Music is one of my main interests. I love writing my own songs as much as I love listening to other people’s music, which is why I keep up with some of the latest music news. All of my articles as well as my own music can be found here.
Published March 20 2015 Kendrick Lamar released his album “To Pimp A Butterfly” a week ahead of schedule, taking the world by surprise. The album has been incredibly well received, not just by the press, his peers, but also the public. The album is expected to be downloaded 325,000 times in …
Published March 20, 2015 “I Wanna Sex You Up” was the breakthrough record for R&B group Color Me Badd in 1991. The group was asked to sing on a track for the movie soundtrack “New Jack City”, but funny enough, it wasn’t “I Wanna Sex You Up”. Originally the group …
Published March 19 2015 What better place to learn music than the very place where music history was written: The Beatles’ Abbey Road Studios. And now it’s possible. The Abbey Road Studios opens it’s very own music educational institute allowing students from around the world to learn music production and …
Published March 19 2015 Just two years ago Kylie Minogue surprised the world by swapping the management team she had throughout her whole career for Jay Z’s Roc Nation. An interesting move for both parties as Kylie Minogue in style, sound and image was nowhere near any of the other artists on the …
Published March 19 2015 After winning the copyright infringement case against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, the Gaye family appear now to be set on going after the involved record companies, UMG and Interscope, and artist T.I. The Marvin Gaye estate believes there is no difference between the infringement done by …
Published March 18 2015 Even though this is not exactly about a world famous group, I really think this is worth writing about due to my interest in music and marketing. What this group has managed to achieve, is pretty spectacular. K3 is a girl group that had their break through …
Published March 18 2015 Unless you’ve been living under a rock you must have heard about the New Zealand’s X Factor judges lashing out with heavy criticism towards contestor Joe Irvine. The video footage has been going viral for a few days: https://youtu.be/eU9H_e6PDi8 As true karma, whatever you throw out …
Published March 17 2015 I’ve just had a reminder on how fragile health can be. A bad cold got me out of the music game for weeks. My voice was completely gone and still, almost three weeks later, I’m struggling with my singing voice. It’s like I don’t control it yet. …
Published March 2 2015 It was rumoured for a while, but now it’s confirmed. Madonna will take her “Rebel Heart” album to the road. She’ll be traveling throughout North America and Europe. Over the years I have seen a few of her shows. I usually skip a tour, because the …
Published March 2nd 2015 Charmayne Maxwell, also known as Maxee, died last Friday night at her home in LA. She was a member of R&B group Brownstone, mostly known from the hit single “If You Love Me”, which was released on Michael Jackson’s own music label MJJ in 1995. She lost …