Feature stories and artist interviews
Organizations invest in Salesforce release to improve efficiency and performance. They always need to do this using the least resources. As a salesforce developer, you should realize the importance of offering salesforce solutions to clients that are simple to use and allow them to access data online as well as offline. As an organization, you…
The magical Neon Hitch is an eclectic British-born pop singer-songwriter who beams playfulness, femininity, and mystique. Her true life story is more vivid than most people’s fantasies — as a child growing up on a bus in the English countryside she traveled as a trapeze artist and circus performer before turning her love of poetry…
Portland five-piece, Defeat The Low, is pleased to release their debut video for their song, “Aurora Ave.” The song comes from the the band’s forthcoming debut album, A Nervous Smile, out this November 18th via Rise Records. The band will also hit the road this November 14th, on the Rise Records Tour with Dance Gavin…
Whether you’re planning a party or a corporate event, hitting on the ideas that will make it not only memorable but also enjoyable for your guests or attendees can be a headache. Getting the venue, the decor and especially the menu right will be high on your list of considerations, and can take months of…
As part of a new pilot program, the U.S. Army has partnered with Music for All (MFA)/Bands of America to educate young musicians, band directors, educators, parents and others about the unique opportunities to serve in the Army. Through the partnership, the Army will support nine championship events across the country this marching band season,…
Montreal alt, folk-pop quintet, The Franklin Electric re-released their powerful debut album This Is How I Let You Down on May 6, 2014 via Montreal-based indie label, Indica Records (Half Moon Run, Phantogram). Over the course of the summer, The Franklin Electric played some of the most impressive festivals in the Eastern part of Canada…
“Happiness” featuring MNEK follows the success of Malinchak’s recent singles “Stranger,” “If U Got It” and the UK No.2 hit “So Good To Me,” the latter topping 25 million views on YouTube, dominating the dance floor and radio, and moving Adele to describe it as “beautiful.” Immediacy is synonymous with Malinchak, who likes to share…
1Way TKT (J. Glaze and DJ U-Kno) are a group of musicians, producers, and DJ’s based out of New York City. They have performed with artists in all genres of music including LMFAO, Nas, Kid Cudi, Talib Kweli and others, as well as produced records for major Billboard artists like Outasight, Young Money, Wu-Tang Clan,…
Koo Koo is the first offering from GABI (neé Gabrielle Herbst) on Software. Gabrielle’s formal training began at an early age, studying Balinese dance and gamelan in Indonesia while learning both the clarinet and piano. Herbst continued her training at Bard College where she studied voice and composition under the tutelage of Joan Tower, Zeena…
A Boston-based fashion company, UsTrendy, www.ustrendy.com (home to 20,000 fashion designers and boutiques) is facilitating a revolutionary process through its website, to help democratize a sometimes top-down fashion industry. At the site, aspiring fashion designers can upload their designs for other users to view. Those users vote for their favorites, and the top-rated clothing is…
“Turn It Up” is a standout cut from Supercharged, a set of gleaming, high-energy club music by the effortlessly charismatic Kwanza Jones . Those who know Jones only from her soulful Naked series of albums should prepare themselves for an enthusiastic plunge into wonderfully dizzy electronic pop. Supercharged applies those talents to modern music with…
New York trio, Invisible Familiars, led by songwriter Jared Samuel, released their debut 7″ single, “Clever Devil”, in June on the Other Music Recording Co. – purchase here. Stereogum called the A-side, “T. Rex in a funhouse of horrors,” advising you to, “let it cast a spell on you.” Today the band has offered a…
As the hook suggests, “Sushi” is a raw cold bar! A song made by emcee’s for emcees. Uni-V-Sol explains how the collaboration came to fruition “The song “Sushi” is my bid to be known as one of Hip Hop’s best emcees out today. Getting Nottz to produce the track just seemed like the natural thing…
Kit Walters is an American recording artist, songwriter, and producer. At the age of 18, already the dynamic frontman for the progressive metal band Scapegoat, he began producing and recording fellow label mates with Tragic Hero Records. With an instinct for memorable hooks, Kit has created numerous fan favorites and bestsellers with artists such as…
Cleveland, OH metal band Affiance has released its third full length studio album “Blackout” today via Bullet Tooth. The CD was produced by Carson Slovak (August Burns Red and Texas In July) at Atrium Audio and consists of 10 tracks, ranging from songs about political imbalance (“Darkest”, “In Justice” “Monuments Fall”) to emotionally charged anthems…
When you think of bittorrent software, what do you think of? Illegal music downloading, right? It’s understandable. Napster impregnated this image in our minds. But, torrent sites have grown up since then. Sure, there are some out there that don’t believe in intellectual property, but most of the downloads in 2013 were completely legal. How…
Not only do smaller venues boast unique locations off the beaten track, they also have more affordable entrance fees, intimate stage shows and a better sound quality than large music venues. Masked by their day-time appearance, hidden away down city back streets and tucked up in attics, hidden gig venues offer the perfect chance to…
Hello to all Skope lovers out there, so nice to see you again. There is so much exciting things going on in the world besides war, Ebola, poverty, so lets try and focus on that for a moment. In music news, Splice, a cloud-based platform for music creation, collaboration and sharing announced it has raised…
Have you ever paused to wonder what happened to half the bands you used to listen to back in the 80’s? Remember when your mom told you to turn down that noise? If the Internet was up and running full swing back then, she probably would have been online searching for a trash can to…
Miami, Florida, has always been steeped in culture and rich in music history. Cubans brought the hot sound of the conga and rumba to the forefront while Caribbean transplants introduced the natives to reggae and calypso. The city offers a music vibe like no other and hosts the annual Winter Music Conference, which is the…
Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the U.S., but it’s not a state you can easily ignore. With a cultural attitude of ambition and drive, it’s no surprise at all that you can trace several musicians back to their roots in this beautiful state. With a state so small, if you live in…
Black River Drive’s new song ‘Grenade’, from their forthcoming album QUICKSAND, punches like a heavyweight champion. A meaty, punk rock guitar riff melds with a crushing gang vocal chorus that you’ll be singing along with by the end of the song. “I knew I had something special with this one” says lead singer and BRD…
With the release of a bold new single and music video ‘Digital Penetration’, NYC electronic shock rocker JUSTIN SYMBOL and his band have created a style all their own, which SYMBOL calls “Digital Rock”. The single contrasts classic 80’s Industrial beats with newer synth elements from current EDM, and tops it off with a crushing…
Acclaimed singer-songwriter releases “Strange Life” as the first single off her 2013 album, The Good Ones. Singer-Songwriter/vocal coach Tina Shafer started hosting and booking the New York Songwriterʼs Circle in 1991. Tina Shafer has written for artists such as Celine Dion and Billy Porter, and has also established herself as a vocal coach, working with…
Indian weddings are so much like fashion trends. A particular trend picks up and then it is done to death, till people are really sick of it. Take choreographed dances or sangeet preparations for example. Dancing on the latest Bollywood songs became a trend more than ten years ago and it is still carrying on.…
Soulful lyrics, hypnotic Three P Beats, and harmonic melodies are all hallmarks of the best R&B artists of the past 5 years. Alicia Keys, Usher, and even crossover artists like Kanye West have all topped the charts since 2010 with hot new releases, and are now on massive world tours. With the top spots now…
Miami based singer/rapper/songwriter AdELA released her first official music video for her single “I Was Waiting”. The debut track is heating up the streets and was produced by super producer STREETRUNNER. This emotional hip-hop ballad gives you a strong visual to back up the power track. The video was Directed by Andrew Colton and shot…
Country recording artist Veronica Ballestrini has released a concept video for her current single, “Cookies and Cream,” which is now available for viewing on her YouTube page. Directed by Carl Diebold, the video was shot in downtown Nashville, Tenn., and features the iconic Elliston Place Soda Shop. “Cookies and Cream” is an upbeat, high-spirited anthem…
Check out NYC-based pop crooner Rachel Lynn. Lynn just released her new single “Somehow, Some Way”. The track comes off her forthcoming sophomore EP To Street & Transfer, out this November. To Street & Transfer is the follow-up to Lynn’s 2012 debut, self-titled EP, of which Big Takeover raves, “And so, over five songs, we…
Over the course of his decade long and decorated career, Urban Mystic has sold over 300K albums (Independently) and has worked with Scott Storch (who produced his hit-single “I Refuse” which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Charts), Red Spyda, Paul Wall, El Debarge and Kay Gee (who produced Mystic’s first big single…
Born with a name comprised of two (Ana and Elise) and made of many ethnicities (Mexican and Italian to name a couple), Analise Nelson lives the many aspects of her life in hybridity. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado and was surrounded by her parents’ diverse taste in music, which ranged from jazz to progressive…
Meg Myers released her first performance video today for the alt-rock track “GO” from her latest EP, Make A Shadow. This video – directed by Robert Hales (Jack White, Gnarls Barkley, N.E.R.D.) – gives you a glimpse into Meg’s soul-wrenching and intense live show. Meg’s current single “Desire” is top 20 at alternative radio in…
Dance duo The Knocks (comprised of LES/NY-based producers JPatt and B-Roc) drop a music video to accompany their feel-good, anytime anthem, ‘Classic (ft. Powers)’ out now via Big Beat Records—spreading nostalgia to everyone’s favorite classic computer game, The Sims—while kicking off a perfect afternoon at the pool, complete with cotton candy, palm trees, and (thankfully)…
Fresh from their Ibiza residency as part of David Guetta’s ‘F*** Me I’m Famous’, Daddy’s Groove are back with yet another slice of dance floor goodness in the shape of ‘Pulse’. Featuring indie upstarts TeamMate on vocal duties, ‘Pulse’ is available now on Ultra Records and is followed by a stunning video you can watch…
James Edgar Francis wants you to fall in love with him. Or at least that is what you would be forgiven for thinking when you hear his debut single “Unearth Me, Baby”. “You’ve got me running around and you’ve got me singing, got me singing…” James has been a fiery enigma of the Sydney music…
Digital signage is the future of marketing and advertising. It is versatile, quick to update, interactive, much more interesting and attractive than static signage and can be put both outdoors and indoors. For indoor advertising, especially, digital signage has made it possible for the client to interact more directly with the brand through such applications…
Pop icon Lady Gaga gave a show-stopping performance in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on Saturday as part of her “artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball” world tour. Some 30,000 concertgoers were also wowed with a surprise appearance by the legendary Tony Bennett, who performed a duet with Lady Gaga taken from their collaborative effort, Cheek to Cheek,…
Haley Jane’s back and better than ever with a new song and video for “Doing me tonight”. This song is a perfect mix of pop and house music with an urban flare. The way the producer chopped her vocals and effected them to the beat gives Haley Jane a unique sound. The song is a…
Up and coming singer-songwriter Zana, a current student at the Berklee College of Music, has just released her debut single, ‘Into My Bed’. The four-minute tune features the 19-year-old jamming out to her self-proclaimed gypsy-pop inspired lyrics and instruments. Her collaborations with Grammy award winning producers, Tim Mitchell and George Noriega, have been instrumental in…
After 5 years of collaborating with local and national acts, Lola de Hanna is taking a new musical direction and just released her solo CD single titled “A knack for these…” written by Lola and produced by French producer Pascal Perrin. Lola, who was born and raised in Greece, describes her new sound on her…
