Musical mashup master Bill McLintock mixes Kool & The Gang’s Celebration with Quiet Riot’s Metal Health and it makes no attempt to hide its glee that it oddly works perfectly.
Mercedes, Cadillac top most mentioned auto brands in music list
Finding music behind the wheel has undergone a minor revolution. It’s now possible to say your favorite line from your favorite song and have your car stream it immediately. Lyrics are making music search and discovery car-friendly, as voice command takes over how we engage with in-auto media and entertainment.
The search for music will only get more interesting and nuanced as certain types of data are integrated into voice command systems. Soon, you may not even have to have a specific song or line in mind. As search improves, as machine learning and mood data get woven into the mix, it will be possible to use lyric data to find that perfect song for a rainy morning in Boston, or for a summer night’s ride down the 101. Your voice will trigger a contextual search that can dig up the sounds you’re looking for.
To celebrate this new era of music in cars, LyricFind, the world’s leader in lyric licensing, has ranked the top mentions of auto brands in music. Hip hop and country artists are most likely to give car (and truck) shout outs, but you’ll find different makes and models everywhere you listen.
In this infographic, Mercedes dominates with 4,952 mentions in lyrics –country maven Maren Morris dedicated an entire song to “80s Mercedes”–followed by a mix of both luxury and good ol’ American names like Chevy and Ford. (“If it ain’t a Chevy, don’t raise it up,” recommends Snoop Dogg).
Photo Gallery: Rival Sons with The Standstills at Toronto’s C.N.E.
All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com
Drummer Performs Rush’s “YYZ” Blindfolded
Look, the 1981 Rush instrumental track YYZ is a pretty tough song to for any drummer to play, period. Musician Mitch Bruzzese performs it live for his Twitch followers – while wearing a blindfold, proving we’re all not worthy.
CBC Arts Docuseries In The Making Returns With New Group Of Canadian Artists, Beginning September 27
The acclaimed CBC Arts original series IN THE MAKING will return this fall for a second season of eight half-hour documentaries, each following a Canadian artist on an immersive journey inside their creative process. Premiering Friday, September 27 at 8:30 p.m. (9 p.m. NT) on CBC, a new episode will broadcast each week, and all eight episodes will be available on-demand as of September 27 via the free CBC Gem streaming service. This season’s artists include: Rebecca Belmore, Deanna Bowen, Jeremy Dutcher, Christopher House, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Ken Lum, Walter Scott, and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory. To celebrate, CBC Arts and producers White Pine Pictures are partnering with leading arts organizations coast-to-coast-to-coast for special screenings and events this fall, which will feature select appearances by the spotlighted artists.
Nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards and winner of a Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Editing in a Docuseries, IN THE MAKING features groundbreaking artists from across the creative spectrum—including visual art, music, theatre, dance and comics—as they face pivotal moments of risk and realization. With each episode, the show gives viewers rare access to the life and work of a single artist, often documented over a period of several months across multiple locations. The subjects of the second season are:
● Seventy-five-year-old electronic musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland, connecting with a new generation of fans in Japan;
● Celebrated comic artist Walter Scott, debuting new work in Montreal;
● JUNO Award and Polaris Music Prize-winner Jeremy Dutcher, reconnecting on the shores of the Wolastoq river in New Brunswick;
● Visual artist Deanna Bowen, returning home to Vancouver for a deeply personal project;
● Artist, writer and professor Ken Lum, preparing a major new sculpture in Philadelphia;
● Choreographer Christopher House, returning to the stage in Toronto and preparing to leave the company he’s led for 25 years;
● Theatre artist Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, beginning a powerful new collaboration with women artists in Iqaluit; and
● Legendary visual artist Rebecca Belmore, mounting a survey of her life’s work in Saskatoon.
This season of In the Making will feature a special series of screenings and events presented at arts organizations across Canada this fall with O’Neill and the featured artists. The schedule is as follows (* denotes artist in attendance), with more details on each event to be made available in the coming weeks.
- September 10: Vancouver International Film Centre, Vancouver, BC (Deanna Bowen*, Ken Lum)
- September 20: Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB (Beverly Glenn-Copeland*, Jeremy Dutcher)
- September 27: Hot Docs Cinema, Toronto, ON (Rebecca Belmore*, Beverly Glenn-Copeland*)
- September 27: SBC Gallery, Montreal, QC (Walter Scott)
- September 29: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON (Ken Lum*, Deanna Bowen*, Rebecca Belmore*)
- October 10: Qaggiavuut!, Iqaluit, NU (Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory*)
- November 8: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON (Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory*)
- November 12: Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK (Rebecca Belmore, Walter Scott)
- November 30: Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC (Ken Lum*)
IN THE MAKING is directed by some of Canada’s most compelling voices in documentary film, including Chelsea McMullan and Amar Wala, who launched a mentorship program for emerging BIPOC directors in tandem with the series’ second season.
The First “Netflix Original” Was An Abstract Test Footage Short
In order to test frame rates and how their streaming service handles different kinds of content, Netflix produced 11 minutes of test footage in 2011 that can be viewed by typing “example show” in their search engine. Cut together (as seen below), the shorts become a very strange, very abstract art film, with an unidentified man juggling and reciting Shakespeare.
Watch Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour Sing Shakespeare
Want a calm moment in your busy day? Listen to guitarist and lead singer with Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, sing Sonnet 18 because, well, Shakespeare. It’s taken from the 2002 DVD David Gilmour in Concert but recorded for the album When Love Speaks a beautiful, classic gift of love inspired by the sonnets of William Shakespeare.
The Tenors Announce 2019 Holiday Tour
“Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?” The Tenors are coming to town. The multi-platinum selling, JUNO Award-winning band today announced their annual North American holiday tour “Wonder of Christmas.”
Kicking off in Seattle, WA on November 29, The Tenors will celebrate the holiday season with fans in 13 cities across Canada and the U.S. The Tenors will perform a selection of songs from their two Christmas albums, along with other festive favourites. The tour culminates on December 22 in Brantford, ON with a special celebration for the 100th anniversary of the Temple Theatre’s opening night.
Tickets for select shows go on sale starting Friday, August 23 at 10 A.M local time at tenorsmusic.com. VIP packages are available at the-tenors.wun.io and include premium seats, a personal photo with The Tenors, a signed 8 x 10 photograph and exclusive merchandise.
“Sharing the joy of the holidays through music with our families and extended families – our fans – is one of our favourite ways to celebrate the Christmas season,” said The Tenors.
Tour dates include:
November 29: Seattle, WA | Benaroya Concert Hall
December 2: Portland, OR | Arlene Schnitzer Hall
December 3: Vancouver, BC | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
December 5: Calgary, AB | Southern Alberta Jubilee
December 8: Saskatoon, SK | TCU Place
December 10: Edmonton, AB | Northern Alberta Jubilee
December 12: Winnipeg, MB | Club Regent Casino
December 13: Prior Lake, MN | Mystic Lake Casino
December 15 Windsor, ON | Caesars Windsor
December 16: Ottawa ON | Southam Hall
December 18: Glenside, PA | Keswick Theatre
December 20: New York, NY | The Town Hall
December 22: Brantford, ON | Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts
Duo Performs The Beatles’ ‘Come Together’ on a Double-Sided Guitar
Musician Rob Scallon teamed up with fellow musician Mary Spender to perform The Beatles “Come Together” on a double-sided guitar. It’s like The Beatles on a budget!
How Drumsticks Are Made
“How A 5A Is Made” is a compilation of Vic Firth’s #HowItsMade Series on Instagram which takes you through each step of their drumstick making process.