VARIOUS: Other Songs and Dances, Vol. 1

Various

Other Songs and Dances, Vol. 1

© 2006 Backlight Media LLC (837101181969)

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Rainy day introspective or quiet nighttime driving music. The soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist.

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The compilation as art-form. We'd sit for hours carefully composing the perfect mix tapes for melancholy days, summer night driving and new love…

There’s something about telling stories -- your story -- with songs. Some melodies seem like freedom and sometimes a passing lyric can tell us volumes about who we are, were - or would like to be.

Movie soundtracks are only a short step away from these ideas. The music can tell you the stories behind the story - the way the air feels, the rage, the blank stare and the as-yet-invisible shred of hope that may be around the corner. What were our mix tapes but attempts to find the soundtrack to the movie of our lives? This is a movie soundtrack for that film we are all still writing.

We imagined a thousand times how a small smile could appear when that first song confessed our love. We sped up the car to make the dotted lines match the rhythm of a song. We sat and looked out the rainy window at the people passing by and tried to soak in the total immersion of the moment.

We loved it when the repeat function came to CD players. And we still love it when an album feels like it takes you somewhere and tells you a story. When the first song opens a door and the last one gives some sense of closure to a story told in-between.

Almost every songwriter has a couple of favorite songs showing other facets of their musical selves that, for one reason or another, seem to exist outside of what they're usually known for or regularly express. These Other Songs are the basis for this collection -- a chance for music without a home to meet music born in other contexts that come together to sketch the framework of a new storyline..

There is a moment when anything seems possible. There is, of course, love. There is a moment where it all might go wrong. There's a beginning and an end - and there are other songs and dances.

Backlight Records presents Other Songs and Dances, Vol. 1 - a soundtrack for the movie we are all still living…

Featuring tracks from:

Jeff Dueck
Duncan Sheik
Allie Moss
Peter Field
Vesper
Matt Singer
John Bonaventura of Swiss Auto Club
Annie Quick
Holler, Wild Rose!
Ian McGlynn
and Matt Hopper

Live With Your Music.

Respectfully Yours,

Backlight Records

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  • Suberb sampler album, great sound, nice packaging !
    author: Elia from Artists & Bands

    The album is cool, with a quality tracklist, the package is also fine, a nice demonstration of real music and artwork. Keep up the great work, www.artistsandbands.org

  • Absolutely Beautiful
    author: Jeanette

    I LOVE this CD!! The track by Allie Moss drew me to this CD, hesitant to buy a CD for one song, I sampled the whole album and was blown away, it became a must have. The day it arrived I had to drive out to Santa Monica, I listened to every track, every one was amazingly beautiful and peaceful. The perfect remedy for stress, inspiring and absolutely beautiful!!!

  • Absolutely awesome and worth every red penny!
    author: Gabriella B.

    Alright...so I'm the kind of person that is skeptical of buying compliation discs. Usually I'll buy it if there is a song I absolutely have to have and so then I spend the cash to buy it, burn it into my computer and then forever bury the cd among the vaults of cds in my dusty racks. Yea..not the case with this cd. The moment I slid this cd into my player in my truck, I hurriedly scrambled to the back of the cd cover to find the song I origingally bought it for "City Lights" and avoid listening to songs I wasn't familiar with. I think we're all guilty of this...but as I was searching for the song...the first song started, then after that I was into the second song and the third and before I knew it I finished the cd and it started over again. There wasn't ONE...not ONE single bad song on this cd. I have never spent my hard earned money so well in a long time, especially on a cd. I'm so happy I ordered this compilation....absolutely awesome and worth every red penny! G~

  • Absolutely awesome and worth every red penny!
    author: Gabriella B.

    Alright...so I'm the kind of person that is skeptical of buying compliation discs. Usually I'll buy it if there is a song I absolutely have to have and so then I spend the cash to buy it, burn it into my computer and then forever bury the cd among the vaults of cds in my dusty racks. Yea..not the case with this cd. The moment I slid this cd into my player in my truck, I hurriedly scrambled to the back of the cd cover to find the song I origingally bought it for "City Lights" and avoid listening to songs I wasn't familiar with. I think we're all guilty of this...but as I was searching for the song...the first song started, then after that I was into the second song and the third and before I knew it I finished the cd and it started over again. There wasn't ONE...not ONE single bad song on this cd. I have never spent my hard earned money so well in a long time, especially on a cd. I'm so happy I ordered this compilation....absolutely awesome and worth every red penny! G~

  • Music to tame the soul
    author: J. Scott

    OSADv1 is definately one of those CDs that help you unwind after a busy day and if you don't believe me, preview a few songs and I'm sure you'll agree. I truly believe that OSADv1 is a beautiful work of art. The first track, "Better Days" by Jeff Dueck, is peaceful and calming. I have heard Jeff live and listening to his two tracks on this album brought me right back to that concert hall so many years ago and warmed my heart with fond memories. "City Lights" is classic Peter Field...blending rhythms and genres you think would never work together but it does...and it's good...very good. When listening to Matt Singer's "Lover", my mind wanders back to younger years when I would lay on dew-kissed grass and stare up at a starry sky, holding hands with and old friend. Ian McGlynn's "Catharsis" draws up a vision of being at the ocean during the winter and watching the roaring tide under a grey sky as it crashes in on the shore. I could go on and on about each track and the memories and visions that come to my mind, but why bore you with my thoughts and memories when you can make your own? Do yourself a favor and buy the CD; your soul will thank you for it.

  • So delightful!
    author: Albert van der Steeg

    This is the ideal mixture of music for some different types of mood. - Perfect when you're really had it. Just put the cd on, relax; it's so soothing. - When you're a bit hyped. Just put it on, try to give in; it gets you chilled. - When you're bored. Just put it on, you'll get focused; after listening, you feel okay. - When you're sad. Just put it on, listen to the caring sound, you'll feel better before the record's over. In short: what the heck, it's great, whatever!

  • The Perfect Soundtrack for a Summer Evening
    author: Charles Franklyn Beach

    The first release from Backlight Records has the feel of a movie soundtrack—a movie set in the small nightclubs in Greenwich Village, or on narrow Manhattan streets on a summer evening. The songs rely more on keyboard (or acoustic guitar) and voice than on other instruments, and many of the arrangements are minimalist. But the passion and feeling that can be evoked here is stirring, as it creates an atmosphere as much as a musical milieu. The closest comparison perhaps is the soundtrack to The Million Dollar Hotel, a 2000 film by Wim Wenders on which U2, Daniel Lanois, and others collaborated. The chief difference between the CDs is that Other Songs and Dances, Volume One, was actually recorded by musicians from the NYC metro area—musicians who, by living and by playing music here, understand firsthand the feel of the place whose atmosphere they seek to capture in these songs. The CD begins with “Better Days,” a quiet piano-vocal composition by Jeff Dueck. (He also closes the CD with an instrumental track.) That’s followed by alternative favorite Duncan Sheik with acoustic guitar on “A Purple Trail.” Other highlights include Peter Field’s “City Lights” (with its obvious lyrical allusions to U2), Matt Singer’s “Lover,” John Bonaventura’s “Lullaby,” and Ian McGlynn’s “Catharsis.” Female vocalists also make their presence felt on the CD, and their songs are among the more memorable. Allie Moss does a stirring, sultry turn on “Way With Words,” and Vesper harmonizes gracefully on “Saigon Grill With Kid.” Rocker Annie Quick translates a Rainer Maria Rilke poem into a haunting ballad in “Rest in the Houses.” What is perhaps most impressive about this CD is that most of these musicians are best known for playing and recording some intense rock’n’roll. Annie Quick (formerly of Stickman Jones), Allie Moss (ex-vocalist of Secret Agent Abe and Chasing the Rain), John Bonaventura (formerly of Swiss Auto Club), Ian McGlynn, and Peter Field (of Sky Burning Blue, Leisure, and Fool the Dancer) can rock the house any day of the week. To see them showing a quieter, more introspective side is a nice change of pace. Especially on a sultry summer evening.

  • Other Songs and Dances is the heart and soul of independent music.
    author: Cheryl

    I love every artist and every song featured on this CD. A worthy companion on any road trip, Other Songs and Dances is an exceptional collection of talent. I highly recommend taking the time to listen.

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