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A tsunami has many similarities to what it was like when Michael Jackson left our world on June 25, 2009. First the ocean is calm and the waves recede, much like information about his concert tour came in small waves as reported on this blog.  Similarly, a tsunami offers very few warning signs to the untrained eye. A few fish flop around on the shore as the tide recedes and many become curious and explore the waterless shore.  Then suddenly a huge wall of water a few miles a way approaches and shortly thereafter all hell breaks loose! A strange thing happened to SongChannels.com ... Read Full Story

There will never be another Michael Jackson ever again, he was one of the greatest entertainers ever!  I appreciated Michael Jackson’s enormous talent as a kid and had a unique encounter with the Jackson 5 when I was 11. In Baldwin Hills, California in 1971 the Jackson 5 were sounding great while walking rank and file into my local grocery store as I was at the stand reading the latest Tiger Beat Magazine .  I first saw Michael Jackson approach as they were singing their recent hit “ ABC “.  My jaw dropped and I watched in awe as the Jackson 5 walked past ... Read Full Story

The concert promotion company, AEG Live, that signed Michael Jackson to a 50 show contract has disclosed they filmed 100 hours of his rehearsals, including his final one at the Staples Center the night before he died. According to several interviewed by the Los Angeles Times who were working with Jackson for his concert, he was in top form and exceeded even the younger dancers performances. Randy Phillips, chief executive of AEG Live was also among those at Staples Center on Wednesday. He recalled Jackson being in ebullient spirits. “It was fantastic, he was so great. I got goose bumps,” Phillips said. “It made ... Read Full Story

As millions of fans around the world continue to grieve over the loss of Michael Jackson, the greatest superstar entertainer to have ever lived, information he was preparing to release his own classical and jazz compositions has come to light. Michael Jackson was on the verge of a real comeback in his career even I had  disputed as genuine. The fact of the matter is that Michael Jackson was growing as an artist to a degree few anticipated, that of being a classical composer. Only two months prior to his death, Michael had met with his friend David Michael Frank about his classical music ... Read Full Story

The 90’s new age sensation Yanni’s tour’s making its rounds across the country headed for Las Vegas and Los Angeles in late June, 2009. Coming off the first leg of his new YANNI VOICES tour, including a sell-out show at the famed Radio City Music Hall in New York, multi-platinum recording artist Yanni has announced that he is setting aside a limited amount of seats in each market on the second leg of his tour to be sold for $10 per ticket. “Traveling from city to city, I have become keenly aware of the current economic challenges affecting so many families these days,” Yanni ... Read Full Story