks and Booker T. Jones. Tom Scott did the solo on "Lowdown."

The new AOR CD from Frédéric Slama is called "L.A ATTRACTION". It will be released in January 2006 by MTM for Europe and by COOL SOUND for Japan! There are 12 brand new tracks produced by FRÈDÈRIC SLAMA, TOMMY DENANDER, PETER FRIESTEDT & DAVID DIGGS!

This is AOR 6th album and Frédéric Slama says: It's by far the best!

Frontiers Records is immensely proud to announce the signing of rock legends TOTO for the release of their forthcoming new studio album "Falling In Between".

WebLinks: www.frontiers.it
www.toto99.com 
www.stevelukather.net
www.simon-phillips.com
www.mike-porcaro.com
www.bobbykimball.com

After the debut on the music scene with Steve Dorff's "Original Demos" the Spanish-based record label Contante & Sonante returns with "Somebody New" by talented Swiss songwriter /producer Urs Wiesendanger. This record definitely establishes this emerging label as one of the safe harbors for quality pop today. "Somebody New" showcases the incredible skills of Wiesendanger, who co-wrote, arranged and produced the entire project.

The eleven tracks included here are an amazing journey thorugh sophisticated rhythms and sounds in that particular music zone where pop, jazz and R&B converge.

More info and samples!

"Somebody New" kicks off with the enchanting title track, a gorgeous ballad sung by the unforgettable late Warren Wiebe together with newcomer Courtney Blooding. Blooding is currently the production assistant for David Foster and she wants to follow the footsteps of her mentor working behind the console. However, she is also a first class singer, and here she offers the listener a great performance. Jay Graydon, the legendary songwriter and producer, adds a spectacular guitar solo to the mix. The title song is also offered again at the end of the record with a different, jazzy arrangement co-produced by Tomi Malm, one of the best new talents out of Finland.

The album is rich in haunting ballads like the bittersweet, acoustic "Your Love Was Special," beautifully sung by Michael Sembello, or the smooth, sultry, R&B number "Tell Me Where The Days Have Gone" with Thierry Condor on lead vocals. Bill Cantos, the critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, leaves his mark on the record singing the delicate "The Final Reason Why," a love song that could be a winner on the Adult Contemporary charts. This song features session master Michael Landau on guitar and the extraordinary Robbie Buchanan on Fender Rhodes and piano.

If you're looking for jazzy, refined stuff, listen to "If Only For A Day" and "If You Still Care For Me." "If Only For A Day" is an up-tempo jam with some great vocals courtesy of Swedish singer Frank Ådahl. This track is enhanced by the incredible work of Urs on the acoustic piano and Robbie Buchanan on Fender Rhodes, plus the incredible Porty on the guitar solo. "If You Still Care For Me" offers another outstanding vocal performance by Thierry Condor.

"After We Make Love" and "Morning Light" are two numbers that find the Swiss producer in smooth jazz territory with soft rhythms and vocals underlying his superior keyboard playing. "I Remember" is a magic ballad with an evocative mood and atmosphere, sung by singer-songwriter Jeff Pescetto. Warren Wiebe is indisputably the star of "Hold Me," another wonderful love song with Robbie Buchanan on keyboards and James Harrah playing all the guitars.

You can purchase this album from any of the licensed distributors below.

More info: http://www.contanteysonante.com

There are only few people in the music business who can look back on such an impressive professional career as TOMMY DENANDER. The artists Tommy played with reads like the WHO IS WHO of Rock. In 2005 and for the 3rd year in a row Tommy has placed a song in the Eurovision song contest, in 2003 he competed in Sweden, in 2004 in Finland and in 2005 it was time for Norway! Recently he has written the music theme to a big Swedish music TV program called "POP IN" that started in August for the biggest music show called "VOXPOP".

The 3rd release entitled “Taken” won't disappointed any fan of high quality melodic rock. As before it features some big name guests:

Jeff Porcaro (Toto), Steve Porcaro (Toto), Bobby Kimball (Toto), Fergie Frederiksen (Toto), Steve Lukather (Toto), Neal Schon (Journey), Vinnie Colaiuta (Sting), John "jr" Robinson (Quincy Jones), Andreas Carlsson (Bon Jovi, Def Leppard), Greg Phillinganes (Eric Clapton, Toto)Bruce Kulick (Kiss), Yngwie J Malmsteen, Steve George (Mr Mister), Gary Barden (MSG), Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger), Jim Peterik (Survivor), Philip Bardowell (Unruly Child), Robin Beck,

James Christian (House Of Lords), Michael Landau (Richard Marx, Chicago), Dean Parks (James Bond theme, David Foster), Michael Thompson (Shania Twain, Faith Hill), Bruce Gaitsch (Madonna, Peter Cetera), Abe Laboriel (Pages, Michael Jackson), Tom Keane (Chicago), Tom Saviano (Peter Criss, Earth Wind & Fire, Ray Charles), David Diggs (The Brother Johnson), Vinny Heter (Fergie Frederiksen), Hussain Jiffry (Michael Bolton), Michael Voss (Silver), Thomas Vikström (Talk Of The Town), Johan Fahlberg (Jaded Heart), Mikael Erlandsson (Last Autumn's Dream), Chris Catena, Peter Friestadt (LA Project), Frederic Slama (AOR).

Tommy recently played guitar on Paul Stanley's and Westlife's album so Tommy reached the major league of music business! "Taken" is definitely for the major league and we all can expect an incomparable melodic rock masterpiece!

Here is the final tracklist:
01. C.O.W
02. Taken
03. Stronger Than Yesterday
04. Hit Her Where It Hurts
05. Easy's Gettin' Harder
06. This I promise you
07. Forgivness
08. Shattered
09. Premonition
10. Carry On
11. Love Is On Your Mind
12. Sinner
13. Never Gonna Let Her Go

The album will be released in a "Golden MTM 10-Years Anniversary Edition" in mid of November. Beside the regular version, the album will be released in a strictly limited edition featuring a 20-minutes bonus DVD with interviews and studio recordings plus cool private films of the musicians.

RADIOACTIVE "Taken" frontcover

Tommy Denander is just finishing the last few recordings and mixings for the brandnew and best RADIOACTIVE album ever. You won't believe the line-up but it's true ... stay tuned for more info about "Taken".

The release is scheduled for early November.

Lava is working on a DVD

Live from Rockefeller in Oslo Norway with 5.1 sound.

A team with camera crew and a soundbus with HD-TV quality have recorded the consert at Rockefeller in Oslo Norway in August 19. They also did interviews with the band members. A mobile team followed Lava under the preproduction and preperation at Stovner Rockefabrikk.

Now there's lot of work to mix the 48 track digital sound and edit the pictures. Gunnar Hoaas from Medianor is project leader and has earlier done D'sound's DVD. Stay tuned for updates! Read more about Lava at: www.lava-music.com

Frontiers Records are pleased to announce the signing of the freshly reunited Swedish band ALIEN for the release of their brand new album entitled “Dark Eyes”.

Comprising 11 tracks touching on the great themes of Rock and Roll: love, loss, hope and despair, “Dark Eyes” revisits the classic Alien sound and adds over a decade more of writing and performing experience. The album will fulfil the dreams of lovers of Scandi-melodic rock and the classic hard rock sound.

Founding members guitarist Tony Borg and singer Jim Jidhed are excited to be on “such a great label alongside great heroes like Journey, Styx, Soul Sirkus, Thunder." Tony said "when our manager told us that Serafino at Frontiers had contacted her about us, we all had a good look at what they do. Other labels had contacted us and other labels we approached, but we all kept talking about Frontiers and how friendly they all are. In the end it wasn't a hard decision at all. We just went with the old "gut feeling" and it feels very right!”.

"I am really excited about the new album” adds Jim. “Both for working with Tony again, which is an absolute joy ride, but also for the fact that we are playing a more traditional style Rock 'n Roll with touches of a classic Alien sound of the new millenium. And I do like that."

"It is a pure pleasure to be working together with Jim again” explains Tony. “Everyone has always told us that there is this special chemistry between us and they are right. We are working fantastically well together. Also Bernie (bass), Mats (keyboards) and Jan (drums) are all incredible musicians and have all the qualities an Alien band member should have”.

“Our new CD sounds very close to what Alien sounded when it all started” concludes Borg, “We've gone back to our roots and what inspired us to become musicians when we wrote the songs for Dark Eyes”. Some of the songs to be included on “Dark Eyes” include “Oh Sarah”, “Riding With The Wind”, “Sherylee”, “Wild One”.

The album shall be released worldwide on Frontiers Records in the fall of 2005 with a domestic release in Japan via Marquee/Avalon.

24th of October is the release date set by Frontiers Records.

MTM MUSIC proudly presents a new signing: In January 2005, exactly one year after the release of the compilation album "Destination", which was supposed to be the final release by STREET TALK , main man and keyboard player Fredrik Bergh decided to compose music for a possible new Street Talk studio album. Bergh made the decision to start writing after receiving some amazing feedback from fans around the world who wanted Street Talk to continue!

Within a couple of months the music for around 15 songs was written and after speaking to vocalist and writing partner Goran Edman and guitar wiz Sven Larsson the decision was made to revive Street Talk!

At this moment the band is in the studio - studiosoundcreation.com and so far the drums and bass tracks for 11 songs have been recorded. Next week Sven will start the guitar recordings and once that is finished Edman will begin his work on the vocal parts.

The line up is the same as on the "Restoration" album: Goran Edman - Vocals, Fredrik Bergh - Keyboards, Sven Larsson - Guitars, Bjorn Lodmark - Bass, Christian Johansson - Drums.

The forthcoming studio album will be released in Europe and Japan in early next year. Stay tuned for updates!

MTM Music - Street Talk

Geir Rønning’s second solo album "Ready For The Ride" is out. The album includes his Eurovision Song Contest entry Why. Geir released his debut album, “Første gang”, in Norway in 1996. Since then, he has performed as the soloist of various ensembles on about twenty albums.

Geir has participated in the national finals of the Eurovision Song Contest both in Finland and in Norway.

This year, he took part in the Finnish Eurovision Contest for the third time in a row, winning with his song “Why” (composed by Mika Toivanen, lyrics written by Steven Stewart). His performance got more than 25 per cent of all registered telephone and SMS votes. In the Norwegian finals, Geir’s best achievement was second position in 1996 with the song “Uten dé”.

Singer-songwriter Geir Rønning (42) was born in Norway but has been living in Finland for about ten years now. His family consists of a Finnish wife and a baby boy born a few months ago.

The international musical career of the strong-voiced Rønning has lasted for over 15 years. Over the course of the years, Geir has performed with many internationally known artists and musicians and has made music at the studio run by members of the worldfamous rock band, Toto, in Los Angeles.

Geir, who does gigs on a regular basis as the vocalist of his own band, has performed at music clubs and festivals, in charity concerts as well as on TV and radio shows both in Finland and abroad. Besides Scandinavia, Rønning has performed in such countries as England, USA, Japan, Germany, Romania and Albania.

Besides music, the other passion of the Finno-Norwegian Rønning is football. Before starting his musical career, Geir was a professional football player in the Norwegian First Division, playing for the team of his native town Ålesund.

Source: www.geirronning.com

New LAVA album is almost finished and you can listen to a special compilation by clicking here! A single will be released before the summer: Alibies. A track written by Svein Dag Hauge, the whole album will be released in the end of August or in the beginning of September, after the release perhaps they  go on tour in Norway.

NORTHERN LIGHT finished the recordings for the debut album!

NORTHERN LIGHT is a new super project from the Norwegian guitar player / songwriter Tor Talle. After being a session player and writing music for television, documentary, webmovies and other artists, Tor felt the need to go back to his melodic rock roots.

Tor finished the recordings for his first AOR album of NORTHERN LIGHT featuring Vocals: Fergie Frederiksen (ex-TOTO, MECCA), Kimmo Blom (URBAN TALE, HEARTPLAY), Tony Mills (SHY), Peter Sundell (GRAND ILLUSION), Rob Moratti (FINAL FRONTIER), Mikael Erlandsson (LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM), Persa (AFTER EIGHT), Guitars: Tor Talle, Keyboards: Fredrik Bergh (STREET TALK), Egil Orvedal, Tor Talle, Bass: Rune Gandrud, Roger Allan Ivin, Tor Talle, Drums: Jango Nilsen, Backing vocals: Marianne Hagen and Rick Barron.

Tor Talle: "I'm so excited about this project and I can't wait to release the album. I'm really happy with the songs and I got some amazing singers with me on this album. It's a honor and a privilege to work with Fergie Frederiksen, Tony Mills, Peter Sundell and Kimmo Blom. I have written most of the songs myself, but some are co-written with Jorn Lande, Fredrik Bergh (STREET TALK), Terje Eide, Peter Sundell and Kimmo Blom. So all of you AOR-lovers, I hope you are ready for some classic melodic AOR from Norway!"

The release is scheduled for June 06th. www.mtm-music.com

Jim Photoglo's latest release, Sparks In The Radio, is now available from Grifftone Records.

Head over to his website and the section: MUSIC to listen to samples from each of the ten tracks, then straight to www.cdbaby.com and ORDER for copies for yourself and those you love who love great music.

You can also check out Jim Photoglo's website at www.jimphotoglo.com.

The collection is called "Unborn" and is being released for the first time in the United States with a new bonus track April 12th.

The CD is subtitled "Unreleased, Unrefined, Songs in the Raw 1985-1995" and represents my favorite unreleased songs from the past.

Each song has an interesting history and evolution that is outlined in the extensive liner notes. The title "Unborn" evolved from the songwriter point of view, that songs are like our children and those that haven't been released are like our unborn children... this is a very personal collection.

The US version contains an extra track not found on the Japanese version and improved packaging. All for much less that the going rate for the Japanese import. If you are one of the first 500 to order from coolcds.com, you will receive an autographed copy of the CD for the same price as the regular CD.

More information about the CD is available here:
http://www.coolcds.com/artists/davidpack/index.html

Purchase the new CD here:
http://store.yahoo.com/1800coolcds/820282.html

David Packs website: www.davidpack.com

First sound samples of JAY MILES:

MTM has already announced the signing JAY MILES and "9 Hours" will be released in April 28th.

MTM are happy to present the first pre-listening soundfiles of this great album feat. STEVE LUKATHER, MICHAEL THOMPSON, NEIL STUBENHAUS, ROBBIE BUCHANAN, C. J. VANSTON, MIKE FARROW and GREG LADANYI.

Click here to listen to the samples!

MTM MUSIC is proud to announce a fantastic new signing: J A Y  M I L E S

The musicians, who were taken to the studio by native-born Swiss JAY MILES for his production ”9 Hours“, fortify the album’s pretensions and quality:

STEVE LUKATHER – Guitars (TOTO, HAL & OATES, BARBARA STREISAND, CHEAP TRICK, MICHAEL BOLTON, MICHAEL JACKSON, GEORGE BENSON, PETER CETERA, QUINCY JONES, PETER FRAMPTON, CHICAGO, CHER)

MICHAEL THOMPSON – Guitars (PHIL COLLINS, SHANIA TWAIN, BRANDY, JESSICA SIMPSON, MARIAH CAREY, CELINE DION, TLC, JENNIFER LOPEZ, ALANIS MORISSETTE, TONI BRAXTON, MADONNA, WHITNEY HOUSTON)

NEIL STUBENHAUS – Bass (QUINCY JONES, MICHAEL BOLTON, AL JARREAU, ROD STEWARD, BONNIE RIATT, DON HENLEY, BILLY JOEL)

ROBBIE BUCHANAN – Keyboards (BRIAN ADAMS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, BON JOVI, CHER, CHICAGO, JOE COCKER, NEIL DIAMOND, CELINE DION, WHITNEY HOUSTON, ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, AL JARREAU, ELTON JOHN, CHAKKA KHAN)

C. J. VANSTON – Keyboards (CELINE DION, JOE COCKER, TINA TURNER, TOTO, RICHARD MARX, B.B. KING, BARBARA STREISAND)

MIKE FARROW – Producer (ROB ROY, FARGO, THREE KINGS, ALADDIN, 2 ACADEMY AWARDS, 3 LYRA AWARDS)

GREG LADANYI – Engineer (7 albums with TOTO, JACKSON BROWN, DON HENLEY, FLEETWOOD MAC, LOS JAGUARES)

JAY MILES collected rock group experiences with his first band GIRLFRIEND at the age of 16. Together with his band STEAMTRAIN (released by EPIC), the 28-year-old entered the European charts. In 1994, Jay decided to find his luck in the United States and re-orientate to the American music market. The current album represents a collection of wonderful songs, which couldn’t be more empathetic and more emotional – well-rehearsed at the highest level by musical legends, who Jay Miles calls his friends these days. That’s what he was dreaming of, when he left his homeland to conquer the “promised land”.

www.mtm-music.com - www.jaymiles.com

A new Swedish band called ZLIX plays at www.fasching.se in Stockholm wednesday 19 january, 8 pm. They play West Coast Music with a repertoire from Airplay, Bill Champlin, Gino Vannelli,  Steely Dan, Toto mm.

Ingemar Berglind - Keyboards, Jana Persson - Guitar & Vocals, Micke Hujanen - Vocals & Guitar, Lasse Olsson - Guitar, Robert Wirensjö - Keyboards, Kenneth Ericsson - Bass, Staffan Brodén - Drums, Wojtek Goral - Saxophone, Stefan Persson - Trumpet.