MAKEIDA RISING UP ITUNES CHARTS (piano)
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"He Got It" DOWNLOADed 274,000 in 3 months! RECORD FOR any INDEPENDENT ARTIST!! Written By: Lisa Robertson
ITunes has been around for over 7 years. Apple inc. bought iTunes digital media player application in 2000 adding features and changing its name. The expansion of music available across this application extends to major label recording artists like: Mariah Carey, Beyonce Knowles, Keisha Cole, and many more. Additionally it extends to independent recording artists like Makeida.
This highly motivated young new spirit has raised the bar for independent artists on ITunes. With an astounding 274,000 downloads in a mere 3 months. It was all achieved with marketing strictly by Internet sources and Makeida accomplished these numbers without the help of a video. The bright and talented singer/songwriter is taking the UK to new heights with her hit "He Got It". The modest diva has a positive attitude and free going spirit. Makeida is on the right path to stardom with her unbelievable voice and heartfelt personality she is a sure hit for the United States.
Makeida stole the attention and hearts of loyal carnival goers at this years Notting Hill Carnival (2008) in 2008, which is one of the biggest street parties across the world with over 2 million people in attendance. Makeida performed across a whooping 4 stages including Radio One Xtra, Rampage and Rappattack.
The success of "He Got It" is just the beginning for the aspiring star. Makeida is touching people around the world and with the support of her street team ( known as MAKEIDA WORLD) and artists like T Pain, Jay Z and Akon, So what’s in store for this rising star? Time will tell however in a recent interview Makeida expressed her thoughts about the future.
Makeida said her future plans are "to be as successful as I can and I try to take everyday as it comes". She went on further to say "I want to get involved with helping people and I want to record good heart felt music".
With the brains, beauty, and talent Makeida is the full package and is destine to do great things. Makeida’s schedule for 2008 has been very busy and it is looking to be a continued path for her. Her next big event is the 2008 MOBO AWARDS scheduled in October. To learn more about Makeida visit www.makeida.com.
Special Brew Supernova And Marvellous Musical Marketing
By Samantha Gilmartin
Today’s musicians, it would seem, go to great lengths in order to promote new material: Radiohead initially released InRainbows via download only, Coldplay gave away downloads to promote their new album whilst Oasis employed the raw talent of street buskers in New York to promote their latest offering, Dig Out Your Soul.
Manchester’s answer to the Beatles has really caused quite a stir with this latest offering to the public as hoards of excited and expectant fans gathered across the five boroughs of New York city in anticipation. The event was a collaborative effort between their label, Warner Bros, and the New York marketing and tourism organisation.
Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher met the eager street performers early in the morning for a private rehearsal of the works. New songs; The Turning, Bag It Up, (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady and The Shock Of The Lightning were given to the buskers and rehearsed before they were sent off to various destinations across the city.
Aside from the rain, the performances were widely received as nothing short of excellent.
The idea of letting street buskers promote their new music is the latest way in which Oasis have shown their commitment to the Take It Away scheme, as pioneered by the Arts Council. The band have also agreed to give away sheet music for three of their tracks to readers of NME magazine in an attempt to encourage more people to pick up instruments.
Noel Gallagher, guitarist for Oasis, stated that “the gift of music is special… anything that can bring music into a kid’s life is an incredible thing.”
The Take It Away scheme is an initiative pioneered by the Arts Council which encourages young people to play a musical instrument. Take It Away is available to everyone over the age of 18 years and allows individuals to apply for a loan of up to 2,000GBP for the purchase of any kind of musical instrument. In the past 12 months alone, the Arts Council have given out 6m GBP in loans.
Not happy at just giving away their music for free, Oasis are securing their spot in the limelight for some time yet. Once the music has been distributed in NME’s 17 Septmeber, 2008 issue, the band will be holding a competition encouraging fans to send in their renditions of the songs. Entries will be sent to a micro-site (which is part of the official Oasis web-site) where they will be judged. The winner wins a VIP trip to see the band in concert - anywhere in the world.
This scheme sounds all very well and good, but one can’t help but recall Noel’s rants about giving music away for free. In reference to Radiohead’s latest offering, and proposal’s that Oasis might follow suit, the star commented ” I didn’t spend a year in the most expensive studio in England, with the most expensive producer in America, and the most expensive graphic designer in London to then give it away. F*ck that.”
So it would appear that Oasis aren’t just helping the Arts Council out, they are in fact attempting their own clever marketing tricks to help boost sales of the latest album. Did I hear somebody say that Noel is down to last 4m GBP?
In this modern day environment where you have to use every media available to promote your work, Oasis are really up against it. Reality TV talent shows dominate prime time slots, forcing pop music upon us and when you turn to the internet, there is always a band running some sort of promotion or give away in the name of boosting sales.
Music fans may remember RedBoxBlue’s attempt at breaking into the limelight earlier this year. The band used social networking site, Facebook, to promote themselves in a series of live streamed gigs entitled Five Nights on Facebook. They have since released a single and plan more gigs on the site in 2009.
Not the first to use the internet to create instant stardom, RedBoxBlue hoped to follow in the footsteps of Sandi Thom who became a legend after her webcast gigs from the basement of her home in 2006. The star, who is now famous for songs such as I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker and What If I’m Right, came under much scrutiny after the gigs were broadcast as critics accused her of working with larger companies to produce the gigs as opposed to the indie route that she so claimed.
With the release of Oasis’s new album quickly approaching, it will be interesting to see if the band’s own spin on clever marketing pays off. If so, we could well be seeing the emergence of yet another technique in the war on ailing record sales. In the meantime, we can all enjoy the legitimate free music offering without the worry of our ISP sending us nasty letters through the post.
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Samantha is an expert Research and Theatre consultant. Her current interests are UK shortbreaks including Alton Towers and Theme Park Breaks.
The Best Of Memphis Musicians
By Phoenix Delray
A Memphis musician is a very unique musician. He dwells in the heart of the Blues, probably on Beale Street in Memphis. He taps out the Blues rhythms everywhere he goes, and spends hours performing for Memphis tourists, whether it be on the streets of Memphis or in the clubs. The life of a Memphis musician is one of tradition, culture, and longevity of the Blues. A Memphis musician holds a special place in the hearts of Blues fans, and the Memphis musician John Sleepy Estes is no exception.
Born in 1904, Sleepy John Estes rose to become a Memphis musician that would help pave the way for all other musicians. His father was a sharecropper who played guitar, which was what most people were who moved to Tennessee looking for a better life. When Sleepy John was 19, he began playing and singing in public when he wasnt working. He joined forces with two other aspiring musicians, and the rest is history. In 1929 he debuted as a recording artist in Memphis, recording for Victor Records. He would record until 1952, after which he was largely out of the public eye for almost twenty years.
The nickname Sleepy is said to have stemmed from either a blood pressure disorder or narcolepsy that he may have suffered from. Others claim that he earned the name by simply sleeping or ignoring things when things got bad or too much to handle. John Estes voice has been described as a distinctive, unique voice with a crying tone to it. He was a moderate guitar player, often teaming up with other advanced guitarists for his recordings.
In the 1970s it was thought for a time that Estes had died, because he had seemed to vanish without a trace, and his voice sounded so old twenty years earlier, people assumed that he must have been dead by then. However, two men looking to revive the Blues did in fact find Sleepy John, living in poverty as a homeless man on the streets. He had also by this time become completely blind. Nonetheless, he resumed touring and recording, making appearances in Japan and across Europe. Although this was a significant comeback for Sleepy John Estes, many fans agreed that his pre war recordings were sharper, deeper, and simply better than during his comeback tours.
Most of this Memphis musicians music was based on his own life. His lyrical abilities focused on simplicity, the ability to turn clever phrases, and a keen observation about the simplicity of life. He wrote songs about the local banker, going to start a music career, a teenage girl, the local mechanic, and of course, working and the value of good agricultural sense. Sleepy John Estes died in Tennessee in 1977, the victim of a stroke in June of that year. He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
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