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Madison's Story

One moment can change your life forever.  One seemingly typical event on an otherwise normal night has the power to radically alter your life path and turn the world you thought you knew upside down.  This is Madison's story. Raised by acadmemic parents in Miami, Madison focused on scholarly pursuits.
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Four New Custom Tunes

Last month I mentioned we were streaming four new Custom tracks from his upcoming album.  Today, I took down those four and threw up four more. Now streaming on this Myspace page is "Field", "Television", "Beautiful" and "Truth".  They're all awesome, so get over there and turn up your speakers.
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Listen To CDLX

Last month I shared the fact Custom is streaming four songs from his upcoming album.  Fans of Custom or people who just dig a good vibe will want to hear about CDLX. While recording his new tracks, Custom produced a side project he calls CDLX.  He explains CDLX below. cdlx
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Listen To Custom

Custom is currently working things out with the suits, trying to get his sophomore release on the street.  I've spun and reviewed the first 14 tracks, built his new official site including his official bulletin board and now I want everyone who visits this site to listen to a few
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USA Video

About a month ago I got the opportunity to preview fourteen unreleased Custom tracks.  One of these tunes was called "USA" and was a political rocker calling the USA out on some of their practices. There's now a video for this tune and it's awesome.  Download Custom's video for "USA"
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Your Honest Opinion Is Requested

I threw together the new official web page for Custom.  It's now live at it's permanent URI but I don't consider it complete.  I want readers of this site to visit it and share with me their honest feedback. I rarely assign you homework, but that's exactly what I'm doing
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Custom Fit

Custom emailed me 14 MP3s of tunes he's considering for his new album, requesting my honest feedback.  I got the MP3s yesterday and began playing them while I worked yesterday and today.  Then, I burned them to CD and played them in the car on the way home this afternoon.
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No Rest For The Wicked

What a day.  I'm only now coming up for air.  For all I know Canada is at war with Iceland, the NHL and the NHLPA have reached a deal and Dubya has resigned. I just checked the news and it doesn't appear any of the above has happened.  Between my
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Chatting With Custom

Earlier today I mentioned that Custom had left a comment on the SLS page for his hit "Hey Mister", which appeared on SLS7.  Although I was fairly certain it was legitimate, I wrote him an email to be certain. It's the real deal.  Custom, or Duane Lavold as he signs
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Custom?

A comment was left early this morning on our SLS page for Custom's "Hey Mister".  It appears to be from Custom himself and it appears to be legitimate.  Here's what he wrote. this is custom. i fell apon this site. i live in new york and am from canada. thanks
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Hey Mister

While listening to tunes earlier today, I realized there are some songs I can no longer sing aloud to.  A good example is "Hey Mister" from Custom, a song I liked enough to put on SLS7. I was singing along with Custom when I heard it today until the closing
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