By adam_schragin on Jun 29, 2012 at 8:22am in Mixes & Playlists
Welcome back to a new playlist featuring independent artists from all over the world. We've made sure all of the mp3s here are downloadable for free, and we've included videos where we could.
Aaron "The Uke Slinger" Jones - "It Is What It Is"
Did the uke? You should.
DT-DOUBLETROUBLE - "Blue and Orange"
This song is a tribute to Morgan State... Read more
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By konowd1 on Jun 13, 2012 at 6:30pm in Mixes & Playlists
When the CD series TV’s Greatest Hits came out years back through the TVT label, it was a godsend for me. Listening to the ‘70s – ‘80s edition brought back a lot of memories because I grew up with so many classic shows, either when they were first hits or reruns. The memories came flooding back.
TV themes are great little songs. They’re often no... Read more
By konowd1 on Jun 11, 2012 at 6:30pm in Mixes & Playlists
When it comes to reality TV, Cops and Intervention are more my speed. I never got caught up in who’s going to win on American Idol, and certainly the day Jersey Shore goes off the air it will be a huge boon to mankind. Still, the few times I’ve watched American Idol here and there, I can see how people get caught up in the cliffhanger element of... Read more
By adam_schragin on Jun 6, 2012 at 9:10pm in Mixes & Playlists
MadeLoud artist Rick Tallis has a heightened sensitivity to circumstance. Before he gave us a "Hallelujah" for the people of Japan recovering from the tsunami, a song dedicated to "British songwriter, actress and model Cheryl Cole," and now he commemorates the London 2012 Olympics with this song, "London 2012 - All In Our Hands," released today... Read more
By steffmetal on Jun 4, 2012 at 3:19pm in DIY
You've got an ambitious idea for your next album and three dollars and seventy-five cents to your name. What can you do?
There are definitely funds out there for musicians wanting to raise money for a recording and touring project. Here are five ways you can fund a music project.
Crowd Funding
What It Is: Crowd Funding is a way for artists and... Read more
By adam_schragin on May 29, 2012 at 6:30pm in Interviews
Over three years, we've done a number of interviews on the site, from musicians involved in everything from metal to 8-bit, ukuleles to funk. As a short compendium, here are a few of our favorite quotes from our most recent interviews, with links to put them all into context.
Above photo of Ben Sollee.
"When every member of Mötley Crüe now has... Read more
By adam_schragin on May 24, 2012 at 6:30pm in Artist Profile
Most of what you need to know about Brits The Swang Effect can be summarized in their own description of their project's title: "The band were named after a Vietnam acid trip experiment which to this day has been strongly denied."
Cheeky and a little druggy, The Swang Effect make a catchy sort of psych-rock that should resonate with fans of Brit... Read more
Ah, the glorious life of a touring band! You get to drive from city to city, gallivanting and exploring with your bandmates until nighttime, where you bask the spotlight of an unfamiliar venue and rock out to the deafening cheers of a new zip code full of adoring fans. That’s how the dream goes, at least, and with the ongoing shakeup of the music... Read more
By adam_schragin on May 18, 2012 at 6:30pm in Interviews
Band breaks-ups are and aren't like romantic break-ups. We use the same phrase for both, but how often are you able to salvage a failed romantic episode simply by "changing direction" and switching out (some) personnel? Most band break-ups don't result the same deep scars implicit in the dating world, and good things don't have to go to waste just... Read more
By adam_schragin on May 16, 2012 at 6:30pm in Mixes & Playlists
The quality of homemade videos has gone up with the ease of making them - not the way the relationship with art and commerce always works. Nowadays, anyone with a laptop and the right software can make a music video that at least sounds decent, and lots of editing software out in the ether can help you make the visuals match the music. If it... Read more
By adam_schragin on May 14, 2012 at 6:30pm in Artist Profile
I was in Murfreesboro (TN) during the winter break. The place struck me as your prototypical medium-sized college town, with lots of youth-oriented restaurants and bars that rubbed up against an older 'ye olde town square' architecture. Pretty much like Texas towns San Marcos and Denton, in other words - a good place to study but without a whole... Read more
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