MCLACHLAN HITS HIGH-TECH HIGH NOTE.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan doesn't quite understand personal computers, but she's surfing the latest technology wave. Her music CD, ``The Freedom Sessions,'' was the first from a major recording artist on an ``enhanced CD See CD Extra. ,'' which are dual-purpose disks that play audio when put in a CD player and also offer music, photographs and video when used in a computer's CD-ROM drive A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-ROM drives generally also play audio CD discs by sending analog sound to the sound card via a 4-pin cable. For specifications of 10x, 20x, etc. drives, see CD-ROM drives. See CD-ROM, CD-ROM changer, CD-ROM server and CD-ROM audio cable. . ``I'd never seen a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). ,'' McLachlan said. ``So to sit down in front of one and have a little bit of my story unfold in front of me just by pushing a mouse was really exciting.'' An enhanced CD essentially utilizes the blank space Noun 1. blank space - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" space, place surface area, expanse, area - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" for data in the same way one might fill a partly used videotape or half-empty bookshelf. ``Freedom Sessions'' offers an interview with McLachlan, samples of her previous albums, tour photos and videos, including footage of her visit to Cambodia. The audio section is a collection of previously unreleased acoustic takes of songs from her hit ``Fumbling Towards Ecstasy,'' including Tom Waits' ``Ol' 55'' that ends the album and the unlisted version of ``Hold On'' that follows it. McLachlan was skeptical when Terry McBride For information on the country music artist of the same name, see . Terry McBride (born ca. 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a founder and current CEO of the Canadian-based music company Nettwerk Music Group. , president of Nettwerk Management, the Vancouver, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography , company that produces her albums, approached her with the idea. ``I said, `I'm not into computers, so why necessarily would any of my fans be into computers?' But Terry gave me lots of statistics about how many people were on the Internet, bulletin boards or whatever, and who were my fans, and I said, `OK as long as it doesn't cost any extra.' '' When it was released in 1995, her label, Arista arista (ä·riˑ·st , priced ``The Freedom Sessions'' the same as other CDs ($15.98). McLachlan, born on Jan. 28, 1968, has been described as a vocal heir to the young Joni Mitchell. ``Singing in a clear, pristine folk-pop voice that, like Mitchell's, breaks upward in sobbing yodel yodel or yodle (both: yō`dəl), type of wordless singing, joyous in nature, usually associated with the Swiss. It is, in fact, practiced throughout the Alps and, as an importation, in the mountains of Kentucky. , she conveys the pained sensitivity of a dreamer idealist whose life is one continual loss of innocence,'' one reviewer wrote in 1994. (McLachlan has recorded a version of Mitchell's ``Blue.'') Her previous albums include the self-penned and haunting ``Touch,'' a Celtic-tinged folk/pop album that gained critical acclaim in her native Canada, and ``Solace,'' self-written except for Donovan's ``Wear Your Love Like Heaven.'' These two albums built her a small cult following in the United States. ``Fumbling Towards Ecstasy,'' her breakthrough album, was certified platinum in 1995. This album was highlighted by her alternately intimate and passionate vocal style. Her self-penned ``Hold On'' was inspired by the film documentary ``A Promise Kept,'' the story of a woman who discovers her fiance has AIDS. It was included in the ``No Alternative'' AIDS-research benefit album released by Arista in late 1992. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: ``I'd never seen a CD-ROM,'' says singer Sarah McLachlan. ``So to sit down in front of one and have a little bit of my story unfold in front of me just by pushing a mouse was really exciting.'' |
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