A music messaging app that enables people to communicate with song clips launched on Thursday in a bid to capitalise on the growing popularity of messaging apps and throw a lifeline to the struggling music industry. MSTY, an acronym for My Song To You, allows users to send each other 30-second segments of songs, from Happy Birthday to the latest chart-topper, combined with a photo and text. The UK-based company has launched ...
That is a question posed by the blogsite FiveThirtyEight. Author Carl Bialik looks at what happened to the Smooth Jazz format when Arbitron’s PPM devices were introduced to markets that carried that format. The results were quick and obvious. Was it disappearing/aging demographics? Format burnout? Or was it the new PPM system of gathering ratings data? Bialik wrote: "smooth jazz is essentially dead on major-market radio. But as to what ...
Jason Derulo - 'Want To Want Me' - Live Jason Derulo Performs 'Want to Want Me' at iHeartRadio Awards Jason Derulo has continued his reign at the top of the UK singles chart this week, as 'Want to Want Me' is number one for the fourth week running. The track's combined chart sales of 57,000 allowed Derulo to beat Major Lazer, MO and DJ Snake's 'Lean On' to the top spot. 'Want to Want Me' is the fourth track ...
Aretha Franklin - Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin also known as the Queen of Soul has re-defined American popular music for more than four decades now. Her incredible voice, sound and style have inspired numerous R&B and contemporary artists. Aretha has sold more million selling singles than any other female artist in history. She has also won eighteen Grammy’s and two honorary Awards. Ms. Franklin during her long career have ...
John William Godward (1861-1922) Summer flowers 1903 John William Godward (9 August 1861 - 13 December 1922) was an English painter from the end of the Pre-Raphaelite / Neo-Classicist era. He was a protege of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema but his style of painting fell out of favour with the arrival of painters like Picasso. He committed suicide at the age of 61 and is said to have written in his suicide note that "the ...