DRAIN: That's Joanne again. Think about this register flip like taking a step up. We already did it a bit with Trineice with elongating the sound then transitioning to more sing-y-ness (ph); however, when I'm trying to see how far my singing range is, it gets tricky. When I star...
The choices will come down to what you and the client (the artists) like, and how you prefer to present the music video. You can listen to the track carefully, let yourself keep drowning in the song, brainstorming the ideas, and come up with a plan that can represent how you feel, ...
Mariah Carey will receive the 2025 iHeartRadio Icon Award and Lady Gaga will be honored with the iHeartRadio Innovator Award during the show. While there’s no telling if the two stars will pose on the carpet, audiences can count on a few of the attendees to make their arrivals in style...
The first song in this album, "Amen," is quite commanding and different from what you usually do, just like the opener forGabriel, "Get It." Yeah, I like having the first song on an album be abrasive, or different. I want people to go into it and just be hooked immediately. But ...
One huge creative decision was I stood up and pushed the entire headliningMidwest Princesstour back to the fall. The album was supposed to come out while we were on tour. I was like, "This is a horrible idea!" That caused a big ruckus, but it ended up being fine, and I was right...
The whole idea of well-off famous folks helping to raise the profile of short-term rental companies like Vrbo (John Legend and Chrissy Teigen) and Airbnb (Mariah Carey, Justin Bieber) is a weird one all by itself. Why not rent an entire floor at the Four Seasons instea...
“Funkytown,” by Lipps Inc also gives you plenty to sing along to, but the real earworm is that simple keyboard line. In this case, the earworm factor also had something to do with the culture of the times: it sounded like something you’d hear in a video game, so your subconscious...
Pop songs by bands are usually easy. They’re catchy, and not too difficult to sing. Plus everyone knows the lyrics. If you’re a guy and have trouble reaching the high notes of today’s music, go for classic songs. When men still sounded like men. ...
When Paul Simon won Album of the Year for “Still Crazy After All These Years,” he thanked the usual people like his producer and collaborator Art Garfunkle as well as a handful of other folks.Then he jokingly added, “And most of all, I’d like to thank Stevie Wonder, who didn’t...
Then, right at the end of the performance she falls to her knees to sing a final heart-breaking,pianissimoversion of the chorus. What was that about high drama...? via GIPHY