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Video: MTV First Four Hours Remastered
August 1, 1981. MTV First Four Hours Remastered for your listening and viewing pleasure.
First 10 videos ever played:
1 “Video Killed the Radio Star” The Buggles
2 “You Better Run” Pat Benatar
3 “She Won’t Dance With Me” Rod Stewart
4 “You Better You Bet” The Who
5 “Little Suzi’s on the Up” Ph.D.
6 “We Don’t Talk Anymore” Cliff Richard
7 “Brass in Pocket” The Pretenders
8 “Time Heals” Todd Rundgren
9 “Take It on the Run” REO Speedwagon
This was the first concert video to be aired on MTV, from REO Speedwagon’s Live Infidelity home video release. The video was interrupted after 12 seconds due to technical difficulties. The technical difficulty moment contains only a blank black screen with a 200 Hz tone for a few seconds, before going back to MTV’s studio.
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Bon Jovi Takes To The Streets Of New York Amid Pandemic For New Video “Do What You Can”
Well known for his extensive philanthropic work, Jon Bon Jovi spent the initial quarantine days and weeks helping feed those in need at his JBJ Soul Kitchen Community Restaurant in Red Bank, NJ. Calling himself the “hall-of-fame dishwasher” at the restaurant, Jon was captured by his wife Dorothea in a photo, which was later posted to social media with the caption “If You Can’t Do What You Do… Do What You Can.” The songwriter’s mind immediately went into action and a complete song was created the next day. The new single will be on the forthcoming album 2020, set for release October 2nd.
The lyrics to “Do What You Can” tell a poignant story and the video released HERE brings that story to life. As the pandemic shut down New York City, Jon took to the streets with mask in hand for an eyewitness account of the resilience and strength of everyday people facing a crisis the world hasn’t seen in our lifetimes.
“Shooting a video on nearly empty streets of Manhattan amid a global crisis really told the story of “Do What You Can” from the place where I lived it. And I know those empty streets look similar to so many parts of America battling this pandemic. But the story of everyday heroes showing amazing courage was inspiring to see and the video, much like the song, has a great deal of hope in it too.”
Big Sean Announces September 4th Release Date For Highly Anticipated New Album ‘Detroit 2’
Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum artist Big Sean, whose career has netted over 11 billion global streams and nearly 2 billion YouTube views, announces the forthcoming release of his long-awaited new album DETROIT 2 on September 4 via G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. News of Sean’s fifth studio album release has been widely proclaimed in Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork, Complex, VIBE, Highsnobiety, XXL, and other media outlets.
In the run-up to DETROIT 2’s arrival, Sean revealed exclusive DETROIT 2 themed merchandise available now HERE.
DETROIT 2 is the long-awaited successor to Detroit, (2012), Sean’s penultimate fourth career mixtape. That project, which was released nearly 8 years ago to the date of DETROIT 2, featured hip-hop A-list luminaries including French Montana (on “Mula”), J. Cole, Juicy J, Kendrick Lamar, King Chip, Royce da 5’9″, and Tyga.
Prior to DETROIT 2, all four of his albums – which also include Finally Famous, his RIAA platinum debut of 2011, and Hall Of Fame (2013) – debuted at #1 on the Rap chart. I Decided. (2017) Sean’s second consecutive album to debut at #1 across-the-board on the pop, R&B/hip-hop, and Rap charts, following landmark RIAA platinum Dark Sky Paradise (2015). Twenty88, his 2016 collab with fellow G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam star Jhené Aiko, also debuted at #1 on the Rap and R&B/hip-hop charts.
In addition to his RIAA platinum albums, Big Sean’s track record boasts an impressive 15 platinum and multi-platinum hit singles, among them a trio of #1 urban radio staples: “Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay” (featuring Kanye West and Roscoe Dash, with over 45 million combined YouTube views); Kanye’s 4x-platinum “Mercy” featuring fellow Def Jam MCs Pusha T and 2 Chainz (over 200 million views); and the 5x-platinum “I Don’t Fuck With You” featuring E-40 (nearly 400 million views).
With over 43 million combined Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Soundcloud followers, and over 1.7 BILLION YouTube views since his signing to G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam in 2007, Big Sean has become one of urban and rhythm radio’s most consistent hitmakers, and one of Def Jam’s major core artists.
Wide Mouth Mason Cooks Up ‘Stew’ For A Re-Release 20 Years Later
Multi-Gold selling and multi-JUNO Award nominated Canadian blues rockers Wide Mouth Mason announce the forthcoming 20th Anniversary reissue of Stew this November 27th, 2020. Set to be released as a limited edition LP by the band and their management, We Are Busy Bodies, the original album was released by Warner Music Canada and licensed to the band for the anniversary release.
“Stew was intentionally Wide Mouth Mason’s funkiest offspring,” original band member Shaun Verreault, along with Safwan Javed, recalls. “It showcased a specific subset of our musical influences, and was a mashup of musical styles passed through the filter of Wide Mouth Mason.”
“But it was also a case study for Wide Mouth Mason to better understand those musical styles,” Javed adds “We’d been listening to a lot of Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsies, and the like. Meanwhile, our good friend Gordie (Johnson, Big Sugar), who produced it, was hipping us to bands like The Meters and The Gap Band. We dug in and deconstructed the component parts of records that were undeniably funky.”
Inspired by the tunes and arrangements on those records, Wide Mouth Mason honed in on the audio ingredients to utilize. “Drums that were punchy and taut, almost 808-like, the bass ran simultaneously through a bass amp, and a little guitar amp hanging on for dear life,” Verreault muses. “We made falsetto harmonies — almost like horn parts — a recurring theme, and broadened the sonic palette with some keyboard parts by Gordie, and a string section.”
“Though we’d plotted a defined sonic mission statement, there was a lot of room for happy accidents and spontaneous invention,” Javed says. “They were fun, funny, joyful sessions.”
First formed in 1995 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Wide Mouth Mason most recently released the band’s eighth studio offering, 2019’s I Wanna Go With You, which has been nominated for a 2020 Western Canada Music Award.
As for WMM History 101, while their 1996 breakthrough debut The Nazarene immediately drew interest and attention from industry and fans alike, it was their Gold-selling and JUNO Award-nominated self-titled followup a year later that launched their trajectory as one of the country’s most popular blues-based rock bands.
And the hits kept coming: Wide Mouth Mason appeared twice at Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival, toured with AC/DC, ZZ Top and the Rolling Stones, 1999’s release Where I Started hit certified Gold-status, and 2000’s release Stew delivered their second JUNO Award-nomination for Best Rock Album.
Stew and its 20th Anniversary Edition is set for reissue this November 2020 with tour dates to support when possible. Special online performances to celebrate the anniversary are in process. The reissue will be available from the band and the We Are Busy Bodies web store. It has been remastered for vinyl by Dany Laj.
Billie Eilish’s Isolated Vocals for “my future”
Following the release of “My Future”, the song debuted at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart dated August 15, 2020, becoming Billie Eilish’s third top 10 hit in the United States and her highest debut on the chart.
16 Ways to Hold Your Guitar
How many ways can you hold your guitar? Let musician Lucas Brar show you the ways.
Triller, One Of World’s Top Apps Announces Strategic Alliance With India’s Largest Music Streaming Service, JioSaavn
Viral music platform, Triller announced today its new strategic partnership with India’s largest music streaming service and Reliance owned, JioSaavn. Being the first of many announcements to come from these two digital powerhouses, JioSaavn will soon be embedding Triller into the streamer; front and center.
When any music video is watched within the JioSaavn streamer it will automatically be a Triller music video, which will exponentially grow Triller’s users and usage. Furthermore, JioSaavn’s streamer will have a prominent button to “Make a Triller Video” on the main screen of the platform.
With Triller’s recent growth and setting the record of being the only app to simultaneously be the #1 downloaded app in over 50 countries, including India, it has quickly begun its widespread expansion with several tactical partnerships. Both Triller and JioSaavn pride themselves on delivering the best content and technology to their userbase, therefore this high-class offering will be pivotal once it rolls out in the next term.
This announcement comes on the heels of recent investments from Google and Facebook into JioSaavn’s stakeholder, Reliance. Those significant investments total to over $10 Billion, positioning JioSaavn as one of the largest streaming services in the world. Its key partnerships include Amazon, Shazam, Twitter, Facebook, and Sony Music.
The SOCAN Foundation’s Equity X Production Mentorship Program
I just wanted to let you know about The SOCAN Foundation’s Equity X Production Mentorship Program, striving to address the lack of diverse representation among producers. The Equity X Production Mentorship Program was developed in response to research conducted by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. In 2019, the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released a report that identified that women make up only 2.1% of producers throughout the top 100 hundred Billboard songs annually from 2012 to 2018. That report also validated that women producers are underrepresented 47 to 1 by male producers in the data analyzed.
Up to 25 women and gender minorities will be selected to participate in a six-course webinar series with small group mentorship sessions. This six-week program will take place virtually on a biweekly basis starting on September 22nd, 2020 (Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:00-6:30pm EST). Participation in the entirety of the program is mandatory
To learn more about how to apply for the program, visit the link below.
https://www.socanfoundation.ca/programs/?mc_cid=5763891683&mc_eid=[UNIQID]#equity
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