The Royal Albert Hall has released plans to help educate youngsters in Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham alongside The Arts Council.
The famous London music venue wants to help hundreds of children and teenagers from five to 18 years of age, in the three capital boroughs, shaping their musical education. The Royal Albert Hall will also partner with the Royal College of Music and The Aurora Orchestra.
Since an announcement from Secretary of State Michael Gove in January, stating that local councils would no longer support musical education, Royal Albert Halls Head of Education – Lucy Noble – said:
“We’re extremely honoured to be appointed in this role, and we see it as a great responsibility.
“Music is obviously an area that everyone at the Royal Albert Hall is extremely passionate about, and we look forward to instilling some of that passion in the education programmes we develop with our partners.”
For further information, please see the Royal Albert Halls press release.
Have you ever though of a world without music?
It would be boring and very dull. It is for a fact that, music provides a backdrop to our lives.
From the video games that we are involved in, movies that we watch, adverts on television to the clubs we spend time in, music has proved to be quite imperative.
In the Brits awards held at the Faculty of Music at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, to celebrate all that the music industry in has achieved, Harman pointed out that he was looking forward to working with people from the music industry to come up with ways that will help nurture it, in a mission intended to make sure that in some few years, Britain will have success stories that they can pride themselves giving.
Harriet Harman who is the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, also went a mile ahead to point out that, its no brainer that the current economies need jobs as well as growth. Given that the music industry is one of the fastest in growth, it would be the best industry to create jobs from. It should hence be treated fairly by the treasury teams of any given government. Adding that access to finance is one of the most challenging issues in the industry, the government should make sure that the creative industries are recognized by giving them enough funding as it is one of the most significant investments in the near future.
The banks too should make a point of lending money to feasible music businesses. He pointed out that in every music album that is sold today, one is always form an artist in the United Kingdom. This goes a long way to show that, music is one of the greatest assets that the United Kingdom owns. The government should therefore respect and support the industry as one of its crucial exports. Lastly, he demanded for actions that were tough to anyone who is allegedly charged in music piracy.
Green Day have gone ahead and established themselves as one of the most highly influential and popular groups in the alternative and punk filled world of these modern days.
This is witnessed after winning a Grammy in 2005 or the Record of the year Award for Boulevard of Broken Dreams and winning another Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Rock Album for 21st Century Breakdown. Currently, the American Idiot Broadway tour which has been taking place since 2010, which has seen more than 400 performances and counting.
One thing that makes Green Day influential is the fact that their music is perfectly suited for translations to sheet music for keyboard and piano, coming in handy for keyboard and piano music lovers alike.
Green Day’s Sheet Music Anthology is normally simplified for easier piano. The best thing about the music is that it preserves the sound of the entire 19 songs that are included very nicely. The arrangements are done by Carol Matz who has done an excellent job. The arrangement is made easy for players who do not have advanced experience hence they are able to play without sounding as though they are amateurs when playing the pieces. In addition, the music sheet is clear with the notes being large enough and easy for everyone to read. They are printed on high quality paper that is also 100% recyclable.
The songs can also be enjoyed by players who are skilled in the industry since they are not simple enough to create boredom. The difficulty level is suited for individuals to enjoy playing for their friends or just having fun by themselves. They are perfect for accompaniments for other singers or musicians as well as for individual purposes. The 19 songs that are included in the music sheet are some of the best known songs by the Green Day. This is a perfect treat for every keyboard and piano players who are Green Day fans.
Green Day is a mega-famous American punk rock band, formed in 1987. It consists of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool. The group has a large fan base in the world and it has sold 8 albums and won several awards including five Grammys and sold over 65 million records worldwide and in fact 25 million copies in US alone.
During their 21st Century Breakdown world tour, the band said that they are coming up with new and interesting material. Additionally, Billie Joe also said in an interview that they are going to come up with a new album and most definite their ninth studio album. In fact, he said that they did some demos in Berlin, Stockholm, Glasgow and in some parts of Amsterdam. It also went viral on twitter that the band is about to release a new album.
Green Day has recorded numerous albums but, they confirmed that their new material will be something different from their past records. They once said in an interview that they have written 30 songs for their 9th studio album and they have recorded every live show both audio and video. Last year, they even played a song titled Amy at a show, and it is definitely a dedication to the late Amy Winehouse.
On February 14, 2012, Green Day started recording their ninth studio album and they have come out clean and shared videos of their first day in the studio and they have gone further to release more clips that also feature behind the scene footage of their recordings.
Additionally, as you go through these clips, you will see guys at play, some riding motorcycles and others hanging out. And so, you should expect great work from the rock band and also be ready to hear some of their records from the album as Green Day will headline the 2012 Summer Sonic Festival.
Those Darlins, are a group of four that has its roots back in Tennessee. The group is said to have started out with three young women. They had their first debut album that was self titled back in 2009. They namely were Jessi, Nikki and Kelley who back then went by the stage name Darlin. The first album that appeared fantastic consisted a mixture of country plus superb rock and roll with mad energy coupled with humor’s best dose. The debut was indeed a hell of a lot of fun!
“Screws Get Loose” which is the title of their second album however, brushed aside the harsh sounding mixes that flocked the first album. This second album is characterised by a taste of punked garage sound thats more Brooklyn than their Tennessee roots.
The “Screws Get Loose” is meant to go far past their usual country sensibility scaling back a little of the yuks. It is set to be near the perfect mashup rockabilly alongside country blend that gets better with each song. The trio of girls, alongside their male drummer form the quartet, thats out to show the music industry that they had made the right decision when they opted for their new found sound.
Their first hit, “Be Your Bro” is a fun redefined tune that tackles the possibility of friendship with boys not getting to the extreme sexual level. The third song, witnesses the drummer, whose also the only boy member, Linwood Regensburg, tryout his first attempt in leading vocal. This justifies that the trio are in full control of both their image and unique sound.
Those Darlins are indeed capable of delivering something worthwhile with whatever dimension they decide to take. Everything from the album poster,thats done right, to the reverb production that evidently outshines the previous album. Their tough group sound that depicts that of snarling rock combined with their swag that gets even better with the change of each of their individual masterpieces. Their first release was sloppy, which makes perfect sense of the fact that the band would want to expand their sound to something more established with much more rectified accuracy.
Bono of U2 might boast of his iconic music career, making the most of his voice that has defined rock music, but not making the most of his his investments. Particularly not, when he was named as ‘the worst investor’ in a recent survey on musicians and their investments. These conclusions were drawn from his latest dividends which made him one of the least investing celebrities. This refers to the rocky assessments, plucked off the records, with the rock guru staging $100M dollars in solid investments.
The musician is now eyeing-up and anticipating 250 million Dollars in return for investing in Yelp – the popular site for local businesses, reviews, restaurants and the like – whose tremendous growth built investors confidence as one of the most stable social medias sites. This is Bono’s first investment, and it seems like he is taking it in his stride, ready to be rewarded with a healthy balance sheet.
The U2 lead singer is making the move through the private equity firm Elevation Partners, who also command a 1.5 percent holdings on Facebook. Bono has already made a headway after netting one billion dollars profits on Facebook floatation. All eyes are now trained on Yelp and how it will perform after electric injection of life via Bono’s current investment plans. Facebook, its closest rival has made a comfortable stand of 150 billion dollars and it will be interesting to see how Yelp would try to much such an outstanding performance. Meanwhile Yelp has announced a multi dollar IPO drive and this makes it the first to do so this year among social networking sites. Bono and the U2 rock band are known for their ground shaking hits and it will be seen if the Ireland’s most recognized rock star will cause the same vibrations with Yelp this year.
CBGB which is popularly known as the birthplace of punk rock, is at its last hours. The iconic place is being dismantled to pieces by a team of 10 construction workers. The reassembly should be some time and place in the future that no one knows exactly when. It was one of the most revered landmark for rock music. It is a club that hosted hundreds of fans, music and not to forget booze and any other substance that you can imagine. This was the case every single night from the day it first opened in December of 1973 until 15th October when its swan-song show was held.
The club has been there for an age, this can be attested to by the smell that is witnessed at its demolition! The club had a historic plywood stage where Blondie, The Ramones, Bad Brains, Talking Heads, The Pixies, the Police, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth and many other thousands of artists have performed.
Everything is being removed from the once iconic club starting with the stage. Next is the loft that held the lighting board, the neon beer advertisements, the graffiti and sticker coated wall panels, the urinals from men’s restroom, everything. They are all being wrapped in a plastic and loaded in trailers, where they will sit in New Haven, Connecticut, until the day Hilly Kristal who is the only proprietor that the club has ever had decides where he will try to recreate the CBGB.
Hilly is thinking of opening a brand new CBGB in Las Vegas since New York is becoming somewhat inhospitable for those artists who can play in such a club. The club will be located along Fremont Street which is downtown and not on the glitzy hedonistic strip. He wants to recreate the club not exactly as it was but something that will preserve certain elements of CBGB.
The music industry has seen massive changes in the recent years, unlike before when the industry was ultimately under the control of the record label companies, today the industry is open to almost everyone.
Previously, any music businesses including the determining of who would become who in the sector, the creation and signing of contracts and even fixing of record prices was all done by the record label companies. Today, it is very easy for anyone to get into the industry, get his/her own contracts, set own rules pertaining to the music to be produced and even produce the music alone and even fix its prices.
If you are going to compare the old music biz with the new music biz, you will also want to look into the aspect of track/record selling. The use of the internet has enhanced piracy and as such has lead to high levels of music theft and pirating. There are no longer music consumers willing to pay more for original tracks or records while there are easy ways of getting them especially through downloading. The effect of this in the industry is that, artists can no longer rely on their tracks/records sales to make a living. For those music artists who entirely rely on their music to make a living, their incomes majorly come from promotions and concerts.
Entrepreneurial artists are also beginning to impact on the industry meaning that success in this industry no longer depends on record labels. With the use of different social media like twitter, Facebook and others, artists today are able to strategize their marketing for distribution of records and subsequently making themselves popular. With the social sites, it is also possible for artists to create communities for their fans, which can be used to evaluate the audience outreach and general reception.
When it comes to art and entertainment, there is always that one person who will bring change in the industry that many generations will leave to remember. Don Cornelius is one of such people that many will live to remember.
He is widely recognized for being the pioneer of the black culture when it comes to entertainment. He is known to have exposed black culture also known has African-American culture to many people in the world. He was a TV producer and a music show host who changed lives of many people not only in America but in the whole world.
Indeed, he had the passion and desire to see the black community make it in the art and entertainment industry, he even wished to see more African-American people present on a television. He was born Donald Cortez Cornelius in 1936 in Chicago. He hassled for a long duration moving from one job to another until he fulfilled his dream to join the entertainment industry. In 1996, he landed a job as an announcer, news reporter and a disc jockey on WVON radio station in Chicago.
Later in 1967 he joined the Chicago television station WCIU-TV and he came up with a news program called A Black’s View of News. Being an experienced professional in the media industry, he launched Soul Train on WCIU-TV in 1970 just as a local daily show to entertain and inform the audience. He recognized that many people did not know a lot about soul music and he thus introduced many black musicians to this genre via their appearances on Soul Train program that was gaining popularity.
As a renowned writer, producer and TV host, Don Cornelius was instrumental in exposing larger masses and black musicians such Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, James brown and many more. Additionally, he also created opportunities for talented dancers who would appear in several programs. Many people, who wanted to learn the latest fashion trends, watch and listen to black music hits and learn innovative dance moves had to watch his programs.
He died on February 1, 2012 and many music fans agree that Don Cornelius introduced music of the black Americans to the world.