Archive for the ‘Music Gossip’ Category

You may have read the latest headlines from Bieber HQ that Justin has allegedly gotten a girl pregnant. I don’t buy it. As much as I dislike his music, I respect his marketing efforts and find it pretty interesting to observe how he stays in the public eye and constantly trends on Twitter – the answer: he constantly creates word of mouth stories and rumors (or his PR team do...). Just like the company Apple, his brand is constantly...

Just for a bit of fun, on Friday I asked my Twitter followers what must-see films for musicians they recommend watching to try and shortlist ten must-see films recommended by the music community for other musicians to watch. Here are the ten suggestions (by the way, a massive thank-you to @Rynda, @tommydba, @christopherave, @francobacchiana, @marcelafporto, @miccontrol and @wmatkinson for sending over your must-see film...

So with all the hype around the iPad dying down I thought I would do a bit of a round up on some of the coolest apps built for musicians, most creative uses of the iPad by musicians and talk about some of the future plans for the iPad that might benefit musicians. The Seven Coolest Ways Musicians Can Use the iPad 1. Mixing songs on the iPad using it as a Midi Controller There are several apps available, such as MidiPad that allow you to...

We've all been there, we're all guilty of trying to further our music careers in some of the most downright backwards ways known to man, but my theory is that the more we laugh at our shoddy mistakes, the more we will see just how shoddy they are and therefore reduce the likelihood of repeating them. Well.. that's the theory! (more...)...

Enjoy the infographic guys, and feel free to spread the propaganda! Feel free to post this on your own website (but please credit us!) If you would like to order a poster copy of this infographic you can order one from our Zazzle store here. Thanks guys, Marcus...

2009 has been a pretty interesting year for the music charts, we've seen a few new artists find themselves reach the top of the charts on multiple occasions and an incredibly diverse selection of genres beginning to gain mainstream attention. Below are the top 50 songs of 2009 (source: Billboard). (more...)...

If you've been on Facebook within the last few weeks you will have probably noticed the 'Rage Against the X Factor' group circulating the social networking. This group is going to make an attempt to get the controversial Rage Against the Machine hit song 'Killing in the name of' as this years christmas no.1. by purchashing the song in mass quantities. (more...)...

T Pain - Pioneer of the 'autotune' vocal sound So it’s already a given; like the controversial bread spread, you either love Autotune or you hate it, and if you sit on the ‘love it’ side of the fence, then you will probably agree that there are only a few artists that you tolerate it on. But what is perhaps more interesting  is the reason why Autotune has such a negative representation. After all, it’s only a plugin right? It all...

Here it is! The top 20 highest paid artists in the music industry of 2009, suprisingly out of all of the rappers and hip hop artists that rant about their wealth, the only tgree that appears in this list are Kanye West, 50 cent and Jay Z, perhaps a more tactful approach would be singing about sinking ships, and being touched for the very first time! ;) Madonna - $110 million Celine Dion - $100 million Beyonce Knowles - $87...