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GRAMMY AWARD ENTRIES UPDATE: ”Moods of the Common Man” download the entire mp3 files of any and/or all the tracks for FREE!!!!! The 51rst Grammy Award Nominations have begun. Recording Academy members and record companies enter recordings and music videos released during the eligibility year which they consider worthy of recognition in the GRAMMY Awards process. Reviewing sessions by more than 150 experts in various fields are held to ensure that entered recordings meet specific quali...

GRAMMY AWARD ENTRIES UPDATE: ”Moods of the Common Man” download the entire mp3 files of any and/or all the tracks for FREE!!!!! The 51rst Grammy Award Nominations have begun. Recording Academy members and record companies enter recordings and music videos released during the eligibility year which they consider worthy of recognition in the GRAMMY Awards process. Reviewing sessions by more than 150 experts in various fields are held to ensure that entered recordings meet specific qualifications and have been placed in appropriate fields have determined John McGrath/ ”Moods of the Common Man” is among the chosen for placement on the official ENTRY LIST for Nomination for a Grammy Award for; Field 30 Classical Crossover Category#108 Best Classical Crossover Album, Entry #021. ”Moods of the Common Man” Composer, John McGrath Personal Note; For FREE! those Grammy voters or Friends who have not yet heard the. ”Moods of the Common Man” CD, please go to http://www.reverbnation.com/johnnymcgrath and download the entire mp3 files of any and/or all the tracks for FREE!!!!! John McGrath's Ambient / Classical / Experimental debut CD "Moods of the Common Man" is said to be a manipulation of time and space in sound - a soundtrack for the psyche. MySpace URL: http://www.myspace.com/johnnykmcgrath John has many years of composing / scoring / post production experience holding various positions. From Composing and arranging. To Sound Efx, Dia and music editing. Restoration Mastering / re-mixing, conforming and mixing.for Film, TV, Radio, DvD, CD, internet.John's talent, versatility and experience is clearly evident in "Moods of the Common Man" by being dramatically somber and meditative to wildly moving, energetic and exciting. Amazon ReviewsThis is beautifu music, May 31, 2008By Jack Cousineau - See all my reviewsWhat do you do if you are a composer and hiring a symphony orchestrato record your pieces is a bit out of reach? John McGrath has ananswer; it's his recording "Moods of the Common Man". Your reviewer is a player of an acoustic instrument who is not a fan of synthesizers.And yet I like this music. McGrath must be writing for real instrumentsand obviously has tried hard to find the highest quality sounds tosubstitute for them. And so in this recording he succeeds in conveying areal sense of the depth, power, sophistication, and beauty of hismusical imagination. That imagination seems to relish a tonal/modalapproach with enough tasteful dissonance to keep us moderns in touchwith our 20th century roots."Moods of the Common Man", the first track, is rich, passionate, and modestly titled. The next two, "Morning Colours" and "Rita's Midday Creek" are sure to please listeners who meditate with music. "Manic Expressions" is the keyboard piece in this set. This is mania as pure energy and a one movement concert piece for piano and orchestra."2am and on till Dawn" begins in an electronic impressionistic way,moves on to lush orchestral textures, and then to folksy modalism withtasty drum kit support, before a simple, elegant ending.Do get this recording. The music is wonderful and the listening experience is sublime. McGrath creates a profound accoustic space in this recording. It must be that he knows a lot about recording andproducing, as well as composing.Initial post: Jul 2, 2008 8:50 PM PDT internet buying junkie says:Thank you! You put my feelings into words! Great review! Moods of the Commom Man, June 30, 2008By M. Buenaventura (OC, CA) 1 of 3 9/6/08 6:39 PMThis is a great collection of music creation .... wonderful, pleasant and relaxing music, McGrath is a genius!Review for An Uncommon Album, June 1, 2008By H. Laird (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviewsListening to this CD is an exceptional experience. McGrath's backgroundin motion picture sound is very apparent in the broad and cinematicfeel of the compositions. And the lush, full orchestration sounds so realthat it is almost unbelievable that it is all synthesized. Listening to thisalbum is like watching a little movie in your head - the old fashionedway - with your imagination. Bravo for Moods of the Common Man andthe not-so-common chops of the composer!This is a must for every fine music collection., May 19, 2008By internet buying junkie (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviewsThis review is from: Moods Of The Common Man (Music Download)This is beautiful!!! It takes you so many places. This CD is an incredible escape! I love it! With overlapping hypnotic rhythms and melodies, "Moods of the Common Man" guides you thru shape-shifting midtones assuring safe passage over the bottomless lows of the abyss as intricate highs decorate and light up the skies.Put on your headphones, lay back and lose yourself so that you may be found, observe the observer till the observer can no longer be observed. "Moods of the Common Man" melts down the complicated facets of mundane understanding while freeing the spirit to soar through the many layers of masked illusion. Trip the trip and don't sweat the curves.The illusionary Rolling Stores Magazine raves, "compositions like Beethoven with a bong". Newsweak proclaims "a Copelanesque Dark Side of the Moon". "Moods of the Common Man" is a collection of depth expanding musical journeys that'll blow your mind like psychic steam from an alchemist dream. I'm very experienced with Mac or Windows based digital work stations such as Protools, Protools HD, Sonic HD, Cubase, Cubase Score etc. for both audio and midi recording, editing, programing, mixing and Mastering. I've done Feature Films, short films, documentaries, printmastering, trailors, commercials, etc.. In all formats.This includes up mixing from mono to stereo, LCRS, 5.0, 5.1, 6.1 etc. I also have an in-depth working knowledge of film and audio elements ranging from the mid 1920's to present.