Category: Music

Mashups.com : The Link and Mashups of the Day

Mashups.com : The Link and Mashups of the Day – A new Mashup site with MP3s every day!

With the Christmas gift-giving release of a mashup of Beatles Love Songs mixed by George Martin, what started out as Club DJs cross-mixing different songs and then spreading them as bootleg mp3s over the internet, has climbed out of the Underground into legitimacy. Even JC Penney has a X-mas mashup ad. The hottest trend now is to mary these audio mashups with corresponding videos, such as this Beatles Medley or the Monkees “I’m a believer” & the Beatles “Paperback Writer” mashup.

Aroesmith’s “Walk this Way” used by Run DMC was a crossover in the evolution of the Mashup with the music sampling of Urban Rap overlaying Hard Rock. The highly popular video was the first rap video ever played in heavy rotation on MTV. In addition to being one of the songs that helped break Aerosmith into the mainstream in the 1970s, it also helped resurrect their career and revolutionized rock and roll and rap music when it was re-made in 1986 with rappers Run-D.M.C. on their album Raising Hell. It became an international hit and won both groups a Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap – Single in 1987. Click the image to view it. click on the other highlighted videos to play them. The Green Day video embedded below, just needs you to click on the play icon.

The Mashup ran into heavy copyright resistance. American Edit is an album of mashups paying tribute to the Green Day Album ‘American Idiot’. Although Green Day liked the album their record label banned it in late 2005. Watch ‘Boulevard of Broken Songs’ featuring Broken Dreams by Green Day, Wonderwall by Oasis, Writing to Reach You by Travis, and Sing for the Moment by Eminem. This is the original by Party Ben / Dean Gray (Pioneers of the Mashup Movement) but with video edited by Pilko, only this version is entitled ‘Wonderwall of Broken Dreams’. The audio mashup still became a huge music download favorite.

Navy Outkasts Karaoke at Sea

Those crazy squids pumpin it « Dave in Texas

Dave has linked 2 karaoke videos made at sea by the the VAW 116 Kings, who have provided carrier-based Airborne Early Warning (AEW), Airborne Battle Management, Command, Control, and Communication (ABCCC) services to the Strike Group and Joint Forces Commander. While the Vietnam generation went to war with Jimmy Hendrix ringing in their ears, this generation of co-ed warriors sails off into the wild blue yonder to Outkast. This music video is a great insight to the current Navy culture that all know the lyrics to these 2 songs -“Hey Ya'” and “Shake it like a Poloraid”.

Stones lips slurp up £250,000

Stones lips slurp up £250,000 | | Guardian Unlimited Arts
The original artwork for the Rolling Stones’ iconic tongue and lips logo sold yesterday for £250,000 at auction in London.

The work was one of 160 lots to go under the hammer at the It’s More Than Rock ‘n’ Roll auction yesterday.

A spokeswoman for promoter Magnum Communications said the band’s guitarist Ronnie Wood and former bass player Bill Wyman both watched the sale at the Sound venue in London’s Leicester Square.

A Fender Stratocaster guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix also went for £60,000 and a black bustier worn by Madonna on her Who’s That Girl tour sold for £5,000

Russia agrees to shut down Allofmp3.com

Russia agrees to shut down Allofmp3.com | CNET News.com
Russia has agreed to shut down Allofmp3.com and other music sites based in that country that the U.S. government says are offering downloads illegally. We warned about this in an earler post

The nation has struck the agreement with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as it seeks entry to the World Trade Organization. The U.S. has suggested that it would hold up Russia’s acceptance in the WTO unless leaders there took action against digital piracy

Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead

Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead – Peter Jenner | The Register
Few people know the music industry better than Peter Jenner. Pink Floyd’s first manager, who subsequently managed Syd Barrett’s solo career, Jenner has also looked after T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury, Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg – who he manages today. He’s also secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum.

The major four music labels today are “fucked”, he says. Digital music pricing has been a scam where the consumer pays for manufacturing, distribution, and does all the work – and still has to pay more. Labels should outsource everything except finance and licensing.But he’s also optimistic that for almost everyone else – indie labels, musicians, songwriters and budding entrepreneurs – as well as network providers – the future’s going to be pretty bright. The Big Four know that the DRM era is nearly over – and within two or three years, he predicts, “most countries” in the world will have a blanket licensing regime where we exchange music freely, for a couple of quid a month. Continue reading “Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead”

Your Musical Tastes Reveal Your Life Chords

Your Musical Tastes Reveal Your Life Chords – Forbes.com
And while the research shows that most people form their lifetime musical preferences between the ages of 16 and 24, none of that is carved in stone, North added.

“Your taste can become more sophisticated as you get older,” he said, “mainly because your brain has heard more music and you are able to process more complicated stuff.”

“Still, you’re not likely to shift from liking Britney Spears to Beethoven,” he added.

Rolling Stone : The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Rolling Stone : The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles

2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys

3. Revolver, The Beatles

4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan

5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles

6. What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye

7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones

8. London Calling, The Clash

Why the iPod is losing its cool

The Observer | UK News | Why the iPod is losing its cool
‘Panellists cite that the batteries are not replaceable, so when they die the entire player must be replaced,’ she said. ‘We have heard from some conspiracy theorists that the batteries are made to die soon after the warranty ends.

‘Other complaints are that iTunes [Apple’s online music store] is overpriced and the format is not easily transferred on to other players. In our ethnography interviews, some long-time iPod-users told us that they have stopped updating their iPods because it’s too much work, while other consumers who had bought iPods more recently had not even taken theirs out of the package to set it up.’

She added that the iPod is in danger of becoming a victim of its own success: ‘Some backlash is against the ubiquity of the iPod – everyone has those white headphones on the train.’

Beyoncé Knowles, freedom fighter

Beyoncé Knowles, freedom fighter | Salon.com
This month, Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s “Déjà vu” is No. 1 on the top 40 of the biggest Muslim nation in the world, Indonesia. Nine of the top 10 songs on the United Arab Emirates singles chart are hip-hop or R&B. Earlier this year Egyptian rappers MTM — whose hit song “Ummi Musafra” (“My Mother’s Away”) is about a teenager who holds a dance party while his mother is away on holiday — were voted best modern Arab act at the first Arabian Music Awards. Several journalists have reported on the vast Iranian black market in Western music and movies of all sorts. And everyone seems to agree that youth in Iran are engaged in widespread rebellion against Islamic sharia law. Tattoos, sneakers, platform shoes, belly rings, and public displays of affection are ubiquitous in the most militantly Islamic republic.