Jon Foreman (Switchfoot) Week: Lord, Save Me From Myself

antiMusic reports: Jon Foreman, the frontman for Switchfoot is returning to his indie-scene roots by releasing four solo EPs over the coming months, individually titled Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. To celebrate the digital release of the first EP, Fall, we asked Jon to pick his five favorite tracks from the release and tell us a bit about each one. Here is Jon with today's song:

Lord, Save Me From Myself: The recording process for this project was entirely different from a band approach. Instead of building the songs on the foundation of drums and bass, we built them around the vocal. I would play the tune down, (often the night I wrote it) guitar and vocal at the same time. Plain and simple. I wanted these songs to sound exactly like I recorded them late at night at my house. So that's what I did.

But I get bored with the singer songwriter thing. I wanted to add some of my favorite instruments into the mix. But instead of fitting the vocal into the production I wanted to build the production around the vocal. But the vocal had the final say. We tried to put drums on a few of the other songs but the songs repelled them. I think this is the only song on this EP where the drums actually stuck around. Wrote this one in Detroit on my sister's guitar, this mini thing, might have been a baby Taylor.

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Aerosmith Brawl

Contact Music reports: Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has been questioned by police in Florida after his girlfriend Erin Brady was involved in a nightclub brawl. The couple were enjoying an evening out at trendy Hollywood, Florida nightspot Pangea on Saturday (08Dec07) when Brady allegedly started a fight with a Seminole Indian woman.

A witness tells New York Post gossip column PageSix, "A woman from the tribe was trying to take a picture of Steven Tyler. Steven's girlfriend was coming back, from the restroom. Apparently, Erin got in the way of the picture or something, and some words were exchanged.

"Next thing everyone knows, the two girls are going at it. Scratching, hair-pulling, hitting. It lasted about six seconds, then security broke it up. Steven got up to try to pull them apart, but it happened so fast, he really didn't have time to do anything. Security was right on top of it." - more on this story

Tritt Sues Label for Fraud

Billboard reports: Travis Tritt has sued his record label and its president, alleging breach of contract and fraud.

Tritt, who released his latest album, "The Storm," this year on the new independent label Category 5 Records, seeks $10 million in damages. Filed in federal district court, the suit names Category 5 and its president and CEO, Ray Termini of Connecticut.

Tritt contends that Termini misrepresented Category 5's skill and competence as a record company, its financial resources and its ability to honor its financial obligations. He claims he was denied the complete creative control as promised, as well as money for promotional travel and royalty payments. - Seems the Feds might have a case against Termini as well.

Zeppelin Reunion YouTubed

Metal Underground reports: Videos are surfacing for nearly every song played by Led Zeppelin on their reunion set in London yesterday, December 10, 2007. Originally scheduled for November 26, the reunion concert had to be pushed back to when guitarist Jimmy Page fractured his finger and was unable to play guitar for three weeks. The show was a memorial for late Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun and also featured performances by Pete Townshend, Bill Wyman, and Foreigner.

Here is the Led Zeppelin reunion show's set list with links to the videos on YouTube, and the full list of embedded videos after the jump.

01. Good Times, Bad Times 02. Ramble On 03. Black Dog 04. In My Time Of Dying 05. For Your Life 06. Trampled Under Foot 07. Nobody's Fault But Mine 08. No Quarter 09. Since I've Been Loving You 10. Dazed and Confused 11. Stairway to Heaven 12. The Song Remains the Same 13. Misty Mountain Hop 14. Kashmir Encore: 15. Whole Lotta Love 16. Rock and Roll - Check em out here

Rihanna Reschedules Dates Nixed by Mystery Illness

Contact Music reports: R+B star RIHANNA proved she's on the mend after announcing rescheduled dates for two of U.K. gigs she cancelled due to a mystery illness.

The Umbrella singer pulled out of concerts in Nottingham, Birmingham and Bournemouth under doctor's orders, mid-way through her European tour earlier this month (Dec07).

And although her representatives did not reveal details of her illness, fans were fearing the worst. Now the star has allayed concerns by announcing she will play the Birmingham NEC show on 18 December (07) and the Nottingham gig on 20 December (07).
- more on this story

Radiohead Remixed

Gigwise reports: Eight tracks from Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' are set to appear on a new remix album, it's been announced.

Released on January 10th, 'Rainydayz' has been created by Californian based DJ and producer Amplive.

The album includes remixes of 'Weird Fishes / Arpeggi' and 'Nude' and also features a number of vocal contributions from Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Too Short and Zion. - more on this story

Rage Against The Pinkpop

Gigwise reports: Rage Against The Machine will headline next year's Pinkpop Festival in Holland, it's been announced.

The festival, which runs from May 30th-June 1st, will also feature a headlining performance from Foo Fighters.

Rage Against The Machine have been in huge demand since they reformed at last year's Coachella Festival in America. - more on this story

Built to Spill On The Road in 08

Filter reports: Built to Spill have announced plans to take over the last week of February and almost all of March.

The long winded tour will kick off in Los Angeles on February 22nd and will come to a close a couple weeks later, somewhere near San Diego.

The tour will also include a stop at an Indian reservation for the Langerado Music Fest. Look out for further details in the coming months.

Built to Spill Tour Dates
February
22 Los Angeles, CA - Echo Plex
23 Los Angeles, CA - Echo Plex
24 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
25 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
- a whole bunch of dates are here

Sir Macca To Be Honored

BBC reports: Veteran singer Sir Paul McCartney is to receive a special prize for outstanding contribution to music at next year's Brit Awards.

The former Beatle is one of the UK's most respected artists with a career spanning four decades and album sales in excess of 100 million.

Ged Doherty, from the Brits Committee, said honouring the 65-year-old would be an "historic moment" for the awards. "Sir Paul McCartney is one of the greatest songwriters of all time and a member of Britain's biggest ever group," said Mr Doherty. - more on this story

Ripper Iced as Barlow Returns to Iced Earth

antiMusic reports: Seems that Tim "Ripper" Owens has the iced from the frontman spot in Iced Earth to make way for return of Matt Barlow. Metal Underground has the report - Iced Earth mainman/guitarist Jon Schaffer has issued the following statement: "Once again the winds of change are upon us, and this time I can say that I am very happy about the result. While out on the European tour I had several in depth discussions with many loyal ICED EARTH fans. A common theme of these discussions was how much Matt is missed. I agreed with the fans that things were not the same and that it was a very special period in ICED EARTH's history."

"When I heard several months ago that Matt [Barlow] was going to be doing a project in music again, I was thinking about contacting him and seeing what his intentions were. I didn't act on this because I was so focused on the writing of the new epic, and frankly, it just didn't seem realistic. Well, after getting out on the road and speaking with many of you directly, I decided to call Matt and see how he was doing and if he was interested in working together again. I am proud to say that he is coming back to ICED EARTH and we will be getting back to work in the studio very soon."

"Matt will be singing on Part 2 of the 'Something Wicked' concept CD and we will be looking forward to getting out on tour and delivering a series of ICED EARTH shows that will rival any in the history of the band. And there will be a proper DVD filmed from this period, something we've all been waiting for." - more on this story

Dr Dre Case Tossed

Jam! reports: As he did in 2003, a Wayne County judge has dismissed an invasion of privacy case brought by former Detroit officials against Dr. Dre.

Former police officers and the press secretary for former Mayor Dennis Archer accuse the 42-year-old rapper, whose real name is Andre Young, of improperly videotaping a backstage conversation at a concert in 2000.

A DVD set that showed the exchange was later released.
- more on this story

Iron Maiden Reup with EMI

Metal Underground reports: EMI and Iron Maiden today announced they have renewed and extended their historic 28-year recording relationship in a deal for the world, excluding the USA, which also includes other revenues such as touring, merchandise and sponsorship.

Signed to EMI Records in November 1979, Iron Maiden quickly became one of the biggest rock bands in the world and have gone on to sell some 70 million albums including three No 1 and 15 Top 10 albums in the UK alone.

'A Matter of Life and Death', Iron Maiden''s 14th and most recent studio album released in 2006, charted at No 1 in 10 countries, achieved Top 10 positions in 30 more and was Billboard magazine's No 1 International Album. - more metal news

Melanie Dekker Helps Wounded Soldier Rehabilitation Programs

PR reports: Life Transformed, a non-profit foundation that provides career training for military spouses, war wounded caregivers and wounded soldiers, is proud to announce a new funding pledge from singer/songwriter Melanie Dekker and her record label, Zabit Records.

Life Transformed will receive $3.00 from each sale of Melanie's CD, REVEALED, sold through www.lifetransformed.org, which will fund the organizations rehabilitation and education programs. REVEALED features the hit single, 'Fall In/Wounded Soldier,' which has also been adopted as theme song for Life Transformed. - more on this story

Uncut Talking Megadeth

PR reports: The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features the uncut interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine for their Talking Metal on fuse pilot.

Topics include Megadeth's Warchest, politics, guitars, tattoos, 9/11, Megadeth's current lineup, Gigantour 2008, and the United Abominations album.

The podcast can be downloaded at this - location

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