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Neon Dreams Release Sophomore Album ‘The Happiness of Tomorrow’

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Nov 13, 2020

Neon Dreams Release Sophomore Album ‘The Happiness of Tomorrow’

Halifax alt-pop duo Neon Dreams have released their sophomore album The Happiness of Tomorrow, available today. Frank Kadillac and Adrian Morris embarked on a 12-date run that started last night in Halifax, making them one of the only bands touring in North America for the remainder of 2020. Neon Dreams are taking advantage of the COVID-safe Atlantic Bubble that enables them to perform for fans in person at selected venues.

Sometimes the most terrible situations can have positive outcomes. For Neon Dreams, COVID-19 shutting down the world was the catalyst for their sophomore album, The Happiness of Tomorrow. Though Frank Kadillac and Adrian Morris had dozens of songs written pre-pandemic, the title track was conceived in quarantine and became the spark for the rest of the project.

“This album wouldn’t have happened if we didn’t go into quarantine,” Kadillac admits. “I wouldn’t have had time to watch the movies or think about the thoughts that influenced it. I’m not happy all this happened, but I’m happy I had the time to think about my life and where I come from.”

After writing The Happiness of Tomorrow, the rest of the album fell into place. Neon Dreams polished the six tracks that would accompany it and organized them like a coming of age movie soundtrack. Aside from the album, the alt-pop duo is releasing a series of videos—“House Party,” “Don’t Go Hating Me Now,” “All The People,” and “I’m With You”—that tell a cohesive story.

Kadillac and drummer Adrian Morris have been making music together under Neon Dreams since 2015, but it wasn’t until last year that Kadillac realized his true purpose. After pushing himself too far and experiencing insomnia for the first time in his life, the singer wanted to get help—but not from a doctor. He had dabbled in meditation in the past and decided to attend the Sedona Meditation Center Mother Earth Retreat. There, he detoxed from life and recalled horrifying memories he had previously blocked out.

After writing from a place of sadness for so long, Kadillac felt moved to invoke positivity with his music. Though the band had already garnered a gold single in “Marching Bands,” accumulated tens of millions of streams, and won numerous Canadian awards—including a coveted JUNO for Breakthrough Group of the Year —the singer-songwriter wanted to reinvent their sound. He promptly deleted a full album’s worth of songs and started Neon Dreams anew.

In 2019, the duo released Sweet Dream till Sunbeams—an album comprising nine uplifting songs about not fitting in and overcoming adversity—and have continued to drop new material this year, covering subjects from Kadillac’s painful youth to his mother beating cancer. Though they consider themselves to be “alt-pop,” Neon Dreams’ music can’t be pigeonholed. Kadillac likes to describe their sound as “if Adam Levine and Gym Class Heroes made a band that was influenced by early 2000s, late ‘90s inspirational coming of age movie soundtracks.”

Atlantic Canadian Tour Dates:
Nov 13: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nov 14: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Nov 15: Moncton, New Brunswick
Nov 16: Sydney, Nova Scotia
Nov 19: St. John’s, Newfoundland
Nov 20: Clarenville, Newfoundland
Nov 21: Marystown, Newfoundland
Nov 25: Gander, Newfoundland
Nov 26: Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland
Nov 27: Stephenville, Newfoundland
Nov 28: Corner Brook, Newfoundland

1-minute tip for artists: Your drink.

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I don’t have a problem with caffeine, I have a problem without it.

1-minute tip for artists: Exercising.

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Keep on walking.

Today’s 1-minute tip for artists stuck on social media. Will Smith.

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Today’s 1-minute tip for artists stuck on social media. Will Smith.

What Will Smith has to do with laying bricks.

How Big Were The Beatles? They Had Their Own CARTOON

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Nov 11, 2020

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How Big Were The Beatles? They Had Their Own CARTOON

The Beatles animated television series was a historical milestone as the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real, living people. It was originally broadcast from 1965 to 1969 on ABC in the U.S. for a total of 39 episodes produced. Each episode has a name of a Beatles song, so the story is based on its lyrics and also played at some time in the episode, and here’s the one with I Saw Her Standing There.

Here’s a GREAT Ambient Cover of Phil Collins’ ‘In the Air Tonight’

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Nov 11, 2020

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Here’s a GREAT Ambient Cover of Phil Collins’ ‘In the Air Tonight’

British music producer State Azure goes into uncharted territory, remaking In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins that was skillfully completely recorded directly onto a digital audio workstation.

Timelapse of the World’s Largest Drum Kit Being Set Up

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Nov 11, 2020

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Timelapse of the World’s Largest Drum Kit Being Set Up

Here’s a timelapse of setting up the biggest drum kit of the world at Turock in Essen, Germany. Since the venue is closed for their regular business (concerts and club nights) due to the Corona pandemic, exhibitions are fine (with masks and keeping distance!)

What‘s there to do when concerts won’t take place and musicians aren’t allowed to play shows anymore due to the Coronavirus pandemic? Well, the guys from Gatetohell.net decided to build the biggest drumkit of the world and Jürgen ‘Ventor’ Reil from Kreator dropped by to see how it plays.

SiriusXM’s Iceberg channel returns to showcase Canada’s biggest rock hits

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SiriusXM’s Iceberg channel returns to showcase Canada’s biggest rock hits

SiriusXM Canada, the country’s leading audio entertainment company, today announced Iceberg (ch. 758 online) has returned to the lineup to bring listeners Canada’s biggest rock hits from the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000’s.

Iceberg features the best in Canadian rock music from Neil Young and The Guess Who to Blue Rodeo and Alanis Morissette. Starting on October 1 at 12 am ET with replays throughout the week, the channel will countdown the 50 Quintessential Canadian Rock Songs, from classic to contemporary, including commentary from special guests. Speaking about their iconic music, as well as other influential artists on the countdown, Iceberg will feature guests including: Randy Bachman of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Rob Baker of The Tragically Hip, Sass Jordan and Colin and John-Angus MacDonald of The Trews.

“We’re so happy to be bringing back Iceberg for all those loyal listeners who missed hearing Canada’s best rock music from across the decades,” said Jeff Leake, Director, Music Programming, SiriusXM Canada. “And to kick things off with an epic countdown featuring our biggest homegrown bands and artists through the years is the perfect way to celebrate the channel’s return.”

Iceberg and the 50 Quintessential Canadian Rock Songs countdown are available through the SiriusXM app on mobile phones, tablets and computers, as well as on a wide variety of connected devices in the home including smart TVs, devices with Amazon Alexa or the Google Assistant, Apple TV, PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers and more. The SiriusXM app also offers additional features such as SiriusXM video, Personalized Stations Powered by Pandora that listeners can curate themselves, and an On Demand library with more than 10,000 hours of archived shows, exclusive music performances, interviews and audio documentaries.

To learn more, including broadcast times, visit: www.siriusxm.ca/iceberg50.

Foo Fighters Are Doing A Livestream From The Roxy This Weekend

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Nov 10, 2020

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Foo Fighters Are Doing A Livestream From The Roxy This Weekend

Foo Fighters are taking literally no time to bask in the ecstatic reception to their November 7 Saturday Night Live debut performance of “Shame Shame,” the first taste of the 10th FF album, Medicine at Midnight, due out February 5, 2021 on Roswell Records/RCA Records—well, maybe a few seconds, after all Entertainment Weekly did call it a “hypnotic earworm,” Stereogum lauded its “refreshing twist on their signature sound,” and Billboard noted “a groovy, sexy beat”… and that’s quite enough of that because…

On Saturday, November 14th at 5pm Pacific Time, Foo Fighters will be regrouping to mount a full on rock invasion of your living room, when they play a full set streamed live from the Roxy in Hollywood for any and all who buy a ticket for $15 here. If you can’t be in front of a TV, tablet, phone, laptop etc. at exactly that time, don’t worry: Ticket buyers will have access to replay the full stream for 48 hours from the start of the show.

Foo Fighters’ Roxy streaming concert event is brought to you in part by the good people at Coors Light, and will feature innovative new technology custom created for this one of a kind Foo Fighters show: Beer’s Eye View. For 25 years, Coors Light has been on stage – and in hand – with Foo Fighters. Now for the first time, Beer’s Eye View will take fans behind the scenes backstage, into the thick of the action onstage, and to the best seat in the house (the VIB a/k/a Very Important Beer section)—all from the unique perspective of a live “Can Cam” attached to Dave’s own Coors Light.

In other boundary breaking Foo Fighters visual news, the official video for “Shame Shame” is out. Directed by Paola Kudacki and co-starring Dave Grohl and Sofia Boutella, “Shame Shame” renders in stunning black and white an interpretation of a recurring dream that’s haunted Grohl since his childhood days.

A portion of proceeds from Foo Fighters’ Roxy streaming show will go to Sweet Relief. Founded in 1993 by Victoria Williams, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems. Sweet Relief is providing immediate assistance to anyone in the music industry who has been financially impacted by COVID-19. Applications are being accepted now, please apply for help or DONATE if you can at SweetRelief.org.

Calling all emerging Canadian recording artists: RBC announces Round 2 of First Up with RBCxMusic

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Calling all emerging Canadian recording artists: RBC announces Round 2 of First Up with RBCxMusic

RBC announced Round 2 of First Up with RBCxMusic, with a planned commitment into the new year. First Up will continue to spotlight emerging Canadian musicians and recording artists and help support homegrown talent through the challenging circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

For the second round, 27 emerging musicians and recording artists along with nine alumni from Round 1 will be selected to participate. Each artist will receive a $1,000 stipend to perform a 10-minute virtual set hosted on the artist’s personal Instagram channel, with media and promotional support from RBCxMusic, and networking and mentorship opportunities with industry experts. A schedule of each week’s musical performances will be shared on the RBCxMusic Instagram page every Wednesday, with performances taking place Friday through Saturday evenings, starting November 27.

“Music has the unique power to bring people together. By extending First Up with RBCxMusic, we are proud to provide emerging Canadian talent with a platform to share their music and create connections with their audience during the pandemic,” said Matt McGlynn, Vice-President, Brand Marketing, RBC. “Working alongside likeminded partners such as Live Nation Canada and The Remix Project makes our program stronger and ultimately more meaningful to the lives of the emerging talent we support.”

For Round 2, First Up is excited to partner with notable Canadian artist ambassadors who will help build awareness of the program and share their own experiences in the music industry. Artist ambassadors include singer-songwriter Ali Gatie, who has exceeded a billion streams in total across platforms, including his Music Canada Certified 3x Platinum single “It’s You”, and R&B duo DVSN, who released an album earlier this year featuring Jessie Reyez. Tenille Arts, who was an insightful mentor for Round 1 artists, will be returning as an artist ambassador, bringing her country songwriting expertise to the program. Her single “Everybody Knows Everybody” is approaching the Top 10 on the Canadian Country charts.

“Giving back and investing in what’s next has always been our thing!” said DVSN. “First Up with RBCxMusic is helping upcoming artists during these crazy times and we’re excited to support them!”

Exciting new program offerings have been added to the second round of the series, including a partnership with The Remix Project – an organization created to foster the artistic talents and endeavours of youth from marginalized and underserved communities. The partnership will bring to life virtual community workshops that will provide access to notable industry leaders, with special guest speakers to be announced. These workshops will include a series of moderated discussions for both Remix students, the First Up with RBCxMusic roster and its alumni.

First Up with RBCxMusic is open to Canadian recording artists and musicians between the ages 18 and 35, who are in the early stages of their career and seek primary income from their music. Along with receiving funding and promotional support, recipients will have access to mentorship and networking opportunities with renowned Canadian artists through RBC’s partnership with Live Nation Canada. Applications will open on November 10 at 10AM EST and close on November 22, 2020 at 5PM EST.

First Up with RBCxMusic is part of RBC’s ongoing commitment to supporting emerging creative artists through the RBC Emerging Artists Project. Since 2015, over 25,000 alumni have been supported by the RBC Emerging Artists Project, with support from the RBC Foundation totaling over $8 million each year to hundreds of arts organizations across Canada.