Rioh’s version of “Lloraras” has an electro/Latin edge full of power and rhythm that features the sultry vocals of singer Mireya Ramos and the percussion of the legendary master percussionist, Luisito Quintero.

This is the first time that “Lloraras” has been recorded by a band other than the original composer and performer Oscar D’ Leon.

“Lloraras” will be released on January 24th, through Sunflower Entertainment. The single will be available on the top online music distributors.

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Roman Rojas has produced and composed the song “Oscuridad” by his latest project Rioh.  Arragement by Roman Rojas and Jose Gallegos.

Rioh is:

Roman Rojas, Mireya Ramos, Karina Colis and Nestor Villar.

The recording features master percussionist Luisito Quintero.

www.riohmusic.com

I love these guys!

The Barbican is located in the heart of the city of London and is accessible by rail, underground and road (just in case you happen to be in London, ha!).

Here’s an excellent review of the Korg Electribe for i-Pad:

Specifications:

Sound Engine: Analog Synthesizer Modeling; PCM Samples; Virtual Valve Force Tube Modeling

Instrument Voices (Parts): 8 Total: 4 percussion synthesizer parts; 4 PCM synthesizer parts

Effect Section: Master Effect: Assignable per step/per part

8 Effect Types: Short Delay, BPM Sync Delay, Grain Shifter, Reverb, Chorus/Flanger, Filter, Talking Modulator, Decimator

Sequencer Section: Patterns: 64 steps maximum per part, Motion Sequencing can memorize all knob motions in a pattern

Tempo: 20-300BPM (with Tap tempo and Swing function), Pattern-set function

Memory patterns: 160 Total: 32 preset patterns x 2 banks; 32 basic patterns x 1 bank; 32 blank patterns x 2 banks

A special introductory price of US  $9.99 is being offered until June 30, 2010.

Nothing to do with music, but I would love to go to Japan someday

Today I learned that my dearest friend, Pepper Swinson, a great singer, is in jeopardy. I met her when she became ill with lupus and had to move East, leaving her wonderful career and home in Los Angeles. She had recorded and toured there with Boz Scaggs and recorded with The Brothers Johnson, produced by Quincy Jones. She has also toured with top groups including Wilson Pickett’s band.

The lupus attacked Pepper’s kidneys. After a five-year wait, doing self dialysis (a grueling, expensive process, that’s required four times a day) she received a healthy kidney that has lasted an astonishing 17 years.

Now, due to natural causes, that kidney is failing. This time, she will have to wait five to seven years unless a donor is found. Pepper had been teaching Spanish, Latin and was choral director at a theater arts high school in the Bronx. She has had to quit work in light of her illness.

I am asking for kidney donors. As someone who loves music and the folks who make music, Pepper has made major contributions to us all—with her teaching and being a spokesperson for the New York Organ Donors Network. She has given tirelessly. I am not a match and the two others who have offered are also not viable, so we have to make bigger circles. So if you can get the word out, 
God will smile.

Candidates for a kidney must be healthy and have an O Positive blood type. If you know of volunteers who fit this description, please contact Pepper at 914-355-5693 or 917-816-1549.

This is a demo of the new Wrigley’s 5 Gum Augmented Reality Music Mixer campaign which is taking AR technology to a new level by tracking multi-points at a single time allowing you to mix tracks like a virtual DJ. The best I’ve seen was the Eminem Augmented Reality competition a little while back where users could literally draw, colour, save, vote and share a virtual AR Eminem Logo. But this is pretty good too! Check out the campaign website here.