After “shredding” on his electric guitar, Auguie Henry of SSI Shredding Systems shredded the guitar in one of their SSI Dual-Shear Shredders for their “Shred of the Week”. Strangely enough, it sounds exactly what I sound like when playing.
Fret Friend May Help The End Of Guitarists Quitting Too Soon
Learning an instrument is great way to improve your memory, perseverance, concentration and self expression. But over 70% of people quit within two months of starting. Barrier of entry is high and progress is slow. It’s hard to get a hang of. By using visual cues as to where to place your fingers you can lower the barrier of entry and drastically improve retention.
Some guitarists tape paper to mark finger positions on the fretboard. Fret Friend created a more sustainable and dynamic solution available for everyone. Fret Friend is a composite fabric that can attach to the neck of the guitar with velcro hook & loop tape. With a special pen you can quickly draw and erase anything on the fretboard. And it helped everyone from 0 to years of experience progress faster and enjoy it more.
The campaign just started on Kickstarter.
With Fret Friend, learning not only becomes easier and faster! Maybe there was a certain scale or a solo, that took you days or weeks to remember and properly play? By adding a visual element to your learning you can speed up that process.
For years, self-taught musicians have been learning chords and scales by shapes, not theory. In fact, some of the most influential and world famous guitarists have stated, that they posses absolutely no theoretical knowledge. Either they learned how to play by ear (which is developed through time) or by learning the shapes.
The History Channel To Air 8-Hour Remake Of ‘Roots’ Beginning On Memorial Day
HISTORY premieres “Roots” on Memorial Day 2016, airing over four consecutive nights at 9 p.m. beginning Monday, May 30. The four-night, eight-hour event series developed by HISTORY, from A+E Studios, is a historical portrait of American slavery recounting the journey of one family and their will to survive and ultimately carry on their legacy despite hardship. “Roots” will be simulcast on A&E and Lifetime, in addition to HISTORY.
https://youtu.be/ZZwaqFhs9fo
Here’s the trailer for the original 1977 series, going on to receive unprecedented Nielsen ratings with the finale still standing as the third-highest rated U.S. television program ever.
Kids React to The Weeknd’s ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ Lyrics
CBC Music searched out kids to get their reaction to The Weeknd’s I Can’t Feel My Face lyrics. Best line: “I think his name is The Weekday?”
Next up, they should ask seniors they same question. “That’s just crazy talk, what does he mean, he can’t feel his face? I haven’t felt my legs in years! Ouch, my back! Now go put on a sweater, I’m cold.”
Rick Rubin On Having Experimentation In A Recording Studio
Master-producer Rick Rubin gave LL Cool J a beat, urged Run-DMC and Aerosmith to “Walk This Way,” convinced Johnny Cash to love “Hurt” and brought Adele a perfect “Lovesong.” He’s won eight Grammys and two CMAs along the way.
“I don’t really have any control over what’s going to happen with a recording,” Rubin tells Rolling Stone. “It’s more just experimentation and waiting for that moment when your breath gets taken away. It’s an exciting, exhilarating thing when it happens. But it’s not anything to master. You just have to recognize it when it happens and protect it evaporating. It takes luck, patience, a strong work ethic and being willing to do whatever it takes for it to be great. It’s a bit of a process we have to go through to get there.”
This Land is Your Land, This Land is VICELAND Launches Programming On February 29
Welcome to VICELAND. Featuring hundreds of hours of original and engaging content developed and produced by the creative minds that are the heart and soul of VICE, new premium specialty channel VICELAND launchesMonday, Feb. 29 at 5 a.m. ET/PT with a nationwide three-month free preview.
Boasting a roster of compelling hosts – including Canadians Ellen Page (Gaycation) and Matty Matheson (Dead Set on Life), and renowned actor Michael K. Williams (Black Market with Michael K. Williams) – this new culture and lifestyle channel explores the worlds food, sex, fashion, music, sports, and much more.
The full list of television service providers offering VICELAND as a free preview to their subscribers can be found here.
Additionally, viewers can watch anywhere, anytime on mobile and tablet web, and desktop devices by visiting VICELAND.com, brought to you by Fido. Additional details on how viewers can access VICELAND content will be announced in the coming weeks.
Beginning Monday, Feb. 29 at 5 a.m. ET/PT (check local listings), viewers wake up in VICELAND with the one-hour special Bar Talk, hosted by VICE Canada’s Head of Content Patrick McGuire from the new Toronto studio. Then, at 6 a.m. ET/PT (check local listings), you can talk to them, in the thirteen-hour special 646-851-0347 Leave A Message.
See below for full details on VICELAND‘s prime-time schedule.
VICELAND PREMIERE WEEK PRIME-TIME SCHEDULE
All times ET. (s) = simulcast
Monday, Feb. 29
7 p.m. – Welcome to VICELAND (s) **One-hour Special**
8 p.m. – Gaycation (s) **Sneak Peek**
9 p.m. – Balls Deep (s) **Sneak Peek**
9:30 p.m. – F*ck, That’s Delicious (s) **Sneak Peek**
10 p.m. – Weediquette (s) **Sneak Peek**
11 p.m. – Flophouse (s) **Sneak Peek**
11:30 p.m. – VICE Lab (s) **Sneak Peek**
Tuesday, March 1
10 p.m. – NOISEY (s) **Series Premiere**
11 p.m. – Weediquette (s) **Regular Time Slot**
Wednesday, March 2
10 p.m. – Gaycation (s) **Regular Time Slot**
11 p.m. – Balls Deep (s) **Two Back-to-back Episodes – Regular Time Slot**
11:30 p.m. – Balls Deep (s)
Thursday, March 3
10 p.m. – F*ck, That’s Delicious (s) **Regular Time Slot**
10:30 p.m. – Flophouse (s) **Regular Time Slot**
11 p.m. – VICE Lab (s) **Regular Time Slot**
Friday, March 4
6 p.m. – VICE Guide to Film (s) **Canadian Original Series**
Saturday, March 5
6 p.m. – VICE Guide to Film (s) **Canadian Original Series**
Additional premiere dates, including Canadian original series Abandoned, Cyberwar, Dead Set on Life, and Terror, as well as Black Market with Michael K. Williams, Huang’s World, King of the Road, States of Undress, and VICE World of Sports to be announced at a later date.
New Series Descriptions
NOISEY: Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings), beginning March 1
Created by VICE executive producer Andy Capper, NOISEY is the most original music documentary series on TV today. Hosted byZach Goldbaum, this one-hour series takes a first-hand look at the most interesting music scenes around the world. From Compton toLas Vegas, London to São Paolo, NOISEY closely follows the artists defining music today while reflecting on and reacting to the socio-political issues within the cultures that produce them.
Weediquette: Tuesdays at 11 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings), beginning March 1
In a weed show like no other, VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu chronicles the science, culture, and economics of the emerging “green” economy. Each one-hour episode explores the impact of marijuana legalization across the United States and internationally, examining how people on all sides of this issue are dealing with the growing popularity and acceptance of this remarkable plant. There are many players in this weed revolution, and each one has a story to tell.
Gaycation: Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings), beginning March 2
In this one-hour series, Canadian Ellen Page and her best friend, Ian Daniel, set off on a personal journey to explore LGBTQ cultures around the world. From Japan to Brazil, and Jamaica to here in North America, Page and Daniel discover the multiplicity of LGBTQ experiences, meet amazing people, and hear their deeply moving stories of struggle and triumph.
Balls Deep: Wednesdays at 11 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings), beginning March 2
There are more than seven billion lives happening on Earth right now – not all of them great, but most pretty interesting. In each half-hour episode, Thomas Morton attempts to find out what humanity’s deal is by hanging out with different groups of people to give their lives a try. Think of it as a foreign-exchange program, but for subcultures instead of countries – and with only one student.
F*ck, That’s Delicious: Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings), beginning March 3
F*ck, That’s Delicious chronicles the life and eating habits of rap’s greatest bon vivant, Action Bronson. In each half-hour episode, Action – along with the help of his long-time friends and collaborators Meyhem Lauren and Big Body Bes – shows us that life is meant to be enjoyed as much as possible.
Flophouse: Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings), beginning March 3
In this half-hour series, filmmaker Lance Bangs explores the underground circuit of young comedians living together in group houses – then throws a house party and stand-up comedy show.
VICE Labs: Thursdays at 11 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings), beginning March 3
A late-night, half-hour variety show made by and starring VICE staffers and friends. Broadcasting from the makeshift VICE Lab HQ inBrooklyn, NY, lovable grump and veteran equipment manager, Dan Meyer, serves as host, introducing experimental content unfit for prime time.
VICE Guide to Film: Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5 at 6 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings)
**Canadian Original Series**
VICE Guide to Film is the ultimate guide to cinema through the eyes of some of the most innovative and influential film figures in the world. The 24-part, half-hour documentary series caters to the style of the filmmaker profiled in each episode, and features interviews with experts and critics, ‘supercuts’ of devices, and archival footage of films. VICE Guide to Film is an engaging, cinematic series that will entertain and educate even the most intense film fans on the world of cinema.
Video: “Tight Pants” with Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell & Christina Aguilera
One town isn’t big enough for a tight pants love triangle. Watch Will Ferrell, Christina Aguilera and Jimmy Fallon (looking strangely like Mike Meyers), perform the 60s classic hit that never was, Tight Pants.
Line Rider Game Synched To ‘Black Betty’ Is Spot-On
Line Rider was one of the internet’s most popular games back in the mid-2000’s. TheConundrumer made this course that perfectly syncs up with the classic rock song, Black Betty.
Here’s how to draw Adele on a flaming hoverboard
What’s more compelling than pop icon Adele? Well, Adele on a flaming hoverboard of course. Mashable’s very own Bob Al-Greene shows you how to draw this very strange mash-up. Once you’ve drawn your own, share it using the hashtag #AdeleOnAHoverboard on Twitter or Instagram.
Who Received The Biggest Sales Jump From The Grammys? Here You Go.
The Grammy Awards lived up to its billing as “Music’s Biggest Night,” according to same-day numbers from Border City Media’s BuzzAngle Music platform, which collects daily data from all meaningful U.S. sellers of music, both digital and physical, as well as music streaming services.
Nominated artists gained on average an increase of 17,000 album sales (a 27.8% increase) and 118,000 song sales (a 39.7% increase) on Grammy Monday as opposed to forecast.– Nominated albums gained an uplift of 54.8% and nominated songs gained an uplift of 130.4% against forecast.
“Traveller” by Chris Stapleton was the top selling album on Grammy Monday (over 8,100 sales), “To Pimp A Butterfly” by Kendrick Lamar had the largest growth against forecast (over 4,500 sales) and James Bay’s “Chaos And The Calm” had the largest % increase, 657%. All three artists performed during the telecast, while Stapleton and Lamar each received Grammys during the broadcast.
“Let it Go” by James Bay was the top selling song on Grammy Monday (21,000) as well as the largest growth against forecast (over 18,000). Alabama Shakes “Don’t Wanna Fight” had the largest % increase against forecast, over 1,900%.
Top 10 Selling Albums on Grammy Monday:
Rank | Title | Artist |
1 | Traveller | Chris Stapleton |
2 | To Pimp A Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar |
3 | Sound and Color | Alabama Shakes |
4 | Beauty Behind The Madness | The Weeknd |
5 | Chaos And The Calm | James Bay |
6 | 1989 | Taylor Swift |
7 | Montevallo | Sam Hunt |
8 | Cheers To The Fall | Andra Day |
9 | Hymns | Joey + Rory |
10 | Unbreakable Smile | Tori Kelly |
Top 10 Selling Songs on Grammy Monday:
Rank | Title | Artist |
1 | Let It Go | James Bay |
2 | Girl Crush | Little Big Town |
3 | One Call Away | Charlie Puth |
4 | Thinking Out Loud | Ed Sheeran |
5 | Hollow | Tori Kelly |
6 | Can’t Feel My Face | The Weeknd |
7 | Heartbeat | Carrie Underwood |
8 | Take Your Time | Sam Hunt |
9 | Rise Up | Andra Day |
10 | Uptown Funk | Mark Ronson |
Without fail, exposure from the Grammys’ annual telecast provides robust activity in the market for participating artists, with performances generally meaning more than who does or doesn’t win. Last year, album of the year winner Beck and nominees Annie Lennox and Ed Sheeran were among those who garnered the biggest upticks in both album and song sales, all three among the acts who played the 2015 show.
Even though this year’s Grammys fell the day after Valentine’s Day, this marks the fourth time in five years the industry will see the benefit of Valentine shopping and award show exposure fall within the same tracking week. This time, however, it happens because the July 2015 adoption of Global Street Date moved the start of the U.S. tracking week from Monday to Friday. In the previous alignment, benefits from those two market drivers would have fallen into different weeks.
Since 2004, when the Oscars moved into late February, where the Grammys used to reside, the Recording Academy has strived to schedule its show in front of Valentine’s Day, but that is contingent on where in the calendar the Super Bowl lands. This year’s Grammys happened on the President’s Day holiday, only the second time since 2004 that the awards show didn’t air on a Sunday.
According to overnight ratings, various entertainment journals report the telecast brought in 24.8 million viewers, down slightly from the 25.3 million drawn in 2015.
Via BuzzAngle