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MP3 The Beautiful Losers - POP: Today's Top 40
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POP: Today''s Top 40, ROCK: Modern Rock
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The Beautiful Losers (TBL) were started by singer/songwriter Raj
Ramayya and guitarist Brett Boyd. Self-described as electro-acoustic
Indian alternative rock The Beautiful Losers music emphasizes vocal melodies and resonant lyrics accompanied by acoustic and electric guitars with elements of traditional East Indian instrumentation and World Music.
TBL are influenced by classic artists such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, U2, Nirvana, and Fleetwood Mac, yet still represent the modern sound of artists like Travis, Coldplay, Nittin Sawhney, and Radiohead.
Ramayya and Boyd recorded their first CD in San Francisco with producer John Rewind. The album features a host of distinguished guest artists, including Eric Gorfain (Christina Aguilera, Page & Plant, The Section) Pete Sears (Jefferson Starship, Rod Stewart), Habib Khan (premier Indian sitarist living in North America), and Bobby Black (Commander Cody and Asleep At The Wheel).
Their album is licensed by Japanese label Neoplex with a publishing deal from Virgin E.M.I, and is scheduled for release in Japan on March 23, 2005. The Japanese version the album features two bonus tracks, one of which is playing on the hit Japanese TV Tokyo drama Deep Love.
The Beautiful Losers live show features Ramayya on vocals and Boyd on
guitars, accompanied by additional musicians on bass, drums, and violin.
Recent shows include playing in San Francisco at Northern California''s top radio station, Radio Alice Emerging Artist Showcase, the Grammy Recording Academy Showcase, and the MT. FUJI Rock Festival. TBL have played at several Japanese animation conventions in the U.S. where they are quickly gaining popularity among the Anime community. At least 3,000 fans were there to greet them in California. TBL have highlighted in Animerica Magazine, currently the number one anime magazine in America.
TBL have toured up the West Coast to Seattle, with offers to play other dates in the LA area. They will appear at Canadian Music Week in Toronto on March 3, 2005 at the legendary El Mocambo. TBL`s song "Alien Sun" has been featured on National Public Radio''s syndicated show "All songs Considered" where it has been receiving rave https://www.tradebit.comther tune "Fair Weather Friend" has been featured on the Japanese soap-opera "Deep Love".
Ramayya and Boyd play live in Japan, where they live half of the year doing studio work as well, non-stop. Ramayya is well known for his collaborations with Yoko Kanno, having sung and written the lyrics for Strangers on the Wolf''s Rain soundtrack. He also sings Ask DNA and
wrote the lyrics for Cosmic Dare on the world famous Cowboy Bebop movie soundtrack, and is credited with numerous voice acting spots including the Biohazard game Heroes Never Die.
Ramayya also received the Canada Award for Best Movie Soundtrack of 2004 for his work on the movie Cosmic Current (winner of the 2004 Gemini Award for best documentary).
Boyd''s work in Japan includes producing and writing lyrics for well-known artists, including Japanese punk super heroes, Hi-STANDARD and many others. He played lead guitar for the Japanese digital hardcore band Wiggle, known for the eccentric pieces they created for the television ad campaign which launched Toyota''s revolutionary bB car (Scion XB in North America), and their extravagant multimedia performances at the World Film Festival and World Video Contest in Europe.
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