Random music news for Monday, December 24, 2018
This is probably the day of the year when productivity falls to the lowest of the year. Who’s gonna want
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Christmas songs
Christmas Songs That Don’t SUCK
I swear I’m not a grinch, although I have been accused of being “that guy” who believes Christmas has been
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Random music news for Friday, December 7, 2018
Off to the NE Caribbean Outpost for the next week. But that doesn’t mean I won’t be delivering music news
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This “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” controversy is just plain silly
The latest political correctness battle erupted earlier this month when a Cleveland radio station announced it would no longer play
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Measuring a Holiday Song’s “Festive Index”
What makes a Christmas song more “festive” than another? A site called MusicMagpie.com embarked on an analysis of Christmas classics
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Random Music News for Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Today is the 100th anniversary of the great Halifax explosion, the biggest man-made explosion until the atomic bomb. And now,
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Random Music News for Saturday, December 24, 2016
Believe it or not, there’s music news even on Christmas Eve. And we have a winner in the annual hysteria
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Want to Receive Songwriting Royalty Payments Forever? Write a Hit Christmas Song. Here’s How.
Michael Buble has sold over 10 million copies globally of his 2011 Christmas album. Mariah Carey has sold more than
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Why Do So Many Artists Record Christmas Music? For the $$$, Of Course
I recently did a radio interview on the subject of Christmas music. “Why are so many musicians recording Christmas songs
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Here’s an Assortment of Seasonal Songs That You May Dig.
Let’s start with with 8mm, a noir-pop outfit from Los Angeles. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/180202628″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Now here’s Zerbin,
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This Could Be the Most Over Wrought, OTT Version of “Silent Night” EVER
Listen, I’m all for injecting soul into a performance, but am I crazy to think that this is waaaaaayyyyyy too
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