The A&R Clinic: Christina Aguilera

 

hi everyone, wanted to introduce a new segment where I dish out structural advise for artists that are not where they ought to be critically and/or commercially but the potential is there to achieve theseand more. A&R stands for Artist and Repertoire (Wikipedia it) 

ill begin with the very talented Christina Aguilera. for those living under a rock that don't know her (I highly doubt it tho), She was one of the few blond-headed teen princesses that basically redefined pop with the ...

The 2015 Grammy's: Winners List and my Views

Sam Smith was the big winner at the 2015 Grammys, taking home four awards for best new artist, best pop vocal album, record of the year and song of the year.

In an upset (but I kinda guessed it would go that way), Beck took home album of the year for Morning Phase, beating out Beyonce's Beyoncé. The show itself was really good; I especially loved the performances by Pharrell, Gwen Stefani and Maroon 5, Rihanna, Beyoncé (although I would have loved to see Ledisi perform), Madonna, AC/DC, Usher and Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett. That Joke Kanye tried to pull on Beck was not funny at all nor was it appropriate Plus I feel the biggest snub was Sia, She at least deserved Best Music Video.

Check out the full list of winners below.

Must Read: The "Grammy" Process [Billboard]

The Grammy vote begins with its 21,000-strong membership (industry personnel, singers, musicians, producers, engineers, conductors, songwriters, arrangers, art directors, music video artists and technicians) of whom only 12,000 are eligible to cast ballots because they meet the criteria of six total credits on a physical music release or 12 on digital. The voting process then takes three steps:

ABMA (afowzo b'day music awards) Winners!!!!

Here are the winners for my Birthday awards: enjoy

ABMA (afowzo b'da music awards) The Nomminations are in!!!

Hello Yall!!! don't think I would forget to do what I do every year! im so proud of this awards (that basically holds in a major way in my mind lol). for people who haven't seen this before, its just my personal picks on the music released within a year that I had the opportunity to hear and most likely own. Have fun viewing, winners will appear on my birthday on sunday!!!

The Art of Sia

Except ur not a music lover or you've been living under a rock for the past three years, you must have come across the name Sia in music; whether it's a feature on a hit song (David Guetta's "Titanium" or Flo rida's "Wild One") or featured on a soundtrack for a movie (her very catchy "Elastic Heart") or most likely you must have heard the songs she's popularly penned for others like Britney's "perfume", Beyoncé's "Pretty Hurts", Rihanna's "Diamonds", Ne-yo's ...

Video: Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, Florence Music Featured In New 'Great Gatsby' Trailer

Along with a new official trailer for Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" film adaptation that gave music fans a sneak peek at new music from Beyoncé and Andre 3000, Lana Del Rey, and Florence and the Machine, and official track list for the soundtrack was released on Thursday. The first track featured in the trailer is Beyoncé and Andre 3000's cover of Amy Winehouse's ...

Fall Out Boy Teases Courtney Love, Elton John Collaborations on New Album

Fall Out Boy announced on Thursday that Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain's wife and the vocalist for Hole, will be featured on their upcoming "Save Rock And Roll" album, due April 16. The news came after bassist Pete Wentz teased the band's collaboration with a "blonde hair singer" who had been nominated for a Golden Globe on Twitter. After shooting down suggestions like ...

BEYONCE ALBUM TRACK LIST GIVES NE-YO REASON TO BE ‘HAPPY’

Beyonce‘s reps are refusing to comment on the authenticity of the leaked album track list that surfaced earlier last week but Ne-Yo did. The tunesmith may have secured two songs on the top secret project. In a recent interview, he said he was happy to be ...

Rihanna's "Unapologetic" Reviewed

On paper, Rihanna releasing her seventh album in seven years would suggest a quantity-over-quality work ethic that's bound to wear thin. But on "Unapologetic," Rihanna proves once again that she can set -- and often raise -- the bar for modern pop music (although to be honest, some songs lack a bit in the desired quality i personally was expecting this far in her career).

Which songs on "Unapologetic" are the strongest? Read on for a track-by-track review of Rihanna's latest. 

Jessie J in Studio with Sia, Diane Warren on new album

Jessie J is working with Sia on her new album. The 'Price Tag' singer revealed that she is in the studio with the 'Titanium' star and production duo Stargate - the team behind ...