Dear Music Lover,
Thank you for taking a few moments to visit. I hope you don't leave empty handed.This CD is a work of love and I hope you find something to touch you - Heart,Mind, Body and Soul !
Gold School in my own words.
1. LAPTOP DANCER - This dance song uses a computer generated voice to create a robotic vocalist to perform the sexy lyrics. Imagine in the future when we can launch our 3D virtual entertainment in our own home to perform a virtual dance for us. With the cooperation of Ensign Entertainment, we have created a 2 minute video which can be viewed at >>>>
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as of January 2008 it has been viewed 105,000 times. The video features Cherry the motion capture computer dancer from the computer game Dream Stripper. It can be purchased at:>>>>>>>
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2. SWEETEST LOVE - This is an emotion filled instrumental ballad with the vocal chorus refrain, "We make the sweetest love." A lot of times a song will write itself. As you listen, see if you find yourself transported to memories of intimacy with a very special person in your life. Or next time you need to set a special mood try this haunting piece of music.
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3. YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM LOVE - One of the most enduring sounds in music was created by Thom Bells productions of the Detroit Spinners. Here with the help of Vocalist Fred Duff we do our humble tribute to the memory of Phillipe Wynne and that great Philly sound that will never die.
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4. TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY - This recording had its foundations in a trip to the home of House Music - Chicago USA. The rhythm tracks were brought back to New York where veteran Mintsy Berry was cut loose to give her Gospel reading. Of special note is the unusual meter in the chorus, but this is what we have come to expect from a Patrick Adams creation. The song is raised to another level by
lyrics written with Norma Jean Wright ("One of the First Ladies of Chic").
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5. JUST ANOTHER MOTHERFUNKER - Andre Zachery, former member of the recording group ASHANTI joints Patrick on this funk. Just have fun and dance. The artist formally known as a funk-maker would.
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6. DJ MAKE MY PANTIES DROP - When you are out to have a good time, everything does not have to make perfect sense. I know my synthesizer playing has never made much sense to some people. Don't over thing this one. Just enjoy. If it's really, really hot - you can perform all kinds of magic with music.
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7. CAN'T LET THE MUSIC DIE - "It's a joke. You know what I'm saying. I believe that music as an art form must expand and grow. I am not trying to knock anybody here. I am just putting in my two cents for the preservation of RnB and Soul music. All creative artist owe a debt of gratitude to those who came before them. This could just as easily been subtitled "Gold School."
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8. DANCE AND SHAKE YOUR TAMBOURINE - Here I just wanted to revisit one of my personal favorites. The original was recorded in 1976 by the UNIVERSAL ROBOT BAND. I was blown away to here that Reggae masters Sly and Robbie did their own version. But for an unresolved contract dispute the song would have been in the movie Saturday Night Fever. Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda - life goes on.
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9. GET THE WOOD - You know!
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10. UNIVERSAL JUSTICE - Over the years I have had the pleasure of scoring a lot of independent motion pictures projects. This is the opening theme for a soon to be released space fantasy movie - shades of John Williams.
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So there! I write and perform because I am compelled to do so. I share my music in hopes of bringing a little joy into your life. This year I intend to output about 10 CD projects. In time I hope to be a part of the soundtrack of your life.
Thank you for your time and interest.
sincerely,
Patrick Adams
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Biography by Ed Hogan
Producer/arranger/songwriter Patrick Adams' career spans more than 30 years. His plentiful resume includes work with Sister Sledge (their 1974 debut LP on Atco/Atlantic Circle of Love), Loleatta Holloway, Coolio, Herbie Mann ("Superman," number 26 pop, early 1979, from the 1978 Atlantic LP Super Mann), Bumblebee Unlimited (the 1979 RCA LP Sting Like a Bee), Universal Robot Band (Dance and Shake Your Tambourine), Narada Michael Walden (I Don't Want Nobody Else, Love Me Only, and the radio-aired LP track "Give Your Love a Chance" from his 1979 Atlantic LP Awakening), and Musique ("In the Bush," number 29 R&B, fall 1978), among many others. Born Patrick Peter Owen Adams on March 17, 1950, in New York City, Adams' childhood was spent singing in choirs and attending concerts at the legendary Apollo Theater. When he was a preteen, Adams' father bought him a trumpet. In his teens, Adams began playing guitar and writing songs. He honed his arranging skills by dissecting the song structure and arrangement patterns of the records he heard on the radio. To build his audio engineering skills, he'd go to recording studios and observe how recordings were created. At 16, he was asked to join the Sparks, who he appeared with in the 1967 Warner Bros. movie Up the Down Staircase starring Sandy Dennis. Soon afterwards they were signed to Curb/MGM and the single "Cool It" b/w "Woe, Woe" was released. They began playing shows with Jerry Butler, the Rascals, and the Commodores. In 1970, Adams was hired as the vice president of A&R for NY-based Perception/Today Records, discovering and signing the teenage vocal trio Black Ivory. The group's lineup was lead singer Leroy Burgess, Stuart Bascombe, and Russell Patterson. Their first single, Adams' ballad "Don't Turn Around," went to number 38 on Billboard's R&B chart in late 1971. Their first three singles and a Burgess song, the hopeful "If I Could Be a Mirror," were included on the Don't Turn Around LP, issued February 1972. They had two more charting singles on Today: "Time Is Love" b/w a credible cover of Michael Jackson's "Got to Be There" from the Don't Turn Around LP (number 35 R&B, early 1973) and "Spinning Around" b/w "Find the One Who Loves You" (number 45 R&B, summer 1973). In 1974, Adams left Perception/Today Records and started his own production company, PAPMUS (Patrick Adams Productions Music). One of Adams' best known recordings is Inner Life's "I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair)." First released as a 12" single by Greg Carmichael on TCT Records, it was picked up by Prelude Records and went to number 22 R&B, late 1979. Adams and Carmichael produced many dance classics over their eight-year collaboration, including sides by Donna McGhee, Universal Robot Band, Bumblebee Unlimited, and Fonda Rae's original version of "Touch Me (All Night Long)." Cathy Dennis' remake of the Adams/Carmichael song held the number two pop spot for two weeks in spring 1991. Adams has won the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award three times, including a 1992 award for "Touch Me (All Night Long)." Other Adams-related releases are Eddie Kendricks's Arista LP Vintage '78 (reissued in 1997 by Razor & Tie), Kendricks' 1979 Arista LP Something More, the 1997 two-CD set Salsoul Essentials from U.K. label Charly Records, the CD reissue of Candi Station's 1976 Young Hearts Run Free, Debbie Taylor's 1997 Sequel CD Still Comin' Down on Ya, the Unidisc CD reissue of Musique's 1979 LP Keep on Jumpin', the Unidisc reissue of the Kay Gees' 1979 LP Burn Me Up, Rainbow Brown's 'Til You Surrender with Fonda Rae on Vanguard Records, Shannon's 1986 Atlantic LP Love Goes All The Way, the Main Ingredient featuring Cuba Gooding's 1981 RCA LP I Only Have Eyes for You, and sides by Gladys Knight, Ace Spectrum, Rick James, Jeanie Tracy, and Bruni Pagan. His engineering credits include Make It Last Forever by Keith Sweat, Follow the Leader & Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em by Eric B & Rakim, Rakim's The 18th Letter/Book of Life, Salt-N-Pepa's Hot, Cool & Vicious, and James Moody's Heritage Hum/The Teacher on Collectables. In 2004 Patrick Adams was voted MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCER OF THE DISCO ERA by members of the Internet website DiscoStyles.com. In 2005, Patrick Adams along with Gamble & Huff, Quincy Jones, Barry White and Vince Montana was nominated as a producer for induction into the DANCE MUSIC HALL OF FAME.
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