The night before arriving for his Tiny Desk set, Chance The Rapper performed for more than 23,000 people at Jiffy Lube Live, an outdoor theater in Bristow, VA. Chance’s poem “The Other Side” was sandwiched between an opening version of “Juke Jam” from Coloring Book and another special gift just for his Tiny Desk appearance, a moving cover of Stevie Wonder’s 1974 song “They Won’t Go When I Go.”
Toto’s “Africa” Played By The Floppotron (GREAT Name, By The Way)
Paweł Zadrożniak’s gift to the world, the music instrument-emulating computer hardware system The Floppotron performs Toto’s Africa.
The Entire “Breaking Bad” Retold In 1 Minute
For the 10th anniversary of one of the greatest series in history, Breaking Bad, Cineytele animates a recap of the entire plot in a 1-minute animated video.
The Proclaimers’ “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” Sung By The Movies
movie characters perform I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers. In 2007, the Proclaimers re-recorded the song with English comedians Peter Kay and Matt Lucas for the UK’s Comic Relief charity telethon, scoring a number one hit in the UK, outperforming their original UK singles performance.
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Nirvana’s Smells like Teen Spirit, in the style of 20 famous musicians
Musician Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs covers Nirvana’s Smells like Teen Spirit, in the style of 20 famous musicians.
Reese Witherspoon teaches you Southern slang
On this episode of “Secret Talent Theatre,” Reese Witherspoon teaches you Southern slang words and phrases. Find out what “caddywonked,” “fit to be tied,” “hoecake,” and other words mean from Reese herself.
Evolution of the Windows startup sounds
The evolution of the startup sounds of Microsoft’s Windows, since Windows 95 up to Windows 10. When Windows 95 was being developed, executives commissioned music legend Brian Eno to develop a “piece of music” to play when the operating system started up. This music would become known as “The Windows Sound.”
George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
The rhythm of family has been a constant thread throughout P-Funk’s long lineage and the myriad iterations the band has undergone in its 50-plus years. From The Parliaments to Funkadelic to Parliament Funkadelic to the P-Funk All Stars, George Clinton has conducted the mothership as a reliable father figure. When he commands you to “put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip, and come on up to the Mothership,” he’s presenting to you the first law of Funktonian physics. We at NPR pledged our groovellegiance when he and his P-Funk All Stars touched down to bless the Tiny Desk.
Manitoba Music, Music Nova Scotia, Canada’s Music Incubator And The National Music Centre Team Up For Music Export Summits
The music industry is a global business. More so than ever before, music companies and artists have to develop their professional skills to navigate export markets in order to succeed. Canada’s music industry now has a new training initiative – PASSPORT: Music Export Summit – to assist export-ready Canadian artists and music entrepreneurs, develop export markets, and increase international trade.
Produced by Manitoba Music in partnership with Music Nova Scotia, Canada’s Music Incubator, and the National Music Centre, PASSPORT will deliver intensive training sessions to prepare export-ready Canadian artists and music entrepreneurs with business skills and product development to help bring Canadian music to the world. The project is funded by FACTOR with support from the Government of Canada.
The diverse group of over 25 PASSPORT participants are export-ready artists and artist managers from across the country working in just about every genre, all preparing for significant market development and export activities. The participants were selected from over 190 submissions based on their export marketing preparations, including participation in events like SXSW and Folk Alliance International in the U.S., The Great Escape in the UK, Reeperbahn Festival in Germany, and beyond. PASSPORT offers an opportunity not only to learn from experienced professionals with extensive knowledge and success in preparing artists for international export, and also from their peers.
PASSPORT will run parallel Music Export Summits in Winnipeg and Halifax in February and March providing participants with market information and skills development on topics including export strategies and marketing global releases. The Winnipeg Summit will also include streams for Indigenous artists and managers, and Francophone artists and managers. In April, selected participants will take part in a follow-up masterclass event in Calgary that will further develop their export plans, support the creation of media assets for use in international marketing, and provide a showcase opportunity for international delegates. Passeport, the parallel program for Francophone artists and managers, is funded by Musicaction.
“Creativity, talent, passion, and drive are all key factors in building a sustainable career in the music industry,” says Sean McManus, Manitoba Music’s executive director. “Alongside that is a need to pilot the increasingly complex waters of international music releases, touring, and marketing. PASSPORT aims to help some of Canada’s hardest working music entrepreneurs develop the export business skills and acquire the international market knowledge to help build a stronger Canadian industry.”
NFL Players Read Mean Tweets About Themselves on Jimmy Kimmel Live
NFL players, while beloved by many, are also on the receiving end of a lot of unpleasantness. So in honor of the Super Bowl, Jimmy Kimmel asked players to read some of the hard knocks they took on social media this season in their third NFL Edition of #MeanTweets featuring Rashad Jennings, Gerald McCoy, Travis Kelce, Terry Bradshaw, TY Hilton, Peyton Manning, Fletcher Cox, Ryan Tannehill, Jarvis Landry, Earl Thomas, Amari Cooper, Jason Pierre Paul, Emmanuel Sanders, Danny Amendola, Ndamukong Suh, Michael Crabtree & Aqib Talib.