ARCHIVE: May 2007

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May 31, 2007

Chick-Core Rap is Born (Presenting Girl Crusade)

That's right, you heard it at GarageSpin first, the first chick-core rap artist is here... Presenting:  Girl Crusade. (I googled "chick-core rap" and nothing came up.  Case closed.) Girl Crusade is sort of a cross between Eminem and Wierd Al,... Read More

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May 20, 2007

Random: A Turtle Bullies a Poor Cat

I've never seen such an aggressive turtle (tortoise?) before.  Maybe it's one of those teenage mutant ninja turtles.... Read More

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May 18, 2007

Garagespin Music Juicy Update Bits

Exciting times are afoot -- after weeks of hiatus, I've been getting back to music, finally:Take A Stand:  My next song, Take a Stand (title may change?), is sounding good.  Funny, after spending weeks agonizing over multiple chord progressions for... Read More

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May 14, 2007

The New Artist 2.0

Great, great article in the NY Times yesterday about the new breed of Artist 2.0s in today's online world, the ability to release music and video directly to the public, the ability to interact directly with fans (and the resulting challenges),... Read More

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May 11, 2007

Pretty Sweet "Tap" Acoustic Guitar Solo

This is quite a nice little ditty.  He's holding the acoustic guitar on his lap and tapping a nice little melody on it -- check it:... Read More

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May 10, 2007

American Idol Songwriting Contest Songs Submitted

Say that 10x fast.This is bad...it's the 2nd time American Idol has appeared on GarageSpin in less than a month.  But this time, it's about the American Idol Songwriting Contest; I felt compelled to after seeing the oh-so-cute Hugh in... Read More

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May 07, 2007

Aggrega, Pandora of Music Videos

Aggrega is touted as being the Pandora of music videos.  You build your own music video channel, vote for videos you like, and share video channels on your own websites, etc etc.  Interesting.Speaking of which...if you are a Pandora-lover, and... Read More

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May 04, 2007

Fun for Friday: "Net_Work" by Black20

This stuff is funny.  "Net_Work" is an online video series developed by Black20, a small video production group based out of some guy's Brooklyn apartment.  One episode follows below. Grimlock laugh hard. (They were just featured in a NY Times... Read More

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May 03, 2007

Buy a Custom Song to Wear Pants To

My photographer and perpetual traveller friend Taylor told me to check out Andrew, a songwriter taking song requests at SongsToWearPantsTo.com.  You can make either a "free request" or a "paid request".  Andrew reads all free requests and writes 1:11 songs... Read More

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May 01, 2007

Handmade Music, Sonic Bananas, and Slime-O-Trons

Create Digital Music, MakeZine, and Etsy Labs sponsored a "Handmade Music" night in Brooklyn, NY recently.  Seriously, these people are crazy.  But it's that lovable kind of crazy that paves the way for brilliance in digital music making.  You need... Read More

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