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<p><span style="font-size: small;">"Siberian Solstice" has a new concert opening for 2011 which features DavidcDeal's song "Shepherds Awakening" staring our very own Dazed on vocals. I hope you enjoy. &nbsp; <a href="http://www2.mixposure.com/David_C_Deal/video.php">http://www2.mixposure.com/David_C_Deal/video.php</a></span></p><p><a href="http://www.siberiansolstice.com">www.siberiansolstice.com</a></p>

<p>I don`t mean to brag coming soon #TeamGangGreen #Raymondo Fwi</p>

<p>Country may not be as prolific of a genre as rock at Mixposure but it's still a good genre. The JMZ band isn't a full blown country band but we do delve into the genre once in a while when it calls. When We Make Love is a country ballad that called.</p><p>We hope the country fans here enjoy it!</p><p>The JMZ Band</p><p>http://www.mixposure.com/index.php?t=mixposure_song_player&amp;song_id=26833&amp;band_id=7100</p>

<p>Congratulations to Tommie Brewster for being our December Artist of the month!</p><p>From Tommie's Bio:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Background!!</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>I have been a musician all my life and cannot remember a time</strong></p><p><strong>when I didn&rsquo;t play piano. I started before I was 4 years old </strong></p><p><strong>and studied classical music at the Royal Academy of Music</strong></p><p><strong>in London, playing several other instruments also.</strong></p><p><strong>At home, my influences were many from jazz to ragtime, from </strong></p><p><strong>swing to reggae, from rock to heavy metal but it was always</strong></p><p><strong>blues that spoke loudest to me in my heart and soul and it was </strong></p><p><strong>always my dream to write, play and sing my own blues music.</strong></p><p><strong><img class="spotlight" src="http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/180773_1885415892526_1155240882_32398793_1263073_n.jpg" alt="" /></strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>Every musician absorbs influences and I am no exception, but I do </strong></p><p><strong>not knowingly emulate or imitate anyone &ndash; I just write my blues</strong></p><p><strong>the way I hear it in my heart and my head.</strong><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>I also had a dream to produce my own music which I have now</strong></p><p><strong>achieved and with the help of some very professional final</strong></p><p><strong>mastering I am pleased with the finished product. I write</strong></p><p><strong>my music in the oldfashioned way, on manuscript and the lyrics </strong></p><p><strong>come to me along with the melody as a complete package. </strong></p><p><strong>I record also in as authentic a way as I can &ndash; no samples, </strong></p><p><strong>loops, tweaks &ndash; if I make a mistake in playing the piano part, then </strong></p><p><strong>I start at the beginning and do it all again!!</strong></p><p><strong>I play piano, sax, clarinet, harmonica, organ and a few other things.</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p>I guess it's time to start the shameless self-promotion drive - pushing those stocking stuffer jazz CDs...here's a new one we just released on Dreambox Media with Joe Hunt (dr) and Steve Meashey (bass) from a concert in Carlisle PA.. Jim Easton of Abbeyville Road did the recording and mastering - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/steverudolph6 Available from CDBaby, Amazon and itunes.... Thank You!</p>

<p>Good day music lovers.&nbsp; I am proud to announce the completion of my latest project entitled &ldquo;Let Your Mind Fly.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s a smooth mix of Jazz, Latin Jazz,&nbsp;&nbsp; Smooth Jazz and Pop. Performing with Victor are some great names in indie music. On guitars are Jake Merritt and the very talented and well known Arnell Byrd. On vocals we have Oscar E. Contreras and Gerry Cruz. &ldquo;Let Your Mind Fly&rdquo; is a 2 disc set with a remix of some songs in a Spanish version. Also I&rsquo;m&nbsp; proud to have a special guest on this project, the world renowned Artist Alfredo Arrequ&iacute;n who&rsquo;s artwork appears on the CD and 2disc.</p><p>Mp3&rsquo;s will be available for streaming and listening soon. The scheduled release date is 12-15-2011 and will be available at <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/">www.cdbaby.com</a> if you wish a physical CD and on many music sites for downloads</p>

<p>this tune was already in my head when i woke up xmas day morning and looked out of the window and saw the winter sun ..i got up and switched on the pc ,,,about half an hour later the tune was done ,,,hope you like </p>

<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was noticing this issue on my pc so I thought I would post a fix that worked for me. We have always tried to make Mixposure work in all browsers. The biggest one we have issues with has been Internet Explorer. All others seem to work fine. I typically use firefox on my pc or safari and firefox on my Mac so I kind of missed this bug. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My flash player on here was flickering and I could not use IE on CNN or Foxnews for video. Even the ads were flickering. I started researching and found out there is some kind of bug with either Flash or Internet Explorer and there are complaints all over the place. Hopefully they will get it resolved soon. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I did find a post out there for a fix if anyone is experiencing the same issue. Just open Internet Explorer &gt; Tools &gt; Internet Options &gt; Click Advanced and you will see Use Software Rendering instead of GPU. Click that and restart your browser. I&nbsp;no longer have the **** and the players appear correctly. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Todd</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

Congratulations to Elvis Fontenot and the Sugar Bees for having the Mixposure Song of the Week! Cgeck out the song below!

Biography

Elvis Fontenot and the Sugar Bees - Cajun, Zydeco, Swamp 'n' Roll from the bayous of Staffordshire.

• Formed in the dim and distant past of 1993, in Stoke-on-Trent, Elvis Fontenot and the Sugar Bees have evolved to become the premier European swamp’n’roll outfit that they are today
• Our lineup is Nick Barber (Accordion/Vocals/Frottoir), Paul Asher (Accordion/Fiddle/Mandolin), Craig Beverley (Lead Guitar/Vocals), Stuart Duthie (Bass/Harmonica/Vocals) and Chris Plimbley (Drums)
• In 2006 and 2009, we were crowned “European Zydeco band of the Year” and Nick won European Rub-board player of the year
• We’ve have been played on the BBC by Andy Kershaw and Mike Harding and have been on TV in Austin, Texas and featured on radio stations across America and also in Australia
• We have played the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans twice, plus other venues in Louisiana and Austin, Texas
• We have played numerous events and festivals in mainland Europe
• We have been confirmed for the 2012 Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots Festival in Ireland for an unprecidented 5th year running
• We have played UK festivals (including the Gloucester and Bristol Cajun/Zydeco festivals, and 5 times at the Broadstairs Folk Week) plus many 100s of local gigs in our years of existence
• Expect an infectious good time!

<p><a href="http://efsb.co.uk">http://efsb.co.uk</a> for all info, downloads, gigs, merch and more</p>