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How much does a recording studio cost?
You can benefit from the services of a professional recording studio whether you want to be famous or not. A recording studio isn't just for record labels, pop singers and rock stars; it's a place to record voice-overs for radio or television commercials, turn that love song for your spouse into a special birthday gift, add vocals to an existing composition, record podcasts, do professional interviews, record music or sound for video games, record audiobooks, create video narration for your website videos, record documentaries, and, yes, record your band's debut album that is destined to take over the world. A professional recording studio has all the necessary sound gear, instruments and recording equipment — as well as the professional know-how — to successfully record and mix a song or album, so you don't need to invest the time and money in training and equipment to make it happen yourself.
Even famous rock stars, people in the music industry or music business professionals who can afford all the gear for their own high-end home recording studio (and could afford to hire full-time professional sound engineers) make use of recording studios like the famous EastWest Studios in Los Angeles, California, or Abbey Road Studios in London, England. The cost to record a high-quality demo at a pro studio can range from a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands of dollars, depending on the studio's reputation and amenities.
Audio recording is available for instrumental musicians and vocal artists of all ages and skill levels. As an artist or someone in need of vocal recordings, you can rent studio time for vocal recording only (with pre-recorded instrumentals), for vocal and instrumental recording, or for professional voice-over recording. Most recording studios have multiple studios within one location that cater to different budgets. The smallest and most economical space is usually dubbed "Studio One," and the pricing and amenities increase with the size of the studio. The larger the studio space you want to rent and the more features that room offers, the more it will cost to use.
Recording studios don't just "tape" your performance and then hand over the files. You have the opportunity to work with a sound engineer to mix your music or vocals to create a polished sound for professional use. That big, cinematic sound that you hear when listening to a movie score? That comes from top-of-the-line sound engineering. Additional services beyond use of the studio and recording include audio mixing, mastering, editing, pre-production and post-production. If you are new to the music industry, you can work song by song and rent studio time and sound engineering services as you have the funds, or you can record albums in one session over multiple days. Professional recording studios cater to a range of musical genres, including pop, R&B/soul, rock, country, hip-hop/rap and more.
Here are the factors that can affect the average cost of renting a recording studio.
Equipment quality
The quality of the recording equipment often dictates the cost for audio recording sessions. The higher the quality of the equipment, the more a session will cost per hour. If you know you are ready to record some fabulous music but aren't familiar with how the equipment works, many recording studios also offer lessons on how to use their recording equipment. Smaller (professional) home-based studios might start at $25 per hour for the use of their space and equipment, while studio spaces with top-of-the-line equipment may start around $200 per hour. Singer-songwriters will often need less equipment than full bands. For example, Shine on Studios in Oakland, California, offers a two-hour recording package for $150 for a singer-songwriter recording session and work with a sound engineer. For full bands they offer a two-hour recording session for $220 with sound engineer. Generally speaking, recording studios have everything you need on hand to record, including digital audio workstations, reference monitors, virtual instruments, TASCAM microphone amps, mic stands and other studio equipment.
Room size
Larger recording studios may have different-sized rooms with varying recording and audio equipment and varying musical instruments available for use. Studio rental costs are typically higher for larger rooms with better equipment and nicer instruments. For example, The Abstract Recording Studios in Los Angeles offers its smallest room at the relatively low rate of an average of $25 per hour. Larger studio rooms can accommodate more musicians as well as providing better acoustics or catering to specific recording needs.
Flat hourly rates
Some recording studios charge flat hourly rates without any time minimum or other requirements. The following examples of average flat hourly rates include studio time, pre-production, mixing and mastering:
Simcha's Basement in Park Ridge, New Jersey: $25 per hour
Indecent Music in Medford, Massachusetts: $45 per hour
Some studios charge additional fees beyond the cost of studio time for mastering recorded tracks. For example, Shine on Studios charges an average of $90 per hour with a two-hour minimum for studio time, while the studio's mastering services start at $99 for a tuneup and range up to $299 for six tracks, or up to 70 minutes of album time.
Independent versus signed artists
Recording studios may charge higher rates for signed artists than for independent artists who are paying for recording costs out of their own pocket. For example, the average $45-per-hour rate at Indecent Music is only for independent artists; rates for signed artists are negotiated on an individual artist basis and generally tend to be higher.
Also referred to as "location recording," mobile recording brings the studio to the client. Hiring the audio recording specialist to come to a location will usually increase the cost of services. For example, in comparison with its $45-per-hour studio time rate, Indecent Music charges the following averages for mobile recording services:
First hour of recording, including setup and teardown: $200
Additional hours of performance: $75 per hour
Post-production editing, mixing and mastering: $55 per hour
Studio membership
For artists who are doing a lot of recording and remixing work, a membership may be an economical way to get ample time to record and stretch your creative wings without as many constraints. Recording studios may offer monthly memberships with tiered pricing to provide different levels of perks based on budget and need. Here are two examples of monthly membership costs from Shine on Studios (which offers a range of membership options):
Bronze Studio Membership is an average of $60 per month and includes:
2 songs mastered per month
Additional songs mastered for $20 each
Instrumental or performance track mastered
Recording and mixing hours at $80 per hour
Pro tools & audio lessons for $60 per hour
Rehearsal time at the studio for $20 per hour
Member-only benefits and special promotions
Blog review for your single or album on the studio website
Gold Studio Membership is $420 per month and includes:
6 hours of studio time per month
Additional hours at $75 per hour
Free mastering services
Every 3 months we'll add 2 bonus hours to your account
Rehearsal time at the studio at no additional charge
Studio reputation
Studios that work with famous recording artists or that feature producers with top hits command higher fees than lesser-known studios without the fame factor. If you're dead set on working where Mick Jagger and Justin Timberlake are recording their latest tracks, you'll need to pay for the privilege. For example, an hour or two of recording time at the famous Abbey Road Studios can start in the thousands, just for the space.
Musicians or vocal artists can buy multiple-day sessions or large blocks of time to be used as scheduled over a period of days or weeks. Purchasing studio time in bulk upfront can sometimes cost less per hour.
Cost-saving strategies
Talk with the studio about your long-term goals. If you plan to record multiple songs over months, they may cut you a reduced rate if you agree to purchase a set number of hours upfront. Ask if they have lower rates for holidays or non-peak recording hours. You can also ask if they will put you on a call list; some recording studios may offer you reduced rates if you're ready to fill an otherwise empty slot when another artist cancels at the last minute. Don't be afraid to create a budget with your recording studio. According to The Abstract Recording Studios in Los Angeles, many recording studios will work creatively with independent artists to help them accomplish their projects, and have smaller studio spaces that can work for people who are just starting out.
Minimum time
Some studios have a minimum recording time requirement, which will affect the overall cost. For example, Songwriters Recording Studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, has a two-hour minimum, regardless of the time needed, and the entirety of the fee must be paid in full upfront.
Read client reviews and follow up with references to make sure you're choosing the right recording studio for you. For more, check out these tips for smart hiring.
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Yes, Instagram is primarily a place where users share their foodie pics and visually brag about their latest vacation or new artsy purchase. However, it's these exact uses of Instagram that make it the perfect platform for brands who provide the types of goods and services that Instagrammers naturally love to share. Beyond the fact that Instagram has accumulated 15 million users who have uploaded more than 400 million photos in less than two years, which shows just how critical this platform can be for your brand's online presence. Knowing how to leverage your brand on Instagram is equally critical for you to cut through the noise.
Here are five Instagram marketing campaigns showing what brands did successfully and what you can takeaway from them.
In order to expand their audience as well as increase engagement with their current following, Friday and River, a handmade leather goods and accessories company, ran an Instagram contest.
They announced their contest using a visually appealing graphic featuring one of their products, which was also the prize. To enter, contestants had to follow them and either repost the contest photo, or share their own photo of a Friday and River leather piece, and use the contest-specific hashtags.
In addition to gaining followers from others sharing their images, they also used generic hashtags such as #photocontest, #leather and #mensfashion to expand the contest's reach beyond their pre-existing followers.
Allow contestants to post your branded image or a product image of their own to put even more of your products on display.
Use general hashtags to extend your contest to other Instagrammers who aren't following your account yet.
Although Instagram is used almost exclusively on mobile devices, unlike other social networks that are utilized on both mobile device and desktops, you still need to leverage your Instagram channel like any other network your company has a presence on.
For example, the Hotel Lindrum has an Instagram icon right next to the icons for Facebook and Twitter on their site. This lets visitors know that they are on the platform and if they're on the mobile site, they can click right over to Instagram where they also included their custom hashtag #HotelLindrum in their bio.
To take it a step further, they also have a Guest Gallery on their website showcasing all of the photos their guests take using their hashtag.
Show off your user-generated content using a separate gallery that lets your customers shine. People love to see that what they share with a brand is being recognized; it only further propels future engagement.
Make your hashtag known. If someone clicks on to your feed they may not click individual photos and see what hashtags you're using. By featuring your hashtag right in your bio you're directly inviting your visitors to use it.
Another photo contest, but with a twist. Boutique vegan cookie company, Om Nom Nom Cookies, capitalized on the selfie movement by making their contest as much about their customers as it was about their cookies.
To win the prize of an Om Nom Nom t-shirt, all contestants have to do is take a picture of themselves eating one of their cookies and @ mention their Instagram. Best selfie(s) win the prize.
Leverage your fans. If you offer a unique service, like vegan cookies, your fans might very well be taking pictures of your food already. By encouraging users to tag you for a contest, your follower's followers have a better chance of finding you and becoming fans themselves.
Make it about them. Instagram is known for being a platform where people love to share their unique everyday stories, so make sure to let them include themselves in addition to your product.
Online shopping is quickly becoming the predominant way people are making purchases, even if there's a store within 10 miles of the customer's home.
However, even if your company has an online store, you know that getting customers in to your brick and mortar store is one of the best opportunities to create loyal life-long customers. People who visit your store have the opportunity to touch and see your products in person before purchase; they can experience your stellar customer service first hand, and get an immediate vibe of your brand through your store's atmosphere.
You can encourage in-store visits like Travel Country when they ran a photo contest to get the best picture inside their Florida store. The month-long contest offered up the prize of various Travel Country products and a gift card to the best in-store snapshot.
Make your contest specific to your brick and mortar store to encourage foot traffic rather than just click traffic.
This type of contest adds dimension for customers who don't live near your store and can only shop online. You can virtually transport them there.
As any restaurateur knows, butts in seats is the bottom line on your restaurant's success.
In an effort to keep people coming back and create continued engagement with their following, Tender Greens gives a branded t-shirt away weekly to the Instagrammer with the best photo inside their establishment.
They let customers know to share their dining photos with them by prominently displaying their contest-specific hashtag around their restaurant and reminding followers of their Instagram account to play along by utilizing other user-generated content.
Keep your Instagram campaign ongoing by doing a giveaway every week or month. This encourages repeat engagement from your customers rather than a one-time contest.
Take advantage of all your user-generated content. Use this content to further promote customer sharing or use it for general evergreen posts. You now have a built-in bank of content!
As you can see, there's a variety of ways you can leverage your brand on Instagram beyond simply posting, liking and commenting. Unlike some of the other social media channels, you can get people to be your visual brand ambassadors and communicate your story to the masses!
Anna creates and manages multichannel digital marketing experiences for big brands on a global level. She is a social media nerd turned color palette-loving designer. When Anna isn't posting another funny vine video, she enjoys jamming to reggae music and hanging out with her basset hound, Norman. Connect with her on Google+ or Twitter @annaleacrowe.


On 8 November 2017, Google brought together the leading marketers from the Netherlands and gathered renowned international experts to speak about the latest technologies and showcasing real life business cases. Three central topics were on display: data, connectivity and automation. The main take-away: data is not a result, but the very beginning of an abundant stream of tangible solutions for effective marketing at scale.
Thanks to constant and easy access to technology, businesses can adopt promising advantages when it comes to interacting with their customers, but keeping up is key. People expect relevant and convenient experiences now more than ever. Making use of the newest developments ensures combining both scale and optimized personal approach.
It's hardly news that today's leading marketers have integrated data into their marketing and advertising strategies. Fully understanding how customers are moving through channels and therefor investing from a data perspective has become paramount. This not only more effectively helps them understand their customer's needs, but also permits identifying their intents at all touch points along the journey.
Data driven strategies enable your organization to tap into direct sources of intelligence, build clever models and connect your insights to transform your organizational culture and maximize the output. Understanding your audience is key when it comes to driving better performance and growth. It's not about data making decisions, because only humans can do that: it's about you becoming smarter.
Since the customer journey isn't linear, our marketing shouldn't be either. In order to make better decisions and engage more effectively with our customers, we have to shift from channel-first to customer-first. Research shows that businesses that integrate multiple sources of customer and marketing data significantly outperform other companies in terms of sales, profits and margin. These organizations also have dramatically higher total shareholder returns.
What if you reach the point when the amount of data you've collected seems to stands in the way of customer intimacy? Airline company KLM decided to look at it from the people's point of view and started humanizing their advertising, in order to get the right message through to the right kind of customer. For instance, frequent flyers stopped receiving offers not of interest to them. The result: an even more valuable relationship full with a pragmatic approach, without any waste or irrelevance, which led to more than twice as many bookings at the same cost. Read the full case study here.
Full connectivity ensures you are relevant for your customer at every moment that matters. Tie all capabilities together and make for innovating or welcoming solutions that help you integrate your products and services into people's lives. Take away as much friction as possible and make for a seamless experience. Where there is friction in the customer journey, there is room for competition.
Businesses as well as users want obvious and easy-to-use designs that help them achieve their goals. But design is only obvious in retrospect. It's never easy either: what seems clear now, often took years of iterations. The good thing is that this process solidifies your strategy.
Retail chain Jumbo started with centralizing the customer in their strategy to take the online delivery market of groceries in the Netherlands. With the use of use of groundbreaking technology such as a mobile scanner app, they cleared the way from people's offline refrigerator to the online supermarket. Thanks to their latest data-driven campaign Jumbo has brought down the barriers of online grocery shopping and achieved a successful, structural adaption of customer behavior, in less than eight weeks.
By providing relevant and convenient experiences your organization can create very meaningful moments. In order to do this at scale we need to automate all that can be automated. There are simply too many different audience segments to serve, too many signals to act on and too much data for humans to keep up with.
If you want to become the champion, you cannot but free up time to focus on strategy. Therefore, let machines do what they do best so that people can do what people do best, because effective advertising needs creativity more than ever. Do make sure to prepare your workforce for the future by upskilling in required technical, creative and analytical skills or partner up with a skilled expert.
Where artificial intelligence is the science of making things smart, machine learning consists of making machines that actually learn themselves to become smarter. Machine learning is essentially when algorithms are taught via data input. They absorb massive volumes of data and are trained, using more data and human-defined categories, to improve their predictions. This opens up possibilities in terms of taking time-consuming task out of hand, and replacing it with coming up with innovate ideas and strategies.
Today there are millions of customer signals available to make marketing and advertising effective, but the difficulty of making useful combinations grows proportionately, let alone doing that in real-time. A good reason to let machines do the heavy lifting, for instance by enabling smart bidding for media placements. Note that automation is not meant to eliminate human involvement; it's specifically designed to empower the impact when human skills are called for.
Automation presents large scale with local flexibility, and thus way more opportunities to tap into relevant moments of your customers in an extremely targeted way. At Netflix this meant developing an automated range of dynamic video clips by using Google's Directors Cut, based on what someone would be searching for, and showing these as a personalized ad to promote the newest season of Narcos.
Focusing on data doesn't mean kicking creatives out of the room. All new tools available will actually permit you to lift your digital storytelling to a higher level, so there is more need for creativity than ever. We need to start using data like a paintbrush and stop forgetting that creatives need data as anyone else.


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5 tips that will make tax season less stressful, according to pros
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At this time of year, many people like bringing up the old aphorism that nothing in life can ever be certain, save for death and taxes.
No offense to Benjamin Franklin, to whom this quote is often attributed, but we think this idiom is missing one important inevitability: paperwork. (Which, to be fair, is a component of both.) The complexity associated with completing your taxes may vary from year to year, but a need to reference a variety of documents—whether they're W-2s, 1099s, receipts, or all of the above—never does.
In essence, paperwork around tax season is different for everyone, but everyone has paperwork. Here's how you should save it, back it up, and keep it straight, according to a professional organizer and a CPA.
Create a checklist of everything you need
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Making a checklist of all the documents you need can be helpful.
Not sure exactly what papers matter? That depends on you, your job, and the year you've had, but the "bare minimum" most people need, according to Amy Northard, a CPA and owner of The Accountants For Creatives, are things like 1099s, W-2s, 1098s, student loan interest forms, and health insurance 1095 forms. "The two things I see forgotten generally don't get mailed out and have to be downloaded," Northard says. "They are student loan interest forms and investment or brokerage account 1099 statements."
If you have to gather your forms from different places, Lindsay O'Brien, a professional organizer and owner of Room to Breathe NYC recommends writing down a checklist as a point of reference. Then, once you've found them all, consolidate them into a physical or digital location. This way, "you end up with one one tax folder (either physical or digital) with all necessary documents," says O'Brien.
Use technology to your advantage
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An external hard drive is key for saving your documents.
You may find it most convenient to keep your documents digitally. This helps you avoid paper clutter in your home and makes it easy to access everything you need for your taxes all at once. "Most paperwork can be found online if we really need it," says O'Brien. "If you are receiving bills in the mail, I recommend going paperless and having them emailed or set up automatic payments. Same thing with receipts—have them emailed or texted rather than printed."
Round up the digital documents you have, rename each with the year and purpose to make them easy to sort through later, and save them in secure password-protected folders on your computer, which you can do on both iOS and Windows. Then, back up your computer files with an external, encryptable hard drive, like the Western Digital portable hard drive, or a cloud-based file-storage service like Dropbox. If you go for the cloud, be sure your service uses two-factor verification (Dropbox as well as Apple iCloud and Google Drive have it as an option you must turn on), so your files are more secure.
Also, don't delete the files once you've completed your taxes—when you tackle them next year, checking out older documents can be helpful to guide you through the same process. "When it's time to start working on taxes, take a look at your tax return from the prior year to refresh yourself on what you reported previously and hunt down any forms you may not have received in the mail," Northard says.
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Digitize paper with an app or a scanner
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A scanner helps digitize all your documents.
Of course, there will be some paperwork that presents in your life as actual paper. It's not as difficult to digitize these items as you might think. O'Brien recommends the smartphone app Genius Scan that allows you to take a photo of a document and convert it to PDF. "I especially recommend this for tax-related documents so that you can easily send the files to your accountant or easily upload to TurboTax or other tax platform that you use to file," she says. The free version of Genius Scan has a solid privacy policy—documents are only saved automatically to your phone, not anywhere else—but for more "sensitive" documents, one of its upgraded versions, like Genius Scan Enterprise, makes it easier to restrict outside access to the files.
If you have a lot more paperwork or prefer the more efficient method of a full-size scanner, we tested and loved the Epson Workforce Pro, which provides speedy, accurate scanning—as well as printing—in one compact package.
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Use a file bin to ensure documents are in one spot
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Keeping a letter file bin near your front door can help you sort mail as soon as you get it.
Even if you're all about digitization, don't toss all your paper documents right away. Instead, put them in a clearly-labeled file bin in a spot you know can see and access with ease so you can organize things without losing them. "Sorting your papers throughout the year can make tax season a lot less stressful. I always recommend clients have some sort of mail holder near the front door of their home like the Pottery Barn Office Letter File Bin," says O'Brien. She recommends sorting your mail as soon as you receive it into categories like "coupons," "action items, "important," and "recycle," and setting a day each week to go through the bin before it gets too full.
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Make filing a habit
Prompt filing will make your life easier come tax season.
For holding onto historic files, O'Brien recommends organizers such as a filing cabinet for housing historic documents, a filing box for this year's paperwork, and hanging file folders and labels for making sense of what's in each. Pro tip from Northard: If you're dealing with a lot of receipts, start a folder for each month to keep them separate and organized—and make a habit of putting things in their rightful place as soon as you can, not when it's time to file your taxes. This helps make it less likely that you'll lose important documents and receipts and ensure things are there when you need them.
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Use a label maker to keep track of all your things
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Do you need a label maker? No. But they are nice to have around.
Labeling is key for all organization devices, as it allows you to grab the documents you need without too much rummaging. For said labels, you can write them by hand on blank stickers—or if you're feeling a little extra (or know you'll need motivation to actually get around to labeling your things) get a label maker. "They aren't necessary, but they sure are fun," O'Brien says.
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I recently spent a day in Bremen. Sadly the weather wasn't too good, but we were able to take a stroll through the old-town, the "Viertel" and along the river nonetheless.
Overall Bremen has a very cosy and alternative feeling. Once you leave the area around the central station most houses have only two or three stories, a lot of them rather narrow as well. It just seems everything is one order smaller compared to Berlin or Hamburg. The people are friendly if a bit reserved and humour isn't really their strong side – at least not my kind of humour.
Bremen, Oldtown You just gotta love these narrow houses with their shileds above the door.
Was ich wirklich empfehlen kann ist mal ein Spaziergang durchs "Viertel" ein bißchen wie Kreuzberg früher bloß alles eine Nummer kleiner.
Ach ja, Thore…. 19 Jahre sind's wohl schon. Vielleicht naechtes Jahr. Wuerde ich jemals wieder zurueck ziehen wirds wohl nach Bremen sein. Obwohl Houston auch 'ne mehrfache Millionenstadt ist, ist Hamburg oder Berlin doch ein paar Nummern zu gross fuer mich! Sascha, der Humor ist ein wenig trocken und manchmal auch sarkastisch….. halt wie Loriot. Klassisch.


White Vespa bike is a vintage, collectible, retro miniature.A metal scooter miniature, made of tin and rubber, painted in the Italian colours of red, green and white.
A wonderful, creamy white Vespa, a vintage, collectible miniature of the Italian bike that 's become a perennial classic. And it will always remind you of that wonderful trip to Italy.It's got the Italian flag colours over the engine cover and the over the front.It also has two separate seats, one behind the other.There is a little, white helmet on the seat and a white case/box behind the seat.It also carries a spare tyre under the handlebars, next to the driver's legs.
This bike is made of metal and rubber and slightly rolls both wheels.
It measures 17cm x 11cm x 4.50cm (6.69'' x 4.33'' x 1.77'') and it is quite light.
Other than decorating your favourite corner, you could use it in various projects, make favours, set a wedding or party table, wreaths, diorama boxes, nursery decor, etc.It's an affordable, lovely idea for a mens' gift or nursery decor.
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A Lakeview man was carjacked near Diversey Harbor early on Christmas Eve, police said. No one is in custody and no injuries were reported.
The 32-year-old man was sitting in his parked car in the 2700 block of North Lake Shore Drive near the Diversey driving range when a dark-colored vehicle with a female driver pulled up alongside him around 1:30 a.m., according to police. A man exited the second vehicle, opened the victim's unlocked door, and forced the victim from the vehicle, police said.
Police said the victim sought help from the staff at Presence St. Joseph Hospital.
Taken was a silver 2015 Honda CRV that bears an Illinois license plate beginning with "Z900." It was last seen heading southbound on Lake Shore Drive.
No descriptions of the offenders was available.


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Council updates on changes to Salisbury junction improvements scheme
Wiltshire Council will provide an update to the next Salisbury Area Board meeting, on Thursday 30 September at 6pm
Wiltshire Council will provide an update on its Salisbury junction improvements scheme to the next Salisbury Area Board meeting, on Thursday 30 September at 6pm.
From 17 June-18 July, the council held a public consultation on the proposals to improve the three junctions at Exeter Street Roundabout, Harnham Gyratory and Park Wall Junction. At Exeter Street, the council offered two potential options for people to give their views on. Option 1 would mean that motor vehicles would exit and enter the junction as they do in the existing layout, while Option 2 would involve a new arm next to the cathedral wall and it would require the removal of up to three trees.
After considering the responses to the consultation, the council has decided not to include Option 2 in its submission to the Department for Transport (DfT), and it will proceed with Option 1. The council will also look into the need or otherwise for a signal-controlled pedestrian and cycling crossing of Churchill Way South. A report on the findings of the consultation will be presented to the area board.
Cllr Dr Mark McClelland, Cabinet Member for Transport, said: "We're preparing an outline business case for the Salisbury junction improvements project, and the responses we received to the consultation will help to shape that - which is why we've listened to local residents and chosen Option 1 at Exeter Street.
"We know we can't resolve all of Salisbury's traffic problems with this scheme, but we can make a difference to the roads that we are responsible for, and that is why we're planning to make these changes to improve capacity at the junctions for motorists, while also making them safer for cyclists and walkers. We'll also continue to work with National Highways, which manages the A36, to improve the flow of traffic in and around the city.
"We received a total of 1,214 comments on different aspects of the scheme, with 290 people and organisations taking the time to complete the online questionnaire and a further 67 people sending us emails with their comments.
"We're now undertaking further traffic modelling and economic assessments to ensure the outline business case, which will be submitted to DfT in December, is as robust as it can be. We'll also be holding further consultation on the scheme as it progresses."
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Source: Male Infertility And Orchitis Jun 04, 2020 2 years ago
Male Infertility: A Peer-reviewed study published in the journal European Urology Focus indicates that the SARS-CoV02 coronavirus is able to cause damage to the testicles without even actually entering the testicular cells. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405456920301449?dgcid=rss_sd_all
A pathological analysis of patient samples from a hospital in Wuhan showed that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus caused 'ballooning changes' and damage to cells that produce sperm.
The researchers from the joint study involving both American and Chinese researchers believe this could have been the result of the novel coronavirus binding to an enzyme on the cell surface and could causing damage to the testicles without actually infecting them.
It was discovered that the coronavirus could enlarge and attack the cells that produce sperm, possibly by binding to an enzyme on the cell surface.
However, the research team said there were almost no viral genes found in the semen and testicular tissue of patient samples, suggesting it was not a sexually transmitted infection.
The researchers warned, "Sperm donation or an impregnation plan could be considered during convalescence for Covid-19 patients. Also all recovered patients should be monitored for possible infertility issues in the future."
There has been debate over the potential impact of the virus on male fertility since it was first reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
Certain research has detected male hormone abnormalities, but in other studies no trace of the virus has been found in patients' sperm samples.
Orchitis which is an inflammation of one or both testicles caused by pathogens such as bacteria and viruses have been reported in both SARS and also COVID-19 cases. https://www.rbmojournal.com/article/S1472-6483(20)30188-7/fulltext
In the United States a case was reported a 42-year-old man who sought emergency treatment for "constant stabbing pain that originated from his groin" and later tested positive for Covid-19. The case was highlighted in the medical journal: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7138186/
There were also many previous preprint studies that were not peer reviewed from China that also indicated about one in five men reported "scrotal discomfort" after contracting the SARS_CoV-2 coronavirus.
In the recent research, samples from 11 patients who died from Covid-19 in Wuhan were analyzed by a team led by Dr Ming Zhou, a Professor with the Tufts Medical Centre in Boston, and Dr Nie Xiu, from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan.
The researchers tested for viral genes in tissues involved in sperm and testosterone production, and some samples were also assessed for damage caused by the virus.
However only one sample showed a trace of the virus, from a patient with a high viral load. That result could have been because the virus was "present in blood rather than in testicular tissue", the researcher noted.
Significantly, more than 80 per cent of the samples showed major damage to the seminiferous tubules ie the part of the testicles where sperm is made.
It was observed that these cells making up these tiny tubes underwent "ballooning changes", becoming much bigger than healthy cells. Some were also damaged to an extent that sperm production could have been affected, the research team warned.
The researchers said it was unclear how the virus did this without entering the testicular cells but noted that the testicles contain an enzyme known as ACE2, which the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can bind to using a spike protein.
Dr Ming Zhou told Thailand Medical News, "We speculate that viral membrane proteins, such as the spike protein, may play a role in the injury."
Dr Zhang Shuye, a principal investigator with the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre at Fudan University, who was not involved in the study, said there was growing support but "no direct scientific proof" for the theory that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus could cause damage without actually entering a cell.
He cited the ACE2 enzyme, which has important roles such as regulating blood pressure as an example of how this could happen.
Dr Zhang said, "A large number of viral strains can bind to ACE2 and can affect its normal function and this could lead to damage of certain cell types that depend on the enzyme."
However it should be ruled out that damage found in the study samples could also have been caused by immune system malfunction, the researchers warned as certain critically ill Covid-19 patients suffer from multiple organ failure, and previous research has suggested that this could be caused by a destructive immune system overreaction.
Dr Zhou's team concluded that based on the research findings, "studies should be undertaken to find ways to mitigate the risk of testicular injury during the Covid-19 disease course".
Thailand Medical News had published as early as the 16th Of February warning that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus could affect the male reproductive organs and also fertility issues based on various studies but facebook fact checkers and a certain so called Italian 'medical expert' journalists who in reality were scammers who tried unsucessfully to the label the article as fake news. https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/breaking-news!-latest-research-published-by-chinese-scientists-say-coronavirus-might-render-certain-male-patients-infertile
Maybe that it why many Italians contracted the virus and died as a result of the misinformation perpetrated by many of their unqualified journalist and 'garbage' online sites and publications and by unqualified fact checkers employed by facebook.
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It seems that the fascination with sports drama and biopics is only increasing day by day. In the past few years, one has seen several films on various sports and sports personalities. It is known that Abhay Deol will be starring in a sports biopic on Rugby coach Rudraksh Jena that will be produced by Shabbir Boxwala and Prashant Shah. The actor had begun filming in October 2018 and now he has wrapped up the film, Jungle Cry.
Taking to his Instagram, producer Shabbir Boxwala shared the first look of Jungle Cry on the occasion of Republic Day. He wrote, "This is the 66th Republic Day for the world's largest democracy India…We the team of the film JUNGLE CRY are proud to bring you soon a story of our country's Tribal Kids achievement in the field of sports by winning the world Rugby junior cup in England in 2007 by training in just flat 4 months without any prior knowledge of the game."
Abhay Deol will essay the role of rugby coach Rudraksh Jena. Talking about this story, he said that the kids were football players who only had four months to learn rugby. With their determination, they went onto to win the World Cup in the UK. It is an underdog story and that is what made him sign the film. They want everyone to know the story. They also have British footballer Paul Walsh and Dr Achyuta Samanta, who run Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), who have been on board with them.
The producer Shabbir Boxwala is currently busy with the post-production of the film. They plan to enter the Cannes Film Festival 2019 in the month of March.
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Arcade Fire – Reflektor review
Posted by ryanHLrobinson
It felt like only yesterday I was watching my very own indie band grow into a mainstream giant with winning the album of the year award at the Grammy's. Little did I know that they were already selling hugely even before their ultimate award. It didn't bother me that they became huge, but my only worry lied within the single question, will this change their musical chemistry? I kept reminding myself that the most successful indie band of the current century knew their roots better than any music marketer and I wouldn't have to fear. Fast forward to the present, and here we are. Presented with the idea that has slowly drifted my mind, Reflektor is born.
This is Arcade Fire's fourth album, following a conjunction of extremely successful and great albums, the monster band hopes to continue this trend. The most noticeable difference lies not only within the sound, but the length of the album. Reflektor isn't at the same length of The Knife's new album, but it clocks in at 85 minutes and it sure feels like that length. These 13 songs can drag on and on, and that has to do with producer, James Murphy, who has a noticeable impact in the new sound of Arcade Fire.
Before I go any further, let me note that many previous fans will be pissed. And when I mean pissed, I mean 'throwing their iPods/laptops/cd players/cars/trucks/phonographs/people' against a wall because it isn't the "Arcade Fire I fell in love with". This is true. The secret to the success of the band lies within the thematic connection found in their music. On Reflektor, it's not as apparent. These tracks aren't as lyrically driven, With the only song that has that signature sound being "We Exist". It might get some hopes up to fans, but don't expect that same feeling from the rest of the tracks.
Now let's bring up the important facts to this album. It's 85 minutes, so it's categorized as a double length LP. Does it feel long? Yes. Is that a good thing? Maybe. My first listen was exciting, but it was a grind when I finished the first side of it. Getting myself to listen to the second side was a challenge, but that's where I really enjoyed myself. While I liked the first half, 5 of the 6 songs have a repetitive drum track that just tore me to shreds by the end of it.
When "Joan of Arc" came in I felt almost saved by the overproduction of James Murphy. It's noticeably different, and reminds me of a 'Berlin Trilogy' Bowie track. The second side is longer, but I found it much more bearable. I don't think that's the right word I want to use, because it sounds like I don't enjoy it, but the first few listens to this album didn't bring the best out of me. I finally sat in my room with the lights off and tried to really listen to it, but even then it was hard to separate the thought of Funeral. I would say this is Arcade Fire's The King Of Limbs. It'll be it's misunderstood masterpiece that will be picked up in years to come. I found tracks like "Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)" to be amazing. It's Beatles influenced melody was super enjoyable. Following that was the post-punk "It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)". That was my favourite song on my first listen, primarily because of the distorted opening riff which took the heat off the heavy dance tracks.
The single "Reflektor" was misplaced hugely as the opening track. I felt the need to say it, because I truly feel like it could create an amazing climax to the album, but instead many listeners will wonder where the rest of the magic went. "It went to the second half," I'd tell them. If the average music listener can sit through until "Afterlife", they'll think the three years was worth the wait. Now I've given this album some heavy flack, but I did end up enjoying most of the album. The 11 minute closer of ambiance was super pretentious, and the opening riff on "Porno" really does sound like a B-grade porno (What are you trying to tell us Win?), but Arcade Fire hits most of the marks on this album. To be honest, I need more time with this album, but I'm unable to write a review in 2 months and explain how I feel about this. Reflektor is the ultimate "Grower Of The Year", but right now, It's a hard-to-digest double album full of potential magic.
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Arcade Fire release yet another trailer
As the date draws nearer to the ultimate release for Reflektor, Arcade Fire seamlessly excite fans again with another trailer. Since appearing at performances like the YouTube's Music Awards, and the Bridge School Benefit Show, they'll perform on "The Colbert Report" October 21st. Expect (or hope) to hear some new tracks. The band continues to hold us on a string.
Nonethless, view the cryptic and beautiful trailer below:
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Oneohtrix Point Never – R Plus Seven
For the past three weeks, I've attempted to write this review about five times with the same events happening. First, I create a strong opening line that describes my feeling about the album, followed by a point that talks about the artist, but by the time I get around to actually describing why I feel that way about the music, I cannot discover the words I want to use. Claustrophobic? Spacey? Droning? Jagged? It just goes to show how professional and experienced I am at this. When I think I have it all together, I'm thrown a curve ball in the shape of R Plus Seven and my confidence is shot completely. Not to worry! This time I'll finish my thought before I'm stolen the words.
Daniel Lopatin is a Brooklyn-based experimental musician, who goes by the name Oneohtrix Point Never when recording his.. music. Now Lopatin is renown in the music world for really pushing the boundaries, not by appropriateness, or by outrageous stunts, but by releasing just plain odd music that sells quite well for an indie artist. I can recall my first review ever being the 2011 album, Replica, and I wasn't quite sure if I enjoyed it or not. I mean, I gave it a good review, but for a long time I wasn't convinced that what I was listening was music. Now Lopatin isn't the most experimental musician out there, but he definitely creates amazing patchworks with odd layouts.
R Plus Seven is Lopatin's fourth record, and it utilizes a lot of plunderphonics from Replica, but with the unexpectedness of Returnal. What's so interesting about R Plus Seven is how its Lopatin's oddest album yet, but also the catchiest. Now catchy doesn't go hand in hand with OPN, but hear me out. On the opening, "Boring Angel", a rumbling organ note is held until, yes you read correctly, a steady click from the snare head. Another is how the climax of "Still Life" actually follows hook with synth-based riff of chords. "Zebra" also opens with a staccato of high pitched notes that continue to build and layer. I can run these examples for ages, but that's the excitement behind this album. It catches you off guard even if you think you know what's about to happen. Think Walter White's mind in music.
I would say R Plus Seven is the perfect soundtrack for Breaking Bad's final season. It has the eeriness of the dark and dreary moments, as well as the flourishing, somewhat happy(er?) scenes. I would never describe Lopatin's music as happy, but it's content, much like Vince Gilligan's intention with his epic show. The way his music on this album shifts from quietly chugging along on a long, droning note and immediately jumps into a whole new sound is frightening. At points ("Along"), it can be hard to handle. I get so attached to the one repeating sound that I feel taken advantage of when Lopatin just dumps a great idea and moves on. It took many listens to realize that R Plus Seven has many dynamics and layers to it.
Now I completely understand when I get a comment that says, "This is hipster shit". I get it. I don't think I fully grasp what Lopatin's intentions are with R Plus Seven. It's uneasy, awkward, aggravated, at points pure noise, but what draws me back time and time again is the unique feeling of home and warmth from his nostalgic sounds. Lopatin understands himself better than we do, and we just have to deal with it. I feel that he doesn't expect us, nor does he want us to think 'I like your music because I know what its like' because we don't. We all have different experiences, and Lopatin is providing us the soundtrack to assist with them.
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Touché Amoré – Is Survived By
There's a psychological effect associated with heavier genres of music. Hearing aggressive, violent, and even disturbing noises isn't as appealing as associating other senses with the same handful of adjectives. While listening to Touché Amoré's new album, Is Survived By, my computer crashed on three separate occasions as soon as I began the album. Now many would tell me just to buy a new computer, and I do agree, mine is shit, but a lot of listeners do this with hardcore or post-hardcore music. We don't give it a chance, resulting in missing out in many great albums.
Touché Amoré is an LA post-hardcore band that is part of the self-proclaimed "The Wave", which is a grouping of 21st century bands in the genre. Along with La Dispute and Defeater, to name the popular few, they've been noted as a band that has brought back screamo and hardcore to large audience. Is Survived By is their third album, and it's also their longest, which is something to note because their past releases don't even hit 20 minutes. Is Surived By reaches an astonishing 29 minutes *GASP*, and the ride of melodic, post-hardcore doesn't stop through the entire listen.
What caught my attention with the band early on is how on every release, they seem to experiment with many ideas throughout an album. Short blips of songs will smash through seconds of sound, and then that's that. On this release, the band has taken a different approach. Although songs never exactly reach La Dispute lengths, they make an effort to add traditional song structure to a few tracks. "Social Caterpillar", "Non Fiction", and "Is Survived By" are the only three tracks to reach three minutes (how fitting). These serve as climaxes to the albums closer, but many of these blasts of tracks are actually many ideas separated into different tracks for the sake of packaging.
What makes Is Survived By so different compared to past releases is how the band jolts from song to song, but the flow of the album never strays. These tracks will pass, but only until the album hits stop do I realize that it's finished. Jeremy Bolm's screams are stronger than ever. The tension between every chord progression and drum hit is thick and heavy. The band creates such a claustrophobic atmosphere that it's difficult to not try and break your way out. These songs aren't just melodic, they stick with you. I found myself hitting repeat almost immediately as the album ended. After my many listens in one sitting, I would sit and digest what I just experienced. It's the sound of a band at the top of their game.
Few bands can create exciting albums that slip under the radar to the public. Touché Amoré release solid albums time and time again, but they've yet to reach the pinnacle of potential. Is Survived By is another prime example of an amazing hardcore release that should be honored by every music buff on their blogs and websites. That's exactly why I love writing these reviews.
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What to expect from Arcade Fire on Reflektor
So as the dust has sort of settled with the release of the new single, "Reflektor", I can honestly say I enjoyed it a lot. At first, I hated it. Then, I disliked it. Following that I accepted in myself that it's a great track. The shift in sound is very different compared to the past Arcade Fire sound, but let's face it, when a band wins a Grammy for album of the year, are they ever the same? The band has arguably become even more experimental with Reflektor as the rumors grow. Yet, as everyone knows, nothing is for sure until the album is released. Here's what you should expect following the release of Reflektor on October 29th:
Double Album:
Lead vocalist, Win Butler, has announced that Reflektor will be a double album, marking longer tracks, and an overall gigantic collection of songs. He also noted that the two sides will present two distinct vibes. The question is, what will the sides sound like? Well for one, Arcade Fire has never been afraid to touch on themes like nostalgia, growing up, questioning life, so forth on the "meaning of life" metaphors. The way it will translate into music might be a tough call at this point, but never the less it'll be interesting to see.
LCD Sound-alike:
This is a tough call right now, but as the first single dropped it seems like an appropriate gesture. The DFA records and LCD Soundsystem founder, James Murphy, is producing Reflektor, so don't be surprised to hear his influence on these songs. I apologize in advance if anyone despises LCD Soundsystem, but I wonder then why anyone would hate such a great band. "Reflektor" was chock full of the signature groovy, steady beat that Murphy does perfectly, but on a double album will it be enough to hold up?
Bowie has already confirmed that, in fact, it was him on the band's first single. Not surprising in the least as he's already cited himself as a fan since Funeral's release way back in 2004. Now the question is who's next? Many musicians today agree that Arcade Fire will be held as the original Indie bands of the 21st century, and that could open many doors to other musicians for appearances on songs. The band was spotted on LCD Soundsystem's documentary, Shut Up and Play The Hits, along side The National and Sufjan Stevens. The potential for opportunities is enormous, but how amazing would that combination be? Add Owen Pallet into the mix, and that's a guarantee for an award somewhere.
Rising High or Falling Fast:
The band has only grown since it's debut, and although fans recite Funeral as the ultimate winner, it's hard for the music industry to argue with the biggest Grammy award. They've influenced music forever, won every award imaginable by many publications, and have the album of the year award by the Grammy's as an indie band under their belt, but is there room to grow? Arcade Fire has extremely high expectations to meet, considering their only three albums in, yet have been consistent since their beginnings. Reflektor so far is very promising, but with 8 minutes in, and possibly 70+ to go on the double album, should we lower our expectations?
Everything is up for debate until the release of Reflektor. The band's influence on music only proves that this is one of the most anticipated releases of year, and decade following The Suburbs, which reserved them a spot in indie music history for breaking down barriers of independent music. Reflektor comes out October 29th, and you can watch the video for the single of the same name below.
Song of the day: Arcade Fire wows with Reflektor (masmusicblog.com)
New Arcade Fire song Reflektor leaked early…..listen here (blogs.montrealgazette.com)
Arcade Fire – "Reflektor" (stereogum.com)
Arcade Fire, "Reflektor" (theawl.com)
This Might Be Arcade Fire's Reflektor Album Cover (stereogum.com)
David Bowie Confirms Arcade Fire "Reflektor" Collaboration_ (oddly-even.com)
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Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
There's a strong sense of invincibility that surrounds Nine Inch Nails. The music transcends masses of the public and have inspired many future musicians to break new grounds. Trent Reznor, the mastermind behind the rotating lineup of industrial superstars, is often thought of as a god in modern music. He is the main man to bring industrial rock into the light of day, and then progressed the genre to it's own macro of categories.
Hesitation Marks is the eighth studio album released by the band, and is remarkably different compared to the past releases of albums. Every album after The Fragile has yet to match the critics expectations of a 'great album', as most have received mixed reviews. You could argue that critics reviews are utter shit (including mine), and reason that everyone has their own opinion, but the fact is that no album has been able to make the same impact as The Downward Spiral. The only other album that touched on it's greatness after was The Fragile, but even that assumption is a tad too far. Reznor feels genuinely convinced that he's putting out a solid album, and has the same motivation he had in 1994 (the same year as The Downward Spiral).
What's noticeably different from the get-go is that this album doesn't have the same aggressiveness as past albums, but instead feels catchier and accessible. "Copy of A" is the first full-length track and is one of the weaker songs released. The instrumental is actually quite upbeat and groovy, but Reznor's repeating vocals is what killed the track for me. It feels like a manufactured single for first-time Nine Inch Nail listeners, which severely disappointed me. "Came Back Haunted" is more what I expected from this album. The classic choppy and static drum machine blends with Reznor's gripping vocals extremely well. Everything about this track is just as easy to listen to as "Copy of A", but it's plain better. The song just has that NIN sound that made them stand out in the 90′s.
There are a slew of tracks that feel pulled from older albums released by NIN. "Find My Way", "I Would For You", and "While I'm Still Here" all feel like they're taken from The Fragile era. "Dissapointed", "Running", and "In Two" feel like they're possible B-sides for The Downward Spiral, and the rest of the tracks just expand on latest sound of Nine Inch Nails. If I were to sum up the album in two sentences, that would be it. I mean, there's other things to add in, but Hesitation Marks does feel like a comeback album that's trying to pick up new fans along the way. Now I have to bring up the song, "Everything". What the fuck is this? It's got to be the weirdest thing I've ever heard from Nine Inch Nails. It vaguely reminds me of "Truth" by Bloc Party, which is amazing, but to hear this by an angry industrial rock band blows my mind. The song is pretty solid, but the glittery vocals and contrasting chorus just screams 'pop-punk'. I still haven't grasped the concept with this song. I probably never will.
The beauty of Nine Inch Nails is they always surprise. The honest truth behind my opinion is that I had very low expectations with Hesitation Marks. The band has been on a negative slope with past releases, but to hear something that doesn't disappoint is success. Songs like "Various Methods of Escape", "Running", and "Came Back Haunted" kept this record afloat. It doesn't break any new grounds at all (except maybe for a pop song), and doesn't stand out among the slew of recent albums to be released. That being said, it's not a bad album in the least. It's a nice surprise to finally have some good, relevant material by a legendary band.
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Hear the new Nine Inch Nails tracks "Everything" and "Find My Way"
In classic NIN fashion, Trent Reznor has shocked fans once again. As the new album, Hesitation Marks, is about to be released, the band released two more songs to BBC Radio One with a very mixed reception. "Everything", which was released just about a week ago, resembles the popular rock hits of the 90′s, while "Find My Way" is comparable to Reznor's side project, How To Destroy Angels. I honestly have no clue how these songs will fit together, even knowing the other two tracks released are extremely different as well. I can see this album being extremely polarizing, much like their double LP, The Fragile. Nonetheless, we won't know until it's out, but for now be sure to compare the tracks below and enjoy!
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Arcade Fire announce date for new album
The rumours are true, Arcade Fire have announced their new album with a release date. The title is unofficial so far, but we know the date will be October 29th. They causally responded to a fan on twitter, then out of the blue announced the date,
"Thanks. Our new album will be out October 29th"
This is exciting news because of how critically-acclaimed their three previous albums were, and the whole usage of the abandoned church for recording has finally came into play. Stay tuned for more details.
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (Official Video) from City Slang on Vimeo.
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M.I.A. releases new song, set to release new album
On the brink of a new album, M.I.A. has released the single, "Bring The Noize". The new release, titled MATANGI, is a follow-up to the 2010 album, Maya. The album failed to reach the success of the great Kala, which was released another three years earlier in 2007 ("Paper Planes" anyone?). The multi-talented British artist seems to have dabbed her toes in every genre surrounding a drum machine, and she kills it for the most part.
The song is aggressive from the get-go, and it blends traditional Middle-Eastern singing with a few drones. That's before the song breaks into a chopped and jumpy combination of vocal splices. She uses her voice are a drum beat that oddly reminds me the "Otis" off of Watch The Throne last year. The difference is that this song is way closer to a trap song than "Otis".
Her rapping is quite typical, but in M.I.A. fashion. She touches on telling people off, her heritage, and how far she has come. Most of the time I have to laugh at musicians when they mention this, but she has my fullest respect when she talks about her success. Kala and Maya are chart toppers, and a British Female with Tamil decent who has broken into the American music market is remarkable. I'll give you an idea to how difficult that is, and the only other successful person of Tamil decent in American entertainment is Aziz Ansari. Huge respect for M.I.A.
Her videos as well is semi-controversial. She makes light of a few topics like religion, and life in India, but in a way that's respectable. Her contrast between the outside of the venue with it's dusty and bleak roads compared to the indoor club is quite creative. I've always enjoyed the cultural aspect behind M.I.A. videos, and even if in the end they're for pure entertainment, I like to think there's a deeper meaning behind them.
M.I.A. always has a few tricks up her sleeve, with a great closer that separates itself from the rest of the track. It's slower, but still retains the energy found in the hard hitting chorus and verses. The gold background of the music video gives me full reason to believe that it's a section that will lead into another track. Not to mention it's one of the best parts of the song. It's cut time beat of the drum is so minimal, but it adds the effect of the song growing even if it's not. The native Indian influence that is found on so many M.I.A. tracks shines again on the closing section of the song.
It's reasons like this that makes 2013 such a great year so far. Knowing that new M.I.A. is coming gets me fired up for the summer, and fall, and winter. Make that the whole year. Make that all of 2013, and the albums released before today. So much music has come out this year that stands out to me, it's a shame knowing that 2014 is around the corner. Who knows, maybe a new Avalanches album could be in the works? Nonetheless, check out "Bring The Noize" below.
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Kanye West – Yeezus Review
There's a lot to mention leading up to the sixth album released by the American rapper, Kanye West. The SNL performance, the birth of his first child, the world wide projections, the album artwork. West's mind is all over the place. I'd also like to remind the public the importance of the album title itself; Yeezus. As a play on words with 'Jesus', he's referring to himself as the holiest, the highest, the greatest, and the meaning to life. It seems his messiah effect has gotten hugely out of hand, but that also plays a large role in his musical success as well. This album is the formal follow-up to the amazing My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which I'd argue is one the greatest contemporary releases ever.
How do you start a review to an album that is rumored to not even be finished? That's the difficulty with West's music because there's always a trick up his sleeve. The album opens with the hard-hitting "On Sight", which sounds oddly enough like "Come Up and Get Me" by Death Grips. There's an experimental side to Kanye's music, and it's showed here. The distorted bass lines and minimalist structure is signature Rick Rubin style, who stepped up last minute to give these songs that boost of sound. The renown style of minimalism can be found on the amazing track, "Black Skinhead", and the unique "New Slaves".
Both of these tracks were in the polarizing SNL performance, and the sound is remarkably different. "New Slaves" sounds the same, but the atmosphere is completely different. The SNL was quite darker and had more tension, while the album version is more prominent with the bass, and there is more of a dynamic shift when the chorus kicks in. "Black Skinhead" definitely feels toned down on the album, which disappointed me hugely. Nonetheless, both songs are highlights on the album thanks to the production by Daft Punk. Even the features by artists like Justin Vernon, Hudson Mohawke, Frank Ocean, and Chief Keef bring a new dynamic to these songs.
Tracks like "Hold My Liquor" and 'Blood On The Leaves" feel like aggressive versions of songs on his 2008 album, 808′s & Heartbreak. These songs are remarkably better than 808′s, but compared to MBDTF, I feel cheated with them. They don't have the same creativeness and watchful eye that was on the previous album. There isn't amount of carefulness put into this album. It almost feels rushed, with a lot of the tracks jumping into one another without any sort of connections.
The song that I enjoyed the most out of any other's off Yeezus was "Bound 2″. The sample is grade-A typical Kanye, and he kills it lyrically, unlike a lot of songs off this album. What this song does is sum up the entire album up into 3 minutes and 49 seconds. It's disjointed, melodic, odd, minimal, feels unfinished, and has the most abrupt ending to any album I've heard this year. Like the album cover, maybe that's the point. All there is to the cover is a red rectangular sticker that keeps the album closed. Once broken to listen to the CD, there's nothing but a blank cover. Kanye leaves it up to us to decide what we think of the music, but more importantly, it shows that he doesn't care about any outsiders opinion on him. In an interview with The New York Times, he calls himself an outsider as well. I truly get that aspect on Yeezus.
At 40 minutes and 10 tracks, there is no filler found on this album. Before I knew it started, the album was already over. That's what Kanye West was going for on Yeezus. He's a man I'll never understand, but I respect for his ability to stay on top of an industry that eats artists alive. Yeezus is no My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, but it's an album that will definitely garner a large number of new listeners because of the change in sound compared to older releases. It's darker, more aggressive, and it's extremely minimal sound perfected by Rick Rubin is very enjoyable throughout the album. Sadly, tracks like "Hold My Liquor", "Blood On The Leaves", and "Guilt Trip" don't hold up to the bar set by the early songs on the album. The unconventional structure can't compete against the inconsistency of Yeezus. The highest amount of respect goes out to Kanye for pushing the boundaries, but sadly, the album falls short of the expectations I had. That being said, this is a follow up to the amazing My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. If another artist released this album, it be highly praised, but that means there must be another Kanye West, and we all know there's only one in the world.
Here's a link to the SNL performance of 'Black Skinhead":
Same for "New Slaves":
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If Rob McElhenney shirtless is what gives you a sense of pride — not necessarily in LGBTQ people but in the human race itself — then this past weekend's L.A. Pride Parade was the place to be. The cast of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia hopped aboard a Pride float to the delight of L.A. gays who are into irreverent, long-running comedies. Naturally, Danny DeVito was there, because what gay pride parade could be complete without Danny DeVito (we love his work!), and Kaitlin Olson was there, hopefully to start a groundswell of homosexuals who will unite to bring back The Mick.
But most obviously there was Rob McElhenney, who plays Mac on the show (and who is Olson's real-life husband). Mac's character arc on It's Always Sunny has been a roller-coaster ride, though he started out as your basic cute scumbag in cut-off t-shirts. Then at the beginning of season 7, the show comes back and Mac has gotten fat. Not a little doughier, but legit fat. And it took the better part of a season for the show to even acknowledge it. Gaining all that weight for the LOLs of it — and then subsequently losing it all for the next season — was a show of commitment to a bit. We have to imagine that's also what's behind McElhenney's new appearance, as a bronzed, jacked Muscle Mary on a gay pride float.
Oh, because also, Mac's gay now. In season 12, the most recent season, the show finally pulled the trigger on years of foreshadowing and hinting and borderline-offensive teases and actively offensive teases, and finally made Mac for-real gay. So heading into season 13, the actor who plays newly-out Mac has suddenly gotten himself a body worthy of the gayest gyms in America, and he's riding atop a Pride float looking like a member of the RuPaul's Drag Race Pit Crew. …Yeah, this all tracks.


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