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Music is like food. Sometimes, you want something complex, heady, what my Food-Network-watching family calls \u2018tall food.\u2019 Sometimes, you just want a burger, or waffles, or mac and cheese; but just because something is simple doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not well-executed. If I want a burger, I want a good<\/i> burger. Dave Schulz\u2019 debut CD, Connect<\/i>, is a damned fine musical cheeseburger. At its heart, it\u2019s simple pop-rock with a few twists and turns; but then again, you could say the same thing about Toy Matinee or Howard Jones. Schulz has created a deft, delicate, and deep album; he\u2019s been doing this for a long time (he has played with everyone from the Goo Goo Dolls to Berlin to The Rembrandts to Fuel) and it shows. It doesn\u2019t hurt that Schulz has some high-powered colleagues on Connect<\/i> \u2013 Daniel Lanois (U2, Peter Gabriel), Tony Levin (King Crimson, Yes, Seal), and Mike Porcaro (Toto) show up to add to the fun. Schulz\u2019 songwriting and performing is far from simplistic. Connect<\/i> has a deep underlying theme, putting the human need for real contact in a dichotomous relationship with the increasing distance in our electronic world. Schulz questions whether any form of \u2018social media\u2019 can replace the human touch. While the concept may be heavy, however, the music is not; Schulz creates hook-laden montages that are a lot of fun to listen to. Special note has to be given to \u201cEverything\u201d (nominee for line of the year: \u201cIf you had everything \/ Would it mean everything? \/ Would you feel anything?\u201d); \u201cFanatic,\u201d with its tale of failed connections; \u201cPerfect Day;\u201d the powerful \u201cInside;\u201d and a truly warped, sick, bizarre, and deliciously fun cover of Jimmy Buffett\u2019s \u201cMargaritaville.\u201d (I cannot describe this; it\u2019s the most brain-breaking cover I\u2019ve heard since Smartbomb\u2019s version of Faith Hill\u2019s \u201cBreathe.\u201d) The only place Schulz falters is on \u201cBack To Me;\u201d great lyrics, but the melody drags a bit. Dave Schulz has created a powerful, precise, and stylish debut album that\u2019s worth making a connection to. Check out Connect<\/i> today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":29990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8436],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-41617","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-dave-schulz","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41617"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}