Nirvana’s “On a Plain” was written in 1990 and was first recorded in the studio on January 1, 1991, by Craig Montgomery at Music Source Studios in Seattle, Washington The song was recorded for the band’s second album, Nevermind, by Butch Vig in May 1991 at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California. Vig later called it “a great pop song,” remembering it as “a really new one” that “took a few takes” to record properly. The final lyrics were written at Sound City shortly before the vocals were recorded, which led to the line, “What the hell am I trying to say?” The recording features high harmonies by drummer Dave Grohl. Vig had wanted to end the recording with Grohl’s harmonies repeated four times a capella, and originally mixed the song that way, but upon hearing the mix, Cobain decided the song should end after only one pass of the harmonies. Cobain’s lead vocals were done in one take.
Warner Bros. Animation is announcing its most ambitious Looney Tunes content initiative to date with Looney Tunes Cartoons, a series of new short form cartoons starring the iconic and beloved Looney Tunes characters. With multiple artists employing a visual style that will resonate with fans, each “season” will produce 1,000 minutes of all-new Looney Tunes animation that will be distributed across multiple platforms – including digital, mobile and broadcast.
Looney Tunes Cartoons echoes the high production value and process of the original Looney Tunes theatrical shorts with a cartoonist-driven approach to storytelling. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and other marquee Looney Tunes characters will be featured in their classic pairings in simple, gag-driven and visually vibrant stories. Each cartoon will vary from one to six minutes in length and, from the premise on through to the jokes, will be “written” and drawn by the cartoonists allowing their own personality and style to come through in each cartoon.
“The Looney Tunes are one of the most beloved group of animated characters in the world” said Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series. “Looney Tunes Cartoons places these characters into the hands of some of the best artists in the business and into an animated shorts format that will remind many of the time when they first fell in love with Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the gang.”
Here’s the first cartoon to be released, and it’s a banger worthy of TNT.
Toronto Mayor John Tory has proclaimed June 14, 2019 “Massey Hall Day” in honour of the National Historic Site’s 125 birthday.
“This Massey Hall Day proclamation is a fantastic way to celebrate this iconic venue’s 125th birthday,” said Board Chair, Eileen Costello, The Corporation of Massey Hall & Roy Thomson Hall. “Massey Hall may be closed, but we have teams of skilled restoration & construction experts passionately working to restore and renew it so that it can continue to host another century of this country’s most iconic musical moments.”
While Massey Hall is closed, music fans and historians alike can still revel in the Hall’s history this week by visiting Nathan Phillips Square (100 Queen St. West, Toronto) for an immersive display in the City Hall lobby. This exhibit features exclusive photography by Toronto photographer Matt Barnes, archival video, architectural models and more. The installation is in place now through June 18.
GRAMMY Award-winner Sturgill Simpson has released his brand new track “The Dead Don’t Die,” available everywhere now. “The Dead Don’t Die” – which serves as the original theme song to the acclaimed new Focus Features release of the same name – is the first new music from Simpson since 2016’s GRAMMY Award-winning, critically acclaimed third album, A SAILOR’S GUIDE TO EARTH.
The just-released track plays a prominent role throughout The Dead Don’t Die, from the opening credits to the close, with Simpson himself making a surprising cameo after countless references to him by name. WATCH an exclusive film clip, starring Bill Murray and Adam Driver, and featuring “The Dead Don’t Die” below.
Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, Focus Features’ The Dead Don’t Die stars the greatest zombie cast ever disassembled – Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jones, Rosie Perez, Iggy Pop, Sara Driver, RZA, Selena Gomez, Carol Kane, Austin Butler, Luka Sabbat, and Tom Waits.
In honor of the release of Good Omens, Jon Hamm (Mad Men, Bridesmaids) and Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation, Making It) tell us all about their firsts.
One of the great and nicest guys in music, George Thorogood has announced dates for his Good to Be Bad: 45 Years of Rock tour. The blues rocker will hit the road with his band the Destroyers for performances across the U.S. that stretch from summer into fall. You can see the full touring schedule below.
George Thorogood and the Destroyers, ‘Good to Be Bad: 45 Years of Rock’ Tour
June 22 – Hinckley, MN @ Grand Casino
June 23 – Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia
July 19 – Rama, ON @ Casino Rama
July 20 – Kemptville, ON @ Kemptville Live Music Festival
July 21 – Webster, MA @ Indian Ranch
July 23 – Beverly, MA @ The Cabot
July 24 – Rochester, NY @ Live at MLK!
July 26 – Nichols, NY @ Tioga Downs Casino Resort
July 27 – Bensalem, PA @ Parx Casino XCite Center
July 28 – Annapolis, MD @ Outlaw Jam-Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds
July 30 – St. Louis, MO @ River City Casino & Hotel
July 31 – Clear Lake, IA @ Surf Ballroom
Aug. 2 – Billings, MT @ Magic City Blues Festival
Aug. 3 – Sturgis, SD @ Sturgis Buffalo Chip
Aug. 4 – Arvada, CO @ Arvada Center
Aug. 7 – Jackson, CA @ Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort
Aug. 8 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura County Fair
Aug. 9 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Pacific Amphitheatre
Aug. 10 – Primm, NV @ Star of the Desert Arena at Buffalo Bill’s
Sept. 17 – Odessa, TX @ Ector County Coliseum
Sept. 25 – New York, NY @ The Town Hall
Sept. 27 – Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre
Sept. 29 – Jim Thorpe, PA @ Penn’s Peak
Oct. 1 – Wilmington, DE @ The Grand Opera House
Oct. 3 – Newport News, VA @ CNU’s Ferguson Center for the Arts
Oct. 5 – Peachtree City, GA @ The Frederick J. Brown Amphitheater
Oct. 10 – Greensburg, PA @ Palace Theatre
Oct. 11 – Northfield, OH @ MGM Northfield Park – Center Stage
Oct. 12 – Cincinnati, OH @ JACK Cincinnati Casino Event Center
Oct. 13 – Nashville, IN @ Brown County Music Center
Oct. 18 – Wisconsin Dells, WI @ Crystal Grand Music Theatre
Oct. 19 – Battle Creek, MI @ Firekeepers Casino Hotel
Pop futurist Charli XCX officially announces her immensely anticipated third studio self-titled album ‘Charli’, executive produced by A. G. Cook and Charli XCX. Arriving on September 13th via Atlantic Records, it can be pre-ordered/saved here, alongside a series of transatlantic headline Charli LIVE tour dates going on sale to the public June 21st. Charli has announced three Canadian dates – Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.
A video for her single ‘Blame It On Your Love’ Feat. Lizzo, was filmed in New York, and directed by Bradley & Pablo. The video will be released soon.
The art of collaboration is at the heart of the album, a verified savior of pop, Charli seamlessly binds musical genres from the vast pop spectrum. Collaborators include Lizzo, Christine and the Queens, HAIM, Troye Sivan, Brooke Candy, CupcakKe, Big Freedia, Sky Ferreira, Kim Petras, Clairo, Yaeji, Pabllo Vittar and Tommy Cash with full track listing below. Charli teamed with AR makeup artist Ines Alpha to design her artwork with a goal of dismantling classic beauty ideals, a pairing which resulted in her striking album cover.
The multi-award-winning and chart-topping Charli has accrued two Billboard Music Awards, a YouTube Music Award, two Sesac ‘Songwriter of the Year’ Awards, plus nominations at the GRAMMYs, BRIT Awards and MTV EMA’s. As the trailblazer behind the multi-platinum and global No.1’s “Fancy”, “I Love It” and the hit “Boom Clap”, Charli has also released the critically-acclaimed mixtapes ‘Number 1 Angel’ and ‘Pop 2’, released her prolific summer crush anthem “Boys” and “1999 featuring Troye Sivan”. This year Charli attended the Met Gala as a special guest of Vogue and performed for the amFAR Gala at the Cannes Film Festival.
Charli’s transatlantic headline tour Charli LIVE will open on September 20th for an impressive 21 dates in the US prior to kicking off 19 dates throughout Europe. Tommy Genesis, Brooke Candy, Dorian Electra & Allie X to support Charli on select dates.
‘Charli’ track listing:
1. Next Level Charli
2. Gone feat. Christine and the Queens
3. Cross You Out feat. Sky Ferreira
4. 1999 feat. Troye Sivan
5. Click feat. Kim Petras and Tommy Cash
6. Warm feat. HAIM
7. Thoughts
8. Blame It On Your Love feat. Lizzo
9. White Mercedes
10. Silver Cross
11. I Don’t Wanna Know
12. Official
13. Shake It feat. Big Freedia, CupcakKe, Brooke Candy and Pabllo Vittar
14. February 2017 feat. Clairo and Yaeji
15. 2099 feat. Troye Sivan
2019 Charli LIVE NORTH AMERICAN dates:
JULY:
21 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
SEPT:
20 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre +
21 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works +
23 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall +
24 – Austin, TX – Emo’s +
25 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues +
27 – Phoenix, AZ – The Marquee #
28 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues #
OCT:
1 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern # *
2 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre #
4 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market #
5 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore #
6 – Portland, OR – Roseland Ballroom #
8 – Salt Lake City, UT – Union *
9 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre *
11 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
14 – Toronto, ON – Rebel
15 – Montreal, QB – Corona Theatre %
17 – Boston, MA – House of Blues %
18 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
19 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer *
22 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 %
SUPPORTS:
+ Tommy Genesis | # Brooke Candy | * Dorian Electra | % Allie X
Phoenix: Brooke Candy Direct / Dorian Electric 1st of 3
Charli LIVE Europe + European festival dates include:
AUG:
17 – Frequency Festival, Austria
18 – Pukklepop, Belgium
21 – Zurich Open Air festival, Switzerland
23 – Reading Festival, UK
24 – Leeds Festival, UK
31 – Electric Picnic, Ireland
OCT:
27 – SWG3 Galvanisers, Glasgow UK
28 – O2 Institute, Birmingham UK
30 – Albert Hall, Manchester UK
31 – O2 Brixton Academy, London UK
NOV:
4 – Berns, Stockholm Sweden
5 – Sentrum Scene, Oslo Norway
7 – Vega, Copenhagen Denmark
9 – Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin Germany
10 – Fabrik, Hamburg Germany
12 – Stodola, Warsaw Poland
14 – Roxy, Prague Czech Republic
15 – Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne Germany
17 – Le Transbordeur, Lyon France
18 – Fabrique, Milan Italy
20 – Sala La Riviera, Madrid Spain
22 – Razzmatazz Room 2, Barcelona Spain
24 – Den Atelier, Luxembourg Luxembourg
25 – Paradiso, Amsterdam Netherlands
26 – AB Main Hall, Brussels Belgium
28 – Izvestia Hall, Moscow Russia
The National Music Centre (NMC) is pleased to launch a new permanent exhibition at Studio Bell, showcasing Indigenous artists making social and political impacts in Canada.
Indigenous voices are deeply connected to the landscape we live within, they have long made significant contributions within the world of music. With the support from TD, Speak Up! will showcase Indigenous artists who have who have, or are, making a social impact on a local, regional or national level —motivating a new generation to take action while offering a better understanding of where they come from.
The exhibition features storytelling and audio with artifacts and video being added throughout the year. Visitors will gain an understanding of each artists’ personal inspiration and drive for social change, as well as their feelings on the medium of music as a tool for speaking up.
Featured artists include: Singer-songwriter and First Nations activist Willie Dunn, operatic vocalist and composer Jeremy Dutcher, trip-hop singer-songwriter iskwē, eight-time Grammy-nominees Northern Cree, legendary filmmaker and genre-defying musician Alanis Obomsawin, Aboriginal poet, painter, broadcaster and filmmaker Dr. Duke Redbird, Anishinaabe singer-songwriter and emcee Leonard Sumner, Ottawa-based rock band Seventh Fire, Inuit throat singer and experimental artist Tanya Tagaq, and groundbreaking Cree hip-hop group War Party.
“This is a vital first step to nationally recognize the important and often unrecognized contributions of Indigenous artists,” says David McLeod (member of the Pine Creek First Nation), Curator of Speak Up! Their deep connection to their music, their stories, and their community speaks volumes to the Indigenous experience. The first 10 artists are from across the country and represent multiple genres, but their creative output to bring about understanding in the world is what truly connects them all. The timeline of the artists is from the late ‘60s to present day. They all have and continue to radically shift the Canadian paradigm of who First Nation, Metis and Inuit people truly are. We’re certainly not done yet, there is still a wealth of Indigenous music and history needing long overdue recognition.”
“If I don’t use my voice, someone else will try to speak for me,” says iskwē. “Music is the language I use to break my silence, and to connect with others who feel that fight bursting in their hearts.”
Speak Up! precedes Indigenous Music Week at Studio Bell, from June 19 to 22, featuring a week-long celebration of music and activities in partnership with APTN, Canada’s Music Incubator, Indigenous Resilience in Music, and Sled Island. More info on all Indigenous Music Week activities can be found at studiobell.ca/whats-on.
“This exhibition is one of many ways that the National Music Centre is honouring Indigenous artists and shining a light on their legacies as artists and activists,” said Andrew Mosker, President and CEO, NMC. “Guided by the knowledge and experiences of Indigenous voices, NMC is committed to bringing about a collective process of reconciliation through our exhibitions and programs.”
Speak Up! is accessible with paid admission to Studio Bell and open to the public on June 14, 2019.
True North Records announces a September 20 world-wide release date for Crowing Ignites, the new all-instrumental CD from legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn. Cockburn also announced his North American tour (dates below) with more shows to be confirmed.
Crowing Ignites was produced, recorded and mixed by Colin Linden, and recorded at the Firehouse in San Francisco. It showcases 11 all-original compositions by Cockburn, who plays acoustic guitar throughout, backed by a stellar cast of sympathetic musicians. Cockburn will support the new disc’s release with a summer/fall tour schedule throughout the United States and Canada.
In 2005, Bruce Cockburn released Speechless, a collection of instrumental tracks that shone the spotlight on the singer-songwriter’s exceptional acoustic guitar playing. The album earned Cockburn a Canadian Folk Music Award for Best Instrumentalist and underscored his stature as one of the world’s premier pickers.
Already, The New York Times had credited Cockburn with having “the hardest-working right thumb in show business,” adding that he “materializes chords and modal filigrees while his thumb provides the music’s pulse and its foundation—at once a deep Celtic drone and the throb of a vigilant conscience.” Acoustic Guitar magazine was similarly laudatory in citing Cockburn’s guitar prowess, placing him in the prestigious company of legends like Andrés Segovia, Bill Frisell, Django Reinhardt and Mississippi John Hurt.
Now, with the intriguingly titled Crowing Ignites, Cockburn has released another dazzling instrumental album that will further cement his reputation as both an exceptional composer and a picker with few peers. Unlike Speechless, which included mostly previously recorded tracks, the latest album—Cockburn’s 34th—features 11 brand new compositions. Although there’s not a single word spoken or sung, it’s as eloquent and expressive as any of the Canadian Hall of Famer’s lyric-laden albums. As his long-time producer, Colin Linden, puts it, “It’s amazing how much Bruce can say without saying anything.”
The album’s title is a literal translation of the Latin motto, “Accendit Cantu,” featured on the Cockburn family crest. Although a little puzzling, Cockburn liked the feeling it conveyed: “Energetic, blunt, Scottish as can be.” The album’s other nod to Cockburn’s Scottish heritage is heard on “Pibroch: The Wind in the Valley,” in which his guitar’s droning bass strings and melodic grace notes sound eerily like a Highland bagpipe. “I’ve always loved pibroch, or classic bagpipe music,” says Cockburn. “It seems to be in my blood. Makes me want to sip whiskey out of a sea shell on some rocky headland!”
While Cockburn reconnecting with his Gaelic roots is one of Crowing Ignites’ more surprising elements, there’s plenty else that will delight followers of his adventurous pursuits. Says Linden, who’s been a fan of Cockburn’s for 49 years, has produced 10 of his albums and played on the two before that: “Bruce is always trying new things, and I continue to be fascinated by where he goes musically.”
The album is rich in styles from folk and blues to jazz, all genres Cockburn has previously explored. But there are also deepening excursions into what might be called free-form world music. The hypnotic, kalimba-laden “Seven Daggers” and the trance-inducing “Bells of Gethsemane,” full of Tibetan cymbals, chimes and singing bowls, are highly atmospheric dreamscapes that showcase Cockburn’s world of wonders—and his improvisational gifts on both 12-string and baritone guitars. Each track was wholly created in the makeshift studio he and Linden put together in a converted fire station in Cockburn’s San Francisco neighborhood.
Singing bowls, Cockburn explains, are an endless source of fascination to him, dating back to a trip he took to Kathmandu, as seen in the documentary Return to Nepal. There, Cockburn stumbled on a man selling the small inverted bells sometimes used in Buddhist religious practices and became instantly captivated by their vibrational power. “I had no particular attraction to them as meditation tools or anything,” says Cockburn. “I just thought they had a beautiful sound. After buying half a dozen in Kathmandu and more since, he now has a sizeable collection.
Two tracks on Crowing Ignites had their origins elsewhere. “The Groan,” a bluesy piece with guitar, mandolin and some collective handclapping from a group that includes Cockburn’s seven-year-old daughter, Iona, was something Cockburn composed for a Les Stroud documentary about the aftermath of a school shooting and the healing power of nature. And Cockburn wrote the jazz-tinged “Mt. Lefroy Waltz” for the Group of Seven Guitar Project on an instrument inspired by artist Lauren Harris and custom-made by luthier Linda Manzer. It was originally recorded, with cornet player Ron Miles, bassist Roberto Occhipinti and drummer Gary Craig, for Cockburn’s 2017 album Bone on Bone, but not released until now.
Cockburn doesn’t set out with any particular agenda when composing an instrumental. “It’s more about coming up with an interesting piece,” he says. “Who knows what triggers it—the mood of the day or a dream from the night before. Often the pieces are the result of sitting practicing or fooling around on the guitar. When I find something I like, I work it into a full piece.”
“Bardo Rush,” with its urgent, driving rhythm, came after one such dream, while the contemplative “Easter” and the mournful “April in Memphis” were composed on Easter Sunday and Martin Luther Day respectively. “Blind Willie,” named for one of Cockburn’s blues heroes, Blind Willie Johnson, features a fiery guitar and dobro exchange with Linden (Cockburn has previously recorded Johnson’s “Soul of a Man” on Nothing But a Burning Light). And the idea for the sprightly “Sweetness and Light,” featuring some of Cockburn’s best fingerpicking, developed quickly and its title, he says, became immediately obvious.
Meanwhile, “Angels in the Half Light” is steeped in dark and light colors and conveys ominous shades as well as feelings of hopefulness, seemingly touching on both spiritual and political concerns—hallmarks of Cockburn from day one. “It’s hard for me to imagine what people’s response is going to be to these pieces,” he says. “It’s different from songs with lyrics, where you hope listeners will understand, intellectually and emotionally, what you’re trying to convey. With instrumental stuff, that specificity isn’t there and the meaning is up for grabs. But I’m glad if people find a message in the music.”
More than 40 years since he embarked on his singer-songwriter career, Cockburn continues pushing himself to create—and winning accolades in the process. Most recently, the Order of Canada recipient earned a 2018 Juno Award for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year, for
Bone on Bone, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from SOCAN, the Peoples’ Voice Award from Folk Alliance International and was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017. Cockburn, who released his memoir, Rumours of Glory, and its similarly titled companion box set the same year, shows no sign of stopping. As his producer-friend Linden says: “Like the great blues players he admires, Bruce just gets better with age.”
BRUCE COCKBURN NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
June 8, 2019 Old Market Square Winnipeg MB
July 11, 2019 Algonquin Theatre Huntsville ON
July 12, 2019 Capitol Centre North Bay ON
July 13, 2019 Jackson-Triggs Niagara Estate Amphitheatre ON
July 14, 2019 Hillside Festival Guelph ON
August 7, 2019 Charles Bailey Theatre Trail BC
August 8, 2019 Key City Theatre Cranbrook BC
August 10, 2019 Edmonton Folk Festival Edmonton AB
September 7, 2019 Sisters Folk Festival Sisters OR
September 20, 2019 City Winery Nashville TN
September 21, 2019 Ferdinand Folk Festival Ferdinand IN
September 23, 2019 Stuart’s Opera House Nelsonville OH
September 24, 2019 John S. Umble Center Goshen IN
September 25, 2019 Covenant Fine Arts Center Grand Rapids MI
September 27, 2019 Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago IL
September 28, 2019 Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago IL
September 29, 2019 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis MN
September 30, 2019 Fargo Theater Fargo ND
October 19, 2019 Koerner Hall Toronto ON
October 20, 2019 Centennial Hall London ON
October 21, 2019 FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre St. Catharines ON
October 24, 2019 Murmrr Theater Brooklyn NY
October 25, 2019 The Egg Albany NY
October 26, 2019 Scottish Rite Auditorium Collingswood NJ
October 27, 2019 The Birchmere Alexandria VA
November 8, 2019 Royal Theatre Victoria BC
November 10, 2019 Neptune Theater Seattle WA
November 11, 2019 Wilma Theater Missoula MT
November 14, 2019 State Room Salt Lake City UT
November 15, 2019 Avalon Theater Grand Junction CO
November 16, 2019 Henry Strater Theater Durango CO
November 17, 2019 Boulder Theater Boulder CO
November 19, 2019 Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix AZ
November 20, 2019 McCabe’s Guitar Shop Santa Monica CA
November 21, 2019 Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse Berkeley CA
November 22, 2019 Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse Berkeley CA
Background music plays a significant (and often underrated) role in all video production out there. It doesn’t matter if we are talking about a full-length movie, a short animation, YouTube how-to tutorials, or any other video content, the music changes the way we perceive that video.
Having chosen the right music, you can rest assured that your viewers will feel the right emotions around the message you are trying to send. Yes, choosing the right music is important, but this task might get pretty tricky. Here are some tips that may help you choose the perfect track for your video project.
Think of the specific emotion your video should evoke
The first simple question you should ask yourself is how you want your audience to feel when they watch your video. Maybe you want them to be excited about your new product and have to consider a teaser with a 30-second music piece to get them excited? That’s part of the whole thing. Whether you are hoping to achieve warm and fuzzy sensations or you want your viewers to be on the verge of laughing, all these feelings can be evoked better with the right piece of music. It is the music, after all, that helps people deal with emotions, and why not evoke them?
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Song form vs. video form
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