Because I love music so much, it was only logical to add a category devoted to some music news. You will be able to find links to news and interesting articles here. I’ll focus in on anything about an artist’s music career and just general interesting things about the music business. I’ve decided to leave the gossip, fashion and personal lifes of artists to other people to write about.
Published April 21st 2015 No album is more anticipated as the new Adele album. Rumours of her working on new music pop up every once in a while, but there’s a lot of pressure on her shoulders to meet the high expectation her first two albums have set for her. …
Published April 21st 2015 Jay Z and Roc Nation have won their lawsuit against engineer Chauncey Mahan who claimed to have co-written 41 songs of their catalog. The engineer filed his lawsuit a year ago, but notified Roc Nation back in 2000 of his ownership of the masters. The judge decided that, considering …
Published April 14th 2015 Remember that song “Video killed the radio star”? It’s something we can hardly imagine now, but apparently there was a time where looks didn’t matter in music. There’s a lot of pressure on artists to look flawless and ageless. On women more than on men. There’s always …
Published April 6th 2015 Just last week I was watching a food program on TV showing a Dutch restaurant that was using certain sounds to enhance the food experience. For instance, a seafood dish would be served on a bpttm plate that would perfectly conceal a music player playing the sounds of the ocean. This would make …
Published March 26 2015 Sometimes all of the knowledge music execs have that should give them the know-how to spot a hit record, doesn’t prevent them from missing a hit from time to time. That’s how B-side songs become unexpected hits. ‘Cos did you know that Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” …
Published March 25 2015 After a few troubled months it’s now official. One Direction have released a statement on their website today announcing the departure of member Zayn Malik. The rest of the group will continue without seeking replacement for Zayn. Zayn himself says in the statement that he has …
Published March 25 2015 What do you do after you surprise drop one of the record breaking albums this year has had so far? Right, you surprise drop some performances. Kendrick Lamar tweeted about two locations and times in the morning and then shut down a few streets in LA later in the day. While riding a truck-turned-to-mobile-stage …
Published March 25 2015 Taylor Swift pulled all of her music from Spotify at the end of last year in disagreement of the earnings per stream. This move has been sparking debate ever since between people who agree with her move and those opposed. However, it looks like most of her music has reappeared …
Published March 22 2015 A song truly is a classic when Rolling Stone magazine ranks it at #167 of it’s 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time-list. Released in 1988 as the first single taken from Tracy Chapman’s self titled debut album, the song’s purity and honesty stood out from the …
Published March 20 2015 Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, Audrey Morrissey, the executive producer from “The Voice” and songwriter former Eurythmics member Dave Stewart are teaming up together to create a new talent show called “Songland”. In this show ordinary people will get the chance to pitch a self written song …