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Queen, the Script, Andrew Frampton, Fraser T. Smith & more honored at 2011 BMI London Awards
BMI celebrated Europe and Asia’s premier songwriters, composers and music publishers tonight during its annual BMI London Awards. Guests filled London’s Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane to toast the past year’s most-performed songs on U.S. radio and television. Songwriters and composers honored at the event are members of European and Asian performing right societies and are represented in the U.S. by BMI. Legendary rock band Queen were honored as
From News, posted 10.04.11
deadmau5 Gets Electronica’s Heart Beating Again
From atop a frenetically lit cube structure, Joel Zimmerman lords over a writhing crowd of hundreds of thousands. Performing as deadmau5 (pronounced “dead mouse”), the club-music superstar wears an enormous air-conditioned mouse helmet with LED lights that shift and shimmer in time with the house electronica he mixes, his long, lean arms manipulating computer software, twisting knobs and pushing buttons This is an average night for Zimmerman,…
From MusicWorld, posted 6.27.11
Daft Punk: Still Side-Stepping Celebrity & Magnifying Art
If pop groups were held to strict truth-in-advertising standards, then Daft Punk might be sentenced for deceptive practices. Showcasing the talents of DJs Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christ, Daft Punk’s name veritably defies literal interpretation. Maybe, just maybe a persuasive fan could argue that Daft Punk’s guitar-free dance music represents some non-conformist, “punk” rebuke against modern musical trends. But “daft”? Hardly. If anything, Daft Punk’s Grammy-winning…
From MusicWorld, posted 6.24.11
Hyper Crush’s Auditory Assault
“Our music could be described as an auditory assault on the central nervous system through aggressive electronic rhythms. We are highly influenced by Tony Scott, The Smiths, The Prodigy, and Christopher Walken.” So says Donny Fontaine, male vocalist for the hyperkinetic dance trio Hyper Crush. If the statement sounds sarcastic or funny – or both – then mission accomplished. The group,…
From MusicWorld, posted 10.12.09
Alison Krauss and Lil Wayne Win Big at 2009 Grammys
Ethereal BMI songwriter Alison Krauss enjoyed frequent trips to the Grammy stage during the Recording Academy’s 51st annual ceremony Sunday, February 8 in Los Angeles. In all, Krauss accepted five trophies for Raising Sand, her collaboration with rock legend Robert Plant. The pair, along with super producer and fellow BMI songwriter T-Bone Burnett, walked away with many of the night’s top honors, including album…
From News, posted 2.09.09
Lil Wayne Leads Grammy Field with Eight Nominations
Nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards were announced by The Recording Academy on December 3, with superstar BMI songwriter/artist Lil Wayne topping the field with eight mentions. Other top BMI nominees included Kanye West, who earned six nods, while Alison Krauss and Radiohead received five each. The Eagles, Lupe Fiasco, and…
From News, posted 12.04.08
The Whip
1am. Saturday, November 17, 2007. Manchester. In a disused WWII air raid shelter under Piccadilly Station, local heroes The Whip have 2000 rabid Mancunians eating out of their latex, mechanised palm. As 'Trash' - "an electro rock epic" (copyright Mixmag) - reaches its jagged peaks, the Warehouse Project explodes in an ear-bursting, elemental frenzy of air punching, pogoing and vicious movement. There is no trickery here. No…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.13.08
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Does It Offend You, Yeah? is the MySpace band du jour. Delivering some twisted robot rock, DIOYY’s music is a total assault on your eardrums. Unsigned and without a record release, the popularity of DIOYY seems to be spreading like wildfire solely on their MySpace page, word of mouth and the trading of a few mp3s. This is viral marketing’s wet dream.…
From MusicWorld, posted 8.16.06
It’s Eight Grammy Nods for Mariah, Kanye and Legend
BMI superstars Mariah Carey, Kanye West and John Legend led the list of nominees for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards with eight nods each when contenders were announced at a star-studded press conference held December 8 at Gotham Hall in New York City. Their three-way tie pushed the total number of BMI-nominated songwriters and artists to an astounding 70% in the general fields.
From News, posted 12.11.05
Daft Punk
Though popularly considered an electronica act, Daft Punk's fluid dance rhythms and burbling analog synthesizers recall the groundbreaking disco recordings of '70s producer Giorgio Moroder. But dance music is a mere fraction of the Daft Punk equation. Renowned for their conceptual music videos, the clip for Daft Punk's popular single "Da Funk" relates the tale of a sad sack that reunites with an attractive school chum.…
From MusicWorld, posted 1.31.01
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