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Kylie Minogue – Planning To Tie The Knot

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:27:00 +0000

The massive fat Hollywood marriage is not something that appeals to Kylie Minogue, who would rather just elope with partner Andres Velencoso Segura. The 42-year-old star asserts she is intending to tie the knot but she won’t go for the “fantasy white marriage ” but will make it simple, Daily Mail reported. The crooner, who has been going out with the Spanish model for the previous eighteen months, posed for a racy photoshoot for ‘Attitude’ mag.

The vocalist is seen very wet trapped by male models in see-through jackets and undies in the new shoot, said, “I wasn’t one of those girls who fantasied about getting wed.

I will get really worked up about a marriage, but I might possibly just run away and do it actually quietly, ” she revealed. The all of the Lovers singer, who has in the past dated actor Olivier Martinez and male model James Gooding, further said that age has changed her approach toward relations and she’s more “practical ” now.

“I think I am more realistic, mainly because of all the press releases that are all about my failed love life. ‘Unlucky in love’ – God I dislike that joke! I do not really feel unfortunate in it – I believe that it just has not been textbook fairytale, ” she claimed. But Minogue, who is notoriously non-public about her relationship with Segura, did admit that things are ‘quite good’ in her private life at this time. ” I am a serial monogamist for a start. I am doing fall. Sometimes it’s good and infrequently it isn’t, but at this time it’s quite good.

Kylie Minogue All The Lovers

Kings Of Leon – Promised To Ticket Holders

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:29:05 +0000

Kings of Leon have guaranteed ticket holders to their new tour that they’re going to get to hear some new material from the band.

The US rockers have been working on a chase up to their hugely successful 2008 record Only By The Night before hitting the road on June fifth.

In a talk with pressofatlanticcity.com, the band’s lead frontman Caleb Followill declared the new tracks would feature prominently on the set list, even though this can disenchant some fans expecting to hear older material. “When we write a song, we like to play it.

Now that we have had the successfulness of the last album, folks require the poser of what’s coming next. I don’t like to burst their bubble, but we’ll be playing a large amount of the new stuff on the road,” he claimed.

He added the new album had a “extremely tropical and terribly beachy” sound occasionally but that there’s always a “dark chord” that “makes it Kings of Leon”

Kings of Leon play Hyde Park on June 30th together with the V Holiday in Aug.

The band’s last album, 2008’s “Only by the Night,” cracked the Top ten in ten different countries and became the biggest-selling digital album ever in Britain. The Kings of Leon haven’t modified much since their club days, which were just 6 years back.

The band still delivers raw and on occasions ragged shows. The group remains in the instant vs offering polished performances, which goes hand in hand with arena rock.

Kings Of Leon Music Videos

Born to sing, Britney Spears is as big as ever today

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:15:22 +0000

Britney Spears was born December 2 1981 as Britney Jean Spears in Kentwood, Louisiana, USA.

Many people who knows Sagittarian Britney Spears knows that Britney Spears was born to sing. Before she made a name for herself in the entertainment world, Britney performed in local dance reviews and church choirs. Spotting her unusually keen interest in performing, her attentive parents, Jamie and Lynne Spears, sent Britney Spears for an audition in Atlanta when the Disney Channel’s Mickey Mouse Club called for performers. She was eight years old then. Although Britney Spears was not selected during the process (she was too young for the show), a producer on the set noticed the extraordinary talent in her and arranged for Britney Spears to spend 3 full summers in Broadway Dance Center and Professional Performing Arts School. Despite her young age, a door was opened to Britney Spears when she DID appear in an Off-Broadway Production, Ruthless in 1991.

Britney Spears remembers the role in Ruthless very clearly; recalling that at 10 years old, she was playing a child who was really sweet on the outside but evil on the inside. “It was fun!”, she laments.

The entertainer in 11-year-old Britney won the hearts of the judges when she auditioned for a place in The Mickey Mouse Club again and got the part for 2 years. After 2 fun-filled years of working on the Orlando-based set for the Mickey Mouse Club, Britney, at 14, returned to Kentwood for an ordinary year of high school – but as expected, the energetic Britney Spears found herself itching to get back into the limelight.

It seems that Britney was born to enliven the lives of those around her and enjoys idyllic lazy days on a beach. Beautiful Britney Spears took the world by storm when her first single “Baby One More Time” made its debut at number 17 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 chart!

The shopoholic Britney Spears proclaims her love for romance novels, her NEED to sing and her love for travel. Despite rumors and negative feedback from critics (mainly about being a bad role model because of the skimpy clothes on stage), Britney Spear’s reputation and attitude towards life as a famous teen remains relatively untarnished and refreshing to a fault.

However, life as a pop Princess is tough, especially when the rumor mill won’t stop spinning. Her influence on the young and old is indisputable. Britney Spears raised eyebrows when she pulled attention-grabbing stunts that stunned the world – like kissing Madonna at the Video Music Awards and her short (very short 55 hours) marriage to her childhood friend, Jason Allen Alexander. But obviously, that’s not all. The name ‘Britney Spears’ have been linked to several high profile names and figures in and out of the entertainment world – like Prince William (heir to the English throne), Justin Timberlake (N’Sync) , Collin Farrell (actor) and Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit). She married Kevin Federline, a back-up dancer, in 2004. Britney proclaims that she has done everything there is to be done at her age and the only thing that she can’t wait to do now….is to have a baby!

Britney’s sister, Jamie Lynn, is following in her sister’s footsteps and set to enter the world of entertainment herself. Jamie Lynn has the full support of her sister, the pop Princess, Britney Spears and with her support, we are all pretty sure that Jamie Lynn is set to have a very successful career in showbiz.

Britney Spears won the following awards in her career (till 2004)

MTV Europe: Best Female Artist, 2004

Access Hollywood: Top Star, 2004

MTV European Music: Best Female Artist, 1999

MTV European Music: Best New Artist, 1999

MTV European Music: Best Pop Artist, 1999

MTV European Music: Best Song, Baby One More Time, 1999

Center States of U.S.A: Miss Talent, 1990

Dean Erickson. Journalist, and web site builder Dean Erickson lives in Texas. He is the owner and co-editor of all-britney-spears.info on which you will find a longer, more detailed version of this article.

Get Ya’ Money Right: The Truth About Publishing

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:21:46 +0000

What up Playa? By now you should be getting the big picture. There ain’t no business like show business. But here’s the problem, you keep putting on the show, but you ain’t handling the business. If you are like many of the young artist coming-up in the game, you probably don’t have a strong grasp on the Music Industries many rules and regulations. You might have read an article here or there, or even picked up a book or two about the music business, but chances are that unless you’re a lawyer you probably didn’t understand it. Relax, I got your back. Look at me as sort of your music business guardian angel, here to help you add a little business to your show. Let’s face it, the music business is a well-oiled machine designed to do one thing, and that is make money. Throughout your career you will notice that at every corner you turn there is someone who is waiting to benefit from your talent and success. Regardless to how large you may become, you will never be able to completely eliminate the middleman. Go ahead and screw up your face if you want, but if you think you can cross out the middleman then you need to close your eyes and go back to La-La-Land, ’cause homie your still dreaming. Even when you become a Hip Hop mogul like Russell Simmons or P-Diddy, you still have answer to someone else, and they are usually making more money then you are. Alright, here is where I will stop myself because I am known for going off on a tangent about the many, many economic inequalities of the music business. So with no further delay, let’s talk about getting paid…

Get Your Money Right

Now that we have established other people are going to be making money off of your talents, lets focus on how you can begin to get your beak wet too. During the week I get a million and one emails with questions about the music business. The one question that comes up the most is, “what is Publishing and what does it have to do with me?” Publishing is quite a difficult topic; so I will explain it as simple as humanly possible. Sit down class and pay attention.

Publishing is money earned from the songs that you have written. This money comes from two separates sources.

Source #1: Mechanical Royalties-This is the money that record companies pay to the publisher for songs that have been mechanically recorded(pressed-up) on record or CD.

Source #2: Public Performance Income-Better known as performing rights, this allow others to use your music in different mediums such as; radio, t.v., movies, etc.

Pump the brakes, Playa! Your not entitled to all of the money, just a portion of it. Let me explain. All money made from music publishing is simple known as Publishing Royalties. Publishing royalties are broken down into two separate shares; publishers share and writers share. Think of the shares as a pie with two halves; the publishers side represents 50% of the pie and the writers share represents 50% of the pie, and together they represent 100% of Music Publishing Income.

The publisher is the party that collects both shares and then pays the writer’s share to the writer or writers of the song. The Publisher is the one who owns or controls the copyright of the song. This means that they have the rights to do with it as they please, such as licensing(renting) it out for movies, or sheet music. Also, granting permission to other singers to re-record it. At some point, you as a songwriter are going to have to deal with a Publisher on some level, whether you decide to self-publish or not. The main advantage to self-publishing is that your are the sole controller of your copyrights, but unless you have the time, energy, and resources to do what a publisher does, you better learn to play “Let’s Make A Deal.”

What a Publisher can do for you the Songwriter

• Copyright your songs so your butt is covered around the world.

• Make sure your songs are used in every imaginable medium, such as: radio, video games, downloadable ring-tones, movies, etc.

• Hook up manufacturing and distribution deals for music books and sheet music of your songs.

• Register your songs with collections agencies like BMI, ASCAP, SEASAC, and the Harry Fox Agency.

• Protect you from copyright infringers trying to steal your material by sampling, file-sharing, and bootlegging.

• Develop and Promote you as a writer.

• Negotiating licensing deals on your behalf

Your best bet is to set-up a co-publishing agreement with a large publisher; this way you will ensure that things will be done correctly, without you losing your mind in the process. There are far too many types of publishing agreements to get into detail, but you have to always agree to the deal you can live with. Think long-term and your money will grow, think short-term and the next song you write may be one for Food Stamps.

Sahpreem A. King is a Multi-Platinum record producer, and book author of Gotta Get Signed: How to Become a Hip Hop Producer”, available on Schirmer Trade Books. For more info visit: www.becomeahiphopproducer.com