Buying Music Online
In the last few years there has been a change in music-buying that has resulted in more people using the Internet to find, download, and more recently, buy music online. Online music services such as Napster revolutionised the online music market, resulting in hundreds of thousands of people sharing music with each other.
Naturally this free music revolution resulted in some unhappy music companies, who at first fought the trend with legal action. Some forward-looking music companies have realised that the way forward is to take advantage of this movement and put in place new business models to make use of the Internet.
Online Music Download Stores
Some record labels and music companies now sell their music in download form, examples being iTunes, BeSonic and the newly legal Napster.
However the prices charged per track for downloads can vary, and for some people, downloading music online is something they are not prepared to pay for.
CD Sales Strong
Despite the online music download phenomenon, CD sales are still high. Many online music stores report increasing sales. A good reason for this is that online cd sales can offer better prices than high-street alternatives, and so people are more inclined to shop online for music. Having a wide range (including many hard-to-find releases) of everything from CDs to Vinyl, Singles to Albums, shopping online for music is an easy, cost-effective option.
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Great album
These are the guys who quietly do session work on all those smash hit tunes that get played for years and years - tunes by US2, Incognito, Sting, Zero 7 to name a few. This is the music they really want to play. The result is some brilliant original grooves, fantastic collective improvisation and funky, twisty compositions that are bang up to date. I love the first track the most and have been known to play it 5 times back to back!
Fresh
These are the guys who quietly do session work on all those smash hit tunes that get played for years and years - tunes by US2, Incognito, Sting, Zero 7 to name a few. This is the music they really want to play. The result is some brilliant original grooves, fantastic collective improvisation and funky, twisty compositions that are bang up to date. I love the first track the most and have been known to play it 5 times back to back!
Jazz
I was introduced to Gerard by a friend and i have to say i liked it straight away. This funky sounding album is both original and contemporary. The compositions are highly inovative and enetertaining. I particularly enjoyed "Blue Eyed Boy" which was very cool. Great Jazz
THE essential jazz trumpet album of the year
Gerard Presencer's debut album has hit with virtuosity. Gerard writes a style that cannot be catagorized into a genre - which is contempory but does not sacrifice listening appeal to 'cleverness'. His playing is not only pleasing to the ear, but also incredibly inventive - he is not restricted by any boundaries or scales, using the trumpet to its very full potential. The standard of his band is also very high - musicians on Rhodes Piano, guitar, bass and drums do not fail to complement his playing. If you crossed Chet Baker and Chick Corea you might get a similar feel, but it would still be a long way off his unique style and calibre. Highly recommended.
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