Jack Black IMDb’s himself, and reveals what he really thinks of all his roles so far – from the best movie of his career, to the early break he missed by oversleeping.
Michael McCarty Announced as Hall of Fame Inductee at 2019 Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards
Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce Michael McCarty (Chief Membership & Business Development Officer, SOCAN) as the 2019 inductee into the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame. Michael will be honoured for his achievements and longstanding career in the music industry at the annual Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards Gala Dinner at Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto on Thursday May 9th, 2019.
Michael McCarty has a unique combination of accomplishment and experience in the creative, business, and industry stewardship sides of the music publishing and copyright business, and has made a lasting impact on the Canadian music industry.
At SOCAN McCarty is responsible for leading a department of 40 people across Toronto, Montreal Vancouver, Los Angeles and Nashville engaged in building a roster of 150,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers that includes all the leading Canadian music creators such as Drake, Alesia Cara, The Weeknd, Shawn Mendez, Frank Dukes, Mudah Beats, Keith Power, Andrew Lockington, Bryan Adams, and Sarah McLachlan. His mandate includes creating cutting-edge creative and digital business services for current and future SOCAN members. He is also responsible for overseeing the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Prior to joining SOCAN, he spent over 25 years in the music publishing business, serving as President of EMI Music Publishing Canada, and President of Ole.
After graduating top of his class from Fanshawe College’s pioneering Music Industry Arts program, he began his career as a recording engineer/producer, working with legendary Canadian record producers Jack Richardson (Guess Who) and Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper). A passion for developing talent led to his first publishing role as Creative Manager at ATV Music in Toronto, prior to its purchase by Michael Jackson.
Of all the worldwide ATV employees, McCarty was one of two selected by Michael Jackson to continue to work on the ATV catalog. A series of acquisitions resulted in him being named as Creative Director in the Los Angeles office of SBK Records and Publishing. There, he signed actress Mila Jovovich, worked on the original Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtles soundtrack album, and co-signed Wilson Phillips, whose debut album sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
SBK was acquired by EMI Publishing, who eventually brought McCarty back to Toronto as President of their Canadian company. Under his leadership, EMI developed many significant Canadian songwriters, and was named Music Publisher of the Year a record 12 years in a row by an industry-wide ballot at CMW.
Known for his expertise in developing and mentoring young artists and executives, McCarty and his teams have had a major impact on the Canadian music scene by providing millions of dollars of financial investment and creative support to songwriters and artists. He and his teams helped launch Sum 41, Billy Talent, Three Days Grace, Dallas Green (City & Colour), Alexisonfire, Gavin Brown, Simon Wilcox, Matthew Good, Moist/David Usher, Esthero, Doc McKinney,The Pursuit Of Happiness, Kim Stockwood, Jelleestone, Chin Injeti, and Len (“Steal My Sunshine”). He co-signed Nelly Furtado and Tal Bachman to the New York office of EMI, and at Ole, he spearheaded the signing of superstar writer/producer Timbaland. Other writers McCarty published are Bob Rock, Eddie Schwartz, David Tyson, Ian Thornley, Loverboy, Snow, and Jim Vallance.
His nurturing of Canadian talent also extended to incubating entrepreneurs such as Canadian record labels Distort and its spin-off Dine Alone.
McCarty was a long-time member of the Board of Directors of SOCAN, the Canadian Music Publishers Association (CMPA), and a director of the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA), as well as a founding director of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
He has been actively engaged in lobbying government for effective copyright reform and testified at Canadian Senate and Parliament Copyright hearings. He also appears as a key note speaker at many music industry conferences, and is a founder of the Digital Music Summit initiated by the CMPA, which is now a fixture of the Canadian Music Week Conference.
Coldplay To Release Live Album And Concert Film To Accompany New Documentary DVD On December 7
On December 7, Coldplay will celebrate their record-breaking A Head Full Of Dreams Tour with the release of Live In Buenos Aires / Live In São Paulo / A Head Full Of Dreams (Film), on CD, DVD, vinyl and digital.
The Live In Buenos Aires album was recorded on 15 November 2017 – the final night of the A Head Full Of Dreams Tour. The 24 track audio set marks the first time that a Coldplay concert has been released in its entirety.
The accompanying two hour concert film Live In São Paulo was filmed a week earlier on 8 November 2017.
The A Head Full Of Dreams Tour has been confirmed as the third biggest of all time, having played to more than 5.5 million fans across the world.
The combined live album / live concert film release – also known as the Butterfly package – is completed by the new A Head Full Of Dreams documentary film, which charts Coldplay’s colourful 20 year history.
In addition, Viva La Vida from Live In Buenos Aires is available to stream/download worldwide from today here, with the Live In São Paulo video of the song available on YouTube at youtu.be/-ZvsGmYKhcU.
Live In Buenos Aires and Live In São Paulo feature hits and fan favourites from all seven of the band’s Number 1 studio albums.
Live In Buenos Aires
1. A Head Full Of Dreams
2. Yellow
3. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
4. The Scientist
5. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
6. Paradise
7. Always In My Head
8. Magic
9. Everglow
10. Clocks
11. Midnight
12. Charlie Brown
13. Hymn For The Weekend
14. Fix You
15. Viva La Vida
16. Adventure Of A Lifetime
17. De Musica Ligera
18. Colour Spectrum
19. In My Place
20. Amor Argentina
21. Something Just Like This
22. A Sky Full Of Stars
23. Up&Up
24. End Credits
full Butterfly package is available to pre-order now as a 2 x DVD / 2 x CD set and a 2 x DVD / 3 x gold vinyl collection. A standalone 2 x CD edition of the Live In Buenos Aires album is also available.
Digitally, the Live In Buenos Aires album will be available to stream/download from all platforms, with the Live In São Paulo film also available as a longform download.
From November 16, the career-spanning A Head Full Of Dreams film will stream exclusively worldwide on Amazon Prime Video. The film will also be shown, for one night only, in more than 2,000 cinemas in 64 countries globally, on November 14. You can find more info at coldplay.film.
The film is helmed by Mat Whitecross – director of Supersonic, the acclaimed 2016 Oasis documentary – who met the four friends at college in London, before they’d even formed the band. From Coldplay’s very first rehearsal in a cramped student bedroom, Whitecross has been there to capture the music and the relationships on tape.
The artwork for the Butterfly package was created by Icelandic-born artist Kristjana S Williams. The collage features dozens of visual motifs drawn from the band’s artwork, videos and history. Fans are currently able to explore the artwork via a magnifying tool at Coldplay.com.
John Krasinski Pranks Jimmy Kimmel in Brooklyn
Jimmy and John used to be neighbors in LA and spent a lot of time pranking each other. John takes the audience through some of their best pranks from years past, and then surprises Jimmy with a new prank.
Why Buying Instruments from a Music Store Will Always Trump Buying Online
The age of the internet has turned shopping into a quite a different experience than it was in the past. Just a few decades ago, you had to get into your car and drive all the way into town or to the mall to pick up anything you needed.
Now most of our shopping can be done in front of our computers or even from our smartphones. In some places, you can even get your groceries delivered after a few clicks on a website. Talk about convenience!
However, convenience often comes at the loss of a few key aspects of the shopping experience. When buying instruments or other musical equipment, it is still in your best interest to go to directly to the store rather than browsing online. When you buy or browse in-store, you get these benefits:
The Personal Touch
One of the best and most helpful aspects of going to a music store can be interacting with the staff. Most of the time, the people who work at a music store are very knowledgeable in their field.
These people have a passion for the products they sell, and if the store specializes in one type of product or instrument, such as pianos or drums, that means their knowledge is specifically related to those products.
Most people who work in a music store are musicians themselves in some capacity, whether casual songwriters or retired professionals or somewhere in between.
A lot of stores offer music lessons in the instruments they sell, and more often than not the person selling you that guitar can also teach you how to play it.
By visiting an actual brick-and-mortar location, you get a personalized shopping experience. One example of a store staffed by musicians is the Drum Center of Portsmouth, where you can visit their store and receive an improved and personalized experience as opposed to just ordering products online.
Guidance for First Time Buyers
Going to the store as opposed to shopping online is especially important if you are purchasing instruments for the first time and do not know much about the product.
Some websites will show customer reviews for their products, but a paragraph or two written by a disgruntled customer simply does not match the feedback you can get from talking to a professional.
Music store associates can guide you to the right products based on your individual skill level or experience. They can offer their personal experiences with the instruments you’re looking for.
They can tell you the difference between an eight piece and a six piece drumset. Or maybe they’ll share with you how they bought that guitar last year and the whammy bar broke within a month. They can show you how to tune, care for, and maintain your new instruments.
Sure, it can be nice to order a new banjo while sitting at your desk at home, but you won’t know anything about the product until it gets to you, and by then it can be too late.
If you take the time to go to a store and discuss your needs with a professional, you can walk out with your new equipment, knowing you got exactly what you were looking for.
You Can’t Try Out Instruments Online
Anyone who has purchased musical instruments already knows how fun it can be to go into a music store and try out all the instruments on display. Ever heard of the phrase “happier than a kid in a candy shop?” That kid has nothing on a musician in a music shop.
If certain guitar or drum set catches your eye online, the best you can do is look at a few pictures, or maybe you can watch a few videos of other people playing it.
If you walk into the store, you can feel the instrument in your hands before you purchase it. You can experience the sound for yourself. This can be essential in figuring out which one is best for you.
How to Transfer Music from Computer to iPhone XS (Max) using iTunes
If you want to transfer music from iTunes to iPhone XS (Max), there’s some information that you need to have. In this article, we’ll show you how to transfer music from computer to iPhone using a number of different methods, both with and without iTunes.
Do you have music in your iTunes library that you want to transfer to your new iPhone XS (Max)? There are a number of different methods by which to transfer music from iTunes to iPhone XS, however, some of those methods can be complicated and risky as well. If you want to transfer to new iPhone, we’ll show you how to transfer music from computer to iPhone using a number of different methods.
Part 1: How to Transfer Music from Computer to iPhone XS (Max) using iTunes
Method 1: Sync music from iTunes to iPhone XS (Max) Directly
- Launch the latest updated iTunes in your computer and connect your iPhone to the computer via a USB cable.
If you don’t currently have music in your iTunes library, you need to import them. Click on File > Add File to Library. You’ll be able to select songs from your computer and add them to the library.
3. Select your iPhone from the Devices category and then click on the ‘Music’ option.
4. Click on ‘Sync Music’ and select the type, genre, artists, or albums to transfer to new iPhone. You can also select the music files specifically.
5. Click on the ‘Apply’ button to start transferring music from iTunes to iPhone XS (Max).
Method 2: Sync music from iTunes to iPhone XS (Max) Manually
- Launch the latest updated iTunes in your computer and connect your iPhone to the computer via a USB cable.
2. Select your iPhone from the ‘Device’ button.
3. Click on ‘Manually manage music and videos’.
4. From the left-hand panel, select the ‘Music’ option and then manually drag and drop files from your computer to iTunes.
Drawbacks of using iTunes:
- The process is complicated and often confusing. Trying to sync a large number of files is also extremely slow and frustrating, and it may also lead to a crash.
- Sometimes, when you try to transfer music from iTunes to iPhone, all your iPhone’s current music gets replaced by the new music. As such, you’ll get the new music, but you’ll lose all the music you currently held in your iPhone.
- This method is prone to flashing an error that says ‘iPhone could not sync because the connection to the iPhone was reset’. In addition to this, you can receive a number of different errors if your data cable is slightly disconnected, if your iPhone is locked, or for other reasons.
- iTunes takes up a lot of energy so your computer’s processes slow down while you’re transferring.
Part 2: How to Transfer Music from Computer to iPhone XS (Max) without iTunes
If you want to avoid all of the problems and hassles associated with using iTunes, you can transfer music from computer to iPhone XS (Max) without iTunes using dr.fone – Transfer. This is an extremely efficient method that leads to no data loss and it takes only a few seconds. dr.fone – Transfer is a toolkit that’s been rolled out by the world’s leading technology enterprise Wondershare. As such, it’s completely reliable to use.
Transfer music from computer to iPhone XS (Max) without iTunes.
- Can transfer music from computer to iPhone easily.
- Can also manage and export/import the music file.
- In addition to music, can also transfer photos, contacts, SMS, and other data.
- Works with iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, or iPhone XR and all other iPhone models.
- Works with all iOS versions and all Windows and Mac OS versions.
- Also compatible with Android devices.
- Extremely high data transfer speed.
How to Transfer Music from Computer to iPhone XS (Max) using dr.fone – Transfer:
- Download and install dr.fone toolkit and then launch it.
2. Select the ‘Transfer’ option from the main menu and then connect your iPhone to the computer using a data cable.
3. Wait for dr.fone to detect your iPhone and then click on the ‘Transfer iTunes Media to Device’ option.
4. dr.fone will scan all of the media files in your iTunes and then you’ll find them listed out. Select the music files you want to transfer and then click on ‘Transfer’.
Conclusion
In this article, we’ve shown you how to transfer music from computer to iPhone using iTunes and using dr.fone. As you’ve probably already read, using iTunes directly posits a lot of disadvantages, some of which can lead to errors and the complete deletion of your iPhone library. As such, our personal recommendation is to use dr.fone – Transfer as all your music files (both in your iTunes and iPhone) remain completely secure. Furthermore, it’s user-friendly, efficient, and transfers music files a lot faster than iTunes.
If you have any other questions about how to transfer music from computer to iPhone, feel free to let us know.
Best Made and Wilco teamed up for a Box Set. But not just your usual collection. This one is stunning.
Best Made and Wilco teamed up for a Box Set. But not just your usual collection, this is an unprecedented and exclusive collaboration box set, made in an extremely limited quantity for die-hard fans. Each of the band’s 10 studio albums are included in vinyl format, individually signed by frontman Jeff Tweedy. In true Best Made fashion, the collection is presented in an album crate inspired by their Audubon toolbox and built in our axe workshop from fir ply, hand-finished with marine spar varnish.
The pricetag? $1,198 and you can get them here.
Sodajerker Podcast on Songwriting: Nile Rodgers
Sodajerker’s Simon and Brian fulfil another lifelong dream as they sit down with the legendary songwriter, producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers at Abbey Road Studios. In this detailed conversation, Nile discusses songs from his new album It’s About Time, breaks down his approach to the guitar, and reveals the DHM (deep hidden meaning) behind hits for Chic, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross and David Bowie.
