Michael Nesmith - Rays
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Artist: Michael NesmithEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-04-27
Music Label: Videoranch
Soundtracks:
- Zip Ribbon
- Dynaflow
- Friedrider
- Carhop
- Boomcar
- Best of It
- Ed's October Cafe
- Rays
- Bells
- Land O Pies
- There it is
- Follows the Heart
Free Music Notes for Rays
Free Music Review: A real gem that deserves to be heard and appreciated...
Hit: 5 Stars
At this point, I've played "Rays" five times in a row. It didn't take more than a few songs to convince me that this album is wonderful! Is it like anything else Mike has ever released? Nope, but that's what I'd expect from him. "From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing," was nothing like his early albums. "Tropical Campfires" is quite unlike his work with the Monkees or The First National Band. Needless to say, if you're a fan of the NEZ, give this more than one listen before comparing it to anything else he's released. Thank you, Papa Nez! (By the way, this is an excellent album!)
Here's the info on Rays from Videoranch. (And I quote...)
GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ARTIST
MICHAEL NESMITH
'RAYS' LIMITED EDITION
USA - This April, 2006, Michael Nesmith releases his latest album Rays; a cinematic journey of sound with elements of swing, jazz and instrumental funk that come together to form what he calls "New Century Modern". Once again, Nesmith pioneers a new genre, contributing fresh, inventive and timeless dimensions to our current musical landscape.
"For a time I thought Rays had come together differently than any other project I had worked on, until it dawned on me all the various works I had been involved in had happened the same way and doing Rays was simply the first time I had seen it. Rays was my own personal Copernican Shift. For years Rays laid around in bits and pieces, and there were long periods when I would put them all away, like disparate parts of disparate building blocks. As if one was a recipe, another was a blueprint, another was a map. I couldn't see how they fit together. I kept going, as much for not having anything else to do as for the curiosity of how it would all turn out, but I did keep going, and I'm glad I did. It was when I was putting on the horn parts, dreaming of Memphis and Stax Volt that it all came together. It was as if I had come into the garage one evening, and was looking at the detritus of a failed effort laying all over the floor, when suddenly there was this array, a kind of order to it that I had never imagined. That was exciting. It felt new, and gave me the inspiration I needed to finish. This after four years of wandering in darkness --- which actually happened to be one of the lines from Rays. I had always imagined "emergence" as the gradual appearing of something that already exists but was just unseen. Rays was the first time I ever actually saw that happen. And now that I've seen it I am aware that all the past works have happened the same way."
- Michael Nesmith
Grammy Award-winning artist Michael Nesmith has had a successful, multifaceted career as a songwriter, musician, actor, filmmaker, novelist, businessman and philanthropist. Born in Texas, he moved to Los Angeles in the early '60s where he began writing and performing songs in local clubs. In 1966 he landed a lead roll in the The Monkees, now a pop legend. In the early '70s he signed a solo record deal with RCA Records, and recorded six landmark country-rock albums. In the mid-'70s he started his own record company, Pacific Arts, that released numerous albums through the '80s. In 1981 he won the first Grammy Award for Best Video of the Year for Elephant Parts, a ground-breaking long-form video. That same year he created the concept of MTV which he sold to Warner-Amex. He produced four films in the early '80s, including the punk classic Repo Man. In the early '90s he released "...tropical campfire..." and toured the US. In 1994 he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album of the Year, for The Garden. His critically acclaimed first novel, The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora, was published by St. Martins Press in 1998. Over the years Nesmith has built a large catalog of songs that have appeared in movies and commercials, and been recorded by many artists including Linda Ronstadt, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Butterfield Blues Band, and Run DMC. He's based in Northern California where he continues to write and record music.
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A cinematic journey of sound with elements of swing, jazz and instrumental funk that come together to form what Michael Nesmith calls "New Century Modern". ?For a time I thought Rays had come together differently than any other project I had worked on, until it dawned on me all the various works I had been involved in had happened the same way and doing Rays was simply the first time I had seen it. Rays was my own personal Copernican Shift. For years Rays laid around in bits and pieces, and there were long periods when I would put them all away, like disparate parts of disparate building blocks. As if one was a recipe, another was a blueprint, another was a map. I couldn?t see how they fit together. I kept going, as much for not having anything else to do as for the curiosity of how it would all turn out, but I did keep going, and I?m glad I did. It was when I was putting on the horn parts, dreaming of Memphis and Stax Volt that it all came together. It was as if I had come into the garage one evening, and was looking at the detritus of a failed effort laying all over the floor, when suddenly there was this array, a kind! of order to it that I had never imagined. That was exciting. It felt new, and gave me the inspiration I needed to finish. This after four years of wandering in darkness --- which actually happened to be one of the lines from Rays. I had always imagined ?emergence? as the gradual appearing of something that already exists but was just unseen. Rays was the first time I ever actually saw that happen. And now that I?ve seen it I am aware that all the past works have happened the same way.? ---Michael Nesmith March, 2006Alternative Rock Music CDs
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