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Everything Changes (Julian Lennon Album)
''Everything Changes'' is the sixth studio album by English singer-songwriter Julian Lennon, released on 2 October 2011. Background Lennon has described the material as "a bit more free-flowing than isprevious work", calling it his "favourite album so far". Revealing how ''Everything Changes'' came about, Lennon explained: "Obviously, if you sit down and play around for a bit, you’re going to come up with ideas. One thing led to another and pretty soon I had about 30 ideas, so I invited some friends to come over and flesh them out into songs". Release ''Everything Changes'' was released on 2 October 2011 on CD by Nova Sales & Distribution (UK) and Conehead; and only saw a UK/Ireland release. The album is his first since 1998's ''Photograph Smile''. The album is set to be released on clear vinyl. The first single from the album was "Lookin' 4 Luv", released digitally on 11 September 2011. The second single was a remix of an album track, "Guess It Was Me", released on 8 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter-John Vettese
Peter-John Vettese (born 15 August 1956), also known as Peter Vettese, is a Scottish keyboardist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. Vettese was the keyboardist for progressive rock band Jethro Tull for most of the 1980s. Early life Peter Vettese grew up in a musical family in Brechin, Angus, Scotland. He began his music studies with piano lessons at the age of 4. At 9, he began playing in public with his father's band. He left home at 17 to join one of the UK's biggest dance hall Big Bands, but was fired for rehearsing in company time with his own group. He then formed the jazz fusion group Solaris with guitarist Jim Condie, and toured Scotland and the US. He was playing in pubs and clubs in Scotland when he saw an advertisement for keyboard players in the music newspaper ''Melody Maker'', which turned out to be from the progressive rock band Jethro Tull. Jethro Tull Vettese joined Jethro Tull in 1982 for the recording of their album '' The Broadsword and the Beast'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Lennon
Julian Charles John Lennon (born John Charles Julian Lennon; 8 April 1963) is an English musician, photographer, author, and philanthropist. He is the son of Beatles member John Lennon and his first wife Cynthia; Julian is named after his paternal grandmother Julia. Julian inspired three Beatles songs: " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1967), "Hey Jude" (1968), and " Good Night" (1968). Lennon started a music career in 1984 with the album '' Valotte'', best known for " Too Late for Goodbyes" and the title track, and has since released six more albums. He has held exhibitions of his fine-art photography and has written several children's books. In 2006, Lennon produced the environmental documentary film ''Whaledreamers'', which won eight international awards. In 2007, he founded The White Feather Foundation (TWFF), whose stated mission goal is to address "environmental and humanitarian issues". In 2020, Lennon was executive producer of the Netflix documentary ''Kiss the Ground ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Someday (Julian Lennon Song)
"Someday" is a song by Julian Lennon, released exclusively on iTunes on 8 April 2013, Lennon's birthday. The track was added to the 2013 re-release of 2011's '' Everything Changes''. The song includes lyrics from The Beatles' "Baby, You're a Rich Man". History Lennon said in early June that he was going to be writing with Steven Tyler. A few days after that statement Lennon said that he was recording "Someday", which was "written the previous Friday". In a Facebook post date July 2012, Lennon said that mixing for the song, and another song "In Between", was completed. ;"Someday" performed by: * Vocals: Julian Lennon & Steven Tyler * Backing Vocals: Julian Lennon, Steven Tyler & Mark Spiro * Mark Spiro - Acoustic guitar * Steve Sidelnyk - Drum, percussion programming * Jon MacLennan - Electric guitar * Steve Sidewell - String arrangements * Vanessa Fraebairn-Smith - Cello * Tereza Stanislave - Violin * Alwyn Wright - Violin * Rob Brophy - Viola References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Gehringer
Chris Gehringer (born May 27, 1962) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in New Jersey. Gehringer is known for having mastered recordings by popular artists such as AJR, Dua Lipa, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Gwen Stefani, Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Twenty One Pilots, Lana Del Rey, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, and many others. Works engineered by Gehringer span many genres such as pop, R&B, hip hop, and dance. Early life Gehringer was born in Teaneck, New Jersey and raised in Bergen County. After graduating from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey, he attended the Institute of Audio Research. Career Gehringer’s first job in the music industry was at Greene Street Recording. From there, he went on to work as a cutting assistant at Trutone Records. In 1985, Gehringer joined Tom Coyne and Herbie Powers at Frankford-Wayne Mastering and mastered primarily dance and R&B records throughout the 1980s. In 1988, he moved to the Hit Factory, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonus Quartet
Sonus Quartet is a Los Angeles-based string quartet whose members include Caroline Campbell (violin I), Kathleen Sloan (violin II), Neel Hammond (viola), and Vanessa Freebairn-Smith (cello). Freebairn-Smith and Hammond formed Sonus Quartet in 2003.McDermott, M. (2009, June 25)Sonus Quartet plays Live at the Lounge ''Easy Reader''. Composition Sonus has composed arrangements which have been featured on John Frusciante's '' The Empyrean'', Van Hunt's ''On The Jungle Floor'' and Martina Topley-Bird's '' The Blue God,'' as well as albums by Boyz II Men and One Eskimo. Sonus performs often in L.A., at venues such as The Bootleg Theater, Room 5, Molly Malone's, as well as Walt Disney Concert Hall. They include a variety of repertoire from original Sonus arrangements of classical pieces such as a 15th-century madrigal or a Shostakovich quartet, to popular music from The Cure or Clint Mansell’s '' Lux Aeterna.'' Film Sonus has played live with film composer Clint Mansell and contrib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Sidwell (musician)
Steve Sidwell is an English arranger, composer, and trumpeter. Music career Some of his work include the composition of "Elements & Motion" for the 79th Academy Awards with the Hollywood SFX Chorale, which received an Emmy nomination. Other credits include London 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, ''The Nightly Show'' 2017 with hosts Bradley Walsh and Jason Manford, the 2015 Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony at Twickenham, 2015 and 2014 BBC Music Awards, ''BBC Live at Edinburgh Castle'', 2014 Ryder Cup Gala, Robbie Williams Live at The Palladium, Bruce Forsyth's Hall of Fame, BBC ''The Voice'' series 1 and 2, '' Robbie Williams Live at the Albert'', ''The Robbie Williams TV Special'', '' Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall'', ''Children in Need Rock the MEN'', ''Children in Need Rocks for Terry'', the ''BBC Olympic Handover Concert'', ''Victoria Wood’s Christmas Special'', ''Victoria's Empire'', Chris Moyles' '' Quiz Night'', ''Ant & Dec's Christmas Show'' and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon MacLennan
Jon MacLennan is a Los Angeles-based musician, composer, producer and music educator. MacLennan's session work includes playing guitar on Julian Lennon and Steven Tyler's song, "Someday", from Lennon's album, ''Everything Changes'' (2013), and backing vocals on Jamie Cullum's album, ''The Pursuit'' (2009). He's also played guitar on songs for Holly Knight, Mark Spiro Mark Spiro (March 28, 1957 – March 28, 2024) was an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. is featured in the 20th Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox film Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2011) soundtrack. MacLennan's published works include: three self-produced albums, two instructional music Apple Books, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Pratt
Guy Adam Pratt (born 3 January 1962) is a British bassist. He has worked with artists including Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Gary Moore, Madonna, Peter Cetera, Michael Jackson, the Smiths, Robert Palmer (singer), Robert Palmer, Echo & the Bunnymen, Tears for Fears, Icehouse (band), Icehouse, Bananarama, Iggy Pop, Tom Jones (singer), Tom Jones, Debbie Harry, Whitesnake, Womack & Womack, Kirsty MacColl, Coverdale•Page, Lemon Jelly, the Orb, All Saints (group), All Saints, Stephen Duffy, Robbie Robertson and A. R. Rahman. Pratt was a member of the Australian rock band Icehouse (band), Icehouse, a founding member of the American rock band Toy Matinee, and is currently a member of the band Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets. Pratt has also been an actor and worked on TV and film soundtracks, including ''Dick Tracy (1990 film), Dick Tracy'' (1990), ''Last Action Hero'' (1993), ''Hackers (film), Hackers'' (1995), ''Still Crazy'' (1998) and ''Johnny English Reborn'' (2011). In 2005 he debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Evans (musician)
Mark Whitmore Evans (born 2 March 1956) is an Australian musician, the current bass guitarist for rock band Rose Tattoo, and also a member of hard rock band AC/DC from March 1975 to June 1977. His playing featured on their albums '' T.N.T'', ''High Voltage'', ''Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'' and ''Let There Be Rock''. Evans has played for numerous other groups, sometimes on lead guitar, including Finch (a.k.a. Contraband), Cheetah, Swanee, Heaven and The Party Boys. Evans' autobiography, ''Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC'' was released in December 2011. Biography Evans was born on 2 March 1956 and raised in Melbourne, Victoria. He was originally a guitarist and early in 1975 he was introduced to hard rockers AC/DC at the Station Hotel, Melbourne, by his friend and the band's roadie, Steve McGrath. AC/DC had formed in 1973 and had released a debut album, ''High Voltage'', earlier that year. At the time, Malcolm Young was playing bass guitar in a four-piece line up al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitar
The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in 19th-century India. Khusrau Khan, an 18th-century figure of the Mughal Empire has been identified by modern scholarship as the inventor of the sitar. According to most historians, he developed the sitar from the setar, an Iranian instrument of Abbasid or Safavid origin. Used widely throughout the Indian subcontinent, the sitar became popularly known in the wider world through the works of Ravi Shankar, beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The advent of Psychedelia, psychedelic culture during the mid-to-late 1960s set a trend for the use of the sitar in popular music, sitar in Western popular music, with the instrument appearing on tracks by bands such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Metallica and many others. Etymology The word ''sitar'' is derived from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Darling
Gregory Darling is an American singer and composer. Early life Darling was born in San Diego, California but moved to Los Angeles at the age of 4. By the age of 10, he had passed the audition for the Mitchell Boys Choir (founded by Bob Mitchell) in Hollywood, California where he studied music theory from 1974 to 1981. In 1977, whilst still attending the Mitchell Boys, he performed vocals on composer Ennio Morricone’s Exorcist II: The Heretic soundtrack as well as contributing to the made for TV American movie The Possessed (1977 film) directed by Jerry Thorpe. In 1981 he performed and appeared in the Universal pic All Night Long (1981 film) starring Barbra Streisand and Gene Hackman During this period, Darling also performed in La bohème at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Musical career In 1985, Darling formed his first band Antix (band). The band signed to Enigma Records and released the mini-album Get Up, Get Happy. In 1987, Darling met Guns N' Roses, Poison (Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurlitzer Electric Piano
The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from 1954 to 1983. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is conceptually similar to the Rhodes piano, though the sound is different. The instrument was invented by Benjamin Miessner, who had worked on various types of electric pianos since the early 1930s. The first Wurlitzer was manufactured in 1954, and production continued until 1983. Originally, the piano was designed to be used in the classroom, and several dedicated teacher and student instruments were manufactured. It was adapted for more conventional live performances, including stage models with attachable legs and console models with built-in frames. The stage instrument was used by several popular artists, including Ray Charles, Joe Zawinul and Supertramp. Several electronic keyboards include an emulation of the Wurlitzer. As the Wurlitzer is an electromechan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
