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Do you remember having a record collection and putting your favourite record on the turntable, lining up the needle and placing it gently within the groove? Or perhaps you used to have a big clunky Walkman that you used to play your cassette tapes while jogging? Or maybe you remember wiping the fingerprints from a…
Dead Famous is an event put together by Devon Black with featured artists from the Bay Area including Fettuccine Feast’n – Cash Outt Mob – Sexy Love – Rob Adam Jackson – plus many more hosted by pop singer Eye’z. The event was a wonderful artist showcase that took place in Oakland, CA with spoken…
Most people realize that when they enter the teaching profession, they aren’t going to earn a big salary quickly. However, there are ways in which to increase your salary as a teacher by thousands of dollars annually. How Teachers Salaries Are Determined State departments of education or collective bargaining agreements with teachers unions in most…
You may have come across a PDF file containing important information for a presentation of assignment. This information may be in tabular format that would be much easier to manipulate and work with as an Excel spreadsheet. A great site for online excel to pdf converter is the smart tool that allows converting the Microsoft…
French artist/actor/model Lulu Gainsbourg (son of French icon Serge Gainsbourg and actress/model Bambou) is stepping out of his father’s shadow with his forthcoming album Lady Luck – made up of original material inspired by events from his private life. The first single and title track off the forthcoming album is “Lady Luck” and the corresponding…
Out this week on Brooklyn late-night label Safer At Night (Total Fitness, Curses, DKDS), NYC techno producer/DJ Total Fitness returns with his sophomore EP, Halls of Eden, hidden in a veil of mystery and intrigue. The EP’s A Side, Halls of Eden, takes a journey down the rabbit hole with intricate percussion and his signature…
Hailing from South London, more specifically Croydon, Raye (real name – Rachel Keen) today reveals a new track entitled ‘Bet U Wish’, which comes off her debut EP ‘Welcome To The Winter’ – available to download for free NOW @ http://rayesongs.com The EP was recorded, written, and co-produced by Raye over the past 18 months,…
There could not have been any better song than “Eilyne” to serve as the appetizer for the band’s forthcoming new studio album “The Renegade” which is in the final mixing stage now and is scheduled for an early 2015 street date! “Eilyne” depicts the story of a fallen movie-star with a straight dancefloor appeal, catchy…
Derek Minor is back with new material. The first single from the forthcoming “Empire” album is produced by Dirty Rice and has some serious replay value. The visuals set the song off even more. Members of the Reflection Music Group roster all make cameos throughout the video.
San Francisco based trio Happy Fangs are set to kick off 2015 with the release of their debut LP, Capricorn, on January 27th. Lance Jackman produced and engineered the nine-track album at Sacramento’s The Dock Studio, where Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, and Wild Flag have all recorded. The album takes three mesmerizing front-people from…
New York native, Los Angeles convert, citizen of the milky way galaxy; Yaarrohs creates Ethereal Electronic Pop music textured with moody vocal layers and intimate storytelling. Produced and directed by Yaarrohs and Matthew F. Smith, the ‘Wrestle’ video channels all the raw emotion and delicacy of her airy vocals into a visual medium. As Yaarrohs…
Hailing from Sydney, Mary Rose and Chris Chidiac are Polarheart. Having played alongside each other in previous projects, the duo began writing together in early 2013. They found a strong chemistry, and a year later Polarheart was born. Their combination of dreamy vocals and abstract soundscapes, now combining elements of garage, trap and RnB, makes…
With the imminent “Business Pleasure” EP set for release on December 1st, Little Boots rewrites the rules of the pop book once more, seizing control of the reins and travelling further down her own unique path. The infectious tunes and beats are still intact of course, but now Victoria Hesketh has joined forces with esteemed…
No strangers to the Brisbane music scene, the familiar faces of brand new electronic pop duo – Stevie – are Phoebe Imhoff (formerly of Go Violets) and producer Miro Mackie. Combining their respective talents, Stevie is the product of two creative minds meeting in the middle to explore an exciting new direction for both, the…
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Hello there good people of the music loving earth. We are now officially in the holiday season. One thing I am thankful for is the amazing readers, musicians, and industry folks that keep this column going strong year after year, it’s a pleasure. In the news today, Warner Music Group (WMG) and Tencent Holdings Limited…
CRUISR just released an animated music video, honoring iconic films of both past and present. The video is for the title track off their most recent EP, All Over, and through animated clips, the video brings the song’s theme of love/hate relationships to life by remaking legendary movie scenes. Directed by Chris Carboni (Adult Swim)…
Brooklyn-by-way-of-South London emcee/hip hop innovator, Master Shortie, continues to make waves with his new video for “Elvis Presley” featuring Skepta. The video, which premiered with Complex, is a catchy blend of trap, EDM, grime and straight forward hip hop with Master Shortie at the top of his game. For “Elvis Presley”, Shortie got an assist…
Quad Cities-based quartet The Zealots have dropped a music video and free download for their aggressive and poignant new track, “Chips the Fish.” The song is an explosion of emotion and passion from one of the fastest growing bands in the music scene. The Zealots, which only formed six month ago, tapped Joey Sturgis (Asking…
LearnToPlayMusic.com’s Netflix-style on-demand content and social media platform, Apollo-M, helps musicians and music educators by giving them all the music lessons, digital tools and networking they need to achieve their music dreams. Apollo-M: On Demand Music Learning Platform: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/apollo-m-on-demand-music-learning-platform What is Apollo-M? Apollo-M is a revolutionary on-demand subscription-based music learning and teaching platform for use…
Musicians often have a tough time finding a place to live. Not only do bands have a reputation for trashing hotel rooms, prospective landlords can easily find reasons to turn down a musician’s rental application. Prospective tenants’ history is usually screened to check for factors such as disruptive behavior. Excessive noise, like that from playing…
Its Just Sage, (Sage Boatright) is releasing a hot new single and World Premiere of her new video, “All I Can Say”, produced by Andrew Lane and written by Sage Boatright, and directed by Nayip Ramos. Sage is working with and managed by Andrew Lane, multi platinum producer with a client base of over…
There are talented artists trying to make it in the music industry daily. These men and women can be in any genre of music whether it be country, classical, pop, hip hop and even rap. With more and more emerging artists, it pays to be on the lookout for the best. Here are five new…
In addition to her Incomparable album out today, Faith Evans will deliver a third video for “Fragile” a soulful pop track which features a sample of the classic song “California Dreamin.’” The video which uses a “Scandal” like story-line finds Evans as First Lady in a White House replica with a cheating husband as President.…
THE GREAT WORK have just released their new single titled “Medicate the Babies Awake,” the first in a series of singles that will be brought to life in the next several weeks. The heavy-hitting track indulges in intricate guitars and standout vocals, making a song that will appeal to the masses. THE GREAT WORK is…
Dallas, TX’s Valise is pleased to share their cinematic endeavor for their latest single, “Don’t Forget Me.” The indie-pop track will be available on Young Bloomer, their debut full-length on February 24, 2015. The collection of eleven songs is the collaborative process of over eighteen weeks recording at The Vanguard Room in Lakeland, FL with…
Jake Hanner met the future lead singer of his band a few hours after she was born. He was disappointed she was a girl and cried. Eighteen years later, Jake got over it, and he and sister Casey decided to start a band. “We didn’t grow up listening to a lot of the same music,”…
Energy bills are one of the largest monthly expenses for any household. And with cooler weather ahead, energy costs are expected to rise. To combat this new expense, Wisebread has complied a list of ways you might be inflating your energy bill without even realizing it. Take a look at these five tricks that may…
Are you ready to rock? Here are seven music festivals that rank right up there with Donauinselfest, and you don’t even need to leave the country to enjoy them. 1. Warped Tour Held every year in different cities, the Warped Tour is one of the most popular in America. It attracts all ages, genders and…
High quality cables can make all the difference when it comes to sound. In fact, many audio enthusiasts argue that the quality of the cable is just as important as the equipment they are connecting to. If you want high performance audio, buying budget cables can be a huge mistake. Fortunately for music lovers, it’s…
It’s been said that most people go to their graves with their best music still inside of them. Liz Kennedy, a Bay Area singer-songwriter with a true “force of nature” voice, is in the enviable position of having the sage wisdom and life experience to delve into the deepest darkest chasms of her soul and…
As you enter your secondary education, you may notice people tend to judge others based on their college major. Often it can describe a bit about their personality and how they plan to spend the next four years. And while all stereotypes are based in some fact, it can get annoying to be bunched where…
Rhiannon Giddens, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member of Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, makes her solo recording debut with Tomorrow Is My Turn, due out February 10 on Nonesuch Records (vinyl to come March 3). The album was produced by T Bone Burnett and is available to pre-order with an instant download of the…
Pittsburgh has a new queen and she goes by the moon baby. On November 25th she will drop her debut EP entitled ‘Urallpoor.us’ which sees her collaborating with local producer Wise Blood on four of the six tracks. “Urallpoor.us is lyrically sacred and musically profane, giving voice to my relationship with my hometown of Pittsburgh,…
Social media powerhouses Kina Grannis (Singer/Songwriter, 1million+YouTube Subscribers) and Wong Fu Productions (Filmmakers, 2million+ YouTube Subscribers) have teamed up for a brand new futuristic music video for a special remix track that Grannis recently released called “Write It in The Sky” (Ken Loi Remix). The remix was created through a project called The Mobile Mix,…
Dead Bouquet announce the release of their debut album As Far As I Know, produced by Paul Kimble (Grant Lee Buffalo), which has officially come out on the 27th of October by the Italian label Seahorse Recordings. After all, Autumn is a key season for this collection of songs. Beyond having recorded, mixed and being…
We’re sharing the news again about Steve Ryan helping other fellow artists. He has a playlist on his popular Youtube Channel dedicated just to supporting other Artists and Channels. Plus, when videos are added to the playlist, it automatically gets tweeted to his HUGE Twitter following. This is basically a no-brainer. If you are an…
Artist PR is a web based service with all the right tools in place to help launch unsigned artists into the industrial machine, as a leading one stop service for all publicity and other crucial avenues to get artists exposed around the globe. Once you sign up by submitting your music, they take it from…
Created to address our nations losing battle with obesity, 2B Beverages is making a positive contribution to reduce the amount of sugar Americans consume by offering two new drinks 2B Sparkling and 2B Still, which contain 80% Less Sugar than traditional full sugared beverages. 2B is proud to say they’ve found a way to offer…
Hailing from the pits of a garage attic, the Yetis spent their days covering popular songs by The Strokes and Arctic Monkey. Christian, Nick, Stefan and Patrick were childhood friends who popularized themselves into the four man indie-rock band they seize today. With original compositions like “Little Surfer Girl” and “Girl, I Wanna Be Your…
