Canadian Arts/Media Job Posts for January 5, 2015
The AGO has done extensive research into best practices and has committed to digital as a key pillar of its future identity. The new...
That Time The Keith Haring Foundation Created Animated Spots For Sesame Street
Keith Haring, the visual artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s by expressing concepts...
You Can Now Be The DJ Using Vinyl Record Sleeves
Novalia worked with DJ Qbert to create the world’s first interactive DJ Decks in an album cover.
QBert’s Kickstarter funded Extraterrestria album features a set...
Why Yogi Bear Wore A Necktie, And Changed Television In The Process
Believe it or not, Yogi Bear’s collar changed television forever. His collar is the reason we have “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” and seemingly every...
Top Ten Most Shazamed Artists and Songs of 2014
Shazam has released the Top Ten Most Shazamed Artists and Tracks of 2014 below and see if your favorite hit made it to their lists.
They also gavean...
David J Haskins on Bauhaus, His New Autobiography, and Sasha Grey
Beginning with the creation of Bauhaus’s seminal debut hit ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’, David J. Haskins, when talking, offers a no-holds-barred account of his band’s...
The Music Industry’s Most-Loved Albums Of All Time, Part 33
This is part 33 of an ongoing series where the kind folk of the music business reveal their favourite album of all time.
Ask people...
Pat Benatar And Neil Giraldo on their Rock ‘N’ Roll Marriage
Every relationship has an origin story. For Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, it all goes back to the moment in the late 1970s when...
Emma Lord on The Competition Of Female Singers In Nashville
Emma Lord moved to Nashville to pursue her songwriting dreams. After a few months, she came to this conclusion:
It’s a harsh reality that...
Jerry Lee Lewis on His Piano Playing
These fingers speak for themselves—they have a brain. They always hit the right notes, too. It just happens. That’s the way it is. Sometimes...
Morrissey reviews the latest singles back in 1984
Back in October 1984, Morrissey did a feature with British music magazine Smash Hits where he reviewed some popular singles at the time. You...
28 Businesses Who Created Signs For The Win
Check out these 28 businesses who knew how to make people laugh, and likely got the business...
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Jimmy Iovine on the marriage of music and tech: ‘The meek are not inheriting the Earth’
Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine talked about how he sees the technology and music industries working together. While accepting an SFTB Award, Iovine gave a...
Ringo Starr’s Isolated Vocals For The Beatles “Octopus’s Garden”
"Octopus's Garden" from The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road was the second song Ringo has ever written. George Harrison says "It's lovely. The song...
Paul McCartney’s Wings “Band On The Run” Isolated Bass and Drums
Wings' "Band On The Run" album was recorded at the EMI studios in Lagos, Nigeria after Paul McCartney decided he wanted to try recording...
Johnny Cash’s Isolated Vocal for “Ring Of Fire”
Written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore and popularized by Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire" appears on Cash's 1963 album, Ring of Fire:...