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Seasoned & Emerging Artist from Around the Globe
As music blogger & promoter, I come across numerous songs each and every day. Occasionally, when time allows, I like to share, at least, my top five selections worthy of any music listener's playlist. In this issue, I choose an unique five, representing different parts of our country, as well as different genres to please different listener's palettes.
By mysoundMusic6 years ago in Beat
Guava Island
Guava Island: Comedy/Drama/Music (2019) A top secret and one of my favorite surprises of spring going into summer 2019. Directed by Hiro Murai (his feature directorial debut) with a screenplay by Stephen Glover from a story by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Ibra Ake, Jamal Olori and Fam Udeorji. It stars Donald Glover and Rihanna in the lead roles of Deni and Kofi. First shown as a really good surprise before headlining performance at the Coachella Festival on April 11, 2019. Which has and some unreleased songs I’m sure from an Album this is tied to were futuristic next level high energy with some 808’s in there songs was performed for Coachella only with the infectious r&b song Saturday shines through in the movie. It was then released on April 13, 2019, by Amazon Studios through Amazon Prime Video for anyone to watch without a subscription for 18 hours before being available to Prime subscribers only. In the final hour of the 18 hours, the film was streamed on the Coachella YouTube page. Donald Glover was co-headlining at the event as Childish Gambino. I can’t stress enough that this is not mainly and overall just a musical film, just because it can be considered in that genre doesn’t automatically make this a musical. Its not even that it only has three main impactful artistic performances, summertime magic, this is America, and Saturday to end the film in musical performances. Lastly containing background music all performed and featured by Childish Gambino. As some to believe as conspiracy theory’s and statements that Donald Glover eluded he’s retiring as a musical artist in the theory’s are that this film is showcasing and provoking that he’s killing of the Childish Gambino artist persona of his music career who is basically the lead character Deni. Nonetheless if this is the end with no more music from Childish Gambino than this maybe considered a final cut of songs from a final album. Which hasn’t been or maybe never will be released as well.
By lurenoor006 years ago in Beat
Seasons: Five songs from Justin Bieber’s new album “Changes” that you should hear now.
At just 25 years old, Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Drew Bieber has amassed an enormous public following much unlike anything the digital world has ever seen before, complete with high-profile collaborations and co-signs, record-breaking stretches at the top of the Billboard charts, a merchandise line that went rather quickly from collection of simple fan goodies to sophisticated (and viral) fashion statement and a multitude of other staggering achievements to boot. And at just 25 years old, he’s had to rebuild and repair his personal relationship with and professional reputation amongst said public following, too. On numerous occasions.
By Kimberley Scribe6 years ago in Beat
Tunes to Get Grooving To - Single Edition
Hi all! This week at Tunes to Get Grooving To, I am bringing you two separate editions! As you can see by the title, this week’s theme is all about Valentine’s Day (which for those of you who have forgotten, it’s THIS FRIDAY!). Now, if you’re single for Valentine’s Day then I know you’ll spend the whole day pretending it’s just another Friday. But today I am giving you 5 awesome tunes that say “F*** YOU!” to Valentine’s Day and they’re all about independence and self-love. Don’t catch yourself crying this Valentine’s Day, catch yourself listening to the best “I Hate Valentine’s Day” playlist ever.
By Leigh Hooper6 years ago in Beat
To the Beat: January 2020
New year, new beats! We're excited to kick off 2020 with another round of all the songs you loved this month. To the Beat is back with everything from oldies that remind us of how much has changed during this past decade, to some Grammy winners who didn't fail to impress.
By Vocal Curation Team6 years ago in Beat
My Karaoke No-Fly List
I love karaoke. You could say that I am like a duck in water in regards to it. No, not the Asian type karaoke where you rent out a room and croon to close friends and try to decipher the remote iconography that is in a different language, but more of our Western style karaoke where we perform in front of audiences that in a utopia also includes people who aren’t other singers and where there is the KJ running the show. A KJ (karaoke jockey) who provides order to chaos, brings energy and personality to the show, a good sound system, and whenever possible, a large variety of quality backup tracks.
By Jim Gleeson6 years ago in Beat
I went to Camp.
Forward. The following is a album review of Childish Gambino's "Camp" told in the form of story and reaction. Each song from the album is accompanied by a subsequent story or reaction to the experience I personally feel. This should be read for inspiration and entertainment. Lastly, consider listening to the album while you read along for an enhanced experience. Thank you.
By Gregory Fuentes6 years ago in Beat
7 Music Production Tips I Wish I'd Paid More Attention To
Years ago, after I got past the very beginning stage of learning how to produce music, I started to ignore a lot of “basic” advice I would hear when I was looking for ways to get better. I would think something along the lines of, “I already know that, I’m sick of hearing this shit, give me something more advanced”.
By Alex Eynstone6 years ago in Beat
NPR Tiny Desk Concert: A YouTube Channel For Music Discovery
It was about 5 years ago when I discovered a niche YouTube channel by NPR Music. This channel is called NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert where artists from all over the charts come and preform in a literal, tiny desk setting. These performances range from new artists to billboard toppers such as Paramore, Hozier, Tyler the Creator, Taylor Swift and Adele, to just name a few. These artists play a small set of 3-4 songs either acoustically or with a band. The first artist that lead me to Tiny Desk Concert was Matty Healy's performance for The 1975 about 6 years ago. Being a huge The 1975 fan, I discovered this acoustic set through their following and with my natural curiosity, I discovered a treasure chest of gold.
By Christie Ciberey6 years ago in Beat
Tunes to Get Grooving To (Part 11)
Hi all! After last week’s celebratory Christmas edition, it’s only fair that this week we keep in the theme of coming to the end of the year. Last week Spotify released their “Spotify Wrapped” which can show listeners their favourite music of the year, favourite music of the decade, and how much music they’ve listened to. This week I’ll be digging into my own personal music taste and sharing five tunes that I’ve had on repeat this year!
By Leigh Hooper6 years ago in Beat
