The dance genre is a particularly fickle one; careers aren’t made often, and even when they are, many people are more familiar with the songs than the artists behind them. To a certain degree it’s always been a bit of a faceless medium, with producers driving multiple “groups” under different names, fronted by different singers. Sometimes singers record with different groups. It’s a somewhat incestuous beast, making it all the more remarkable when a career develops. As such, Ultra Nate’s story is pretty amazing. Continue reading
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Music in commercials: Selling out or amazing promotion?
While culling through YouTube, prepping some of the final Christmas Present entries, a Sony VAIO ad queued up ahead of a video. As the music kicked up, I became intrigued, curious to know who the artist behind the track could be. Continue reading
Christmas Present: The Bird and The Bee’s ‘Carol of the Bells’
For the inaugural Christmas Present pick, I turn to what I consider a quintessential example of the Christmas Present concept: The Bird and the Bee’s rendition of Carol of the Bells. Continue reading