Straight off the plane, straight into the studio... 2009-12-16
No rest for the wicked! Straight into a 4 day session with new UK band... will have to deal with jet lag later...
T.Y FACELIFT... 2009-12-14
3 years in La La Land and T.Y have finally Californianized... We`ve had a facelift!! Yes people, the new www.tysongs.com is here!!
Leaving On A Jet Plane 2009-12-14
That`s it folks - T.Y are signing out and are en-route to London -8 degree`s here we come!
But before we go, did you know that "Leaving On a Jet Plane" has been covered over 29 times since it was originally penned by John Denver in 1966. Classic!
Flight Of The Conchords is no more 2009-12-11
It`s official, Bret and Jermaine have confirmed there won`t be a series 3 of `Flight Of The Conchords`.
Here`s a clip of the many hilarious moments from the show.
Tic Toc Music Video 2009-12-10
Our song `Tic Toc` was featured in the indie movie "16 To Life"(see trailer here). Both the movie and the song are going down a storm, and after picking up international distribution director `Becky Smith` called to see if we were interested in shooting a music video for the song. Now being more behind the scenes people shooting music videos isn`t something that often crops up on our schedule - however, she had our ears twitching with all the cool tricks planned and indeed we had an great day shooting with everyone.
Very excited to see the final cut - check back soon..
Santa goes Hi-Tec! Txt him your Xmas wish list... track his sleigh with the Santa tracker app... What next?
http://tinyurl.com/yav2ryq.
EMIs Claudia Cream RELEASE DATE 2009-12-08
EMI have just released the album launch date for their songstress Claudia Cream. Wrong Girl For That goes on sale March 2010.
Album features T.Y`s "Who`s Gonna Wake Me Up" along with songs by Scott Storch and Fat Joe.
First single Wrong Girl For That OUT NOW!
Reconstructing Digital Music... 2009-12-06
At the dawn of the digital music era, record labels went along with a pricing scheme devised by Apple that they are still paying for today. The idea to "unbundle" albums into separate tracks sold for 99 cents each suddenly allowed consumers to bypass higher profit-margin albums.
Sure, you could still purchase an entire album. But consumers found more value in cherry-picking favorite tunes for much less money. Fans of Strawberry Alarm Clock, for instance, could buy the 1960s hit Incense and Peppermint while easily avoiding ghastly tracks such as Sit With the Guru and Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow.
Read full article here..
Apple Opens Up iTunes LP to Indie Labels 2009-12-05
Following the announcement that Apple would be including a new "iTunes LP" on their digital music store, we were shocked to discover that they`d be locking out indies with an exorbitant $10,000-per-album fee. Fortunately, the digital music giant has redeemed itself by making good on its promise to offer all the tools needed for users to develop the LPs themselves.
As Punknews points out, the digital LPs employ basic web tools like HTML, CSS and Java to bring digital videos and other extras into the iTunes album experience. With these specifications now available, web-savvy users can design their own iTunes LP and avoid paying any ridiculous production fees.
All of the information needed to create an iTunes LP is available here. However, we`re still not sure how good it will sound on a turntable.
Rock Band Songs Top 1,000 Mark 2009-11-27
Over 1,000 songs are now available for fans of the Rock Band franchise to buy and download to the game, according to MTV Games and Harmonix. More than 390 bands are contributing tracks to the service, which allows Rock Band gamers to browse and buy songs from directly within the music-simulation game.
With sales of music-based games now reaching a plateau, MTV is hoping to position the Rock Band franchise more as a platform for selling downloadable add-ons to existing versions of the game rather than stressing the need to buy new versions. Gamers have downloaded more than 60 million songs to the Rock Band franchise since its inception two years ago.
MTV expects the number of songs to skyrocket past 1,000 once its Rock Band Network goes live. The Network is a program that allows artists to create and submit their own music into downloadable content for the game.
Not participating in the downloadable content for Rock Band, however, is Warner Music Group. While the Rock Band store has music from the label available due to earlier licensing deals, the label stopped licensing any new music for the downloadable platform over what it calls unfavorable licensing terms.
"Where we`re not being recompensed anything close to what would be fair for artists and services, we see no reasons to license," WMG CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. said during the company`s earnings call this week. "We don`t see that as a large foregone opportunity because the licensing opportunity in itself is so small."
Insight into indie artist D.I.Y promotion 2009-11-27
Indie artist Amanda Palmer shares her secrets on self promotion and marketing.
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Lady Gaga cashes in on Spotify. Not 2009-11-26
Now comes a new report that Lady Gaga was recently paid approximately $167 in Spotify-generated royalties by the Swedish Performing Rights Society. This despite the fact that hit song "Poker Face" was played more than one million times on the music service over a five month period.
Full article..
Facebook could be hazardous to your health benefits 2009-11-25
Facebook photos could be hazardous to your health benefits
Have you ever noticed that anybody going slower than you is an idiot and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
Introduction to Apple. 2009-10-25
This was the commercial that introduced the Apple Macintosh Computer to the world. -
CIS Charity fundraising performance 2009-10-20
Brief trip to Houston, TX in support of the fantastic charity `Communities In Schools`.
Our song `Can`t Do It Alone` is the official `CIS` campaign song. This gala marks the 30th anniversary of the charity and along with keynote speaker Laura Bush, we were invited to perform along with 100 voices from the Houston Childrens choir.
T.Y just wrapped the end title song for new indie movie "16 To Life." directed by Becky Smith.
Tic-Toc is featured in the very last scene... but I wont give away the ending so go see it!
Premieres March 21st 2009.
Privileged to be back on Privileged 2009-01-06
T.Y are back on CW`s Privileged for a 3rd time! And this ones the finale!! Check out T.Y`s featured song "It`s A Girl`s World" performed by Ellem... This episode is a fun one... but I don`t want to give it away :)
