Random music news for Thursday, September 21, 2023
I wonder how much it took for Robert Niro to appear in these ads? Meanwhile, music news for September 21, 2023, remains free. More music news? Check here. BONUS: Have you seen/heard the
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Music VIdeos
Coming to Toronto in November: The International Music Video Festival. Submissions required.
[A report from Elisa F.G. – AC] You’re in a band. You are slotted to perform but the band before you is running over their set time, most nights you’d be miffed but
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Good timesuck: The first two hours of MTV on its first day in 1981
Just after midnight on August 1, 1981, MTV, the world’s first 24-hour music video channel signed on with a library of 250 music videos, 30 of which were from Rod Stewart. There just
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There’s a new video game based on the music of Tool
If you’ve seen some of Tool’s music videos, you might have thought “Man, this would make a good premise for a video game,” you’re in luck. A Japanese video game publisher called Cherrymochi
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Mustafa’s “Ali” is the Canadian Music Video of the Year at the 2022 Prism Prize
While we’re well beyond the era of sitting around watching music videos on MuchMusic or MTV–they barely show videos these days, if at all–the art of making music videos is still very much
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Miss the old days of music television? Take a listen to this guy.
Like the guy in this video, I get a lot of people telling me they miss the old days of music videos on TV. But what do you really miss about that? Take
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What happens when a song goes viral on TikTok
The music industry is totally besotted by the marketing possibilities of TikTok. But what’s really happening? Watch the video and then check out this analysis.
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Here are the 10 finalists for the 2022 Canadian Prism Prize for excellence in music videos
Music videos may not have their own exclusive cable channel anymore, but they’re still an important way of promoting music–and they continue to be a legitimate artform. The Prism Prize seeks to honour
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RIP Mike Nesmith of The Monkees and the man who named The Tragically Hip
You’ll read all kinds of obituaries about Mike Nesmith, the brainiest of The Monkees, who died this week of natural causes at the age of 78. Yes, he was the guy who wrote
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Why don’t rock and metal videos feature more cars?
If there’s a genre that celebrates cars in its music videos, it’s gotta be hip-hop and rap. But given that so much of rock’s canon consists of songs about cars, what’s with the
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Random music news for Tuesday, November 23, 2021
In coding? Then you might want to meet Marty the Moose. If not, there’s still music news for November 23, 2021, that needs your review. Here’s even more on the current vinyl shortage.
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