ZOLA JESUS – SOAK
“What’s the point of trying to navigate life if you don’t even get to choose how it ends?” Nika Rosa Danilova asks in relation to her latest track ‘Soak’. Her upcoming album ‘Okovi’ is set to deal with these issues of existentialism and death in an incredibly personal and direct manner, drawing on a difficult […]
How-to cash in on music licensing
While today’s music industry climate maybe more favorable to an independent approach, artists need to be more diligent and look for alternative and innovative ways to succeed. With music piracy rampant on the internet, artists more than ever must take advantage of opportunity to profit from their music. One rapidly developing area of the music […]
Get your groove on with our list of summer music.
Get your groove on with our huge list of summer music. These are our favorite beach songs that will keep you moving all season long. We featured our summer music list with artists like Atlantic Starr, Terrel Carter, Bobby Ricketts, Lady Aneessa, Jason Derulo,…. . The list kept growing with other summer songs that took us […]
Hans Zimmer scores Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk with the intense “Supermarine”: Stream
The collaborative careers of filmmaker Christopher Nolan and composer Hans Zimmer have wrought some of the most memorable scores of the last decade and a half. Moving from the fantasy-driven worlds of The Dark Knight trilogy and Inception, the two now tackle World War II with the upcoming Dunkirk. Despite the shift towards true-life realism, it sounds as if Zimmer’s compositions will be […]
A fusion of smooth R&B, neo-soul, and gospel undertones, introducing Vocal IZ
Vocalz Iz, from New Orleans, La. and now based in Dallas, Tx. He was influenced by musical royalty like Donny Hathaway and his sound is a fusion of smooth R&B, the heart of neo-soul, and gospel undertones. It led him create the genre “Gumbo Soul”. Vocalz Iz’s voice possesses a tenderness and a sweetness that […]
Jim Session: “Storming” combines cinematic beauty and sleek synth tones
Sometimes a recording amazes you because you’ve never heard anything like it. But the opposite can also happen; a track blows you away because it seems to draw from lots of music you’ve heard and love, and combines the influences so perfectly it manages to transcend them altogether. Such is the case with Germany-based producer Jim […]
Illuid Haller: “Magic Theatre” – a reliance on imagery in sound!
Illuid Haller aka GwangHyeon shows a unique flexibility and verve, a glowing life that drips, melts, and molds around the original sounds to be found on the album, “Magic Theatre”. He never competes with his contemporaries for attention, but it is always clear that he absolutely could, no matter their standing or legacy. And yet, it seems, as if he had […]
HYUNDAI MERCURY PRIZE
LOCATION: LONDON VENUE: EVENTIM APOLLO, HAMMERSMITH WEBSITE: HTTPS://WWW.MERCURYPRIZE.COM EVENT DATE: SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 The annual Hyundai Mercury Prize award ceremony will reveal the Album of the Year in London on September 14th. The awards exist to honour the best new British music, celebrating artistic achievement across an eclectic range of contemporary music genres. A shortlist of twelve albums will be revealed […]
Interview | Kayo Bracey A Christian Hip Hop Artist
A native of Greensboro, NC, Dakota “Kayo” Bracey could always be found freestyling at the dinner table or making tackles on the football field. After locking down receivers at his cornerback position for four seasons at Morgan State and receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Kayo returned to his grass roots in North Carolina. Bracey […]
Toni Castells: 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal?
Toni Castells: 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal? – a spectacular integration of classical music and electronic elements Toni Castells is a Hispano-British composer currently based in London. A lecturer at Imperial College London and the London College of Music, his sonic worlds transpire an inherited precocious classical training with an inventive use of modern technologies […]
Best Sci Fi Movies 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi December 15th, 2017 Rey took her first steps into a larger world in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Now she will continue her epic journey with Finn, Poe, and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the continuing Star Wars saga, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This highly anticipated sequel […]
Organizing Your Band as a Company !
by attorney Paul B. Ungar Do you know that if you start a band and don’t formally organize it as a company that you’ve chosen the worst business format? Do you know also that if the band faces a legal problem, you could lose your equipment, your car, your house – as well as your […]
Big Chris: ‘Bad Timing’ – an unceasing sense of musical craft
After a successful release of his last single ‘F The World’ in Summer of 2016, UK based RnB artist and producer Big Chris releases his newest album ‘Bad Timing’ available via all major media providers. Recorded by Big Chris and John Robinson at Clique Studios, London and Miami Live, Miami. The album mix was finalized by Mixbytrip […]
Leilani Wolfgramm: “Sinner” – an impenetrable delivery!
Leilani Wolfgramm is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Orlando, Florida whose sound mixes R&B with the island sound of Dancehall, Reggae, HipHop, and Pop. Leilani has shared the stage with Ballyhoo, Dirty Heads, Tribal Seeds, Sublime ft. Rome, New Kingston and The Movement. You can practically smell the smoke rising from Leilani Wolfgramm’s single, “Sinner”, which […]
ELECTROPHAZZ // “Soul, Hip-Hop, Jazz & Poetry”
ELECTROPHAZZ // “Soul, Hip-Hop, Jazz & Poetry” Electrophazz celebrates its 10 year anniversary with a brand new album ! A twist of French glamour all wrapped up in a positive message: such is the distinctive blend of Soul, Jazz and Hip-Hop that defines Electrophazz. Thanks to the support of André Manoukian, the label Re:Wax and over 300 […]