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My Favorite Skillet Album | Posted July-16-2007
This my favorite skillet album. I love the sound and the beat. I've been a Panhead for about 6 years. Alien Youth ROCKS!
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2 songs in one | Posted July-16-2007
This cd takes 2 completely different songs and combines them into one. You would think that this would not work but it works quite well with this cd set.
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Swing at it's best! | Posted July-16-2007
I first heard Denver and the Mile High Orchestra about 7 years ago a the World Pulse Festival. Their swing music just blew me away!
This is what they say on amazon.com about this album...
About the Artist
It may not be the 1930's, but when Denver and the Mile High Orchestra take the stage, the audience is taken back to a time when big band was in full swing! But this is not just a bunch of kids playing garage rock with horns masquerading as a retro band. This is the real deal"well educated and highly skilled musicians filling the bandstand and delivering a massive sound unlike anything previously recorded in the contemporary Christian music industry.
As a backing musician on reggae artist, Christafari's studio recordings and their "Valley of Decision" tour, Denver realized his calling to pioneer another vintage genre. Denver and his Mile High Orchestra were formed at Belmont University in Nashville, TN (former stomping grounds of the likes of Trisha Yearwood and Steven Curtis Chapman). Although they began during the resurgence of swing, their multi-genre musical presentation exceeds far beyond a mere passing fad. It is contemporary big band music played by a........BIG band. With a little R&B, a dash of Rockabilly, a touch of Dixieland, and even some Latin influence, this high energy dance band wails syncopated horn lines with complex harmonies and features the essential jazz-rooted element of true improvisation.
This compelling, twelve-member, jazz orchestra is led by a tremendous horn section that can scream notes a mile high. With trumpet in hand, reminiscent of the great Louis Armstrong, Denver sings unadorned vocals, influenced by vintage crooners such as Harry Connick Jr., Brian Setzer, and Frank Sinatra. His music defies standard age demographics reaching both the old and young alike. For some, Denver's sound is a step into the past while for others, it is an introduction to a new musical dimension.
Over the past two years, Denver has created quite a buzz in the industry, playing festivals, showcases and conferences. Performances have included the "Best of the Best Showcase" at the legendary Ryman Auditorium, Billy Graham pre-crusade rallies in Nashville, and performances with Curb recording artist Jonathan Pierce. The band has earned standing ovations and rave reviews for their powerful stage show and profound lyrics. With his freshmen release, "Act the Scat," Plymouth, Indiana native, Denver and his Mile High Orchestra are taking their big band sound a mile high.
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The Best of ... | Posted July-16-2007
This album is a collection of the best of Carman. It is more pop music than anything else. My favorite song on the cd set is The Soap Song which combines the names of many soap operas into the song.
However, many of Carmans's ongs remind me of someone who is tryign to hard to get his point across. He ends up being very preachy and some of the songs come off feelign a bit fake.
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Sampler cd | Posted July-16-2007
This is an ok cd featuring various artists.
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one of my first | Posted July-15-2007
dc talk's jesus freaks was one of my first christian cds that i ever bought. i love that album and most of the ones that as a group they have put out since... including this one.
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Independent Release | Posted July-15-2007
I first saw Jeremy Camp in concert about 8 years ago. We are from the same hometown and he was giving a free concert on the plaza downtown. I waited until after the concert to buy his cd because i wanted to find out if i liked his music. Wow! Did I ever! I find that this cd, although the most raw of all the cds of his I've heard, is also a bit angry. But I like that about it. It's honest. I love the feeling that comes through in this cd. I wish that he would be allowed to re-release it but somehow I doubt that will ever happen.
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great movie cd | Posted July-15-2007
i first heard 'come together' in the movie joshua. thought it was a great song then and i still do. i really like the album.
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i like it | Posted July-15-2007
great worship cd!
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Hip Hop Christian Music | Posted July-15-2007
I recently had the chance to go to a hip-hop church in tampa, florida. it really turned me on to hip-hop christian music. i recently bought this album and i love it. the beat it great and it really gets me going!
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