Interesting how my posting thread merely requesting a midi file for the "Electric Slide" so quickly turned into a hijacked pissing contest of 51 replies and subsequently LOCKED, yet this thread (posted around the same time) has only 2 repliers so far. Come on people, isn't there anyone else here who listens to contemporary artists out there?

As much as I love playing classic older pop standards, I also believe there are a lot of new artists and songs well worth listening to and adding to our repetoire & performances as well.

Interestingly enough, over the last couple of years I've befriended a some pro arranger kb buddies around my age (late 30's- 40's) who reside in the UK and have discovered from them some UK artists who are far more popular there than here. One artist in particular who 's music I really like is Robbie Williams. He not only records some great pop hits but also released an album of american classic pop standards entitled: " Swing When You're Winning ". One of his contemporary hit ballds which I've since added to my repetoire is " Angels ", of which was merely a minor hit here, but a smash #1 hit in the UK.

Meeting musicians in other parts of the Country and around the World has given me the opportunity to discover new artists and music and broaden and expand my performance repetoire.

In an attempt to focus this forum back to music and not just the same tired 'pissing contests', I sure would love to hear from more members here about what new (or newly discovered) music/artists you've recently discovered and what new tunes you've added to your repetoire as a result of this. If you guys instead prefer participating in 'pissing contests' threads, I'll opt to bow out (yet again). Scott

[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 04-30-2008).]