the evolution of music discovery
What a hell of a happy new year -after whiping my champagne-hangover tears from my eyes this morning, one lone message standed out from my BlackBerry – Soundgarden is back!
Head over to their new website, Soundgardenworld.com to sign up for new updates. After you do, you’ll get to watch the video for the classic “Get on the Snake”.
The news was officially confirmed by a one Chris Cornell via Twitter just before the New Year:
Last Tuesday was the day that Chris Cornell fans have been waiting for, or dreading, for months.
After delay after delay “Scream” finally hit the shelves.
Now, I love Chris Cornell’s music and have supported every venture that he’s crossed, but “Scream” was everything that I feared it would be.
I seriously gave Chris the benefit of doubt, and didn’t judge him until I heard the album in it’s entirety. I tried to look at the positive benefits of a Seattle God teaming up with a hip hop producer. I really dug the self-titled track. I thought he promoted the album wisely.
If you’ve been keeping up to date with Chris Cornell’s third solo Scream, then you know that this album is starting to get a little like Chinese Democracy.
OK, it’s not as bad as Axl making fans wait for over a decade, but Scream was supposed to come out on October 14, 2008. Then it received a November 4 release date, which was changed due to Election Day. After realizing that this album wasn’t going to be released in 2008, the new release date was then moved to February 3. Although, I’m a little nervous when I notice that album is listed as March 10, on most notably Best Buy. However, most sites have gone back to the February 3 date, although Amazon states that “a release date as not yet been set for this title”.
Since December 24 is here in a week, wow where did the time go? I decided to do an extended song of the week, or should I say songs of the week.
For some unknown reason Christmas time just makes me feel all tingly inside, just a good 90’s track. So here’s a glimpse of some classic Christmas tunes done 90’s style.
Pearl Jam – “Someday At Christmas”: I know I’m biased, but the guys absolutely kick ass on this Stevie Wonder track. You can listen, and even download, the song right here.
I’ve been listening to Chris Cornell’s new single “Scream” a lot lately. It’s defiantly been tattooed inside my head. For longtime fans of Cornell it’s a lot to digest, so I got to thinking about his career and how he’s evolved over the years.
With that, I present a bio on the one and only Chris Cornell.
*Christopher John Boyle was born in Seattle on July 20, 1964.
* Chris Cornell started piano lessons at a very early age, but he disliked the lessons so he taught himself. By age 8 he had enough music to play a full set with a music teacher for the music faculty at the University of Washington.
Ran into this lil’ interview of Chris Cornell and Timbaland discussing their upcoming collaboration “Scream”.
Watch the video before you read my rant, because you’re going to learn a few things from it.
Artist on Artist: Chris Cornell and Timbaland
Okay, now for a quick lesson on interacting with an audience, and how to build up some buzz.
First thing, did notice how the video opened with an intro by Chris and his son? A brilliant snapshot of where Chris Cornell is at this time of his life. He’s a rock legend who has a wife and children and lives in Paris.
ANOTHER UPDATE: “SCREAM” HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK UNTIL EARLY 2009!? More details to come!
Update: The release date has been changed to NOVEMBER 4th!
Former Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell will release his third solo album on October 14.
The album, which is entitled Scream was produced by Timbaland, which has obviously disturbed some of Cornell’s fan base. Here’s what Cornell had to say about working with Timbaland:
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