by Nick | Dec 3, 2018 | News
The Sled is Melodic Revolution Records 10th-holiday album for charity.
The Sled is a unique charity release, you cannot purchase this album with Dollars, Pounds Yen or Euros; something this valuable requires a giving heart. To receive your copy as a gift from Melodic Revolution Records (MRR) and with the kind permission of all of our contributing artists we ask you to commit a great act of kindness.
Send us proof of you donating to your local charity of choice, it can be your time, or tangible goods such as blankets, food or clothing. Think outside of the box, donate your time at the local food bank, soup kitchen or shelter. Certainly, your local hospital would be grateful for volunteers or donate blood today and save a life.
We would like to promote the good deeds of great citizens and with your permission, we will share your photos on our page set up this holiday season to spread the good news.
The Sled will be released digitally on Monday, December 3, 2018, and we will stream it free through the end of January 2019.
Each year we host a holiday release to showcase many bands and artists that you may not be aware of, but we feel you should be. The album will feature many styles of holiday music and original music; all of which will touch your heart and soul. May it inspire you – for in giving, we receive so much more.
Let me introduce you to the contributing artists:
Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra
The OCEAN Orchestra brings you soaring vocals and fiery bagpipe and fiddle tunes in their own American take on Celtic folk-rock. Fairport Convention’s Simon Nicol says they “get right inside the spirit of the folk music of the British Isles,” and Steeleye Span’s Maddy Prior calls their songwriting “stunning.”
https://oceanorchestra.com/home
Jack Potter
Jack is a Christian Progressive Rock solo artist based out of New York with two albums out to date.
http://www.facebook.com/JackPotterMusic/
Federico Fantacone Orchestre Celesti
OC is the creative moniker of composer and keyboardist Federico Fantacone. The project was born in 2006 blending Italian prog, English 70’s variety, and contemporary influences.
federicofantacone.wixsite.com/orchestrecelesti
Andrew Colyer
Andrew is an Award-winning Composer in the Pop and Rock and Progressive rock field, he has performed and collaborated with Tony Levin, Jon Anderson, The Tubes, Sound of Contact and, Ryche Chlanda, Circuline, Cell15 among others.
http://colyermusic.com
Electric Mud
Electric Mud – progressive rock music without the genre’s usual display of virtuosity with endless solos, but straight minimalist guitar riffs on a groovy bass foundation with expressive machine drums.
https://www.facebook.com/LiquidSkyNet/
Babal
BABAL reveal a dystopian, sideways view of life; their psych/art-rock approach calling up comparisons with Talking Heads and Patti Smith. The band have gathered great responses around the UK and Europe and have also played live soundtracks for Alternative Cinema presentations.
http://babal.rocks
Bill Rhodes
Dr. Bill Rhodes is a musician, composer, producer, author, engineer, and he has been a product specialist for various keyboard companies since the early 1970s. Over the past 35 years, Dr. Bill Rhodes has released over 30 albums on 3 different labels.
http://symphonicpiano.com
David Kelly
David is a Pop, and Rock Pianist & Composer that has released three solo albums to date.
http://store.cdbaby.com/cd/davidkelly2
Don Schiff
Don is a Pop, Prog, and Rock bass guitarist who also writes music for TV, and film. He is one of the earliest Stick, NS/Stick, and bowed guitar players.
http://www.facebook.com/donschiffmusic/
Andy John Bradford
Andy is a Progressive Folk Singer-Songwriter residing in Northern Ireland who has collaborated with numerous musicians over the years including MRR’s Colin Tench.
http://mrrmusic.com/andy-john-bradford/
Pinnacle
Originally a Power Trio that sounded like so much more, as of 2010, the band is a quartet… but still with the same melodic and symphonic tendencies in the best of Progressive Rock traditions.
http://pinnacleband.com
Darrel Treece-Birch
Darrel is a Rock, Pop, Prog, Multi-Instrumentalist, Pianist, Keyboardist & Composer from the UK, Currently a member of TEN (UK Melodic Rockers), writing, recording and performing with Nth Ascension (UK Prog-Rockers) and his own solo works.
http://darreltreece-birch.com
For full details to these artists, please follow their links.
Melodic Revolution Records Online:
http://mrrmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MelodicRevolutionRecords/
https://www.facebook.com/MelodicRevolutionRecords/
https://www.youtube.com/c/MelodicRevolutionRecordsMusic
https://twitter.com/MusicIsOurVoice
Melodic Revolution Records Spotify Playlists:
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by Nick | Sep 30, 2018 | News
Martin Kornick at Man In The Mountain known for his work for such acts as PINNACLE, KEITH EMERSON BAND, TRANSATLANTIC is back in the saddle again working on the new Kinetic Element album art for “The Face of Life“. We have been given permission to release the front cover art.
Martin Kornick also created the album art for the two previous Kinetic Element albums Travelog (2015) and Powered by Light (2009)
Fred Schendel and Steve Babb are also back in the saddle and best known as members with US prog band Glass Hammer, Fred and Steve will be handling the mix and mastering for The Face of Life at SOUND RESOURCES in Chattanooga TN (USA) Fred and Steve were responsible for the mix and mastering of Travelog (2015)
“The Face of Life” will be released on CD and High-Resolution Digital and for the first time in the band’s history on Vinyl and will feature the following songs
– Face of Life
– All Open Eyes
– Epistle
– Last Words
Kinetic Element
St. John Coleman: Vocals
Mike Visaggio: Keyboards & Vocals
Mark Tupko: Bass
Michael Murray: Drums & Backing Vocals
Peter Matuchniak: Guitar
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by Nick | Sep 5, 2016 | News
Melodic Revolution Records has brought together a collection of the best musicians from around the world to participate in the charity release “One Love! Music for Relief” which will be made available on September 9th 2016 via There is Hope Records a charity sub-label of Melodic Revolution Records.
Melodic Revolution Records strives to not only promote and release creative works of music by many of the best up and coming artists, but to also help those in need in our community and around the globe. The music donated will help raise money for the recent events in Baton Rouge Louisiana which has experienced catastrophic flooding and the devastating earthquake that struck Amatrice , and surrounding communities in the central region of Italy.
We were gratified by the outpouring of support from the music community. When we put forth a call to action for track donations to support – One Love! Music for Relief, t he immediate reaction from the musicians was “Yes we want to help anyway we can!” After the official announcement of One Love! Music for Relief, many more artists reached out in wanting to lend their support and the result is a digital album that has almost 3 hours of music with 30+ artists.
Our hope is that this release will not only raise some of the much needed money to help the survivors of these tragedies and their families, we also hope to continue to focus awareness on the human aspect of our existence long after the fickle media cycle has moved on. Yes there are natural disasters, unfortunately there is no short supply of these, but it is how we humans come together that is the true miracle of our existence. We cannot let these events S fall off our radar, we must continue to support our fellow humans as they begin to rebuild their lives. So yes the earthquake in Central Italy and catastrophic flooding in Louisiana have abated, but now the road to rebuilding has begun and we know that support will be needed for some time to come, There is Hope Records wants to ensure that support continues.
Music can be purchased at:
https://thereishoperecords.bandcamp.com/album/one-love-music-for-relief
We would like to encourage everyone to help promote this project on social media and those with a website we encourage to add a link or embed the player on your site.
Thank you!
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Where Does The Money Go?
Minus PayPal and/or credit card transactions; 100% of money will be donated to… and split between Habitat for Humanity and The Red Cross.
Artwork by Ed Unitsky
www.facebook.com/ed.unitsky.official/
www.facebook.com/Ed.Unitsky.fanpage/
Music Donated By:
Architecture Of The Absurd – Progressive Rock / Spain
www.architectureoftheabsurd.com/en/
Barock Project – Symphonic Prog / Modena, Italy
www.barockproject.net
Circuline – Progressive Rock / NY, USA
circulinemusic.com
Comedy of Errors – Progressive Rock / UK
www.comedyoferrors.org
Dark Beauty – Symphonic Gothic Progressive Rock / NJ, USA
darkbeautymusic.com
Darrel Treece-Birch – Ambient Prog Rock / Lancashire, UK
www.darreltreece-birch.com
Drifting Sun – Progressive Rock / UK
www.driftingsun.co.uk
Gordo Bennett – Progressive Rock, Ambient / New York, USA
http://www.gormusik1.com.hostbaby.com/
ifsounds – Art Rock – Crossover Progressive Rock / Italy
www.ifsounds.com
Jack and The Jukebox – Art Rock / New York, USA
www.facebook.com/jackandthejukebox/
Jack Potter – Progressive Rock / NY, USA
www.facebook.com/JackPotterMusic/
Jim Morris – Instrumental Rock / MI, USA
www.jimmorrismusic.com
Karibow – Neo-Progressive Rock / Germany
www.karibow.de
Kinetic Element – Symphonic Prog / VA, USA
www.kineticelement.com
La Bocca della Verità – Progressive Rock / Italy
www.facebook.com/laboccadellaveritaprog
Marco Ragni – Proggressive Rock, Psychedelic / Italy
www.marcoragni.com
Mary Reynaud – Folk Pop / Lyon France & Franck Carducci – Psychedelic Rock / Netherlands
www.maryreynaudmusic.com and www.franckcarducci.com
Nth Ascension – Progressive Rock / UK
www.nthascension.com
Pathos – Progressive Stoner Rock / Brazil
www.facebook.com/pathos.sound/
Pinnacle – Progressive Rock / Pennsylvania, USA
pinnacleband.com/audio-b.html
Phideaux – Progressive Rock / LA, USA
bloodfish.com
Rizengard – Progressive Rock Fusion / Mexico
www.facebook.com/rizengard.official/
Robeone – Jazz, Blues, Rock, New Age / NY, USA
www.robeone.com
Sailor Free – Art Rock Crossover Prog / Italy
www.sailorfree.com
Sixth Sense – Modern Metal / Russia
www.facebook.com/SIXTH-SENSE-557435667690669/
Sonus Umbra – Progressive Rock / IL, USA
www.shadowsmadeofsound.com
Steve Bonino – Rock & Progressive / CA, USA
www.stevebonino.com
Susan Clynes – Art-Pop, Progressive Pop, Jazz, Classical / Belgium
The Aaron Clift Experiment – Progressive Rock / TX, USA
aaronclift.com/shop/outer-light-inner-darkness/
Time Horizon – Crossover Prog / CA, USA
www.timehorizonmusic.com
TYRO – Progressive Fusion Rock / Chile
www.tryo.scd.cl
United Progressive Fraternity ( UPF) Progressive Rock / International / Australia
www.unitedprogressivefraternity.com
