By Hans Ebert It’s all become so formulaic, but how does one politely tell someone who believes they have written something original that it’s derivative? My singer friend Jennifer remarked the other day that she didn’t know whether it was just her, or was “Pop” music all sounding the same- meaning almost a nursery rhyme [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Drake’
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE SONG
Posted: 7th April 2017 by We-Enhance in Beatles, Entertainment Industry, Justin Bieber, Music, Music Industry, Music Marketing, Music MattersTags: Bacharach and David, Brian Wilson, Drake, George and Ira Gershwin, Harry Nilsson, Henry Mancini, Irving Berlin, Jaco Pastorius, Jimmy Webb, joni mitchell, Justin Bieber, LED ZEPPELIN, Leon Russell, Muddy Waters, Paul Simon, Paul Williams, Pet Sounds, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Stones, The Beatles, Tin Pan Alley- Cole Porter
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THE DIM SUM DIARIES: JAMES TAYLOR
Posted: 16th January 2017 by We-Enhance in Hong Kong, MusicTags: Alison Krauss, Country Roads, Drake, DYLAN, Ian Matthews, J-Lo, Jackson Browne, JAMES TAYLOR, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Webb, Kenny Rankin, Leon Russell, Loggins, McCartney, Paul Simon, Scarlet Johansson, Selena Gomez, Smokey Robinson, Steve Gadd, Stevie Wonder, The Weeknd, Todd Rundgren
By Hans Ebert Word is that James Taylor is performing in Hong Kong next month and that drummer Steve Gadd will be part of his backup band. Guess so. Musician friends are looking forward to the gig and have taken it for granted that I’ll be there. But I’m not too sure I will as [...]
FORGOTTEN HEROES OF MUSIC: THE SONGWRITERS
Posted: 23rd March 2016 by We-Enhance in Beatles, Justin Bieber, Music, Music Industry, Music Marketing, Music MattersTags: BERNIE TAUPIN, Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Cat Stevens, Drake, Elton John, JAMES TAYLOR, Jimmy Webb, joni mitchell, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Lennon, Leon Russell, McCartney, OneDirection, Pet Sounds, Rihanna, Rihanna Work, Rubber Soul and Revolver, Simon Cowell, SPOTIFY, Taylor Swift
By Hans Ebert Listening to “Work”, the new recording by Rihanna, and then hearing a brilliant Remix of Drake’s “Hotline Bling” recently in a club, one had to wonder whether, like everything else, if writing songs for a living and trying to make this a financially viable career, there’s a need to rethink one’s modus [...]
THE LOSERS, CHEATERS AND SIX-GUN USERS IN LIFE AND THE MUSIC WORLD
Posted: 22nd March 2016 by We-Enhance in ASIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY, Asia, China Entertainment Industry, China Music Market, Facebook, Hong Kng, Hong Kong Music Industry, Music, Music Industry, Music MarketingTags: A&R skills, Alibaba, Canto-pop, CHRIS BROWN, Drake, FACEBOOK, Flo Rida, Jack Ma, Kendall Jenner, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Zuckerberg, MC Hammer, Mr Pitbull, My Rant section, PARIS HILTON, SCMP, SPOTIFY, Vanilla Ice
By Hans Ebert In the Rant section of the SCMP’s Sunday Magazine, the writer mentioned being hit in the face last Friday and thrown out of a club by one of those Hong Kong princelings with the powerful big daddy’s surname and money behind them and who are always seen scouring the local club life [...]
HELLO ADELE, IT’S TIME FOR HOTLINE BLING
Posted: 1st November 2015 by We-Enhance in Music, Music Industry, Music MarketingTags: Adele, Drake, Hotline Bling
By Hans Ebert Though he sings that she never calls him on his cellphone anymore, what’s interesting in the video for Hotline Bling is that there’s no cellphone in sight. That flip phone is probably with- hello- Adele. What the video lacks in cellphones, it makes up for in booty. There’s booty all over the [...]
WAKING UP FROM THE DRAINED OUT BLUES
Posted: 30th October 2015 by We-Enhance in Music, Music Industry, Music MarketingTags: Adele, BOLLYWOOD, Coldplay, Drake, Hollywood, music executives, Norah, Priyanka Chopra, Radiohead, Struts, Taylor Swift, The 1975, YouTube sensation
By Hans Ebert A friend of mine was telling me the other day that to get away from the divorce she’s going through, all she does is sleep. For hours that turn into day. The next day, a jockey friend- the type that rides horses, and these guys are so fit carbs scream in fear [...]
THE SHAMELESS MARKETING OF THE KIMYE WEDDING
Posted: 25th May 2014 by We-Enhance in Entertainment Industry, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Marketing, Music, Music IndustryTags: CHRIS BROWN, Drake, Jay-Z, Kanye West, KATY PERRY, KIM KARDASHIAN, Lady Gaga, Lindsay Lohan, PARIS HILTON, Rihanna, Selena Gomes
It’s been relentless, it’s been contrived, it’s been way over the top, and yesterday, or today, or, gawd knows when, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian get married in a wedding that has been built up by the American entertainment industry to be something bigger than any other wedding in the history of the world and [...]