Melodic Revolution Records's Blog – October 2009 Archive (4)

The History of Halloween

Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).

The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the… Continue

Added by Melodic Revolution Records on October 31, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Just Arrived

Arve - Be on a Razors Edge $17.99

Recommended if you like Gentle Giant, Mike Batt, The Flower Kings, Yes

Half Past Four - Rabbit in the Vestibule $12.99

Recommend if you like King Crimson Fluttr Effect Fran Zappa Pink Floyd

Haiku – Flow $12.99

Recommended if you like Brian Eno Arvo Part Craig Armstrong…

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Added by Melodic Revolution Records on October 18, 2009 at 10:15am — No Comments

T-shirt Contest

To combat this boring design we are have our first T-shirt contest. If you are an artist and are looking for a challenge then this contest is for you.

1st place winner will receive a T-shirt + small percentage of all sales for 1 year.

2nd place winner will receive a T-shirt + $100 dollar shopping spree at our online shop

3rd place winner will receive 3 T- shirts one of each winning design. All designs will be displayed on the site… Continue

Added by Melodic Revolution Records on October 17, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

ARTIST OF THE MONTH!

We are happy to announce that André Henriquez is Melodic Revolution Records Artist of the month. Let me tell you it was a tough race as I was tracking the voting every couple of hours. We would like to thank all of the artist and fans that participated in this poll.

The contest is held each month at http://melodicrevolution.com/ where we have a polling station set up.

To qualify… Continue

Added by Melodic Revolution Records on October 1, 2009 at 5:41pm — No Comments