My oh my! CD Baby Does It Again! When I thought my album "Fire of Love" was dead in the water sitting on the virtual atmosphere of CD Baby, CD Baby goes ahead and makes music videos of the songs on my album.
This is good, although I just discovered this today. The videos have been sitting at You Tube since last October. Now these videos only feature the album artwork for visuals, but hey --- we're trying to get people to listen to the music.
I was somewhat shocked that they also included the title track, which is really two songs and is 9 minutes and 50 seconds long. The first part of the song is the fire dance with torch dancers (you can't see, of course) and a fire eater. Then the music breaks into the core of the song. This song is part instrumental and part vocal featuring the lovely singing talent of Ann. I'm very proud of this song and the album as a whole. Fireworks Magazine gave it a glowing review and it's still available on CD Baby.
Here is all 9 minutes and 50 seconds of Fire of Love.:
Check out the other songs as well. You may also like The Gate to the Sonic Dimension if you like cool guitar instrumentals. Thanks to the good folks at CD Baby for reviving this album and reminding me that music lives on forever.
Recently I made the name transition from Sonic Dimension to Rob Lattin Music. I wanted a name to capture something people could understand "Music" and also be a catch-all for all the different genres I do. However, my new CD opens with a tune called "The Gate to the Sonic Dimension", so what an appropriate segue!
My new album Fire of Love is my debut music for hard rock, although some of it delves into jungle music, space prog-rock, and jazz. It's really a pretty good album and I'm starting to get some good press (which I'll share soon) and radio airplay (I'll let you know what stations like and play my songs, especially the hit song-to-be Heavy Metal Harley. (You can play the song in its entirety here on this page.) Please buy, share and like this song.
Here are some album notes from CD Baby:
Fire of Love highlights not only the unique compositions and fluctuating chord progressions that are a breath of fresh air to what is currently on the radio, but is centered on the guitar prowess of Rob Lattin. One review stated that Happy Dude has that "rock anthem" feel, however it has that Detroit edginess that makes the song sound fresh each time it's played.
There are 3 instrumentals on the album and each are unique in style and genre:
The Gate to the Sonic Dimension is somewhat science fiction-y with that good old rock progression driving sound.
The Rescue includes skiffle with jazz horns and could be labelled progressive jazz with a metal guitar.
Shenanigans is classic rock in a tribute to the 3 Stooges - it is unpredictable and fun.
Heavy Metal Harley is a metal pop song, somewhat, but doesn't follow the rules. It's the perfect dance song for bikers. It's also the perfect song for cruising on your Harley. And don't expect to hear any motorcycle sound effects - make your own with your own bike and just crank up the music . . . and ride!
The title track Fire of Love has a torch and drum dance introduction before the main song. The drums give music relief to the guitar assault on the album. Don't worry, there's plenty of axe to follow. Fire also features the vocal work of Ann Lattin and Rob's unmistakable playing style is represented in the improvised lead guitar performance.
Hey Mr Cloud brings back memories of when folk music met rock music back in the day and has never been the same since. A happy song about a simpler time, could be just as well applied to today. This song is reminiscent of Mark Lindsay in the early days of Paul Revere and the Raiders.
Cortez, and Voices and Visions, both exemplify Rob's tight and deliberate guitar playing hinting at some of his early guitar influences including Ted Nugent, Rory Gallagher, Jimmy Page and Jim McCarty of Cactus.
The music here wasn't written for Grammy consideration, it was made for pure listening pleasure.
Two words to describe it all - Cool and Fun.
Please click on the links and listen to clips at either Amazon.com or CD Baby, or even elsewhere on my blog or at Reverbnation of Facebook.
Rock N Roll Baby! FINALLY! The album I've been telling you about is available NOW at CD Baby and soon at iTunes and elsewhere. It's entitled "Fire of Love" and has many of the songs I let you preview in their demo forms now complete and ready to bring you into pure listening pleasure. Enough of the hype! What's on this album? This 9 song work of love opens with 'The Gate To The Sonic Dimension" Classic rock and progressive rock meets on this song. Press play and close your eyes and you will soon visualize yourself travelling through time and space and quickly break through the gate-barrier of this reality into a groovy dimension. The Sonic Dimension. Then, next comes my "Happy Dude" song. Crank it up, be positive, and rock on. I has that Detroit edginess and some nice fingerwork to dazzle you. Enough of the hype already! (Sorry, I'm just too excited about this.) Other songs include Heavy Metal Harley, The Rescue (an instrumental), Cortez, and the title track Fire of Love (9 minutes of sound starting in the jungle through searing guitar leads, ethereal vocals, and bass interludes.) To hear snippets and to order go toCD Baby. Don't forget to check out Shenanigans (also on Fire of Love) my tribute to the Three Stooges on You Tube.
Out visiting some friends here - no not the original Amboy Dukes - but some people in Amboy Illinois. We were discussing the name of my new Sonic Dimension album.
It's funny, but a title can lock your music into a category forever that you may not want. I wonder how many bands failed because of a poor title selection. (Check out these titles from a Cracked article20 Worst Album Titles of All Time
Then after a title, it's the artwork. I know some artists who can do some work but not happy with any of the suggestions yet. I think that one of the coolest album covers I've seen was the first Ted Nugent solo album on Epic Records with his legendary logo. There have been other great album art and then there has been real clunkers. Check out these album covers from a Hub Pages writer DarkSinistar25 Greatest Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Album Covers
Well, one thang at a time!
Anyway - the new album has gone through a lot of change. There have been remixes of remixes, songs dropped, songs added, singers changed, song parts re-recorded. I guess even big budget recording studios go through the same. I have a small budget so my projects take a LONG time.
Unlike other releases I've done in the past, this one might be available on CD besides MP3. Also hoping to get some pre-release radio play early next year. So just for fun, I want to show you a list of album titles that were suggested but were dropped immediately:
Ozzie Osbourn's Little Brother (we'd get sued if we used that!)
Welcome To The Machine Workers Union (we'd probably get two lawsuits out of that one)
Elvis Presley Is Alive And Kickin! (a tribute album featuring that little kid in Canada who sings like Elvis)
Can't Do A Capella I and can't eat an armadillo
The Wrecking Bull (with a tribute song to the timeless music of Miley Cyrus :) )
Can't Buy Me Drugs (Original title of a Beatles song that was changed to include the word "Love")
The Darkside of the Moon Pie (Based on Pink Floyd doing commercials for sweetcakes)
Journey To The Center of the Mine Field ("Leave your cares behind, step onto a mine . . ." just didn't work - only because Ted Nugent wasn't available to play the solo guitar)
New (Paul McCartney already stole that title)
Anyway, the wheels are turning. Too many projects going at once (Mad Experiment only needs final vocal tracks; my FREE Christmas songs download is still up, and still working on the "Driven" album which probably won't be released until Summer.)
The songs on my new Sonic Dimension album may seem familiar but they are all fun. They are brash but addictive. After the release I'm hoping to add some permanent members to the band. Decent drummers are very hard to find. And honest managers. So . . .
Merry Christmas!
And speaking of A Capella, here's that video that went viral last week just in time for Christmas
Thought I'd release the You Tube video of "Cortez Defeats Molloch" before offering the song. It was fun putting this video together and yet the message of the song is very striking. The battle was beyond Europeans and a Meso American culture, it was a battle initiated by a Spanish conquistador against a demon and finally assisted by the indigenous peoples. Cortez - saint or sinner, Hero or heel - it doesn't matter because in hindsight the ritualistic cannibalism and human sacrifice ended and the people were given true spiritual freedom.
I guess if this were the 60's and 70's, I'd have a local hit. Oh well - "Happy Dude" reached number 4 in local area on Reverbnation (the premier site for new music - hands down!)
I've uploaded a total of 5 songs at this point and made some new friends who have some great music too - from rap to jazz to country to metal and rock. Listen to my songs and if you like them buy them because a part of the proceeds goes to charity and it helps me maintain my blogs and recording time.
