The Game is one of the most generous musicians out there, consistently helping those in need by way of cold hard cash and donations, to promotion online of great causes. Yesterday, he wanted the world to know that he was contributing $1 Million worth of water to the Flint water crisis. He also issued a challenge to his fellow celebrities to do the same.
Keith Richards Explains How He Learned To Play Guitar
One thing, besides stories, that Keith Richards is known for is his use of a five-string guitar and “open G” tuning, which gives every Rolling Stones song that signature sound. He was asked to explain his relationship with the five-string, and in true Richards fashion, he replied like this: “ah, the five string guitar: it’s five strings, three notes, two hands and one asshole.” This was followed, of course, by that same laugh, but also a lengthier description of how he came to play it.
Actually, it’s a very old fashioned tuning, it actually comes from banjo, I believe, although it has a kind of murky history. … Some people would even call it Spanish tuning, other “open G.” I got fascinated with it because it wasn’t your classico (at this, he makes the impression of stiffly holding a classic guitar). In a way, you were given another instrument to play and figure out. And especially when you electrified it, you start to get these drone notes going that you can’t get from a regular guitar. And so I decided, what I found, was this sorta interesting, especially for a rhythm guitar, incredible bed for music, especially for blues and rhythm & blues and rock n’ roll, to lean on. So I just experimented. At the time, I suppose, I thought I was not going to get any better on the six string. I thought well, take one string off and then reinvent things. That will help me, and it did, for what I wanted to do. It’s a rather unique tuning and I don’t recommend it for everybody.
Shawn Mendes announces world tour. Here are the dates!
With his shiny hooks and big, clean sound, if you think Shawn Mendes is big now, just wait. He just announced his world tour for 2016, and there’s going to be no stopping him.
SHAWN MENDES WORLD TOUR 2016
March
5 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
April
16 Cologne, Germany E-Werk
17 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso
19 Copenhagen, Denmark Falconer Salen
21 Stockholm, Sweden Arenan
22 Oslo, Norway Sentrum Scene
24 Berlin, Germany Huxleys
27 Milan, Italy Fabrique
29 Madrid, Spain Barclaycard Center
May
2 Paris, France Olympia
6 London, England Hammersmith
8 Lisbon, Portugal Sala Tejo/ Meo Arena
July
15 Boca Raton FL Mizner Park Amphitheater
16 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
17 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
19 San Antonio TX Freeman Coliseum
20 Grand Prairie TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
22 Phoenix AZ Comerica Theatre
23 San Diego, CA Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at San Diego State University
24 San Jose, CA Event Center at SJSU
26 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
27 Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver Civic Theatres’ Orpheum
30 Salt Lake City, UT The Great Saltair
31 Broomfield, CO 1STBANK Center
August
2 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
4 West Allis, WI Wisconsin State Fair
5 Rosemont, IL Rosemont Theatre
6 St. Louis, MO Fabulous Fox Theatre
7 Nashville, TN Carl Black Woods Amphitheater
10 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
12 Baltimore MD Pier Six Pavilion
13 Hamburg, NY Erie County Fair
14 Philadelphia, PA the Mann
16 West Long Branch, NJ The MAC Center at Monmouth University
17 Lowell, MA Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell
19 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
20 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium (Show of the Summer Festival)
21 Toronto, CA Air Canada Centre
Every question you’ve had about your life in 8 minutes or less.
I know, you don’t really have 8 minutes anymore to watch a short film. But you should watch this heartfelt and brilliant one called “The Answers” written and directed by Michael Goode, and stars Daniel Lissing and Rose McIver. He gets to have answered all of his questions he ever wants to know. Except one.
Jimmy Fallon, Sia, Natalie Portman, and The Roots perform “Iko Iko”
Jimmy Fallon, Sia and Natalie Portman join The Roots for a special performance of the classic song “Iko Iko.”
Zayn Malik on One Direction: ‘I never really wanted to be there’
Ever since Zayn Malik left One Direction, he’s been pretty quiet about the reasons behind his exit and how he felt as a member of the group. But now, in an interview with Beats 1’s Zane Lowe, the former band member has admitted it: “I never really wanted to be there.”
“I think I always wanted to go, from the first year. I never really wanted to be there, like, in the band. I just gave it a go because it was there at the time and then when I realised the direction we were going in -– mind the pun –- with the music, I instantly realised it wasn’t for me.
“I realised I couldn’t put any input in, I couldn’t give my opinion on this or not, because it didn’t fit the grain of what we were as a band and what we represented. That’s when it became frustrating for me.”
Via Mashable
