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Once again, the scourge of independent promotion became a watchword around the industry, the only way to get anything played. The indies had all the major radio stations contracted to work with them, to the exclusion of even the record company promotion staff. Once again the infection began threatening to break through the surface in […]

via The messy suicide of commercial radio series; (part 14) We don’t do payola, We let the independent promotion companies handle it (III) — Music Matters

Braun is credited on Stuck With U, and has previously gotten a songwriting nod on Justin Bieber’s Purpose The post Scooter Braun is a songwriter now, with credit on new Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber single appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.

via Scooter Braun is a songwriter now, with credit on new Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber single — Music Business Worldwide

We pick out some of our favourite videos and documentaries from the FACT vault. In the 2015 short film Footwurk: The Legacy, Akeem Pennicooke tells a story of dance culture and gang culture in Chicago, starring footwork dancers MikeyRockz (from the Heat Squad crew) and Rashad Harris (from Tribe National). Pennicooke immersed himself in footwork to properly understand the…

via FACT Archive: Footwurk – The Legacy — FACT Magazine

A Native American community severely hit by COVID-19 has received an outpouring of donations from Irish people. As COVID-19 has swept through the Navajo Nation, with at least 2373 cases and 73 deaths as of May 3, Irish donors have have contributed to the Nation’s GoFundMe campaign — a return of a historic favor from…

via Irish Donors Are Helping a Native American Tribe Face the Coronavirus Crisis. Here’s the Historical Reason Why — TIME

YouTube has brought a new realm to music lessons. While it is easy to access and plentiful, it will never replace private lessons with an in-person teacher. Why? While social media does have an… The post Online Lessons Teaching Music: A How-To! appeared first on The Blogging Musician.

via Online Lessons Teaching Music: A How-To! — The Blogging Musician

After a lengthy delay (largely due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that temporarily killed any desire to watch and review anything), my quest to watch all of the Pokémon movies continued with Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. This is the eighth Pokémon film in the series and it came out in 2005. The […]

via My Thoughts on: Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005) — Film Music Central

My ongoing quest to watch all of the Pokémon has now brought me to Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior. This was the 11th Pokémon film in the series and serves as the follow up to Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai from the year before. In this story, Ash and company (Dawn and Brock), find themselves […]

via My Thoughts on: Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior (2008) — Film Music Central

As a Queen (and Brian May) fan, the fabled Red Special was always beyond criticism… until the day I bought the Brian May Guitars Red Special. The Brian May Guitars Red Special is, of… The post Brian May Red Special Review appeared first on The Blogging Musician.

via Brian May Red Special Review — The Blogging Musician

My quest to watch all of the Pokémon movies continued with Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai, a 2007 film that is the first of 4 films set in the “Diamond and Pearl” era. This is the 10th Pokémon film overall and, to my knowledge, is the first to begin a storyline that is continued in […]

via My Thoughts on: Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007) — Film Music Central