--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Craig Leve" <CraigL@o...> wrote:
>
> Hey folks,
>
> I'd been meaning to mention it here - but you all should go check out
> www.chrisbrownmusic.com - After listening to the disc, I directed Chris
> to Not Lame and KoolKat and Bruce has a RAVE review of this one up on
> new releases for the week. It's definitely going to be a big favorite
> for me in 2006 and I think the pure poppers here will similarly dig.
> Indeed, since I'm on record as never writing a review I could stand to
> look at again, I'll quote Mr. Brodeen's offering...
>
> Holy Cow, out of the blue, arrives Chris Brown who fans of intensely
> highly stylized power pop will fall down and worship at the Altar Of
> Brown. Co-Produced and Mixed exquisitely by Chris Manning (Jellyfish)
> with Chris Bellman(The Who, Neil Young) the Mastering Engineer, "Now
> That You`re Fed" blossoms with a fresh aired spirit of deeply engaging
> production flourishes which frequently exert a quiet and haunting
> allure. Brown laces his songs with vivid imagery, shimmering acoustics
> and haunting, rewarding melodies. Brown plies his trade with aplomb and
> craft and vocally is an unusual combination of lush, warm Elliot Smith,
> Josh Rouse, Duncan Sheik, Kevin Tihista, John Cunningham and, believe it
> or not, Freddie Mercury---the Queen influence is strong with the
> seductive soft sighs in the vocal arrangements, you will hear them in
> more than a handful of places. Brown also brings to mind a more upbeat,
> more engaging Kyle Vincent, as well as Andy Pratt(think "Avenging
> Annie"). You`ll hear vague, but familiar refrains of Jellyfish, but they
> are less prominent than the aforementioned bands/artists. What you will
> find out front is the simple fact that these 12 songs mesh and merge
> with a suite-like intimacy, rare to find. As his bio says, it`s a shot
> of pop oxygen for smoggy musical times.
>
> "Perfect power pop is oft-attempted but rarely attained. By which I mean
> it rises above the standard formula of chiming chords, hook-filled
> choruses, and clean guitar strumming. When it`s perfect, the
> unpredictable arrangements, the lyrics that make you wanna rewind to
> hear them again, the perfectly-timed bridges, and the ridiculously
> pretty chord progressions all conspire to make the considerable effort
> involved seem effortless, timeless, classic, and just plain great. Chris
> Brown`s glorious, sunny debut album is all that and more, a gorgeous
> record produced by Chris Manning of fellow power pop geniuses
> Jellyfish."-Windy Chien. Evidently Chris Brown is an award winning indie
> filmaker but here the musicianship is such that one would guess that
> making projects like "Now That You`re Fed" is his day job. Simply a
> stunner, for folks with high expectations for their pop and big time
> Extremely Highly Recommended!

Yes, I love the album as well, and in a cool instance of serendipity, when I 
first read about this album on the Kool Kat monthly update, I decided to try 
to find Chris Brown on myspace.  When I went to www.myspace.com/chrisbrown 
it displayed with a musician from Nashville whose songs were really 
excellent, and funny enough, pretty much fit with the description I'd read! 
I figured it was the same guy, and I contacted him with an invite to IPO 
Nashville, which thankfully he accepted.  Then I found out that the Chris 
Brown who'd been written about was from San Francisco, so I contacted him, 
and it looks like he'll be playing IPOs Los Angeles and San Francisco!

Two great Chris Browns on the pop music scene!  Whouda thunk it??
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Chris Browns Rule!!!!!
Take Care,
David