Need Help Fixing Blog Title

It is with much consternation that I realize that the title of my previous blog is gone.  This one has a title, previous ones have a title, but the last one just totally disappeared.

So, share some love today and pray that I figure this out before i drive myself totally bananas.

Love,
Me

Mark de Clive-Lowe, Forthcoming Album Review of "Leaving This Planet"

Dear Fellow Space Travelers, Just a quick message to let you know that your dj took the plunge and bumped Funk Sanctum Radio up to CD Quality 64kbps.  For the last 10 years, I have been listening via Pocket Tunes on my throw-back Treo, which reduced buffering  when personally listening and others who did not have a fast Internet connection.  Now I realize no one else in the world had such a connection, hence the upgrade.  The station sounds ____.

This upgrade could not have come at a better time.  Look what was in my In-Box, this "Jewel" of new songs  from Mark de Clive-Lowe's forthcoming album entitled “Leaving This Planet.”  If there are any plans of leaving, Mark better take me with him because he is one of the live visionaries to whom we turn for inspiration, leadership and creativity in the music world these days.  The Brother gets down.  Here it is.  Nice cover art:

MdCL: Leaving this Planet EP:

1. Koko + Lee Roe
   
2. Dreams featuring Bembe Segue
   
3. What it Is
   
4. Leaving this Planet featuring Sharlene Hector
   
5. Eight

Mark de Clive-Lowe - keys, synth bass, drum programming / Bembe Segue, Tawiah, Nia Andrews, Ovasoul7, Sharlene Hector - vocals / Nova Lima (Dreams), Omar Phillips (Koko + Lee Roe, Eight) - percussion / Lil John Roberts (Koko + Lee Roe), Richard Spaven (Leaving this Planet) - live drums / Mike Feingold - guitar (Koko + Lee Roe).  Produced by Mark de Clive-Lowe; Mixed by Toni Economides (except 'Eight' mixed by Dego for 2000Black) - a Mashibeats Bandcamp Exclusive - http://mashibeats.bandcamp.com Mark said:

“This new 5-track EP will be a bandcamp only exclusive as a little warm-up before the new full-length MdCL LP 'Renegades' dropping this summer.  The 'Leaving this Planet' EP is a collection of studio joints featuring friends and family from LA, Atlanta, London and Peru. Two tracks are covers paying homage to two great keyboard players - Charles Earland flipping 'Leaving This Planet' with the UK's Sharlene Hector (Basement Jaxx) on vocal duties and Gene Harris - covering 'Koko + Lee Roe' with a full cast of crew including Bembe Segue (The Politik), Tawiah, Nia Andrews, Ovasoul7, Omar Phillips (Outkast/Dungeon Family), Mike Feingold (Erykah Badu) + Lil John Roberts (George Duke/Janet Jackson).  Also included on the EP is 'Dreams' feat Bembe Segue with Peru's Nova Lima on percussion (previously released on an exclusive Japanese vinyl 12" under our joint guise The Politik); and two instrumental cuts – "What It Is" is one of my favorite jams to play out at the moment morphing the dancefloor from a soulful house bounce down to slow, slow head nod; and the other "Eight" is a dark west-London flavored jazz break, with additional sonic flavor courtesy of a mixdown by 2000 Black's Dego . . . enjoy the tunes, enjoy the journey . . . and keep your ear out for news on the LP 'Renegades' very soon!  MdCL.”

Hardly able to control my excitement, I guarantee you will love this; however, you have to tune in to Funk Sanctum to listen now because we cannot share the download link!  Incidentally, me being a “Pro” station on live365 means that I have a cap on the number of hours allotted each month, and beyond those hours, charged for extra listening hours.  Your dj does not advertise for listeners because (1) I pay for each and every one of you, and (2) Funk Sanctum is commercial-free.  However, please feel free to put "In-Box Jewels," this humble blog, on blast whenever the Spirit moves you! Lastly, welcome Friends from the "Lower Your Alexa" Blog Decrease Hop and hopefully you will find something here worth commenting upon. GranGoddessa (herself)  hehehehe
Prior In-Box Jewels posts adoring Mark de Clive-Lowe:

• Mark de Clive-Lowe Presents Sy Smith "Truth"
  
• Sandra St. Victor, Produced by MdCL
  
• In-Box Jewel: Mark de Clive-Lowe
  
• DVD - Video - Mark de Clive-Lowe LIVE

I have featured MdCL in "In-Box Jewels" a lot you say?  Well, he is all-the-way live, he loves to share with the downloads and his music is superlative!  What more can I say? Lovesick (Mark De Clive-Lowe Remix) (Prod. By Mark De Clive-Lowe)

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• Live Review: Mark de Clive-Lowe, Sy Smith, SunTzu Sound @ Nectar Lounge 1/20 (kexp.org)

Laura Jane “Lift Me Up”

Look who I found! Hah! I have known about Laura Jane for so long and she knows she always maintains an honored place in Funk Sanctum Radio and our hearts.  I got lucky and heard about her new release through Radiodirectx.com, and simultaneously with this post I am applying for affilateship with them.

“Laura Jane is an indie soul artist based out of Los Angeles, California. She released her first indie album in 2005 called TO MY PLANET BOO. The album got international airplay and gained critical reviews. Her singles SUMMERTIME IN THE CITY and THE JOURNEY got the most attention with their catchy melodies, smooth harmonies and funky beats. Laura Jane released two videos with those songs independently as well. Laura Jane is working on a new album called HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES which will be released later this year. Her first single off the album LIFT ME UP is already hitting the airwaves here in the states and in Europe……it’s catchy house club beat , with jazz influenced chords is like a smooth ride on a rollercoaster featuring some of the best musicians in the business. The lyric “I’m born today” symbolizes a new sound and new era for LAURA JANE and her music. ‘I’m in the process of reinventing myself and my sound, working with new producers and other musicians, coming up with some really cool stuff.’ The new single LIFT ME UP will be available on itunes soon….as well as the second single TEST OF TIME, produced by Jameson Trotter.

New #MusicMonday

Happy New #MusicMonday, Family,

"ALBUM NOTES

There is always fresh new music happening on Soul Shift. The label has always supplied numerous releases from up and coming artists while catering to the genres of house music. This month debuts Josh Alperstein (Empower) the new comer from Baltimore, MD. We knew just what to expect coming from across the states. Josh holds his own with deep chilled out grooves till the crack of “Dawn”. This is a real sweet six track ep catered to the lounge and early morning I-95 Sunday drive. We will expect more from this one. Check it out!"

Empower
"Dawn" (mp3)
from "Dawn"
(Soul Shift Music)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
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More On This Album

Empower

New discovery (by me):

FREE ADVERTISING TRAFFIC EXCHANGE--TrafficAdBar.com

Free advertising traffic exchange - Traffic Ad Bar

Dear dj Goddessa,
Congratulations, yesterday you were in the top 500 on Traffic Ad Bar at number 3!

To see the top 20 click here:  http://www.trafficadbar.com/website_traffic/home/

Having been a member of trafficadbar.com since December, and seeing the visitors to this blog, "In-Box Jewels” increase daily as a direct result, I hvae to share this with you, my friends.  The trafficadbar home page displays the top 20 surfers daily and they receive bonus points, etc. The numbers they surf are astronomical to reach the top 20; so much so that this feat seemed humanly impossible. Who can visit upwards of 3,000 Websites in a day? Yesterday, determined to try to get to the top spot, I spent the entire day clicking, clicking and clicking some more, but the highest spot reached was No. 2. Sleep then overcame me; so, ended up number 3.