THE GREAT MUSIC SCRUM
I attended one of the Resonate music seminars at the weekend, Robyn did an excellent writeup about it here. The UK experts who were on show had some interesting things to say, but kept censoring their answers when talking about how not to do things as it was being recorded for radio, which was frustrating. They were very much harping on the indie rock tip (the names the Datsuns and the Killers came up repeatedly over the sessions, I hear), which doesn't hold a lot of interest for me, and when asked specifically about breaking an electronica act in the UK, the advice on offer was a bit lacking. Perhaps next time we can get someone from that area, please?
UK A&R Stephen Jones lamented that people seem to have lost respect for artists and songwriters, hence the desire to download free music. Perhaps if bands stopped putting out albums with two great singles and 15 tracks of utter crap, more people might be happy to pay for their CDs instead of downloading them.
I also caught Kora playing at the Wintergarden downstairs at the Civic - great band. If you're still sitting round moping cos Trinity Roots broke up, go see this band. Free gigs at the Wintergarden all this week, from 9pm. Go check it; great venue, criminally underused - why is that, Auckland City Council? You charging too much for the venue hire?
And go see the Tao Drummers - caught their free show in the Square, brilliant drumming.
Nelson George went to the Oscars, read his entertaining insiders view here.
Excerpt - "At the Governor's Ball, which is the Academy's official afterparty, there was a lot of buzz about Chris' Jude Law jokes. An LA Times reporter asked me about the whether, as Sean Penn's retort suggested, that the jokes had gone too far. Here's my quote printed in the LA Times Calender section on Tuesday: "You know what? Lighten the f*ck up! That little speech Sean Penn came up with, that's the reason people hate liberals."
[The Times used ... instead of f*ck]
check Junichi's lists over at Pop Life...
Top 10 Songs I'm Embarrassed To Admit I Didn't Know Before I Heard The Hip Hop Song That Sampled It
1 "I'm Coming Out" - Diana Ross (used in "Mo Money, Mo Problems" by Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy and Mase)
2 "It's Your Thing" - Isley Brothers (used in Salt 'n Pepa's "Shake Your Thang" and Kris Kross' "Jump")
3 "Got To Be Real" - Cheryl Lynn (used in 3rd Bass' "Brooklyn-Queens" and Father MC's "Do 4 U")
4 "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" - Hall & Oates (used in "Say No Go" by De La Soul)
5 "Under Pressure" - Queen (used in "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice)
6 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - The Beatles (used in the Beastie Boys' "Sounds of Science")
7 "All Night Long" - Mary Jane Girls (used in LL Cool J's "Around The Way Girl" and Big Daddy Kane's "Smooth Operator")
8 "Stay With Me" - DeBarge (used in "One More Chance (Remix)" by Notorious B.I.G., which itself was sampled by Ashanti's "Foolish")
9 "Think" - Aretha Franklin (used in "The Gas Face" by 3rd Bass)
10 "Evil Ways" - Santana (used in Mellow Man Ace's "Mentirosa")
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