The 50s, Les Baxter:

The 60s, Herb Alpert:

The 70s, Hot Butter:

The 80s, Herbie Hancock:

Am I missing any good ones in the last decade of the last century or in this century?

UPDATE: Blog friend North Dallas Thirty reminded me of this great song from the 90s by Robert Miles:

And I thought maybe this was from the 21st century, but wrong...it came out in 2000:

What does the 21st century have against instrumentals?

UPDATE 2:
Blog friend superdave linked this great song from the 30s:

and while I'm at it, the 40s weren't so bad either:

erryday, i check various blogs and read thru the rumors, checkout the xclusives, and just get my hip hop "FIX".....
today, much to my suprise....i found my "350 bars" freestyle....on one of my favorite spots xclusivezone.blogspot.com

felt good!!

honestly, if you wanna get into the sites i usually get my "fix" from....
checkout www.newmusicartel.com
they have links to all the spots i check out on the daily!!!

go there and give ya big homie some feedback in the comments section!!!

click here to check it out

hiphopproject.com

Things are moving ya'll... stay tun-ed!

Knyte.

ТУК.

D-structo - Clearout of 2007 Instrumentals @ RapidShare

Заслужава си да се изтегли, определено има много, много добри попадения.
Big up D-structo! Big up the grimeforum man dem.

myspace.com/dstructobeats

The Swell Season show this Monday sold out in 24 hrs. but for those of you have been wondering who the opener will be, Nina Nastasia has been chosen.

Mojo says: “These intimate hushes and lilts would be remarkable even as instrumentals.... Yet it's Nastasia's voice--and the words that it sings--that really sucks the air out of the room.”

Check out her free download: Nina Nastasia- Our Day Trip, 2006 On Leaving

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Were you one of the fans disappointed by the break up of Page France? Well the frontman for that now defunct band started “The Cotton Jones Basket Ride” playing at Café Montmartre on June 22.

Check out this free download: The Cotton Jones Basket Ride- To Death With You, 2007 Paranoid Cocoon

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If you are one of the few who don’t know about legendary Wanda Jackson listen up..Ms. Jackson is sometimes referred to as the first female rock-n-roll singer, and is celebrated as “The Queen of Rockabilly”. She toured with peers Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly. Although ultimately she spurned Elvis’ romantic attempts, he is the one who encouraged her to shift from country and gospel to rock. Check out what else she has to say about the two of them in this Rolling Stone article. She has been nominated for 2 Grammys and inducted in to countless halls of fame. You can’t miss out on seeing the legend in person at age 71 Wed June 25 at the High Noon Saloon.

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Local media coverage of True Endeavors shows:
Austin psychedelic rockers The Black Angels interview/preview in Madison Music Review
Photos of Ingrid Michaelson at Barrymore in Muzzle of Bees
Ingrid Michaelson Review in Isthmus

The Hush Sound - As You Cry
The Hush Sound - Not Your Concern
The Hush Sound - Hospital Bed Crawl
The Hush Sound - Medicine Man
The Hush Sound - Honey
The Hush Sound - Molasses

Written by Vivian Fields

Some people have discographies; for pianist Bob Geresti, his body of work could be called a library. Since the early '90s, Geresti has recorded and self-released one album after another, stretching his creative vision across the musical landscape. Among these is "Keys into the '70s," wherein Geresti covers classic-rock favorites such as Styx's "Babe" and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and transforms them into cinematic piano instrumentals. There is emotion in Geresti's playing; these aren't soulless paint-by-numbers makeovers for the Muzak set. Geresti is an artist, and most definitely a prolific one.

Vivian Fields: You have recorded in a few years more albums than people have in a lifetime. What brought forth such a massive output of creativity?

Bob Geresti: I started in 1992, selling my first three albums to gift shops and my sales skyrocketed in the next several years with fans wanting more from me. I felt that my years in piano bars were informative years for me. Those years helped me to see what songs the public really liked. My arrangements of songs and my style was what people really enjoyed. I liked learning songs by ear, even though I can read music, because I could put more of me into the songs. I've always had an extensive repertoire and enjoy all kinds of music.

Fields: Your albums always have a theme to them, whether they're '70s rock songs covered as piano instrumentals, Christmas discs, film scores, or spiritual pieces. What goes into your decision-making process in figuring out what you're going to do next? Is it just your mood at that moment or have these styles always interested you?

Geresti: I tried to do what the public asked for as far as songs and then use a theme for the album. My mood would have some input as to how I would come up with the arrangement. I would play songs each night and some nights I would come up with a great arrangement which I would then keep and record so I would play it the same way each time. All of the different styles have always interested me. I enjoy coming up with a way to play a song that you would never think of, but would really sound good whether it was a religious song, a love song, or a classical tune to which I add my own flair.

Fields: Of all your recordings, name two that you are most proud of and why.

Geresti: It's tough to name only two when I've had several. My first original album would have to be one since I feel it's hard to get people to listen to or buy original music since they don't know those songs.  However, during my live performances, I play my originals and people love them and always come over to comment on how well they liked the song and which album it was on.  Also, cable companies began playing my songs as well as most recently the Weather Channel. They played an original from my first album on the local on the 8's and has received a great response. The other recording would be "Speak Softly To Me," which has been my best seller since I released it. One song on this album I feel really sells it is Pachelbel's "Canon In D." I've had several people come up to me and say that they were big George Winston fans, but that they really liked the way I played the "Canon." I like the way George plays it too, but my arrangement is different and has captured many fans for me.

Fields: Which of your albums have proven to be the most commercially successful, and why do you think people were so attracted to them?

Geresti: This I somewhat answered in the question above with the "Speak Softly To Me" album but the "Divine Devotions" album has been a very successful recording. As a matter of fact, it sold faster than any album when it first was released. I think my arrangements of a few of the songs on those twp albums is what really attracted people to them. I had well-known songs on each album with great arrangements.

Fields: When did you start playing piano? At what age did you feel you mastered the instrument? Or do you feel you still have more learning to do?

Geresti: I started at the age of nine and then took lessons when I was 10 through my senior year in high school. I majored in piano at West Virginia University for four years, of which two of those years I took lessons. It's hard to say at what age I mastered the piano but after a few years of lessons, I was impressing people at malls where I would sit down and play and in school. But in college is where I really started to play songs with my current style, doing them the Geresti way which I have continued through today. As far as more learning, I still find new songs and come up with great arrangements of them during my practicing (which I still have to do!) I really still enjoy practicing especially since I purchased a Yamaha concert grand piano two years ago.

http://www.gerestimusic.com

01 Accordion
02  Meat Grinder
03 Raid
04 America's Most Blunted
05  Rainbows
06  Curls
07  Money Folder
08  Shadows Of Tomorrow
09  Operation Lifesaver A.K.A. Mint Test
10  Figaro
11  Hardcore Hustle
12  Strange Ways
13  Fancy Clown
14 Eye
15 All Caps
16  Great Day
17  Rhinestone Cowboy

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.. Shame those 200 e-mails were sent by only 40 people.

We can't reply to every e-mail in one day, we try our best to get round to everyone and we will.  So here, now, I will tell you how long it could take us to reply back to your e-mail.  When you send us an e-mail, you aren't the only one.  We will reply to your e-mail as fast as we can, within 5-7 working days.

People are e-mailing us asking to purchase beats, then by the time we have got to their e-mail they have sent another saying they aren't interested anymore.  Please stop e-mailing us expecting a reply within 1-2 days, this is not possible unless we aren't busy.  If you e-mail us asking to purchase a beat then change your mind after 2 days then you obviously haven't thought about whether you really want the beat or not.  In future, please think it through whether you want a beat making.  We need to know for sure.

Instead of creating instrumentals for artists and DJ's for free, we are now charging a £10 deposit incase you decide to change your mind half way through.  If you carry on through the purchasing and you do not change your mind you will get your £10 back.  Of course this doesn't count for Blackmail artists, all our artists are supplied for free!

Keep your e-mails coming.

BlackmailRecords@Representative.com

Son muchas las ocasiones en que se ha utilizado este instrumento de cuerda para realizar beat en el mundo de la música y el rap no queda al margen de ello, ya sea para la interpretación de solistas, quizas para acompañamientos o para las melodias de las pistas.
16 tracks de grupos y solistas de rap que le dan vida a sus instrumentales con el piano, rico instrumento que le da una sensación más que especial a lo que se esta escuchando. Entre ellos se encuentran bases de Jeru the damaja, Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples y más.

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Tracklist:

01. Jeru The Damaja - Me Or The Papes
02. M.O.P - World Famous
02. Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
03. CNN - Bloody Money
04. Jamal - Keep It Real
05. Natural Resource - Negro League Baseball
06. INI - Think Twice
07. Shadez Of Brooklyn - Change
08. Crooklyn Dodgers - Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers
09. OC - Burn Me Slow / Royal Flush - I been gettin so much $
10. Vooodu - One Life To Live
11. Pharcyde - She Said (Jay Dee Remix)
12. JayZ - Dead Presidents
13. Outkast - Growing Old
14. Dilated Peoples - Pay Attention
15. Dr. Oop - Just The Three Of Us
16. Afu Ra - Whirlwind Thru Cities

Love's Theme - Barry White & The Love Unlimited Orchestra

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And check out the killer cover art -- man, I had that exact Yellow Submarine toy (the original Corgi) in the early '70s, and of course, I beat the hell out of it (along with my Corgi Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car). I think it's in a box somewhere, but I know it's probably in dismal shape.

Here's the track listing:

Support their new projects when they come out and don't forget that Mr. DJ is producing a bunch of the tracks on Common's "Invincible Summer."  That dude has been slept on for the longest time.  I'm really looking forward to hearing the chemistry between him and Common.  

Produced by Organized Noize and Outkast
Vocals and Backing Vocals: ShaJuanna Edghill, Joi, Tamara, Trina, Whild Peach, Peaches, Cee-Lo, Andrea Martin, EJ Tha Witch Doctor, Sleepy Brown, Jazzyfatnastees.
Scratches by Mr.D.J.
LAFACE RECORDS. 1996...

-Nivell inicial: alumnes que saben llegir molt poc (no alfabetitzats)

-Nivell intermedi: alumnes amb un cert nivell (semialfabetitzats)

-Nivell avançat: alumnes alfabetitzats

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So, im sitting at the crib, fuckin around on the computer and someone email's me J.ARMZ "HOW TO BE AN MC" instrumental Mixtape....so i listen to a few beats, and slowly begin freestyling...and for some reason i just kept going....then i decided, well, might as well record this....
when i got done, i realized i had gone for almost 17 minutes.....
some of it is really dope to me...some of it, not as much.....and not to ride my own DICK, but some of it is fucking incredible!!! LOL....

DAMN i really love being an MC.......

loud version

quieter version

Joyful es un disco "rico" musicalmente, ya sea por sus letras, sus instrumentales y por algo bastante rescatable, como es el hecho de que Ayo es autora y compositora, dándole un peso mayor a lo que entrega. La misma entrega que da a conocer con su guitarra, la que aparece en todo el disco, al igual que el piano en algunos temas (también tocado por ella).

El álbum en esencia es NUSOUL, con aires de folk y ribetes suaves de reggae (aunque no me gusta para nada el reggae), pero ella logra algo muy bueno -gustándome mucho- y con su voz sutil en la mayoría de los temas (baladas románticas), convence perfectamente. Mas aún siendo el primer larga duración de esta cantante nigeriano/alemana.

Se los recomiendo mucho... ¡BÁJENLO!

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Tracklist:

01- Down on my knees
02- Without you
03- Letter by letter
04- How many times?
05- And It's supposed to be love
06- Watching you
07- Only you
08- Help is coming TEMAZO!
09- These days
10- Life is real
11- What is love?
12- Neva been TEMAZO!