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Its a Wrap for Imeem!
Dec 9th
Myspace has swallowed up Imeem music services, and is in the process of migrating Imeem user playlist to Myspace music.
The 52nd Grammys Nominations List for 2010
Dec 3rd
Record Of The Year
(Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.)
* Halo
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Knowles & Ryan Tedder, producers; Jim Caruana, Mark “Spike” Stent & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers
Track from: I Am… Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music / Columbia]
* I Gotta Feeling
The Black Eyed Peas
David Guetta & Frederick Riesterer, producers; will.i.am, Dylan “3-D” Dresdow & Padraic “Padlock” Kerin, engineers/mixers
[Interscope]
* Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia, producers; Jacquire King, engineer/mixer
[RCA Records]
* Poker Face
Lady Gaga
RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne & Dave Russell, engineers/mixers
Track from: The Fame
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]
* You Belong With Me
Taylor Swift
Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers
[Big Machine Records]
Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)
* I Am… Sasha Fierce
Beyoncé
Shondrae “Mr. Bangledesh” Crawford, Ian Dench, D-Town, Toby Gad, Sean “The Pen” Garrett, Amanda Ghost, Jim Jonsin, Beyoncé Knowles, Rico Love, Dave McCracken, Terius “The Dream” Nash, Radio Killa, Stargate, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, Ryan Tedder & Wayne Wilkins, producers; Jim Caruana, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Toby Gad, Kuk Harrell, Jim Jonsin, Jaycen Joshua, Dave Pensado, Radio Killa, Mark “Spike” Stent, Ryan Tedder, Brian “B-LUV” Thomas, Marcos Tovar, Miles Walker & Wayne Wilkins, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
[Music World Music / Columbia]
* The E.N.D.
The Black Eyed Peas
Apl.de.ap, Jean Baptiste, Printz Board, DJ Replay, Funkagenda, David Guetta, Keith Harris, Mark Knight, Poet Name Life, Frederick Riesterer & will.i.am, producers; Dylan “3D” Dresdow, Padraic “Padlock” Kerin & will.i.am, engineers/mixers; Chris Bellman, mastering engineer
[Interscope Records]
* The Fame
Lady Gaga
Flo Rida, Colby O’Donis & Space Cowboy, featured artists; Brian & Josh, Rob Fusari, Martin Kierszenbaum, RedOne & Space Cowboy, producers; 4Mil, Robert Orton, RedOne, Dave Russell & Tony Ugval, engineers/mixers; Gene Grimaldi, mastering engineer
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]
* Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
Dave Matthews Band
Rob Cavallo, producer; Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer
[RCA Records / Bama Rags Recordings, LLC.]
* Fearless
Taylor Swift
Colbie Caillat, featured artist; Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Hank Williams, mastering engineer
[Big Machine Records]
Song Of The Year
(A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* Poker Face
Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
Track from: The Fame
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree; Publishers: Stefani Germanotta p/k/a Lady Gaga, Sony/ATV Songs/House of Gaga Publishing/GloJoe Music, Sony/ATV Songs/RedOne Productions.]
* Pretty Wings
Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
Track from: Blacksummers’ Night
[Columbia; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tunes/Muszewell, EMI April Music, Ben Ami Music.]
* Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Track from: I Am… Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music / Columbia; Publishers: Songs of Peer/March 9th Publishing, 2082 Music/WB Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Tunes, Suga Wuga Music, B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music.]
* Use Somebody
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
[RCA Records; Publishers: Martha Street Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, Followill Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, McFearless Music/Bug Music, Coffee, Tea or Me Publishing/Bug Music.]
* You Belong With Me
Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Track from: Fearless
[Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music/Potting Shed Music, Barbara Orbison World Publishing.]
Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)
* Zac Brown Band
* Keri Hilson
* MGMT
* Silversun Pickups
* The Ting Tings
Complete List Of Nominees
New Music From Khadia: Monster
Nov 30th
Here’s a new single from Khadia. The song is called Monster and it’s hot! I can’t wait to do a full review on her new album!
Khadia Handon covers give it to me right by Melanie Fiona!
Nov 25th
Heres a video I made featuring up and coming superstar Khadia Handon! She delivers a really dope performance of Give It To Me Right. You can follow her and her path to superstardom on Twitter @SimplyKhadia. Stay tuned for more cool videos from us!
Rihanna: Rated R, On Sale for $3.99. WOW!!!
Nov 25th
Oh wow, I am very curious as to why a mega superstar’s album is on sale for $3.99. I am going to do some investigating with the help of this weeks sound scan report, to see if Rihanna sales are the reason for this ultra low price. To be continued……
New Toy From Waves!
Nov 25th
I cant wait to try this plug in out, I love to make tings Rattle and go Booooom!!!!!
The LoAir is a great new tool from Waves that creates subharmonic LFE content and enhances existing LFE audio material. Put LoAir on your 5.0 audio racks, and LoAir will automatically create an LFE channel with an octave- down signal and subharmonics, for earth-quaking listening experiences. Add LoAir to existing LFE tracks or 5.1 tracks, and LoAir will enhance the LFE channel, adding drama, rumble, and couch-shaking air.
Unlike other subharmonic synths, LoAir can take full-range source material as its input. It lets you adjust the filter frequency, tweak the character and amount of LoAir effect, and choose the components of your audio signal used to generate the LFE. LoAir is perfect for Sound Designers, Hip Hop Producers, and anyone working with sound effect libraries or remixing 5.0 movies.
* Create 5.1 mixes from 5.0 mixes, including 5.0 effects libraries and 5.0 movies.
* Increase dramatic subs to existing 5.1 mixes and sound effects, for monster footsteps, massive explosions, and spaceships.
* Add ground-trembling lows to sub synths, big basses, and kicks in your music mixes.
Apple iTunes and Live Nation team up!
Nov 25th
Apple’s iTunes and Live Nation team up to bring you “Live Nation Presents”. You can find Live Nation Presents under the live music section of itunes. This new partnership will bring live audio and video recording to iTunes. This new section is fairly small right now but it does contain material from Corinne Bailey Rae, Plain White t’s, Ziggy Marley, and Jesse Mccartney. In my opinion this is a great start and I foresee this new live music portal growing very fast due to the creativity and marketing genius of Apple inc., and Live Nation.
QuickTime Player 10.0 File conversion Procedure.
Nov 24th
You can convert QuickTime compatible video files to .mov files using the QuickTime Player.
Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: Launch the QuickTime 10 Player.
Step 2: Open the video file within the QuickTime player.
Step 3: Once the file is open choose File—>Save As.
Step 4: Choose the filename and location that you want the new .mov file to be saved in.
Step 5: In the format drop down box, choose Movie then click Save.
Thats it your all done!!!
New Music Review Diamond District: In The Ruff
Nov 10th
Diamond District
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Beats: 3.5 |
| Lyrics: 4 | |
| Originalty:4 | |
| Mix Quality:3 | |
| Dance factor:2.5 | |
| Key Tracks: Key Tracks: Get In Line, In the Ruff, The District, First Time, Hologram, Let Me Explain, Off the late night. | |
| Final Thoughts: In the Ruff is a wonderfully refreshing Hip Hop album driven by cool samples, punchy boom bap drum rhythms, and unique lyrics that paint a picture of the DC metropolitan area aka the DMV (DC Maryland & Virginia). This newly formed trio has definitely set a new standard for hip hop music coming out of our nation’s capitol. I would encourage all hip hop fans and aficionados to purchase this album, its well worth the $9.99 iTunes price. I hope this album will inspire other local up and coming artists to stay true to their craft and elevate their music to the next level. |
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Diamond District Mini Documentary from Diamond District on Vimeo.