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May 13JEANETTE PARSADANIAN1. Tell people a little about yourself and your background, for those who may not know of you?JEANETTE PARSADANIAN has been gifted ever since she was 5 years old (1959) with a beautiful singing voice. Along the years she sang in the Chorus group in Jr. High School. (1967) She went from there in taking 7 years of voice training (1968-1975) in Hollywood from an Music teacher, George Carr. She then became born again in 1973 at Pastor Shock's Church, Faith Center, in Glendale, California. She started singing in 1975 at the Full Gospel Bus. Men's Fellowship in the Wilshire area on Radio KFSG. In 1976 she sang in the Choir at Christ Church where later she met Pastor Eddie Parsadanian. She sang on Channel 40 at Christ Church which was televised on Sundays. From 1977-1982. She sang at the Full gospel Bus. Men's Meeting on Radio KFSG & KGER. She also sang at TBN (1978) on the French PTL with Jock and Gladys Forcan. The programs (Videos) went to Haidi. In 1982 she sang at the Dodgers Stadium and sang the National Anthem. She sang for the Mario Morillo Crusades in 1980 at the Shrine and The Long Beach Auditoriums. In 1986 she met Pastor Eddie Parsadanian from Christ Church. He was the Assistant Pastor. They married in 1987, May 2. In 1988 they had their first child Elizabeth. In 1990 they had their 2nd child Jeanetty. In November , 19th 1995 Pastor Eddie & Jeanette were blessed in having their own Church. They are on Time Warner cable channel 25 in Glendale CA every Friday night from 7:30- 8 PM. She has made a number of professional cassette music tapes also a CD ’I love you for who you are’, which was released in 2002. Along with having an anointed voice for ministry Jeanette is also gifted in leading various ministries including The Women’s Fellowship which she is in charge of.
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Myspace 2. For those wishing to find out more, you have several my space pages and webpages, correct? Yes I do, www.myspace.com/jeanetteparsadanian & www.myspace.com/jeanettian 3. Data on your cds may be found here? Yes and also my music page www.cdbaby.com/cd/parsadanian This is my main music site 4. What type of songs are these? Christian contemporary 5. Do you think they would hold any interest to people in the secular world as well and if so, why? Possibly cause there is one song 'I love you for who you are' is a crossover song and 'Jesus is the high priest' is like a dance beat 6. Wasn't one of your songs used in a film of some kind? 'I love you for who you are' in the movie 'Crossingways' Which can be found at www.christianfilmbrotherhood.org/newhome/htm 7. Is this a direction where you would like to go further? Yes into films, tv and more radio 8. Do you ever see yourself becoming super big in the industry like a Revecca St. James or an Amy Grant? Amy Grant yes 9. If Christian music is your main thing, do you have any aversion to interviews or reviews on secular webpages? No not really depending on what they are talking about!! 10. Future plans? Christian Film Brotherhood is planning more films with my music in them. Paul Engemann the man who wrote the music for the movie Scarface is about to hear one of our compositions 'You are my strength' which you can hear on my myspace page www.myspace.com/jeanetteparsadanian Our key board player at church Sean Francis wrote this classical piece and I wrote the words 11. Interests outside the music realm? Walking, drawing, eating out a lot of church!! 12. Anything we may have overlooked or something else you would like to discuss before closing to say to readers? Nothing really just that Jesus Christ love you!! 13. Closing comments? God is good and He knows all all our paths in what is next in line for us!! God bless February 20Interview with Frank Sent us by Dale Pierce1. First off, give us your name and a little data on yourself and the other band members.?We are two of us working at this project, me Alessandro Roberti an audiovisual artist working for Clichèvideo and a musician known as Mastro a.k.a. System Error. 2. The title of your group is frank Sent Us, derived from Once Upon A Time In The West. You might describe this film a bit for anyone who does not know of it, such as people much younger who may read the interview? Once upon a time in the West is (for us) probably the best western movie never made. The great musical attitude of the film makes of it the only one of a kind. This movie has a great soundtrack made by a great soundtrack producer Ennio Morricone. A classic story of murderers, romantic bandits and virtuos women under the direction of the great Sergio Leone. 3. Frank Sent Us is of course a line from this film. Why did you all like this film and the line so much? We are actually working on all the "SPAGHETTI WESTERN" because we are preparing an audiovisual live show called "THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN AUDIOVISUAL REMIX" so we are going to use all the movies of Sergio Leone but probably "Once upon a time in the west" is the best. We decide to call ourself "FRANK SENT US" because there are the first words pronuncied in that movie after 10 or more minutes of no words...just sound and noise. GREAT!! 4. Now you have created a program of both music and visials? Not specially a program, we work using samplers, midi connected with computers, all totally live. 5. This seems like a novel approach. Do you plan to do more projects of this type later with added music in say, a different live show? 6. Yes a novel approach is right, we want to get some narrativity into a pop dance scene. We want to bring in a dance scene a new kind of approach. when you dancing you just listen music, in our show we want people listen the images and watch the sound....dancing. We have just do another audiovisual project throught the first wireless experiments called "RADIO WAVES" dedicated to Guglielmo Marconi. you can watch the promo video on our web site. 6. How well has your work been received in Italy as Once Upon A Rime In The West and the late Sergio Leone have cult status in Europe.? Actually we have no dates of "THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN AUDIOVISUAL REMIX" because it's an hard work and it's not ready yet, we have done the promo you have seen to check what people think about that, and it's received a very good feedbacks. So we start to prepare one hour show all about SPAGHETTI WESTERN. we really don't know what european people think about sergio leone movies, we know he is very well known all over the world, here in europe especially in Italy and in Germany. 7. You have webpages and a my space , correct? Yes we have: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/FRANKAUDIOVISUAL and WWW.CLICHEVIDEO.COM (our video productions studio). 8. Do you ever think the western film will make a comeback in Italy? We really hope, but the problem is that the Italian movies in this periode is not very good, But we have confidence.. 9. One big problem is the originators of many such films or the stars like say Leione, Corbucci, Gian Maria Volante, Van Cleef, Bronson, Fonda, and so many others are all dead. For this they are legends now.. 10. Do you have anything else you would liek to add about yourself or your group before closing? Yes our bio.. FRANK SENT US is an audiovisual project attempt to create an interaction between music and visual art. A LIVE SET where music and video completly melt down, creating an explosive mixture. The expressivity of images, taken from cult movies, characterize and become themselves notes of the music. Doing live mix of films, like if that would be music, the video is broken up and played again, like a music instrument. we really hope to bring our projects in USA especially the spaghetti western remix because we are really sure you are going to appreciate this. January 24, 2008 Interview with Shane Sweet! November 14, 2007An Interview with Keshet by Dale PierceFirst off tell people a little about yourself.My name is Keshet, 23 years old, a self-taught guitar-player from Israel. As a child I was actually borne with a slight disability with my hands. I wasn’t able to write properly, use fork and knife, let alone play an instrument. But at age 16 I decided to start playing guitar, and through an enormous passion I manage to overcome my disability and perform with the instrument. Now how about some general info on your band? HeavenBound is a 4-piece band, comprise of Gabriel Just (Lead Vocals/24), Ramy “Bottle of” Rum (Bass, 20), Matt “Sponge” Issac (Drums, 20) and me on guitar of course. The band started at 2003 by Gabriel and I. We took a hard decedion and perform only in English, although it is not the main language in Israel. We started HeavenBound as an outfit that played a Rock-Opera that we wrote called The Diments. We did a lot of shows and the act got popular. We then decided to open with a new act comprise of new songs that we wrote while we were touring. We then made a promise to our crowd that we keep to this day – a new song every show! Our style verified between lots of deference type of rock. From folk to progressive. But we can be catalog and a type of hard rock/ grunge act. We also believe strongly that a show should be a living thing and we tend to improvise quite a bit and give something special for the crowed each show. Do you have a website or my space? We sure do! www.myspace.com/heavenbound100! As of now, you have been popular where you have played but are unsigned and thus have no cds on the open market or in the big time. Do you think this might change soon? We really hope so, in the future we plan to travel Europe and hopefully get signed there. Why don't you just burn some cds yourselves and market them or are you already doing this, on your own? We do more then just that. HeavenBound is really about the music, not the money. We only want to get signed so we can exposed more people to our music and have better means to produce our vision. So right now we produce our own cds and sell them just to cover expenses (about 4$). We released a bootleg of the rock opera The Diments which is a double CD contains the best takes from our lives shows. And also a compilation of Singles and Demos of 16 recordings – the first half is a collection of all of our singles that we recorded and produced ourselves, the second half is a set of new material which we played live in the studio on a one take. What are your future plans? Any big gigs coming up? We currently on the verge of a one-year break. We each took a one-year vacation to focus on our personal life, so we can save up the energy to go and tour hard. We our doing a lot of networking in and out of Israel, and also finishing writing a new rock opera entitled “Kingsdome”, as well as a bunch of new songs. The My Space has been fairly helpful in getting you recognized, has it not? Most defiantly. My space really opened doors for us. We actually have more fans around the world then in our home country! Where did you learn the majority of your musical skills? I learned most of them through the internet by downloading lesions and reading theory, and mainly by just listening to great guitar heroes like Jimmy Page, Richie blackmoore, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Pete Townshewed, Slash etc’. Has the music business been a letdown since getting involved or pretty much as expected? No, not a let down, it’s been hard, no doubt, but the feeling that you get after putting a good show – nothing can compare to that. Well, you can always keep looking and plugging on, so somewhere you will be signed by a bigger label, wouldn't you think? We’ll have to wait and see. What type of music did you listen to growing up? We all come from different backgrounds. Gabriel is really into 60’s, 70’s rock, and Brazilian music. Ramy is into every alternative style – be it hardcore metal or fusion jazz. Matt is really into funk, especially Red Hot Chili Peppers, and I really come from blues. Are there any big influences on your style? Defiantly all the big grunge bands – Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. We all liked grunge, but it was never a big influence to us, until we started making music together. What that we created was just grunge, and we fell in love with that type of music. What are your personal interests outside of music? More music! My other big passions are sound engineering and producing, so basically when I am not busy in playing or writing music, I like to work on other people music and help create it. Can people email you direct for more info on your group? Absolutely, mail us to Heaven.Bound.Band@Gmail.com Anything else to touch on? HeavenBound have been through a lot of line-up changes, and I can honestly say that there are no better players in Israel. Beside the fact that each and every one of my band mates is just a wizard on his instrument, they improvise amazing melodic lines and all of us can write and compose. Closing comments We have accomplished quite a bit in the past few years. Going through a lot of changes and writing, performing and recording a vast of material. We like to think of ourselves as two bands – Live HeavenBound, and Studio HeavenBound. On live shows we do a stripped version of our songs but with more raw power and improvisations, in the style of great bands like The Who, Led Zeppelin and The Allman Brother Band. On the studio we like to try and experiment and do unique and artistic stuff, like Pink Floyd, and Tool. You are most welcome to download our material for free from our myspace and check out where are we going to be performing next…. An Interview with Turkish Musician Erdem Helvacioglu by Dale Pierce1. Tell a little bit about yourself to the people here?I am a professional composer, guitarist, and producer. I have started playing guitar when I was 11 years old. I have been working in the music business professionally for the last 10 years. My music have been broadcast and performed all around the world. My compositions have been included in festivals such as Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music, Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, SICMF, Primavera en La Habana. I have received various international awards for my music at Luigi Russolo, Insulae, MUSICA NOVA Electroacoustic music competitions. I have collaborated with Mick Karn, Kevin Moore, Kazuya Ishigami, Saadet Turkoz. My film music has been heard at the Cannes Film Festival and I have received the “Best Outstanding Original Soundtrack” award at the Mostramundo International Film Festival. My previous solo album “A Walk Through The Bazaar” was released in 2003 by Locustmusic. 2. You have just recently done a cd?
Yes, my new solo album “Altered Realities” has been released by the prestigious US label “New Albion”. The link for the album is http://www.newalbion.com/NA131
3. What type of music would you describe this as" This is an album of “solo acoustic guitar and live electronics”. Sound-wise, this is a crossover album. It has influences of electroacoustic, ambient, contemporary classical, folk, modern jazz. But the main genre that the album falls into can be called electronic. 4. To what audiences do you wish to appeal? First of all, I hope the album will appeal to the fans of electronic, electroacoustic music. But besides the electronic music fans, I hope that the album will be enjoyed by the listeners of contemporary classical and jazz and by anyone who is open to new sounds and ideas. 5. Do you have a plan for international marketing for this? Both the record label and me have a plan for the international marketing of the album. So far, the album has been broadcast all around the world and have been featured at various magazines, newspapers including Gramophone, Signal to Noise, New Classics, Jazz&Tzaz, Textura, Tapeop, Montreal Mirror, Chicago Tribune, Groove, Spex, Alternate Music Press, Basebog, Improv-hu, Testcard, Rumore, Sands-zine etc. As you can see, the album has been featured at contemporary, electronic and jazz publications. Besides these publications, the album also has been featured at the guitar magazines such as Sounboard and New Millenium Guitar. For the next step, we would like to get in contact with more guitar and jazz publications. An interview about my work will be published in the Guitar Player magazine in the next 3 months. Another review about the album will be published at All About Jazz. 6. Did you study music in a school someplace or learn on your own? I did not study music until my masters degree. Actually I did my undergraduate studies on industrial engineering. After that, I started my degree on sound engineering and electronic music composition. Although I took some guitar and theory lessons during my teenage years, officially I did not start studying sound and composition until my mid-20’s. I will finish my phd on sound engineering and composition by 2008. 7. Turkey is an Islamic nation. Is there much censorship on music there as opposed to other places that you know of? Although Turkey is an Islamic nation, historically, structurally it is very different from the other Islamic countries. There is nearly no censorship on music at the moment. 8. Is the music scene growing big in Eastern Europe and the Middle East? I think the music scene is growing but the recording industry has many problems. I see so many new artists, bands performing at various venues in Istanbul and all around Turkey. Besides these live performances, also there are many bedroom musicians who compose, remix electronic works. But there are not so many record labels that would be able to release these works. Hopefully in the near future, the artists will have many more opportunities to share their works with the audience. 9. Do you have a webpage or place people can contact you about your music? My official web page ishttp://www.erdemhelvacioglu.com My myspace page is http://www.myspace.com/erdemhelvacioglu Anyone can directly contact me through these 2 sites. 10. Future plans? I am working on a number of new commissioned pieces. I am about to start producing a band in Istanbul. I have been working on a new album that will be released in 2008. This upcoming album will be a combination of various acoustic instruments and electronic sounds. Besides these projects, I will also start composing for a few documentaries during the summer. 11. Do you have any interesting stories to tell concerning your work with the music world? One of the most exciting and interesting performances I did was in New Zealand. I played at an experimental music club in Wellington as a part of the Asia Pacific Festival. New Zealand is the farthest country from Turkey. It takes literally 2 days to travel to the country. During that concert, I performed my ambient, soundscape set which is based on the intimate everyday sounds of Istanbul. During the performance, it was so exciting and interesting to watch the audience’s faces. You could definitely see the curious looks on their faces. They were so interested to experience this far away city through sound. It was an incredible experience for me. Another one has just come to my mind. Last year, I produced a post-punk, new wave band for SonyBMG. During the sessions, I have been in contact with the ex-Japan bassist Mick Karn. At one moment during the production, I sent him an email and asked if he would be interested in playing on one of the tracks. He was very interested. From one of the studio’s computers I sent him the demo mix of the track. 2 days later, he sent me his solo bass part. When I put the bass part within the track, what we heard at the studio was just magic. It was such an incredible experience. All of the band members and I were just shocked. That 5-minute was one of the happiest moments in my life. 12. What are your other interests besides music? Since I also compose film and theatre music, I try to watch as many movies as possible during my spare time. I also try reading a lot about the issues of identity and the politics of power.
Thank you for very much for this interview.
JZ: I don't really have a band. It's just me, Jon Zaremba. All of my music is
arranged and recorded on my computer, so there's no need for any other
humans to get involved. I've chosen to make music with electronics because
i can create sounds that do not exist in reality and also because i can't
play normal instruments very well.
JZ:
Yes. Thanks for asking. You can visit me at http://www.jonzaremba.com .
There are some free songs to download there as well as reviews and essays
from my old site Save the Universe.
JZ:
Thank you. I hope so. I create the music that i want to hear. If it was
already being made by someone else, then i'd devote my time to other things.
This is the music that i always dreamed of hearing. It is very personal to
me and perhaps that's why very few people appreciate it.
JZ:
Yes, thankfully. I feel sorry for any child who is forced to grow up here
in California. I suppose there are nice places to raise children here, but
i haven't seen them yet. I spent most of my life in Baden, a Pittsburgh
suburb. There was zero crime, lots of forests, and a small-town feeling to
Baden that made it perfect for children to explore and daydream. I still
enjoy California though, but mostly for the freeways, the burritos, and the
weather.
JZ:
They coincided ok. I moved here for other reasons. Pittsburgh has always
had a great underground music culture. I've seen bands perform in
Pittsburgh that probably didn't even tour L.A. Most of this is thanks to
Manny Theiner and his Millvale Industrial Theater. I don't bother to share
my music with anyone in California. I live out in the desert and don't talk
to anyone. I have no connection to the music scene here and have only gone
to a handful of shows in the past four years. So i can't say how my music
would be received by Californians. For the most part, some people were very
supportive of me in Pennsylvania. I would venture to say that my musical
tastes coincided better with Pennsylvanians than Californians. At least
during those years. Perhaps it would be different now.
JZ:
I really enjoy good pop music. Unfortunately, there hasn't been a single
good pop song since...about 1987. This is the year that everything seemed
to take a turn for the worse in America's pop culture. To make pop music,
you have to keep your thumb on the pulse of the country. I checked this
country's pulse and it was flat lined. This caused me to realize that most
everyone here is a walking corpse...a zombi. So in an absurd sort of way, i
do make pop music, because my music deals with the splattering of zombies.
I make the music that identifies the mainstream...Not the music that the
mainstream can identify WITH...but that which IDENTIFIES them.
JZ:
I've done some film score work for some small independent projects.
Unfortunately, none of these films ever got off of the ground. One day, i
will just have to make my own film in order to have my music put to images.
As for horror: It is the supernatural atmosphere of these scores that
influences me. I do not fear any human on this planet. I fear the use of
power by the irrational. Ghouls, ghosts, and demons...These are the things
that spook me. And nobody but the Europeans have captured these feelings in
song more eloquently. Perhaps because their countries are rooted in
mythology and date back so much further than the U.S.A. Here in America,
horror films most often feature psychotic humans as the antagonists. And
likewise, the scores of many of these films are as boring as their villains.
As for westerns: While i adore Italian westerns and everything that
Morricone has done, i can not say that this music has influenced me very
much. There is no way that i could ever compare with the likes of Morricone
or Nicolai. I do not have their talent or their musicians. So there is no
sense in trying. But i do love the romantic portrayal of the old West and
watch as many spaghetti westerns as i can get my hands on.
JZ:
"My Name is Nobody" is my all-time favorite film and score. It is
absolutely perfect in every way possible. Both philosophically and
creatively. I would urge your readers to check out my review of this film
on my website. Other than that, i really enjoy everything by Goblin,
especially "Tenebre", "Buio Omega", and "Profondo Roso". Most of what Fabio
Frizzi has done still gives me chills and crazy dreams even today. I've
been trying to find a copy of Bruno Nicolai's "Virgin Among the Living Dead"
for a while now. Oh, and one score that has gotten ZERO recognition, but
deserves so much acclaim is Yoshihiro Kanno's "Angel's Egg". It is an
amazing piece of work. Beautifully broken scales and glorious choirs.
JZ:
My music is the most important thing in my life. For the most part, i don't
put too much energy into much else. But i like working on my car, reptiles,
and Japanese girls.
JZ:
I don't really do much blogging on there. Does anyone really read those?
I've got two myspace pages. For my music:
http://www.myspace.com/jonzaremba
And for my favorite TV show:http://www.myspace.com/andygriffithandfriends
JZ:
Well, since i've chosen not to perform my music on stage, i've never had any
groupies. Isn't that were most of the stories originate? Anyways, my work
has gone largely unnoticed to the music world. I've been at this for nearly
10 years now. I've done over 20 albums, almost all of them have been
self-released. Perhaps that's the only interesting story that i can
tell...and one that i can tell with pride. That i have not buckled, not
given in, and not surrendered to defeat. And i will not do so. I will
continue making the music that i love, just as i love it, until i die. Even
if nobody pays me any mind...i will never give up. Never quit. Because my
music is righteous and just.
JZ:
The most important thing for me in any form of art is the message that the
artist is trying to convey to the world. I am only interested in the
meaning of the art. The method by which this is communicated is largely
irrelevant to me. I have found that good and evil are absolute concepts of
reality. Although 50% of the time i delve into the darkness, i am not a
moral relativist. What i would like to say here is that i should not to be
dismissed as just another one of those laptop guys. Today, all electronic
musicians make meaningless music. My music never has and never will be
meaningless. Each song has a purpose and a message. My ultimate goal in
making music is to use it as a tool to shape the world around me in such a
way that my life is more enjoyable.
JZ:
I just want to say thank you sincerely for the exposure. I would like to
die someday knowing that i made a dent, and this interview is one more step
in the right direction. Designed by
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