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5 Lessons for the Music Industry from "Weird al" Yankovic
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HypeBot
By Kevin Erickson from Future of Music Coalition. Last week, beloved musical humorist “Weird Al” Yankovic dropped his new album Mandatory Fun. Propelled by a set of eight viral videos, it quickly rose to the top spot on the Billboard charts, his first ever #1, with over 104,000 album sales. Al recently told the New York Times, “I wasn’t thinking, ‘Oh, I’m on the bleeding edge of marketing, this is going to be a business model that will change the ...
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"Weird Al" Yankovic guitarist Jim Kimo West pays homage to Hawaii with sublime slack-key instrumentals
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Graham Taylor
As the longtime guitarist for Grammy-winning satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jim Kimo West has heard a lifetime of good-natured laughter. However, West's own discography is light years apart from Yankovic's inventive and often hilarious pop-music parodies. In fact, West's latest solo record, Na Lani O Maui-Maui Skies, is even miles away from the mainland as he pays homage to the awe-inspiring beauty of Hawaii. But West's decision to beam the spotlight on Hawaii is not for superficial reasons; this isn't ...
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In Praise of Todd Rundgren: Pioneer, Pop Star, Fabulously Weird
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Something Else!
By Something Else Reviews Perhaps Todd Rungren's own restive muse—he's dabbled in every major rock subgenre over the past four decades—simply makes him too difficult to categorize. Maybe Rundgren never stuck with one thing long enough. Somehow, this pop music maverick hasn't consistently found the wider fame he so richly deserves. At least outside of our crowded listening stations at the SER Towers. We love us some Rundgren. Let's count the ways ... “WE GOTTA GET YOU A WOMAN" (RUST, ...
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What is That Weird Hum During World Cup Games?
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All About Jazz
Is there something wrong with your television set, or has a swarm of angry bees invaded the World Cup pitch?
Neither the strange noise you're hearing during today's World Cup games (and for the rest of the tournament, presumably) is the sound of thousands of vuvuzelas. But what, pray tell, is a vuvuzela? A vuvuzela is a long plastic horn popular with South African soccer fans, who blow them en masse during games. Played by producing a raspberry sound with ...
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Youman Wilder and Weird Stories Live from Here
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All About Jazz
Youman Wilder and Weird Stories have not been on the music scene much in the past year. After performing over 470 shows in an 2 year period decided to take a long sabbatical from touring.
The band decided to work on different projects as well as continuing work on the humanitarian work the band has come to be known for.
Xavier Paul the young pianist decided to return to New Orleans and worked as a part time music teacher in ...
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
