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Billy Corgan’s New Album Is Set For October 13 And He’s Announced A North American Tour

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Billy Corgan’s New Album Is Set For October 13 And He’s Announced A North American Tour

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, now going by William Patrick Corgan, has announced that his new solo album, Ogilala, will be hitting stores on October 13th. The album is produced by legendary Rick Rubin, and the first new single for the record, “Aeronaut,” can be heard below.

The vocalist states, “For as long as I can remember the delineation point between songs I wrote for myself and songs I’d pen for whatever band was something I couldn’t explain. And it remains so, for they all feel quite personal to me, no matter their time orera. The lone difference on songs for Ogilala is that they seemed to want little in the way of adornment.

“Having written the songs for voice and guitar, I put myself in Rick’s hands to take the music wherever he’d like. Normally I would have done more, and tinkered more on production, but rather Rick put the onus on me to deliver at a molecular level via live takes. The rest was simply a reaction.”

William Patrick Corgan, Ogilala Tracklist:
01. Mandarynne
02. Antietam
03. Amarinthe
04. Half-Life of an Autodidact
05. The Long Goodbye
06. Aeronaut
07. The Spaniards
08. Processional

William Patrick Corgan Tour Dates
Oct. 14 – Brooklyn, N.Y @ Murmrr Theatre
Oct. 15 – Brooklyn, N.Y @ Murmrr Theatre
Oct. 18 – Wilmington, Del. @ Grand Opera House
Oct. 20 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Oct. 24 – Chicago, Ill. @ Athenaeum Theatre
Oct. 25 – Chicago, Ill. @ Athenaeum Theatre
Oct. 27 – Nashville, Tenn. @ CMA Theater
Oct. 29 – Boulder, Colo. @ Boulder Theater
Nov. 01 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Herbst Theatre
Nov. 02 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Herbst Theatre
Nov. 09 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Masonic Lodge At Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Nov. 10 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Masonic Lodge At Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Nov. 11 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Masonic Lodge At Hollywood Forever Cemetery

I’ll Be Moderating Where the $$$$ is My Money?! Panel For Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency

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I’ll Be Moderating Where the $$$$ is My Money?! Panel For Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency

In May 2017, the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) announced its acquisition by a behemoth American counterpart, SoundExchange. Last year, Re:Sound and Connect Music Licensing streamlined their businesses, and SOCAN is also shaking things up with recent acquisitions to stay ahead of the modern curve.

How does it all affect indie companies, artists, creators and copyright holders in general? What channels are your royalties going through now, and how does this changing landscape affect your livelihood when it comes to various streams of royalty collection?

Prep your questions and get the nitty-gritty from the organizations that make your rights their business!

This crucially important session will be streamed for our colleagues around the country who may not be able to attend in person. Details to come!

Panelists:
CAROLINE RIOUX – President, CMRRA
IAN MACKAY – President, Re:Sound
JEFF KING – COO, SOCAN
ERIC ALPER – Publicist, Eric Alper PR (Moderator)

Register now: Where the $$$$ is My Money?!
Sept 6th 2017 | 3:00pm – 4:30pm | FREE
When: Wednesday, September 6th 2017
Where: Artscape Youngplace (180 Shaw Street, Toronto, ON)
https://cimasept62017.eventbrite.ca

You Can Buy Eleanor Rugby’s Grave. Oh, And The Beatles’ Sheet Music, Too

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You Can Buy Eleanor Rugby’s Grave. Oh, And The Beatles’ Sheet Music, Too

The original handwritten score for the Beatles song “Eleanor Rigby” is to be sold at auction, alongside the deeds of the grave of the woman said to have been immortalised by the Fab Four.

“Each item is fantastic, unique and of significant historical importance in itself, so to have both come up at the same time is an incredible coincidence,” said Paul Fairweather from Omega Auctions, which is selling the items.

As for how and why this is a thing, The Guardian explains that the law usually gives people or families an “exclusive right of burial” for a period of 99 years when they buy a specific grave space, with Eleanor Rigby’s grandmother apparently purchasing the spot in 1915. However, nobody new can be buried in that same spot until they buy the rights and wait until 75 years have passed since the last person was buried in it. According to the records, the last person placed in this grave was buried in 1949, so as The Guardian says, “whoever buys the deeds could be buried alongside the Rigby family in seven years’ time.”

“I expect there to be fierce bidding from across the globe,” he said.

The score, expected to fetch £20,000 ($26,000, 22,000 euros), is written in pencil by the Beatles’s late producer George Martin and signed by both Martin and Paul McCartney. It also includes notes specifying that it was to be recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studio number two and that four violins, two violas and two cellos were to be used. “Eleanor Rigby” was released in 1966 as the B-side to “Yellow Submarine”, and depicts its heroine as “wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door”.

McCartney previously said the name Eleanor was inspired by actress Eleanor Bron, who starred in the Beatles film “Help!” in 1965, and that Rigby came from the name of a wine merchant. It emerged in the 1980s that the name is inscribed on a headstone in St Peter’s churchyard in Woolton, Liverpool, where McCartney met John Lennon at a party in 1957. The two Beatles also revealed that they used to take short cuts through the church grounds.

According to the grave, Eleanor Rigby died in 1939 at the age of 44. But McCartney has stayed true to his story, saying in 2008 that “Eleanor Rigby is a totally fictitious character that I made up. If someone wants to spend money buying a document to prove a fictitious character exists, that’s fine with me,” McCartney said at the time.

The deeds of the grave will be sold in a lot that includes a miniature Bible, dated 1899, with the name Elenor Rigby handwritten inside, and are expected to sell for £5,000.

The Beatles Memorabilia Auction will be held in Warrington, near Liverpool, on September 11.

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The Different Screams Of Metal Vocalists

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The Different Screams Of Metal Vocalists

This video describes the different kinds of scream heavy metal vocalists do, and how they’re made, too, using your throat and past as a devil worshipper. Ha! Just kidding on the last part. I don’t know where this school is, but I’d give him an A+ all around.

Stephen Colbert Calls Bruce Willis A Liar… MISTAKE

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Stephen Colbert Calls Bruce Willis A Liar… MISTAKE

Bruce Willis claims he does his own stunts, but Stephen isn’t buying it. Then all hell breaks loose.

Drummers trying Aerodrums for the first time at NAMM 2014

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Drummers trying Aerodrums for the first time at NAMM 2014

Aerodrums is just really air drums for techies, and I want these. That is all. Oh, and a few air guitarists to join me.

How a recording-studio mishap shaped ’80s music

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How a recording-studio mishap shaped ’80s music

The punchy sound of reverb drums that dominated the charts in the 1980s began as a mis-recording of Phil Collins’ drumming.

No Rick Rolling Here! Foo Fighters Perform “Never Gonna Give You Up” With Rick Astley

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No Rick Rolling Here! Foo Fighters Perform “Never Gonna Give You Up” With Rick Astley

Listen….do you smell that? It smells like Rick Astley’s brilliant teen spirit with the Foo Fighters during a performance at the 2017 Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka, Japan.

Styx Broadcasts World’s First Live Rock Concert Broadcast to Hearing Aid Wearers

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Styx Broadcasts World’s First Live Rock Concert Broadcast to Hearing Aid Wearers

Hundreds of thousands of hearing aid wearers soon will be able to participate in rock-and-roll history when legendary rock band Styx broadcasts the final show of its U.S. summer tour directly to their hearing aids. This world’s first live broadcast will take place at approximately 9:38 p.m. EDT on Aug. 22 when audio engineers will capture the live concert feed directly from Styx’s soundboard and deliver it via a dedicated website to wearers of Oticon Opn hearing aids. Listeners wearing this device will receive in real time the exact same audio feed the live audience will hear at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J.

The live audio broadcast is designed to illustrate the high-tech capabilities of a new generation of Internet-connected hearing aids that are transforming from sound amplification tools into wearable personal productivity and entertainment devices.

More than 48 million Americans report some degree of hearing loss. Ironically, some of that damage could have been sustained by listening to loud rock and roll during their lifetimes. As more rock fans age, hearing aids-and especially Internet-connected ones-will become ubiquitous and an obvious way for consumers to connect and engage with just about any Internet-enabled device. In that respect, they might ultimately become the wearable technology of choice, providing a convenient way to enhance and engage with both physical and virtual worlds.

“It’s estimated that only 20 percent of people who could benefit from hearing aids seek help, with many waiting up to 10 years before they purchase a hearing aid,” said Sheena Oliver, an audiologist and Vice President for Oticon. “By partnering with Styx and their millions of loyal fans, we’re helping to take the stigma out of hearing aids and allowing people with hearing loss to enjoy a quality of sound they may not have experienced since their youth.”

Oticon’s family of Internet-connected hearing aids can communicate directly with a full range of connected devices. Wearers can listen to TV; connect with doorbells, smoke detectors, and other smart devices; and even get the weather-all through their hearing aids. At the same time, these small, discreet hearing aids deliver a more natural, clear, and open sound, enabling wearers to more easily listen and participate in conversations in crowded, noisy environments such as restaurants, public venues, or even live rock concerts. In fact, Opn hearing aids have been shown to boost speech understanding by 30 percent*, while reducing listening effort by 20 percent* and remembering more of conversations by 20%.*

Oticon Opn hearing aid wearers interested in experiencing this event should contact their local hearing care professional to receive instructions and login credentials for the password-protected audio feed. Opn wearers must have an iPhone to connect.

Heavy Metal Version Of Toto’s “Africa”

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Heavy Metal Version Of Toto’s “Africa”

Musician Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios turns in another cool heavy metal cover version – this time taking a stab at Toto’s Africa. He’s joined by vocalist Hannah Boulton and guitarist Rabea Massaad.

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