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At TrueColorsRadio sings:
1. Englishman In New York
110
5
2. It's Probably Me
106
10
3. Little Wing
102
7
4. Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)
99
3
5. Every Breath You Take
97
3
6. Fields Of Gold
82
1
7. When We Dance
78
8
8. Mad About You
71
9
Artist of a day
Sting
Original name
Gordon Matthew Thomas SumnerDate of birth
02.10.1951 (72)Place of birth
Wallsend, North Tyneside, EnglandTotal songs: 8
Likes: 745
Dislikes: 46
Awards:
16 Grammy Awards
3 Brit Awards:
- Best British Male
- Golden Globe
- Emmy Award
Sting is the eldest of four children born to Audrey , a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, a milkman and engineer. Young Gordon would often assist his father with the early-morning milk-delivery rounds, and by age 10 he became "obsessed" with an old Spanish guitar that had been left behind by an emigrating friend of his father.
Sting performed in jazz bands on evenings, weekends, and during breaks from college and from teaching. He played with local jazz bands such as the Phoenix Jazzmen, the Newcastle Big Band, and Last Exit.
He gained his nickname after he performed wearing a black and yellow sweater with hooped stripes while onstage with the Phoenix Jazzmen. Bandleader Gordon Solomon thought that the sweater made him look like a bee, which prompted the nickname "Sting".
In 1977, Sting moved from Newcastle to London, and soon thereafter he joined Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani (who was soon replaced by Andy Summers) to form the New Wave band The Police. Between 1978 and 1983, they released five chart-topping albums and won six Grammy Awards. Although their initial sound was punk inspired, The Police soon switched to reggae-tinged rock and minimalist pop.
Their last album, Synchronicity, which included their most successful song, "Every Breath You Take", was released in 1983. According to Sting, who appeared in the documentary Last Play at Shea, he decided to leave The Police while onstage during the 18 August 1983 concert at Shea Stadium because he felt that playing that venue was "Everest".
Sting began a career as a solo artist, scoring a hit album with his first post-Police effort, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, released in 1985. On the recording, he worked with several jazz musicians, including Bradford Marsalis. Sting went on to release a string of successful solo albums, including Nothing Like the Sun (1987), The Soul Cages (1991), Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) and Mercury Falling (1996). During this period, Sting wrote and recorded a diverse range of music, from haunting ballads to intriguing instrumental pieces to upbeat popular songs. He found chart success with such singles as "Englishman in New York," "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" and "Fields of Gold."
In addition to his musical career, Sting has been active in human rights and other social issues. He and his wife, Trudie Styler, have been married since 1992. The couple has four children. Sting also has two other children from his first marriage.
Musical editor:
ideas, recommendations and other help:
Darya Safonova
Eduard Abramayn
Emil Abramayn
Anton Mishakov
Olga Lazutina
Alexander Shipilin
Mariya Konstantinova
Svetlana Petrashova
George Gritsouk
Mariya Savina
Ildar Krukov
Diana Karenovna
Nikolai Chesnokov
This is:
Non-commercial internet radio station, broadcasting popular modern music including best compositions from the past, showcasing soul, funk, rock, disco, blues, reggae and other genres of music.
Idea:
The station is conceived as a convenient and accessible source of quality music for personal listening and aimed at those for whom music is a large component of life and personal philosophy.
There are no commercials, no news and no DJs.
The defining criteria for addition of a song into the playlist is the melody, rhythm or uniqueness (originality).
Application:
Home and/or work. In the car, or on rollerblades. With headphones, from a cellphone or on a quality acoustic setup.
Music for a restaurant, cafe or bar. Office or warehouse. In the rain, or in the summertime, in the heat or at night.
Maintaining your positive mood with an optimistic attitude!
Singing:
Notable residents of the station:
Barry White, Elton John, Chris Rea, George Michael, Joe Cocker, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Sting, Simply Red, Rod Stewart, Sade, Lionel Richie, Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, Bryan Ferry, Dire Straits, etc.
Technology:
Playback of the content is done by random choice from a collection of renewable playlists. The distribution of tracks on air is even. Each composition during playback is accompanied with an information stream including song lyrics, and a relevant photo of the artist or album art. Many compositions include short commentary, describing the history of the composition or the performer.
Voting is accessible during playback, and recommendations and comments are welcome in the separately designated field. The results of the voting are using in a rating of 10 and 100 most liked, and your recommendations influence the 10/100 Last Added list.
Contact:
Info@truecolorsradio.ru
On air since August 2, 2011.
Responsible for
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a dayDate of birth
30.09.1959 (64)Place of birth
Russia, MoscowLocality
Canada, TorontoOn board since
06.08.2011First recommendation
Pretenders - Thin LineTotal songs: 174
Total likes: 28978
Average grade: 166.5
Total dislikes: 1939
Artist of a Day notes: 2
General input: 176
Favourite artists:
Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Don Henley, Jeff Lynne, Tina TurnerResponsible for
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a dayDate of birth
04.10.1985 (38)Place of birth
Russia, MoscowLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
23.03.2012First recommendation
Pink Floyd - Learning To FlyTotal songs: 144
Total likes: 9802
Average grade: 68.1
Total dislikes: 815
General input: 144
Favourite musical styles:
Rock, Funk, DiscoFavourite artists:
Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, James Brown, Bryan FerryResponsible for
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a dayDate of birth
26.04.1986 (37)Place of birth
Russia, MoscowLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
02.04.2012First recommendation
Depeche Mode - Policy of TruthTotal songs: 106
Total likes: 13781
Average grade: 130
Total dislikes: 1608
Artist of a Day notes: 2
General input: 108
Favourite musical styles:
Rock, Funk, BluesFavourite artists:
George Benson, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Bryan Ferry, Kool and the Gang, Laid Back, Led ZeppelinResponsible for
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a dayDate of birth
05.05.1985 (38)Place of birth
Russia, MoscowLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
03.11.2012First recommendation
Earth Wind And Fire - After The Love Has GoneTotal songs: 157
Total likes: 9764
Average grade: 62.2
Total dislikes: 1115
Artist of a Day notes: 3
General input: 160
Favourite musical styles:
Soul, Rock, Jazz-funkFavourite artists:
Bee Gees, Phil Collins, George Benson, Bryan Ferry, Laid Back, Chris Rea, D Train, Kool & The Gang, Pink Floyd, Gary Moore, Chris Rea, Elton John, Bill Withers, Lionel Richie, Billy Ocean, Jamiroquai, Sting, Womack & Womack, Toto, KC & The Sunshine Band, ForeignerResponsible for
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a dayDate of birth
26.05.1982 (41)Place of birth
Ukraine, KuznetcovskLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
02.08.2011First recommendation
Phil Collins - True ColorsTotal songs: 130
Total likes: 8220
Average grade: 63.2
Total dislikes: 761
Artist of a Day notes: 10
General input: 140
Favourite musical styles:
Rock, Funk, DiscoFavourite artists:
Chris Rea, Rod Stewart, Lionel Richie, Chris Isaak, Tina Turner, SadeHaving a large personal collection of music, I always noticed the extra pleasure of hearing a favourite track play on the radio, or in some cafe, or the beach, or any other place.
This observation led to an idea—at first glance a non-trivial one—launching a personal radio stream! The initial audience was meant to be myself, and others close in their musical tastes (and otherwise).
The obvious pluses, differentiating this solution from listening to files stored on the computer, radio, or other sources:
1. Autonomy. There’s no need to choose, launch, download, select, etc. At a maximum, it’s opening a window and pressing play. 2. You never know what song is next—the element of surprise, just like on the radio—but you know for sure that it’ll be a good one (everything in the rotation is chosen by you). 3. Good distribution of song playback—no more “overlistening”. 4. No advertising, news, entertainment shows, just music. 5. Ability for everyone who is interested to listen simultaneously, and the location and time of day don’t make any difference. The only requirements is access to the internet.
So, based on these general attitudes, in August 2011, TrueColors Radio was started. The only problem of that moment was solved. That would have been a satisfactory place to stop.
But, I was lucky, and a certain amount of listeners from my circles started to show initiative with adding musical and related organizational suggestions. This was unexpected, and another new, significant result appeared: familiarity with a ton of new music, all matching a certain taste.
This, I can say with certainty, is very valuable. From experience in past years, for every year of listening to music available from different sources, my collection was growing by maybe a few dozen new tracks that were new to me. In the previous year of TrueColors Radio I heard several hundred tracks, which match 100% with my musical coordinate system.
I value this breakthrough greatly, and am very grateful to the people who spend a lot of their time researching and suggesting a variety of tracks, selecting them with accordance to the main criteria they’re familiar with. This possibility of mutual enrichment is the second serious result achieved thanks to TrueColors.
What next? The time is ripe to set another high goal, on a social scale. Here, the possibility of reaching the goal doesn’t have key importance, since, as a very respected professor in university said, distant, perhaps unachievable goals allow for setting of the right direction of growth, and it’s not too important if the goals themselves are reached in the end.
With respect to radio, the idea is simple: the listener, hooked by a long-known song, with further listening will open themselves to a lot of novelty collected on the station, and perhaps will bring something of their own.
In this fashion they will see a widening of their musical engagement and maybe even more—the improvement in the quality of their taste! This is that distant and noble goal.
We’ll see, to what degree our team can realize it.
Welcome and stay with us. Alexandre Gritsouk.
Responsible for
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day;Date of birth
26.03.1985 (38)Place of birth
Russia, VladimirLocality
Spain, Palma de MallorcaOn board since
08.08.2011First recommendation
The Temptations - Just My ImaginationTotal songs: 37
Total likes: 2844
Average grade: 76.9
Total dislikes: 269
Artist of a Day notes: 12
General input: 49
Favourite musical styles:
Disco, Blues, Rock, SoulFavourite artists:
Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, George Michael, Tina Turner, Elton JohnResponsible for
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day; PRDate of birth
28.08.1980 (43)Place of birth
Russia, SeverodvinskLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
16.05.2013Total songs: 45
Total likes: 1735
Average grade: 38.6
Total dislikes: 249
Artist of a Day notes: 5
General input: 50
Favourite musical styles:
Rock, Funk, Disco, Blues, SoulFavourite artists:
Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Sade, Jamiroquai, Bee Gees, Chris Isaak, Sting, Elton JohnResponsible for
Recommendations; Notes;Date of birth
04.12.1984 (39)Place of birth
Russia, MuromLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
24.07.2012First recommendation
Funk and Stein - Good To Be DeadTotal songs: 26
Total likes: 1710
Average grade: 65.8
Total dislikes: 183
General input: 26
Favourite artists:
Tori Amos, Radiohead, De-Phazz, Massive Attack, Sade, Jamiroquai, PortisheadResponsible for
Recommendations; Notes;Date of birth
23.10.1910 (113)Place of birth
Georgia, TbilisiLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
30.09.2012First recommendation
Seal - Wishing On A StarTotal songs: 17
Total likes: 1218
Average grade: 71.6
Total dislikes: 189
General input: 17
Responsible for
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day;Date of birth
04.08.1987 (36)Place of birth
Russia, MoscowLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
24.06.2012First recommendation
Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My LifeTotal songs: 14
Total likes: 1057
Average grade: 75.5
Total dislikes: 90
Artist of a Day notes: 2
General input: 16
Favourite musical styles:
Rock, Funk, DiscoFavourite artists:
Norah Jones, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Jamiroquai, Whitney Houston, Phil CollinsResponsible for
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day; Lyrics; PRDate of birth
26.06.1985 (38)Place of birth
Russia, MoscowLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
15.01.2012First recommendation
Stevie Wonder - My Cherie AmourTotal songs: 8
Total likes: 569
Average grade: 71.1
Total dislikes: 61
Artist of a Day notes: 11
General input: 19
Favourite musical styles:
Rock, Soul, Funk, Disco, BluesFavourite artists:
Elvis Presley, Barry White, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Sade, Nina SimoneResponsible for
DesignDate of birth
28.01.1990 (34)Place of birth
Russia, UfaLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
04.10.2012Design and copywriting of everything you see on TrueColors Radio are the result of Olesya’s participation in the project. In addition, all tasks related to the branding and the accompanying graphic decisions (from cards to car stickers) fall on her fragile shoulders.
Here we really made use of her skills and experience, developed during her studies to be a designer and work at a PR agency as well as her obvious intuition and creativity.
Responsible for
Search optimizationDate of birth
23.05.1981 (42)Place of birth
Russia, MoscowLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
13.09.2013Favourite musical styles:
Rock, Funk, Blues, ReggaeFavourite artists:
Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Extreme, Chris IsaakFirstly, the absence of commercials aspects, and as a corollary absence of advertising in any form.
Secondly, the possibility of influencing the repertoire by any of the listeners; with the help of recommendations to include a particular song in the track list, as well as with the help of likes/dislikes for the ones already in it.
Most importantly: the music. The music is of various styles and epochs but united by something that doesn’t have a concrete definition; possibly the melody, maybe the quality of the performance, or maybe it just rings in unison with the strings in our souls, which reflect our views on life.
If good music is a part of your life, join us, recommend and vote.
We’re happy to see you among our listeners. Welcome and stay with us.
Responsible for
System designDate of birth
25.10.1981 (42)Place of birth
Russia, MoscowLocality
Russia, MoscowOn board since
02.09.2011Specifically, the entire interface including display of information about the tracks (cover, comments, lyrics), voting and charts, recommendations, the content management system, and much of the other functionality that highlights your visit to the TrueColors Radio was developed and implemented by Alexander.
Results like these are possible for a graduate of a relevant faculty, having work experience with internet technologies, not being too distracted by the musical component of the project. After all, someone has to solve the strictly technical problem, not float in the musical clouds, as many other members of the TrueColors Radio team typically do.
We’ll gladly consider your musical recommendations and other suggestions! To do this it isn’t necessary to register! It’s enough to add your name, the message (name of the song) and the verification code.
Recommendations chart
It’s easy to determine the chances that a certain composition will be added, simply by listening to the station for a few hours. It’s even faster to get oriented by looking through the TOP100 tracks.
Three main criteria:
1) The song should be melodic! The simplest sign of the melodic quality of a composition: desire to sing along. Or, as a minimum, when the song stops the tune should be easily continued in the mind.
2) Of course melodic songs exist in any genre, but the track must follow our station’s format. The format is limited from different sides with a few main directions: soul, funk, rock, disco, blues, reggae and other relatively calm genres. The most important thing is to avoid extremes: metal, heavy rock, rap,"chanson", opera, and other styles will unfortunately stick out from the main direction even with a bright melody.
3) Good quality! A lot of great music, recorded mainly before the 60s, doesn’t have the quality of modern sound recording. This can be taken as motivation to find a good cover.
All recommended compositions are stored in the music database of the radio and may be played on-air at any moment, but sometimes this happens with a significant delay.
After the decision is made, a composition is put on-air and appears in the TOP/30/100 section of recent additions.
If a composition was added on the station but attributed to another recommender it means it was recommended by them before you.
Registered members have access to the following functionality:
1. Detailed view of recommendations
2. Full track listing
3. Song list with Dislike toggles
4. Emulation of display of any track from the list
5. List of recently deleted tracks
6. Addition of comments to a track
7. Addition of lyrics to a track
On Air:
How to listen?
To start playback with a program that supports playback of web audio, please use these links:M3U playlist
PLS playlist
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