Tenco Awards were awarded to Willy De Ville and Bruno Lauzi, two artists profoundly different stylistic approach as well as in experience, to confirm the broad spectrum of choices Club Tenco who have long considered the author in his song broadest sense. Figures De Ville Lauzi and may be associated with perhaps only one characteristic: that of being not only singers but also valuable interpreters of other people’s songs.

From New York to New Orleans from Paris Central America, Willy De Ville (the real name is William Boray), faithful to his gypsy soul, has always ranged also between genres. Party territories almost punk, arrived to join the American rock matrix suggestions, spices, from Latin music, from blues, R & B, country, from Tex-Mex.

That is the most authentic music of the Americas (central and north above) in a very fertile interbreeding. De Ville’s voice, like his wrinkled face, was able to be comfortable, romantic and passionate in every genre visited. Some of his compositions, as Demasiado Corazon, without ever reaching the general public, however, have become known beyond the circle of his admirers, but De Ville in time succeeded in a difficult and fascinating as that of making its with vein very original and inventive tracks that have entered between the classics of popular music such as Hey Joe and stand by me.

A safe bet, and also a creative genius who, in her case, requires the same gift of talent that fits the composition itself. There are many albums of “Pirate” to be passed to the history of the best music in decades, Le Chat Bleu in Coup De Grace, by Backstreets Of Desire “Crow Jane Alley, titles that have allowed him to gain a reputation in Europe, and particularly in Italy. All this managed to escape the snares of the record industry to maintain their creative autonomy in the name of music: his, hot and hypnotic as a voodoo ritual, a noble and passionate as the roses that launched his public. Tenco Prize goes to a nearly thirty year career (from first album Cabretta behalf Mink De Ville, 1977, until the DVD Live in the Lowlands, published recently) continued with the heart and soul.

Lauzi Bruno is one of the historic leaders of the Italian singer-songwriters, one of the characters in the early sixties have radically altered the writing and interpretation of the song in our country. Classmate of Monty Python, just a passion with him that the new American music in the Fifties arrives in Italy and especially in his Genoa.

It is especially attracted by the American songwriter and jazz, but soon is also affected by the French chanson and music of Brazil (whose language recalls, inter alia, the Genoese dialect). From these influences and mediandole with a taste of his own for a tune-style Italian, but restrained, mild, never dull, Lauzi began to write important songs. Outstanding ability to use a lyrical language daily clashes with the language of courtly and stale Italian song until then, a language which is the focus on the real facts of life and society. Among the best known examples of return and poet.

Songwriter joins the efforts of a translator (for example, from Brel, Vian, Aznavour, Moustaki, Vinicius De Moraes, Roberto Carlos, Djavan, Paul Simon, …) but also the pure interpreter, a voice that he called ” a railroad car full of orchids. ” Lauzi sang songs of many colleagues (and others have written them), by Lucio Battisti (Love dear love beautiful, and several others) Paolo Conte (Genoa for us, wave upon wave, …), but was author in turn for others, in some cases with considerable success, just think of Little Man and You Are The Universe by Mia Martini.

And again: songs for children (The Tortoise and Johnny Dachshund all), the activity as a cabaret (thanks to a sharp ironic never dormant) and as a writer and poet altogether. Tenco Prize goes dutifully to a diverse artistic career in musical choices in roles as a path to some extent counter.

Recall that the Awards are the highest awards Tenco Club Tenco, attributed to the career of artists (especially international) by the Steering Committee of the club, unlike the Targa Tenco, assigned instead to a large panel of journalists (well 135) to the best Italian recordings the season.

Vinicio Capossela, Simon Cristicchi, Lucilla Galeazzi and Magoni Petra & Ferruccio Spinetti are the winners of the Targa Tenco 2006, the historic and prestigious awards from the Club Tenco based on voting by more than a hundred journalists. This is by far the most extensive Italian jury in music, this year further extended by including, among many other music critics of the last generation.

Vinicio Capossela won the award for best album of the year with Unlimited Protector, with very wide margin over the other finalists, namely, in order of preference: Samuele Bersani with The aldiquà, Baustelle with the mob, Frank Sinatra with Calypsos Pino Marino Water, electricity and gas. Wherever Protector is widely regarded as the disk of consecration to Capossela, who was also a path to his credit already very interesting, just started the Tenco Prize, even before his debut album.

A Lucilla Galeazzi has been winning in the section on disks in dialect through Love and steel, which is stated on the order of Enzo Avitabile Sacro Sud, 2006 Live and direct the South Sound System, St. Rocco’s Rave nests of ‘Arac and Rumi Lu, aka Louise Cottifogli. The recognition Lucilla Galeazzi rewards a long career spent in the service of folk and popular song, which began with the famous voice of Joan Marini Quartet.

The “work first” was won by Simon dramatically with Cristicchi Manufacturer of songs, which has distanced, always in order of preference, the album of the same name I do not want Clara, Marco Fabi (The choice), and finally, ex aequo Two singer-songwriters: Valentina Lupi (I will not be Little Red Riding Hood) and Simona Salis (Christionada de mei). After the consensus of the public arrives for Cristicchi also endorsed the criticism, the Club Tenco already anticipated in early 2005, its inclusion in the exhibition “Rome Hamilcar” organized in Rome with the local The Place, then the success of the first I would sing like Biagio, the song that made him popular.

For the disk Magoni Petra & Ferruccio Spinetti, Music naked 2, was a real plebiscite in the category for best actress. The other finalists were behind her in order: Roberto Angelini with Pongmoon. Dreaming of Nick Drake, with Peppe Barra Matina, Andrea Parodi with Midsummer Night in Sardinia, Giuliano Palma & the Bluebeaters with Long playing. Magoni Spinetti and thanks to this victory will be present for the third consecutive time the “Review of song writing.” Their original proposal based only on voice and bass is proving a big success in France.

Contributed to the Targa Tenco as usual albums of Italian song writing of last season (so, for this edition, that published between August 2005 and July 2006). Since this year has been abolished plaque for Best Song and was also introduced a new voting mechanism, which provides a first vote to determine the finalists and then a second decree among these winners. The intent is to have the results shared and representative as possible.

]]> http://theblogstar.com/prestigious-song-writing-cotest.html/feed http://theblogstar.com/national-festival-of-songwriters-for-young-talent.html http://theblogstar.com/national-festival-of-songwriters-for-young-talent.html#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:03:49 +0000 admin http://theblogstar.com/?p=254 The Association A World of Music and TEAMITALIA, in collaboration with the Tourism Department of the Municipality of San Pellegrino Terme, organize the Fourth Edition of Italian Song - National Festival of Songwriters for young talent.

The Association A World of Music and TEAMITALIA, in collaboration with the Tourism Department of the Municipality of San Pellegrino Terme, organize the Fourth Edition of Italian Song - National Festival of Songwriters for young talents with the intent to promote young emerging artists, protecting, while the Italian musical heritage.

Since its first edition in 2007, this major cultural event has set itself the aim to establish itself nationally as one of the most prestigious event, which attracts the attention of institutions, media and public opinion.

Also for the 2010 edition, the Association A World of Music and Song with TEAMITALIA want to give the Italian town of San Pellegrino Terme, near Bergamo, a new role, namely to exclusive stage of young music and Italian.

The event will be held from Tuesday, June 22 to Saturday, June 26. Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of selection, Thursday evening semi-final and final on Saturday evening which will be decreed the two winners, male and female category respectively, and between the two competitors, the winner of Italian Song 2010. Special Friday evening ITALIAN SONG & FRIENDS organized by Massimo Di Cataldo with friends of the Festival.

The Boards’ gritty, melancholy brand of electronica first caught the attention of record labels when a copy of Twoism somehow found its way to the offices Manchester-based Skam. Within a day Autechre’s Sean Booth was on the duo’s trail, and Boards of Canada inaugurated their visually unique live show on a 1996 tour with Autechre, Panasonic, and Cylob. An EP, Hi Scores, followed on Skam that year.

Though Twoism has been widely available on MP3 for net-savvy file-traders,
original copies have passed hands for over $1,200 on eBay, according to Warp. Perhaps in deference to this fact, not only will Twoism be making its CD debut this November, but Warp will be repressing the vinyl.

Animal welfare has always been a traditional youth issue. Countless charities are devoted to protecting the habitats of wildlife and ensuring pets are treated with care; each has a considerable membership. Yet it seems little is known about the more extreme end of the spectrum; the animal liberationists, activists who have become associated with hardliner views and violent action. Their organizations are shrouded in mystery, a hindrance made to seem all the more sinister by the fact that they continue to attract increasing media attention.

At the forefront of the movement is the enigmatic Animal Liberation Front, which baffles its detractors due to its apparent lack of structure, centre or hierarchy. Activists work in ‘cells’, which can consist of anything from one person up to a considerable number. These remain anonymous and autonomous from each other, and therefore the decisions and actions of each cell are totally independent of any other. Essentially, the ALF is more of an entity than an organization.

Holly is involved with Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, a group formed with the aim of closing down the experimentation laboratories of the medical research company Huntingdon Life Sciences. In recent months, SHAC has become far more well-known, and its forms of protest notorious. Activists claiming to be supporters of SHAC have terrorized HLS employees, physically attacking their property or the employees themselves. Holly says that no “true” SHAC members endorse this behavior. “Actually, we hate those people that call themselves members and use it as an excuse to beat people up. If you do that you’re stooping to the level of the vivisections.”

This is typical of the view of protestors like Holly. Quick to condemn the ‘beating up’ of HLS employees, she wavers on the topic of violence against property. “I’d never hurt another person or animal, but smashing up the labs is another matter,” she tells me. “If nobody gets hurt, I think it’s justified.” Economic damage is considered a valid form of direct action for the liberationists - particularly if animals are freed in the process.

The fact that SHAC has posted a list of the laboratory’s workers, shareholders and customers on its website does suggest that it is inviting animal-lovers to inflict physical attacks on those associated with HLS. Despite this, it has made extensive efforts to distance itself from such violence, instead choosing to focus on endlessly optimistic peaceful protest alongside the active liberation of animals. In the past year, SHAC members have broken into HLS laboratories and the premises of companies which breed animals for experimentation in order to set them free. Their main success, however, has been in raising the media profile of the HLS issue, causing British banks to withdraw their funding in fear of experiencing protests - and, therefore, bad publicity - themselves.

Contrary to popular belief, groups like the ALF and SHAC are - largely - opposed
to violence. As Holly’s comment about “stooping to the level of the vivisections” suggests, it would be hypocritical of any animal rights activist to criticise human cruelty to animals and go on to harm other humans in order to end this cruelty. However, Holly herself echoes a popular sentiment - that protestors are unfairly treated, even demonized, by the media. Even for those sympathetic to the cause, the image that often springs to mind is that of a masked activist wielding a petrol bomb. “The ALF, and SHAC, have become synonymous with violence now… it’s partly down to certain so-called members, but it’s the press too. Most of them just don’t want to hear our side of the story.”

This opinion has been illustrated several times in past months by the treatment of SHAC by the media. In February this year, Brian Cass, the managing director of HLS, was attacked with baseball bats by three masked figures outside his home. Perhaps unsurprisingly, many blamed SHAC, with newspapers labeling its supporters ‘violent’ and accusing the organization of ‘intimidation and harassment’. In spite of SHAC’s preference for either freeing animals or targeting the financial institutions that support HLS, the media has consistently blamed it for any seemingly animal rights-related action - even nail bombs sent to farms and fish and chip shops, acts which are clearly unrelated to any of SHAC’s aims. It has responded with statements and press releases condemning all acts of violence against humans or animals, but insisting that protests will continue until HLS is closed. The resilience of SHAC and similar groups in the face of such adversity is a clear indicator of the determination and persistence their supporters possess.

Thousands of activists are ordinary men and women who feel strongly about  issues like vivisection, and have simply chosen to go one step further than donating to the local RSPCA. Talking to someone like Holly, I find it unfair, not to mention difficult, to assign any generalizations to animal rights ‘extremists’. It’s important to remember that in their eyes, animal and human rights are inseparably intertwined; cruelty to animals is akin to human exploitation; achieving complete liberation will take us a step nearer to peace and freedom. In Holly’s words, “I can’t see why so many think what we do is so wrong. All we’re doing is fighting for what we believe in, and at the end of the day, what we believe in is equality.

Tim would go on to create ShareThis, a really cool sharing app that actually has some real usefulness outside of just being a fashionable widget.  Me… I would go on to… hmmm… nothing quite so glamorous.

Tim calls me every now and again and tells me that he just met so and so at ESPN or MTV or House of Blues and that they are implementing the ShareThis widget on their site.  I saw the widget appear on FoxNews.com one day and realized he’d made it to the big time.  Tim is one of those humble guys not just chasing a dream but grabbing it by the horns.  He and his family had a nice write up in Family Circle about the trials of running a huge multi-million dollar internet company while trying to keep family a priority. He does both well and because of that Tim is one of my heroes.

So what is ShareThis anyway and why should you care share? ShareThis is more than just an easy way to get social media content from one place to the next.  And if there is one thing that is certain: we are bombarded and overwhelmed with managing the information we see on any given day. ShareThis is like a platform for managing this information you find during your travels online. If you’ve seen the ShareThis icon on a website, that site owner has recognized the benefit to its readers by making the article sharing process a one-click event. In the past, you’d see an article you like and you’d have to copy the URL, paste it into an email, find the person or persons you’d like to send to, and then send it on its way. Or you find something useful for yourself and you’d like to save it to read later. You create a word document or notepad for “useful links” or just bookmark it.  If you are like me the bookmarks on the browser can get large and unorganized quickly.  Or suppose you want to Twitter something useful to your tribe.  There’s a better way.

Andy Andrews, in a remarkable way, tells a modern day parable about people.  People like you and me.  Broken, bruised, prone to giving up, occasionally questioning what life’s all about, and then seeing glimmers of hope.  In The Noticer, you’ll find at least one of the characters is you.  There were several well representing me.  You’ll also find yourself wishing you had a Jones to show you who you are.  To live out who you were made to be.  But I don’t want to give it away…

The writing style flows well and weaves well-developed characters into believable storylines.  My wife picked it up as soon as I put it down. I can always tell a great story when I find myself sharing the concepts I learned with others immediately after reading it.  This was one of those books.  A classic that will be shortlived on your nightstand, but will find its way back there soon enough as you find the need to read it again.  Because, after all… Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective.

A recent newsletter had an interesting story about Nathaniel Hawthorne.  Several things struck me after reading it.  Here is the snippet.

Honey, I got Fired — Nathaniel Hawthorne went home to tell his wife that he had just been fired from his job. “Good,” she said. “Now you can write your book.” “What do we live on meanwhile?” Hawthorne asked. His wife opened a drawer filled with money. “I have always known that you are a man of genius,” she said. “So I saved a little each week, and now I have enough to last for a year.” Hawthorne used the time to write “The Scarlet Letter,” one of the great masterpieces of American literature.

First I noticed that he “failed” by getting fired.  At least that’s what most people think of when on the losing end of that dreaded event.  To Hawthorne it was a setback (failure).  Where will the money come from (failure).  How will I provide (failure).  Guys have a need to be providers.  Losing a job puts a major dent in that armor.  But read on… Second thing I noticed was that he had a wife that knew him well and planned for his success.  She saw his genius, perhaps even before he did.  With that, she put away money, knowing if given an opportunity to write, he would be successful.

Our wives play an important role in helping us guys see our genius.  But that too is a choice that must be made on both sides of the equation.  For the wife it means having patience and impeccable timing.  Knowing what to say and how to say it.  For a husband it means being willing to listen and accept that she may actually be right about a few things.  That’s a tough one for the male in the species.  But one thing is for sure… it’s risky either way.  But so worth it.

Mrs. Hawthorne knew the language of her husband. She knew just what he needed to hear. She didn’t focus on the negative.  In “The Noticer” (which I would get your hands on as soon as humanly possible), one of the chapters portrays a marriage gone bad and the communication disconnect that caused it.  Very simply, you need to understand your mate’s love language, that which speaks life into him or her. If only there were a Rosetta Stone for marriage, you ask.  It’s really not that tough once you know what the language is. Why would you learn German while planning a trip to France.  Doesn’t make much sense. Get The Noticer.  It will change your life.

Back to the job dilemma… Whether it’s losing a job or some other situation that may or may not come up suddenly, we each have the ability to choose how to respond.   Don’t give up.  Perhaps it’s time to try something different. Take your accumulated experiences and see where they may point you. If you are in that position of having been let go from a company or are considering a change, take a look at some of Dan’s offerings at the 48 Days Website (after you’ve read The Noticer).

It was just before dawn one miserable morning in black ‘forty four.When the forward commander was told to sit tight when he asked that his men be withdrawn. And the Generals gave thanks as the other ranks held back the enemy tanks for a while. And the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price of a few hundred ordinary lives.

And kind old King George sent Mother a note when he heard that father was gone.
It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll, with gold leaf and all. And I found it one day in a drawer of old photographs, hidden away. And my eyes still grow damp to remember his Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp.

It was dark all around.There was frost in the ground when the tigers broke free.And no one survived from the Royal Fusiliers Company C.They were all left behind, most of them dead, the rest of them dying.And that’s how the High Command took my daddy from me.

I grew up listening to these albums without really paying attention to the words or the themes.  The music was great.  “Another Brick in the Wall” caused much angst among teachers I recall.  As I look back and listen again today, I can only think that Waters spent much of his youth and most of his adult life angry and confused, if these and other lyrics are any indication.  To a child, war doesn’t make sense.  Losing a parent to something that doesn’t make sense makes it doubly tough.

When a child loses a parent to war, especially an unpopular one, the risk is substantial that the honor and respect — the legacy — due the parent by all Americans will be forgotten.  It’s tough for children to overhear things like “illegal war” and “misguided ideologies” and “torturers” and not come away feeling angry and confused, much like Roger Waters did.

A Soldier’s Child Birthday Foundation was established in an effort to remind children of fallen military personnel that their mom or dad did make a difference and were in fact heroes just by the mere fact that they chose to don a uniform of the United States.  It is our hope that you might consider joining us to keep the legacy of dad or mom alive by helping us provide a birthday present to a child each year up to age 19.  This Memorial Day, consider a child.  Read more.

No one gets a free pass here, though some more than others have played a significantly greater role in opening up America to the dangers that we now face. It didn’t start during this presidency and not every decision made recently was the best.

But before you go crying out for a non-military solution, remember that if certain countries were to get what they want, America would either be annihilated, or would be run as a theocracy. Cries for separation of church and state would be met with immediate death simply because you are an American. Don’t kid yourself. This is real.

This fire will forever change the fabric of our community. Eight families are currently homeless, and in many cases have lost their vehicles as well as their homes. One of our neighbors, the Mahaias Family, lost their three cars as well as the equipment one family member uses for her massage therapy business. Teenager Brian Mahaias is devastated not because he has lost his belongings, but because he fears that this fire will force him to move away from this neighborhood that is his family as well as his home.

The Simple Way has lost a community center that was home to our Yes! And… afterschool program, community arts center, and Cottage Printworks t-shirt micro-business as well as to two of our community members. Community members Shane Claiborne and Jesce Walz have lost all of their belongings, after school studio and library were ruined, and community member Justin Donner’s equipment and t-shirts were destroyed.

They are thankful that we are able to help each other during this time of need, and we will continue to keep your informed about today’s events.