This Is It was a planned series of 50 concerts by Michael Jackson to be held at The O2 arena in London. They were scheduled to begin in July 2009 and continue through March 2010. Less than three weeks before the first show was due to begin and with all concerts being sold out, Jackson died after suffering cardiac arrest.
Jackson officially announced the concerts at a press conference held inside The O2 arena. AEG Live, the concert promoters, released a promotional video that took up an entire commercial break, setting a record for ITV. The shows were to be Jackson's first major series of concerts since the HIStory World Tour finished in 1997, and had been cited as one of the year's most important musical events. Over one million people would have attended in total. Randy Phillips, president and chief executive of AEG Live, stated that the first 10 dates alone would have earned the singer approximately £50 million. Originally only 10 concerts were announced, however public demand resulted in a 50 date sold out residency. Ticket sales broke several records and AEG Live stated that Jackson could have sold more dates. Jackson's album sales increased following the announcement.
In preparation for the concert series, the pop singer had been collaborating with numerous high profile figures, such as fashion designer Christian Audigier, choreographer Kenny Ortega and bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno. Prior to Jackson's death, Allgood Entertainment had planned to sue the musician for $40 million, claiming that he had breached a contract with them.
In light of Jackson's passing, AEG Live offered either full refunds to all ticket holders or a special souvenir ticket designed by the entertainer. Columbia Pictures acquired the footage of the show rehearsals and made a concert film entitled Michael Jackson's This Is It. The Jackson estate will get 90% of the profit made while the remaining 10% goes to AEG Live. Columbia Pictures guaranteed at least $60 million for the rights. To coincide with the release of the concert footage, an accompanying album (This Is It) is also scheduled for worldwide distribution.
The announcement of Jackson's first 10 performances was made by the singer himself, during a press conference at The O2 arena on March 5, 2009. As many as 7,000 fans and 350 reporters awaited the singer's arrival, many donning Jackson-related clothing.[1][2][3] The singer commented at the conference, "I just wanted to say that these will be my final show performances in London. When I say this is it, it really means this is it", adding that it was his "final curtain call".[3] Organizers touted the residency as, "dramatic shows [that] promise an explosive return with a band of the highest calibre, a state-of-the-art stage show and incredible surprise support acts".[4]
Hours before the press conference, promotional posters for the residency were displayed around London. Further promotion took up an entire commercial break period on ITV London during Dancing on Ice, the first time this has ever happened for a musical artist. The advert, which cost £1 million to air, was viewed by 11 million people.[
The shows, Jackson's first significant concert events since the HIStory World Tour in 1997, had been cited as one of the year's most important musical events.[9][10] Randy Phillips, president and chief executive of AEG Live, stated that the first 10 dates would earn the singer approximately £50 million.[2]
The Guardian characterized the announced 10 concerts as an "astonishing comeback for a man who in recent years has been dogged by controversy", adding that the entertainer still had "enormous commercial clout".[11] The Evening Standard stated that the deal was the "showbiz coup of the decade" for AEG Live, while The Independent remarked that the finalized 50 concerts would provide London with a "much-needed" economic boost.[12][13] Joe Cohen, chief executive of Seatwave, told BBC 6 Music that the shows would generate £1 billion for the economy
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Michael Jackson THIS IS IT - In Theaters Wednesday
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT - In Theaters Wednesday
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Lil Wayne 'No Ceilings' Mixtape Tracks Hit the 'Net Lil Wayne Facing Jail Time
October 22, 2009) - Rap superstar Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to weapons charges Oct 22. Lil Wayne, also known as Dwayne Carter, is expects to receive a maximum sentence of one year in jail, but may only serve eight months of that term, allhiphop.com reports.
Carter, 27, was arrested in 2007 when police found a .40 caliber handgun while searching his tour bus in Manhattan, NY.
Carter originally pleaded not guilty to gun charges but changed his plea when he discovered a trial date set on Jan. 20 couldve resulted in a 3 ½ year prison sentence.
Carter is also facing trial in Arizona for felony drug possession and weapons charges, after a 2008 arrest during a routine stop at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint.
Carters plea was entered on Oct. 21 after traces of his DNA was found on the weapon and considered admissible by a judge. Carter remains free on bail while he awaits a February sentencing.
Carter recently won a Grammy award for his solo hit A Milli.
The rapper has gained public acclaim for his work with several artists as well as churning out top hits of his own.
Carter did not speak to reporters as he left a New York court room.
Oct 22 2009 5:17 PM EDT
Lil Wayne Drops Two New Songs On Day Of His Guilty Plea
Two untitled tracks, apparently from No Ceiling mixtape, hit the net.
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Even on the day he pleaded guilty to a gun-possession charge in New York, it seems nothing can stop Lil Wayne from putting out music. With hundreds of unreleased songs in his catalog, two untitled new songs, purportedly from Wayne's forthcoming No Ceilings mixtape, leaked.
In one, he raps over the beat for F.L.Y.'s "Swag Surfin'."
"I said, 'T.I. hold ya head, and Mack hold your head,' " he raps. "I wish I could, but I can't say some other names/ I can't because of the feds," Weezy declares amid raps that include references having his own island and his family.
"I'm a New Orleans n---a, I don't take no sh--/ Took the brain off the whip, now it doesn't make no sense ... I love my baby mamas, they get my highest honors/ Gotta take care of them kids, man, I know you heard Obama."
He shouts out "no ceilings!" at the end.
During the next record, the Fireman freestyles over Gucci Mane's "Wasted," touching on global warming, his status at the top of the rap game, and wiping out the competition.
"It's Young Money, we the f---in' greatest," he boasts. "We done put them other n---as on hiatus."
Wayne asks "Where did the ceilings go?" at the end of his bars.
Earlier this month, Young Money crew member and Wayne's close friend Mack Maine told Mixtape Daily that No Ceilings was deep in production.
"On his birthday, he was saying, 'Everyone else is putting out mixtapes, so I gotta show them that I still got it,' " Mack said. "And he also said that a lot of beats are coming out that he likes, so, you know, once that happens, he's gotta put out his own versions to the beats he likes. It's not fair. It's not necessary, to me. Like, what are you trying to prove? Let these little dudes have their lane for a few, man. He's about to come and smash people's albums."
Mack has since tweeted that the mixtape was completed, although there has been no word from Lil Wayne's camp as to when the mixtape is coming out.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Native Insturments Maschine Goove Production Studio beat # 8
Anotther Native instuments Maschine beat video. I'm learning how to create songs on maschine
Friday, October 16, 2009
Just Blaze on his MPC 4000
Watch Just Blaze in his studio doing a beat in a few minutes over his MPC 4000. Pretty cool such a producer takes the time to show his working process...
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Why I love Native Instruments Kontakt, why you should too
http://soundsandgear.com native instruments kontakt is the illest sampler around. Check out how I use it and why I love it. I basically use it as a huge sound module, checkout some of the reasons I love this software sampler. Including how it let's me use all my akai format samples.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
JAY-Z "Show Me What You Got" KINGDOM COME 11.21.06
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JAY-Z Returns With "Kingdom Come" 11.21.06
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The OFFICIAL "Run This Town" Video
Check out the official "Run This Town" video! Jay-Z! Rihanna! Kanye West! Roc Nation stand up!
The Making of Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 Album Cover
Watch the Blueprint 3 album cover come to life in this fascinating behind-the-scenes video.
Jay-Z's "D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)" Video!
Official Video! FINAL VERSION! Official Jay-Z "D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)" Video!!
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Miley Cyrus - 7 Things - Spoof
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R. Kelly - RELIGIOUS - Song
R. Kelly - RELIGIOUS, R. Kelly's 2nd single off his upcoming album "Untitled"
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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How To Scratch Music Tutorial Turntablism Scratch dj mixing records
How to Scratch or Be a Turntablist
Here's an introduction to the basics of turntablism, or how to manipulate records or CDs and a crossfader in order to create music. This guide is not for absolute beginners.
1. Learn your music theory. Many DJs - even professional DJs - have no knowledge of music theory. Begin your education now. A turntablist is a percussionist, which means you need to have a good understanding of rhythm. You will be practicing scratching to music and then eventually making music using records. When you are scratching to a beat, you are scratching out a rhythm. If you have a complete understanding of rhythm, you can develop your skills to recreate these rhythms properly.
2. Learn about rhythm: most hip hop and dance music is in 4/4. That means for each bar of music there are 4 beats. Each beat can be subdivided in only a finite amount of ways. Count these out loud while you listen to music. Each beat will be place between [brackets]: * [1] [2] [3] [4] * [1 and] [2 and] [3 and] [4 and] * [1 trip let] [2 trip let] [3 trip let] [4 trip let] * [1 e and a] [2 e and a] [3 e and a] [4 e and a] * [i trip let and trip let] [2 trip let and trip let] [3 trip let and trip let] [ 4 trip let and trip let] * These are quarter notes, 8th notes, 8th note triplets, 16th notes, and 16th note triplets, respectively. Learn how to count these to the beats of songs you already like. You will have to increase the speed of your counting as you progress. Remember that triplets are just playing 3 notes in the time it usually takes to play two. Once you have mastered these subdivisions you will have to throw in rests to really have an understanding of the complexities of rhythym. Just remember that there are a finite way in which each beat can be subdivided. A good way to introduce youself to beats is to play the snare drum. You can go to the Vic Firth website listed below to get a feel for how each of these subdivsions and how the subdivisions that include rests, that were not written out here, sound. Once you can sing these rhythms or at least some of them out loud, you can start using these as a foundation for the scratches you develop.
3. Find a mixer that has a curve adjustment. This means that the crossfader does not have to be exactly in the middle before the sound is fully crossed over into the new channel. You dont absolutely have to have one of these mixers, but they make mixing a lot easier later on when you start doing advanced techniques.
4. Find a slipmat to put between the turntable's table and the record. This allows the record to spin freely. (Most turntables come with a rubber disc that keeps the record in place and you don't want it.) You want to be able to put a finger or your hand on the record and stop the record from moving without stopping the whole platter from moving. If you have a cheaper set of turntables you may need to cut additional pieces of plastic, wax or parchment paper (plastic carrier bags from the supermarket works really well) in circles that fit under the slipmat in order to reduce the fricion enough so that the platter does not stop when the record is stopped. You can buy a product called "majic carpets" that will help reduce friction. If you want to use your own slipmats or have a problem with stoppage or you can pick up a product called "butter rugs" and just use those as your permanent slipmat. You may still need to reduce the friction further but it depends on your taste and equipment.
5. Pick up some scratch records. You can use a cappella records or records that you already have and try and find a sample to use, but most DJs normally end up picking up a few scratch records to use in practice and battles. Most scratch records have a series of samples and then a beat and then some more samples and a different beat and so on. Dont just buy any record you find online, it's best to listen to the records to make sure they have something on it that is usable in your practice/performance. There are records that are unskippable which basically means that they repeat the samples in a way that if your needle skips (as it will) you will remain on the sounds you are trying to use. If you don't have an unskippable record, then try and wear in the record a little by finding the samples that you like and then pushing the record back and forth to get the needle and the groove groovin, baby.
6. Find a sample or sound on your record to practice scratching on. Longer sounds are the best.
7. Put the needle on the record and let it play until right before the sound.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Oprah at the supermarket with a Chicago Police officer
Oprah tryies to take some hotdogs and he gets caught in the process.
Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American media personality, Academy Awardnominated actress, television producer, literary critic and magazine publisher, best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history.[2] She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century,[3] the most philanthropic African American of all time,[4] and was once the world's only black billionaire.[5][6][7][8][9] She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.[10][11][12]
Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, including being raped at the age of nine and becoming pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy.[13] Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19.[14] Her emotional ad-lib delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime talk show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place,[6] she launched her own production company and became internationally syndicated.
Credited with creating a more intimate confessional form of media communication,[15] she is thought to have popularized and revolutionized[15][16][17][18] the tabloid talk show genre pioneered by Phil Donahue,[15] which a Yale study claimed broke 20th century taboos and allowed LGBT people to enter the mainstream.[19] By the mid 1990s she had reinvented her show with a focus on literature, self-improvement, and spirituality. Though criticized for unleashing confession culture[18] and promoting controversial self-help fads, she is generally admired for overcoming adversity to become a benefactor to others.[20] In 2006 she became an early supporter of Barack Obama and one analysis estimates she delivered over a million votes in the close 2008 Democratic primary race,[21] an achievement for which the governor of Illinois considered offering her a seat in the U.S. senate.[22]