Ariana Grande transforms Drake’s “God’s Plan” into an epic ’90s diva hit and Kendrick Lamar’s “HUMBLE.” into Evanescence-style goth-rock in the latest edition of Musical Genre Challenge.
Tour The Millennium Falcon with Donald Glover
Join Donald Glover for a tour of the iconic Millennium Falcon in this featurette for the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Sound Recordings From The Waters Of The Monterey Aquarium
This live stream of the ocean soundscape is from 900 meters deep just outside Monterey Bay, California. Recordings come through a hydrophone on a deep-sea cabled observatory, and the audio has been amplified so you can hear this from your speakers but you may still need to turn up your volume to hear the many subtle low sounds. The very low pitch of some baleen whale vocalizations can only be heard with appropriate speakers like a subwoofer or high-quality headphones.
The stream is delayed approximately 20 minutes from the current time to allow for processing. Sound files are recorded in 10 minute segments, so every 10 minutes you will hear the beginning of a new sound file.
Sound sources and levels vary greatly. Tuning in at any time, you may hear whales, dolphins, sea lions, boats, rain, wind, earthquakes and other sounds. If you tune in to a quiet soundscape, be sure to check back later.
Reporters Without Borders Asks Musicians To Turn Censored Articles Into Pop Songs
Reporters Without Borders has gone public with an interesting project called Uncensored Playlist, which asks musicians to turn censored articles into pop songs.
For The Uncensored Playlist, 5 acclaimed independent journalists from 5 countries suffering from strict government censorship teamed up with Musical Director Lucas Mayer to turn 10 articles that had previously been censored into 10 uncensored pop songs. These songs were then uploaded onto freely available music streaming sites. Allowing truth to be slipped back into the countries where it had once been forbidden.
Explore the whole story on uncensoredplaylist.com
The Uncensored Playlist – The Film from The Uncensored Playlist on Vimeo.
Earache Records Revamps Website For First Time In 23 Years, Creates Bot Playing Shortest Song EVER
Metal label Earache has launched its brand-new web site, giving it its first full revamping since its original launch in 1995.
Yes, 23 years.
And to celebrate, Earache is also proud to announce its latest tech adventure. Recently, legendary Earache band Napalm Death hilariously featured in hit comedy show “Silicon Valley”. Their 1.316-second song “You Suffer” featured as an alert for character Gilfoyle, letting him know when Bitcoin dropped below a certain price. Certified as the world’s shortest song by the Guinness World Records, the track featured on the band’s 1987 debut album “Scum” also gave an idea to Earache to create the official @NapalmDeathBot on Twitter, tweeting the price of Bitcoin hourly, letting you know if you need to remotely trigger your rig at home.
To cement the band and song in the annuls of time, Earache has encoded “Napalm Death – You suffer but why?” into the blockchain, marketing a landmark first for an independent record label.
Owner and founder Digby Pearson comments: “Although we are positive that Napalm Death aren’t going anywhere anytime soon — their Glastonbury performance for us last year proved that — we are now ensuring that the band will now live on forever in the blockchain.”
Introducing “Synchronized Global Release,” a new feature from DistroKid
Let’s say you upload a new single to DistroKid. And you’ve set the release date to one-week in the future. Then on your release date you tell everyone: “My new single just dropped — listen now on Spotify!“
But wait, there’s a problem.
Streaming services release new music in each country according to its timezone. So if your single goes live at midnight in London, it won’t be available to listeners in New York City for another 5 hours.
This staggering made sense in the days of physical record stores. You wanted your digital release to hit at the same time as your CD. So if your album dropped on Tuesday, people in Japan naturally got their hands on it before people in Austria. That’s because record stores open shop in the morning. And “Tuesday morning” in Tokyo happens 7 hours earlier than Tuesday morning in Vienna.
But it makes no sense in today’s streaming world.
When you post a photo to Instagram, it’s available to everyone worldwide immediately. It would be dumb if people in later timezones had to wait 7 hours before they could see it.
Right?
Introducing “Synchronized Global Release,” only from DistroKid.
For the first time, it’s now possible for artists & record labels to release music simultaneously in every country — at the exact same time.
The notes above were announced by Phillip Kaplan, founder of DistroKid, and even now, I’m sure everyone in the industry is thinking, ‘Why wasn’t this done before??’
More details here.
U2 Plays The Joshua Tree’s “Acrobat” For The First Time Live, As Bono Brings Back Mr. MacPhisto
U2 performed “Acrobat” live for the very first time on the opening night of the Experience + Innocence Tour at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. And Bono has rightfully brought out early ’90s “Mr. MacPhisto” persona as a statement with what’s going on in the world. “I haven’t seen this guy in quite a while,” he told the crowd. “I’ve been a busy little devil. But you’ve made it all so much easier for me these days. … The truth is dead and the KKK are out on the streets of Charlottesville without their silly costumes. Who would have thought? When you don’t believe that I exist, that’s when I do my best work.”
Guns N’ Roses Releasing Massive Super Deluxe Edition of ‘Appetite for Destruction’
Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction is set for a major upgrade. As anticipated, the band announced that Deluxe, Super Deluxe and a massive “Locked N’ Loaded” versions of their landmark 1987 debut album will be released on June 29.
The Super Deluxe Edition contains 73 tracks, 49 of which have never been released, spread out over four CDs. This includes one disc of B-sides and EPs, and two discs containing 25 songs from their famed 1986 sessions at Los Angeles’ Sound City Studios and two tracks (“Shadow of Your Love” and an acoustic version of “Move to the City”) from another session with producer Mike Clink. There is also a Blu-ray with 5.1 surround mixes of the original album, five bonus tracks and five music videos, including an unreleased clip for “It’s So Easy.”
In addition, the set contains a 96-page hardbound book with unreleased photos from Axl Rose’s archive and memorabilia, including lithos of the band members and Robert Williams’ controversial original cover, a wall poster, a “Welcome to the Jungle” video invite flyer originally drawn by Slash, replica ticket stubs and temporary tattoos. It’s housed in a simulated-leather wrapped slipcase with embossed logos.
https://youtu.be/CpVrCQv3m7c
Arrested Development: Star Wars with Ron Howard
Solo: A Star Wars Story director Ron Howard narrates the story of Star Wars: A New Hope, in the style of the credits from Arrested Development.
Celine Dion Releases Deadpool 2 Song, “Ashes”
Céline Dion’s Ashes, from the Deadpool 2 Motion Picture Soundtrack, is a sure bet for next year’s Oscars, since not only will be heard by millions of movie-goers, but the lyrics are as autobiographical as anything else she’s performed.
What’s left to say?
These prayers ain’t working anymore
Every word shot down in flames
What’s left to do with these broken pieces on the floor?
I’m losing my voice calling on you
‘Cause I’ve been shaking, I’ve been bending backwards ‘till I’m broke
Watching all these dreams go up in smoke
Let beauty come out of ashes
Let beauty come out of ashes
And when I pray to God all I ask is
Can beauty come out of ashes?
The memory of René Angélil,Celine’s manager and husband might be all over these thoughts. But then, maybe that what she wants us to think. Either way, it fits in my mind today.
The song is included on the Deadpool 2 OST, set for release on May 18. The package also includes classic songs by a-ha, Cher, Dolly Parton, Air Supply, Pat Benatar and Peter Gabriel and is released the same day the movie opens.
The accompanying official video for “Ashes”, helmed by the film’s director David Leitch features Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool! It was filmed in The Colosseum at Caesars Palace where Dion hosts her Las Vegas residency show. The actual film was shot in Vancouver.