GRAPEVINE JANUARY 2024 FEATURING GERMIND ELEVATE YOURSELF
GRAPEVINE CONTACT Gresham, Oregon United States of America COPYRIGHT TMP LLC. 2024 FIRST EDITION Editor in Chief: Thomas R. Carley Jr. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means. Electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written permission from the editor, except for quotes used in reviews and critical articles. Image Art by Canva Inc. Design by the Editor. THOMAS R. CARLEY JR. 1310 NE KANE DR. GRESHAM, OREGON 97030 (503) 890 - 5580 GRAPEVINE
TOMSMUSICPLACE 01 THE CREATIVE REALM 02 NEMES 03 THE YOU AND ME PROJECT 04 THE BLAB BLOG 05 THOMAS R. CARLEY JR. 06 BERNARD JAN 07 GERMIND 08 FACEBOOK 09 EPILOGUE 10 Table Of GRAPEVINE Content
January 2024: Bored, Yet? Why do people get bored? The feeling of boredom is when brains struggle to fill time. People may feel restless or have a lack of interest in their surroundings. Boredom is common, with over 60% of U.S. adults reporting that they feel bored at least once a week. People's brains rarely are bored while focused on taking part in demanding tasks like work or school, or while taking part in a good conversation. When these activities are done, people experience fatigue and seek ways to entertain themselves and their brains. Play and entertainment have been ways humans have figured out to overcome boredom. Adults read, spend time with hobbies or tell stories to avoid boredom. Before the advent of TV and mobile devices, children overcame boredom by going outside or playing with a friend or sibling. Today, electronics capture a significant amount of people's attention. But this readily accessible medium may have swung too far in capturing people's attention. Instead of short-term relief from boredom, many people spend hours on electronics. It's easy not to feel the passage of time while scrolling TikTok or watching YouTube videos. Quickly, an hour or two can pass without a person realizing it. For all that time spent, people don't necessarily feel refreshed. Rather, most people experience greater fatigue. Consuming so much time on electronics lessens the amount of bored time, but also it causes a different problem. The less people experience boredom, the less equipped the brain is to deal with it. Editor in Chief Thomas R. Carley Jr. EDITOR'S NOTE
TOMSMUSICPLACE January 2024 A Grapevine Feature Empowerment and Self Love
ALBUMS 01 SONGS 02 PLAYLISTS 03 MUSICIAN OF THE MONTH 04 THE CREATIVE REALM 05 NEMES INTERNATIONAL EROTICA 06 THE BLAB BLOG 07 THE YOU AND ME PROJECT 08 EPILOGUE 09 GRAPEVINE - HOME 10 Table Of TOMSMUSICPLACE Content
What makes an effective album cover? WHY ALBUM COVER ART IS IMPORTANT Designing effective album cover artwork is crucial. Cover art is the visual gateway to your music. It’s also the image listeners will associate with your music. First impressions are key to music discovery. Your album art will often grab someone’s attention before they listen to your music. Especially on digital music platforms. Potential fans are also more likely to listen to your music when your album artwork stands out. Album cover art is also an essential part of music promotion and music distribution. The design you use to present your music is another way of branding yourself. It’s a reflection of your style as much as your music! Your album cover art should follow these specs to meet the requirements of most major music retailers and streaming services. Many music distributors will reject cover art that doesn’t meet these guidelines. These best practices also offer tips for creating quality album cover art. MUSIC DISTRIBUTION GUIDELINES A minimum size of 3000 x 3000 pixels (a perfect square). A minimum resolution of 72dpi (300dpi for best quality). JPEG file format (not all music retailers accept PNG or GIF). RGB color mode for best quality (CMYK may not show up correctly). Images must not be blurry, pixelated, misaligned, or have other quality issues. Only include text stating the artist name and release title. The copy should match your release info and metadata exactly. It’s also ok to use an image without text. Most music platforms display the artist and release info next to the cover art. Do not add text that says “Exclusive,” “Limited Edition,” “New Release,” the release date, or anything else that states a time frame. Keep your cover art timeless. Cover art must not contain URLs, logos, or any reference to a Digital Service Provider, record label, website, or other brands. Do not include email addresses, social media logos, URLs, or any other contact information. Do not include references to pricing. For example, “Available for $1.99,” “Low Price,” or “For Promo Use.” Cover art must not reference the format as a physical or digital product. For example, CD, DVD, or Digital Exclusive. Cover art must not contain pornography or inappropriate images of any kind. Avoid UPC barcodes and ISRCs. The music retailer or distribution service will provide them. Also, if you re-release, those codes may change. Cover art must not reference content the release doesn’t include. For example, “included DVD” or “includes lyrics.” Cover art must not be misleading. For example, referencing an artist that does not perform on the release. Creating eye-catching album cover art is a vital part of releasing music, gaining fans, reaching new audiences, and advancing your music career. These general guidelines will ensure your cover art meets the requirements of major music retailers and streaming services. They will also help you create effective art that will grab someone’s attention and get your music heard! Editor in Chief Thomas R. Carley Jr. EDITOR'S NOTE: JANUARY 2024
Albums January 2024: Featured Albums 01 IO - Solar Symphony 02 Slow Dancing Society - Do We Become Sky? 03 Zero Cult - Imagine Paradox 04 Of Norway - Sunflower 05 Tinashe - BB/ ANG3L 06 Lemongrass - Mirror of Life 08 Blizzard Entertainment - Diablo Lofi Beats F E A T U R E D A L B U M S 07 Niclas Lundqvist - Pacific Pilgrimage
Albums January 2024: Featured Albums 09 Marconi Union - Tokyo+ 10 Midnight Fury - Metamorph 11 Face & Ghost - Touch the Sky 12 Moure - Leaving Reality 13 Ibrahim Maalouf - Capacity to Love 14 Hadouk Trio - Shamanimal 16 YataY - Adrift F E A T U R E D A L B U M S 15 Othman El Kheloufi - Zid Zid (When Light Takes You On Its Motorbike)
Albums January 2024: Featured Albums 17 Guns of Brixton - Inlandsis 18 Team Ghost - We Are TG 19 Snow in Mexico - Breath 20 highspire - Aquatic 21 Soundpool - Dichotomies & Dreamland 22 HEALTH - Rat Wars 24 Ambrose Akinmusire - Owl Song F E A T U R E D A L B U M S 23 At The Plates - Omnivore
Albums January 2024: Featured Albums 25 Sofia Rubina - I Am Soul 26 Angel Hair - Insect Immortality 27 Omni - Souvenir 28 Julia Holter - Something In The Room She Moves 29 Sprints - Letter to Self 30 Danielle Durack - Escape Artist 32 TOOSLOW - Cool Story F E A T U R E D A L B U M S 31 Fletch - Flexin
Albums January 2024: Featured Albums 33 Baejing - Forty Inchez and A Mule 34 Cosmic Link - Cosmic Link 35 Anenon - Moons Melt Milk Light 36 Night Club - Masochist 37 Pleasurefields - Human Electricity 38 Keiss - Faded Atlas 40 Ron Rendell Sextet - The Odysseus Suite F E A T U R E D A L B U M S 39 The Sorcerers - I Too Am A Stranger
Songs January 2024: Featured Songs 01 Noelle - Baby, Baby 02 Jens Buchert - Coherence 03 Masanori Ikeda - Afro Tipsy 04 Peer Kusiv - Sonic Illusion 05 Sven Tasnadi - One Love 06 Definition, Night Talk - Into the Void 08 Spada, Elenora - Switch Off the Light F E A T U R E D S O N G S 07 Jay Lumen - Universe
Songs January 2024: Featured Songs 09 Einmusik - More Than You Know 10 CamelPhat - Hope 11 Tim Engelhardt - Wide Awake 12 Otisac - Jason 13 Infinity Realm - Star Tribe Trance 14 Planet Boelex - Upset Hexadecimal 16 Clark - Domes of Pearl F E A T U R E D S O N G S 15 Vince Clarke - Blackleg
Songs January 2024: Featured Songs 17 Ocoeur - Compassion 18 Kuuro - All Night 19 Fine Cut Bodies - Beetle in the Bandoneon 20 Auma - Razor Blade Smile 21 Desiseq - The End of the Sky 22 Dusty Fungus - Aphotic Embryo 24 Tubby Isiah - Conscious Calling F E A T U R E D S O N G S 23 Mustard Tiger - Slug
Songs January 2024: Featured Songs 25 Another Channel - Wickedness 26 Babe Roots - Sufferation Time 27 Akcept - Always Bittersweet 28 Lapo - Tuff! 29 Dimitri Veimar - Muter 30 Jaime xx - It's So Good 32 Nosaj Thing - Blue Hour F E A T U R E D S O N G S 31 Mount Kimbie - Poison
Songs January 2024: Featured Songs 33 Soft Rocks - Thunder Thunder 34 Daphni - Cherry 35 Leon Vynehall - Duofade 36 Ilya Santana - Neon Storm 37 Bottin - Horror Disco 38 Rodion - Estate (Instrumental) 40 Solee - On the Other Side F E A T U R E D S O N G S 39 Ron Flatter - Never
Playlists January 2024: Featured Playlist 2024: 1 01 Panoram - Blank Sheep 02 Andy Cato - La Luna 03 Soul Flower - Kobicha 04 Solar Quest - Acid Nation 05 Liwia Antas - The Return of the Buffalo 06 David Douglas - Wade 08 Sun Ra - 'Round Midnight F E A T U R E D P L A Y LIS T S 07 Casino Versus Japan - Point Omen
Playlists January 2024: Featured Playlist 2024: 1 09 Dandara - Bibacumbe 10 Anissa Damali, Nico Rezende - Sun 11 MoM, Anut, JPatterson - Viva la vida 12 Ninze - Nomads Night Owl 13 Coss, Kleintierschaukel - Blue Strings 14 AVEM - Crimson 16 Deisen - Head in the Clouds F E A T U R E D P L A Y LIS T S 15 Deisen - Caliopioid
Playlists January 2024: Featured Playlist 2024: 1 17 Hajna - Spiral Surf 18 Gorje Hewek - Otoko 19 Makebo, Amonita - Savage 20 HVMZA - Altura 21 K Fresh - Son of Gumede 22 Jay Melody - Baridi 24 Kobosil - Full of Fire F E A T U R E D P L A Y LIS T S 23 Rosa Anschutz - Rr4
Playlists January 2024: Featured Playlist 2024: 1 25 Remco Beekwilder - Tripwire 26 TAFKAMP - Warehouse Lovestory 27 Dylan Fogarty - Jack 17 28 Sons of Hidden - Flower of Rain 29 Gotshell - Syndrome 30 Jonas Kopp - Misinformation Codes 32 A Thousand Details - Forced Exodus F E A T U R E D P L A Y LIS T S 31 Ricardo Garduno - Groove Bender
Playlists January 2024: Featured Playlist 2024: 1 33 Michel Lauriola - Dragged by Vertigo 34 Kike Pravda - Dark Flares 35 Divide - Target Neuron 36 Falling Echoes - Inner Space 37 Klint - Blues & Machines 38 Red Rooms - Countermeasures 40 Takt - Wonders Why F E A T U R E D P L A Y LIS T S 39 Ebass - Whities
Dandara January 2024: Featured Musician 01 Baile no Mato 02 Sorbet 03 Shadows 04 Odin 05 Double Harmonic 06 Nocturnal Blossom 08 Danza F E A T U R E D M U SICIA N 07 Yoh Ah Ah
Epilogue: Trumpets: How, Why, When The trumpet is much more than a musical instrument. In fact, the trumpet is a part of world history. For thousands of years, the trumpet has played an essential role in almost every civilization on the planet. The first known metal trumpets can be traced back to around 1500BC. Silver and bronze trumpets were discovered in the grave of King Tut in Egypt, and other ancient versions of the instrument were found in China, South America, Scandinavia, and Asia. Since most inventions spawn from earlier forms, there's also good reason to assume that people have been blowing into objects to create sounds for even longer than that. For example, some civilizations blew into an animal horn or conch shell to produce a sound. Many of these earlier examples were not used to make music as we know it today. Typically, they were used for religious and military purposes, which historians have pointed out in major religious writings and other historical records. In medieval times, for example, trumpeters were highly guarded by military units, since they were crucial to relaying instructions over great distances. In modern times, the "bugle" is still used by militaries, but mainly for paying respect to its past use. Instrument design, as well as metal making, improved tremendously over the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, which made these "natural trumpets" more suitable for creating actual music. However, these trumpets did not have valves and could only produce a small amount of notes. Also, changing the key meant that you had to change different pipes on the horn. The natural trumpets peak of popularity was during the Baroque area; but in recent years it has seen somewhat of a resurgence. In fact, many examples of the "natural trumpet" can be found easily on You Tube. Editor in Chief Thomas R. Carley Jr. EPILOGUE
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THE CREATIVE REALM January 2024 A Grapevine Feature Do...
ART 01 MOVIES 02 TELEVISION 03 BOOKS 04 BOARD GAMES 05 TOMSMUSICPLACE 06 NEMES INTERNATIONAL EROTICA 07 THE YOU AND ME PROJECT 08 THE BLAB BLOG 09 GRAPEVINE - HOME 10 Table Of THE CREATIVE REALM Content
January 2024: Writer's Block: The Cure Most writers experience writer’s block at some point in their life, at various stages of the writing process. Often a solution can be found by speaking with your instructor (if you are a student) or a writing tutor. But there are ways to combat writer’s block on your own, too! IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A STARTING PLACE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT... Brainstorm topics that are interesting to you. Use the invention strategies suggested by a tutor or teacher to generate questions or thoughts that serve as useful starting places. Write down all the primary ideas you'd like to express and then fill in each with the smaller ideas that make up each primary idea. This can easily be converted into an outline. If your paper involves conducting research, you can look for places where you disagree with another thinker’s claim or feel more work needs to be done. Identifying gaps or conflicts in the existing conversation around a topic is often a great starting place. IF YOU HAVE A TOPIC AND AN OUTLINE, BUT CAN’T THINK OF AN INTERESTING BEGINNING… Try beginning in the middle. Start writing at whatever point you like, and leave the introduction or first section until later. The reader will never know that you wrote the paper "backwards." Besides, some writers routinely save the introduction until later when they have a clearer idea of what the main idea and purpose of the piece will be. After the paper is completely drafted, you can get all the sections in the correct order and read it start-to-finish to ensure that transitions are smooth. IF YOU’RE SO STRESSED OUT THAT YOU CAN’T SEEM TO PUT A WORD ON THE PAGE… Take a short break! If you’re close to a deadline and worried about losing track of time, then set a timer for ten or fifteen minutes and use that short window to relax before getting back to work. Stretch, move away from your desk, and don’t neglect your sleeping and eating schedule. It’s much harder to write if you’re sleep-deprived or dehydrated. Finally, ask for help! Writing is most stressful when you’re doing it by yourself for a long period of time. Asking a tutor or a friend to talk through your ideas can help you get some perspective on the assignment, and remind you that it’s nothing to be anxious about. Editor in Chief Thomas R Carley Jr. EDITOR'S NOTE
Art January 2024: Featured Artists Egon Schiele Oskar Kokoschka Janko Brašić FEATURED ART
Art January 2024: Featured Artists FEATURED ART Herbert James Draper Dragiša Stanisavljević Hans Baldung Nymphainna AB
Movies/Television January 2024: Featured Movies/Television The Boys in the Boat Big Boys Luz Dog Bites Man Aikāne A Beautiful Cruel Thing The Miracle Club Lord of Misrule FEATURED MOVIES
Movies/Television January 2024: Featured Movies/Television A Tiger in Paradise Down Low Boy Culture: Generation X The Trace of Your Lips The Iron Claw Society of the Godland Totem Snow FEATURED MOVIES
Movies/Television January 2024: Featured Movies/Television The Eight Mountains The Innocent No Bea Saint Omer rs Fireworks Lie With Me Bodyshop Barrio Boy FEATURED MOVIES
Movies/Television January 2024: Featured Movies/Television The Ghost Station Dear David The Canterville Ghost Nuovo Olimpo The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra Incident in a Ghostland Grimsburg Nothing But A Man FEATURED MOVIES
Books January 2024: Featured Books Penny Jessup - The Alpha's Son Pippa Grant - Jock Blocked Heather M. Orgeron - Mourning Wood F E A T U R E D B O O K S Jennifer McMahon - Promise Not to Tell Daniel Elijah Sanderfer - Underwear Junction Daniel Kraus - Whalefall D K Girl - The Bandalore Alex Woolfson - Young Protectors
Epilogue: The Power of Reading According to a Gallup poll published in 2022, in 2021 Americans read roughly 12 books a year, amounting to around one a month. That number is the lowest it's been since Gallup began tracking Americans' reading habits back in 1990. Whether the decline in reading books is the result of busy lifestyles or the lure of binge-watching the latest series on TV, the time has come to get back on the book bandwagon. If the latest bestseller is collecting dust on your nightstand, knowing the benefits of reading might be just the motivation you need to pick it back up. Reading books can help us become more compassionate, empathetic people. Like the rest of your body, your brain needs exercise to help keep it working at its best. Reading books is one way to help keep your mind sharp. While the jury is still out on if reading can prevent dementia, research suggests that older people who read more than those who don't appear to have a reduced risk of cognitive decline. High levels of stress are associated with a variety of physical and mental problems, making stress management essential to personal wellness. Engaging in stress-relieving activities, like reading books, is an easy way to help keep cortisol levels down. Can reading make you smarter? In short, yes. Of course, it’s complicated and any number of things contribute to a person's overall knowledge and intelligence. If you've ever gotten lost in a book, then you can attest to this: Reading a book simply makes you feel good. Entertainment is as much of a perk of reading as all those positive psychological and scientific benefits. Divisiveness has been on the rise in recent years, leading to what many consider to be a disconnect between people and decline of community. While every issue can't obviously be solved by reading a book, picking one up can be beneficial in helping close the gap. Thomas R Carley Jr Editor in Chief EPILOGUE
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THE YOU AND ME PROJECT January 2024 A Grapevine Feature How are you making things better?
ETHER - SIMPLE LIVING/NO BORDERS 01 EARTH - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES/GLOBAL WARMING 02 FIRE - PEACE MOVEMENT 03 AIR - ANIMAL RIGHTS/VEGANISM 04 WATER - HUMAN RIGHTS 05 MERCHANDISE 06 FESTIVAL INFORMATION 07 GET INVOLVED 08 GERMIND 09 GRAPEVINE - HOME 10 Table Of THE YOU AND ME PROJECT Content
January 2024: What is Heaven? Heaven, or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to Earth or incarnate and earthly beings can ascend to Heaven in the afterlife or, in exceptional cases, enter Heaven without dying. Heaven is often described as a "highest place", the holiest place, a Paradise, in contrast to hell or the Underworld or the "low places" and universally or conditionally accessible by earthly beings according to various standards of divinity, goodness, piety, faith, or other virtues or right beliefs or simply divine will. Some believe in the possibility of a heaven on Earth in a world to come. Heaven is the realm of afterlife where good actions in the previous life are rewarded for eternity (hell being the place where bad behavior is punished). Some have argued that a belief in a reward after death is poor motivation for moral behavior while alive. Sam Harris wrote, "It is rather more noble to help people purely out of concern for their suffering than it is to help them because you think the Creator of the Universe wants you to do it, or will reward you for doing it, or will punish you for not doing it. The problem with this linkage between religion and morality is that it gives people bad reasons to help other human beings when good reasons are available. Editor in Chief Thomas R Carley Jr. EDITOR'S NOTE
The Goal of this Project is Simple: To encourage people to live a more Minimalistic Lifestyle and create a Borderless World for the Human Race. Thomas R Carley Jr
Editor’s Note: This project launches November 2024. This project is in development and will be the primary focus for 2024. But feel free to take a look around. Thomas R. Carley Jr.
The Motivation There are three contributing factors that motivated me to create this project. 1.The Movie called The Wanderings of Ivan 2.The Music of Germind 3.The Song Empires by Alicja Szemplińska Thomas R. Carley Jr. Editor in Chief F E A T U R E D A U T H O R