How to listen? 1. The easiest method is to use the flash player built into the listening panel. It doesn’t use a cache, but it works well enough with an unstable internet connection. It automatically re-starts playback (after lost connection to the internet).
2. To start playback with a program that supports playback of web audio, please use these links: Winamp, iTunes / Windows Media Player / Real Player / QuickTime.
3. We’re included in iTunes Radio and Windows Radio Guide catalogues. Look in the Classic Rock section and you can easily listen to our radio straight from there. You can also find us in other catalogues - Tuner24, PickRadio, RadioShaker, RadioGuideFM and others.
4. From mobile devices - the free and convenient TuneIn app for iOS, Android and other platforms. In the catalogue, find TrueColorsRadio. This allows for a buffer, which really saves during playback using mobile data. This is even better if you have a wifi connection.
5. On stationary audio equipment with connectivity to the internet made by companies like Pioneer, Denon, Onkyo, Philips, Sony, Yamaha, Teac, etc. We’re included in their build-in radio catalogues.
Happy listening!
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Lyrics
| At TrueColorsRadio sings: |  |  | ||
| 1. | Thinking Of You | 190 | 21 | |
| 2. | I Belong To You | 180 | 15 | Lapshin |
| 3. | It Ain't Over Till It's Over | 137 | 13 | Lapshin |
| 4. | Heaven Help | 50 | 1 |
Leonard Albert «Lenny» Kravitz
26.05.1964 (56)
New York City, NY, USA
Likes: 557
Dislikes: 50
4 Grammy Award
2002 - American Music Awards
1993 - MTV Video Music Awards
2001 - Radio Music Awards
1994 - BRIT Awards
2001 - Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
2011 - Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Kravitz is the son of Roxie Roker, an actress known for her character Helen Willis in the 1970s hit television sitcom The Jeffersons, and Sy Kravitz, an NBC television news producer. His father was from a Russian Jewish family.
Kravitz was named after his uncle, Private First Class Leonard M. Kravitz, who was killed in action in the Korean War at the age of 20, while defending against a Chinese attack and saving most of his platoon.
Kravitz began banging on pots and pans in the kitchen, playing them as drums at the age of three. At the age of five, he wanted to be a musician. He began playing the drums and soon added guitar. Kravitz grew up listening to the music his parents listened to: R&B, jazz, classical, opera, gospel, and blues. Around the age of seven, he saw The Jackson 5 perform at Madison Square Garden, which became his favorite group.
n 1974, the Kravitz family relocated to Los Angeles when Kravitz's mother landed her role on The Jeffersons. At his mother's urging, Kravitz joined the California Boys Choir for three years, where he performed a classical repertoire, and sang with the Metropolitan Opera. He took part in Mahler's Third Symphony at the Hollywood Bowl. It was in Los Angeles that Kravitz was first introduced to rock music, listening to Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Aerosmith, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Cream, and The Who. In 1978, Kravitz was accepted into the school's well-respected music program. He taught himself to play piano and bass, and made friends with Zoro who would later become his long-time collaborator. Kravitz wanted to be a session musician. He also appeared as an actor in television commercials during this time.
Kravitz released his début album Let Love Rule on September 6, 1989, a combination of rock and funk with a general 1960s vibe. Music critics were mixed: some felt Kravitz was a gifted new artist, others felt he was overpowered by his musical influences.
In 1990, Kravitz produced the song "Justify My Love" for Madonna, which he co-wrote with Ingrid Chavez. The song, which appeared on her greatest hits album The Immaculate Collection and created controversy because of its explicit video, went to number 1 for two consecutive weeks. When MTV banned the video, the video was quickly made available for sale at record stores, and immediately sold over 500,000 copies. Kravitz separated from Lisa Bonet in 1991, amid rumors of an affair between him and Madonna. Kravitz has denied any infidelity. Kravitz and Bonet divorced in 1993.
In 1991, Kravitz produced the self-titled album Vanessa Paradis for French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis. He played most of the instruments and co-wrote most of the songs on the album. He also released his second album, Mama Said, which was his first album. The songs on the album were about Bonet and dedicated to her, documenting his depression over their breakup. Kravitz's biggest single yet, "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over," went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single "Always on the Run," a tribute to his mother, featured Slash on guitar.
Kravitz released his sixth album Lenny in October 2001. The album was recorded in Miami. Kravitz wrote the song "Bank Robber Man" after the Miami Police Department detained and cuffed him while walking to the gym with his trainer because police stated that he matched the description of a bank robber. Kravitz did not have any identification with him at the time and the police on the scene did not believe that he was indeed Lenny Kravitz. The bank teller who was robbed was then brought to the scene and said Kravitz was not the bank robber. Miami Police later sent officers to Kravitz's home to apologize for the detention. When asked if he thought the incident was a case of racial profiling, Kravitz said he wasn’t sure although some of the lyrics in the song suggest otherwise.
In 2001, he began dating with model Adriana Lima. In 2002, the couple was engaged, but less than a year later the engagement was called off.Kravitz identifies himself as a Christian, "through choice but I'm also a Jew, it's all the same to me". During another interview Kravitz stated, "I'm half Jewish, I'm half black, I look in-between." He also notes that spirituality "has been an important issue in my growth", given his upbringing by parents of different faiths. Such spirituality is prominently featured on many of his songs, such as the lyrics on his album Baptism, and having his back inscribed with a tattoo stating, "My Heart Belongs to Jesus Christ."
Musical editor:
AVG
Shipiloff
Lapshin
Mik3
Gritsouk
DeeDee
ColorkoVA
AOsokina
Anna
Nadya_Zhe
Natali
Olesya
Karetnikov
BarsovA separate special thanks, for their support,
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.
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day
30.09.1959 (61)
Russia, Moscow
Canada, Toronto
Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Don Henley, Jeff Lynne, Tina Turner
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day
04.10.1985 (35)
Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow
Rock, Funk, Disco
Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, James Brown, Bryan Ferry
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day
26.04.1986 (34)
Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow
Rock, Funk, Blues
George Benson, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Bryan Ferry, Kool and the Gang, Laid Back, Led Zeppelin
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day
05.05.1985 (35)
Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow
Soul, Rock, Jazz-funk
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, Foreigner
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day
26.05.1982 (38)
Ukraine, Kuznetcovsk
Russia, Moscow
Rock, Funk, Disco
Chris Rea, Rod Stewart, Lionel Richie, Chris Isaak, Tina Turner, Sade
A bit of TrueColors Radio history.
Having 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.
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day;
26.03.1985 (35)
Russia, Vladimir
Spain, Palma de Mallorca
Disco, Blues, Rock, Soul
Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, George Michael, Tina Turner, Elton John
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day; PR
28.08.1980 (40)
Russia, Severodvinsk
Russia, Moscow
Rock, Funk, Disco, Blues, Soul
Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Sade, Jamiroquai, Bee Gees, Chris Isaak, Sting, Elton John
Recommendations; Notes;
04.12.1984 (35)
Russia, Murom
Russia, Moscow
Tori Amos, Radiohead, De-Phazz, Massive Attack, Sade, Jamiroquai, Portishead
Recommendations; Notes;
23.10.1910 (110)
Georgia, Tbilisi
Russia, Moscow
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day;
04.08.1987 (33)
Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow
Rock, Funk, Disco
Norah Jones, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Jamiroquai, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins
Recommendations; Notes; Artist of a day; Lyrics; PR
26.06.1985 (35)
Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow
Rock, Soul, Funk, Disco, Blues
Elvis Presley, Barry White, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Sade, Nina Simone
Design
28.01.1990 (30)
Russia, Ufa
Russia, Moscow
We take the musical component of our station seriously, and we do the same for the visual component.
Design 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.
Search optimization
23.05.1981 (39)
Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow
Rock, Funk, Blues, Reggae
Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Extreme, Chris Isaak
Many radio stations of varying themes and directions exist, but TrueColors Radio distinguishes itself by its main concepts.
Firstly, 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.
System design
25.10.1981 (39)
Russia, Moscow
Russia, Moscow
The way TrueColors Radio visually and functionally delivers music to its listeners is entirely Alexader’s accomplishment.
Specifically, 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.
How to recommend?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.
Recommendations chart
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