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Black Eyed Peas perform for Volkswagen’s New Beetle unveiling

April 19, 2011 / Music-lover

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As part of Volkswagen’s 21st Century Beetle festivities, the Black Eyed Peas performed live at the MTV World Stage in NYC. From the press release for the car:

The 21st Century Beetle is an automotive icon, reinvented. Its exterior reinterprets the silhouette of the famous Volkswagen Beetle, combining stylistic elements borrowed from the original coupled with the latest technology. The 2012 Volkswagen Beetle guarantees drivers a fun and unique driving experience.

Volkswagen scheduled other music events for different parts of the world. Belgian duo 2manydjs headlined and performed a DJ set at the city’s E-Werk space.

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Slash hosts post concert party at TAO

January 31, 2011 / Music-lover

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Friday night Slash hosted his after concert party at TAO. After opening for Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, his wife Perla and a large group of friends gathered for a dinner of signature dishes at the Asian Bistro, including the rocker’s favorite, General Tso’s Chicken.

On the red carpet he shared that he loves coming to Vegas because it is so close to Southern California and he has so much fun here. He said he has some projects coming up for his movie production company, Slasher Films, but said there are no plans for him to get in front of the camera as he is only going to produce.

Slash and the group, including Laura Croft from Holly’s World, arrived upstairs in the club to great fanfare, taking over several tables on the dance floor as fans crowded to get pictures. He joined DJ Ross One in the DJ booth, announcing to the crowd that he was going to play make shift DJ and, “and interrupt your regular programming for an hour or so.” Slash started off his set with Sweet Child O’ Mine, Welcome to the Jungle and Crazy Train, setting the stage for the perfect night. After getting the party started, Slash returned to his table to watch the crowd enjoy his specially selected play list.

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Music Can Make You Feel So Much Better

October 4, 2010 / Music-lover

When you listen to music, how does it make you feel? For a lot of people, music affects their mood pretty strongly. If you play sad, depressing songs, they’ll start to feel down and drug-out and tired. If you play something upbeat and happy, it can be a great mood lifter, even if a person was feeling depressed before the music started. Some people are affected by music more than others, but almost everyone identifies with at least a song or two in some way. Whether it’s a love song they first heard when they met their spouse or a ‘lucky’ song they heard while they were winning big on one of the sports betting sites, music matters to most of society.

Whether you make music or just listen to it will be affected by your level of talent, but also by what you enjoy. Some people just prefer to listen to music, and they don’t want to go through the work that’s required to learn an instrument. It takes time and dedication to play an instrument well, and taking lessons is also often costly. With that in mind, it’s entirely up to you how you choose to express your love for music.

Many more people listen than play, but quite a few do both. Either way is fine, because it’s all about what you like to do in life, and what makes you feel content. If playing music makes you happy you should do it, even if you’ll never be a professional. Likewise, if you prefer to be just a listener, there’s a lot of benefit to just sitting quietly and enjoying your favorite music – or dancing around to something that’s really upbeat.

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Random Acts of Listening: The Bloody Good Songs of FIFA 11

October 1, 2010 / Music-lover

Soccer nerds of the land are united by FIFA 11, the video game that has been around since, well, there’s probably someone out there who knows those stats; it’s the soundtrack that we’re really interested in. Yes, it actually has more than English commentators and endless hours of goal-scoring enjoyment. While speaking of a brilliant mix of music emitting from a video game might cause some to initiate “handbags at ten paces”—one of those British phrases for a soccer spat—it’s actually pretty cool. Ambient chill, dance, electronic and rock all hold hands and dance around the proverbial maypole, and the results are such that I added most of the tunes to my iPod.

Discovering this was all purely random, even if my buddy’s game selection was not. The melodies rolled around in my head long after he lost to Chelsea, and I was inspired to search for great music wherever it may lie and that night, even folk music was not refused a chance to emit from my sound system. Check out a few of my personal faves from the game and see what you think. These may be old to you, in which case you may rejoice that others are finding them, or you may be a virgin to them all and are now rejoicing that you’ve discovered them. Or you may hate them all and will stick to your Rock Band soundtrack. Well, at least you tried them. These are all available for download on iTunes:

Trick Pony from IRM by Charlotte Gainsbourg
1977 from 1977 by Ana Tijoux
Don’t Turn the Lights On from Business Casual by Chromeo
Odessa from Swim by Caribou
Rhinestone Eyes from Plastic Beach by Gorillaz
Fire With Fire from Night Work by Scissor Sisters
Ace of Hz from Ladytron 00 – 10 (coming out soon) by Ladytron

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