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WMG is Moving Beyond Superstars – and That is A Good Thing

9Jun By ibonNo Comments

Music Industry

WMG is Moving Beyond Superstars – and That is A Good Thing

In the ever-evolving music industry, Warner Music Group (WMG) is embracing a new approach by moving beyond the conventional focus on superstars. This shift marks a significant change in the company's strategy, as they recognize the value of nurturing emerging talent and diversifying their roster. By expanding their reach and supporting a wider range of artists, WMG is not only promoting musical diversity but also contributing to a healthier and more vibrant music industry. In this article, we will explore how WMG's move beyond superstars is a positive development for the industry as a whole. Fostering Musical Diversity and Innovation WMG's decision to move beyond superstars allows them to foster musical diversity and encourage innovation within the industry. By signing and supporting a b...

19Sep By ibonNo Comments

Music

Lady Gaga Posts Tearful Apology After Cutting Final

For the past couple of months, Lady Gaga has been out on the road for the Chromatica Ball, a tour in support of her 2020 album Chromatica. The final show of that tour took place in Miami on Saturday night, but it was cut short due to inclement weather. After getting through most of her set list, Gaga put the show on pause while telling the audience to move inside because a storm was coming through the area. While waiting to see whether or not the concert would continue, fans sang Gaga’s single “Rain On Me” amid some very loud claps of thunder. Gaga came back out on stage to announce the show’s official cancelation. “I’m sorry that we can’t finish, but I don’t want to put your life in danger and I don’t want to put our life in danger. So thank you, get home safely, God bless you, and tha...

Chaotic Facial Markings Express the Wildly Varied Emotions

18Sep By ibonNo Comments

Arts and Entertainment

Chaotic Facial Markings Express the Wildly Varied Emotions

Art #emotions #fabric #mixed media #paint #Reen Barrera #sculpture #wood September 16, 2022 Grace Ebert All images © Reen Barrera, shared with permission Growing up in the Phillipines in the 90’s, Reen Barrera would often repurpose scraps of fabric and wood into imaginative figures that became central to his play. The constructions were stand-ins for what the Filipino artist considers a “toy-deprived” childhood, and today, Barrera continues the visual language of those early sculptures in his recurring Ohala characters. Often dressed in stripes and animalistic patchwork hoods, the wildly expressive figures are covered in a chaotic mishmash of symbols and patterns. Barrera likens these markings to the idiom “it’s written all over your face,” a concept that, s...

18Sep By ibonNo Comments

Astrology

This Week in Astrology September 18-24

This Week in Astrology: September 18th to 24th, 2022 September 18-24, 2022 On this Page: This week’s Moon phase Planets in signs and by aspect Retrogrades This week’s astrology calendar Timing with the Moon Romance & Relationship Report Daily Trends Last Quarter Moon The LAST QUARTER MOON occurred last week on Saturday, September 17th, 2022, at 5:52 PM EDT. On Saturday, the Last Quarter Moon occurred as the Sun in Virgo forms a square to the Moon in Gemini. The Last Quarter Moon phase points to a crisis of consciousness. After basking in the awareness symbolized by the full light of the Moon at the time of last week’s Full Moon, we disperse our knowledge, coming to a point when we need to sort out what works for us–and what doesn’t. This is in ...

Torche Will Break Up After Final Tour With Steve Brooks

18Sep By ibonNo Comments

Music

Torche Will Break Up After Final Tour With Steve Brooks

Back in May, Torche singer-guitarist Steve Brooks announced he’d be leaving the band after one last tour this fall opening for Meshuggah. The band didn’t specify at the time whether they’d carry on with a new frontperson in Brooks’ absence, but — a few days after the release of new single “It Never Began” — two-month-old comments from Brooks’ personal Instagram are circulating, confirming that the band will be calling it quits after this tour. As The PRP points out, in response to a fan wondering if the band would carry on without him, Brooks wrote, “We’re done. Only plan on reissuing out of print records some day. Moving on.” In a separate post, he wrote: I had adventures in this band I wouldn’t have experienced otherwise and made many friends through touring. At this point, I ...

18Sep By ibonNo Comments

Music Industry

This is not a blip

When change happens it often takes the perspective of looking back years, or even decades, later to appreciate just how meaningful that change was. Other times, it happens so fast that it can be difficult to appreciate its magnitude because people become desensitised to the perpetual torrent of bad news. It is the latter situation in which we find ourselves now. What appears to be a succession of unrelated events (war, political crisis, climate change, inflation, etc.) are actually all indicators of a wider and connected wave of change that is going to reshape the world. And not just for a matter of months, but for a generation, perhaps more. It is tempting to think that the entertainment and consumer tech industries are, at the very least, insulated. But they are not. First, let us l...

17Sep By ibonNo Comments

Painting

Interview with Bill White – Painting Perceptions

I am grateful to this fabulous Virginia-based painter, Bill White for agreeing to participate in this email interview with me where he talks about his background and painting process as well as sharing some details from his long, dedicated engagement in painting from life and career in teaching painting at Hollins University. Divided Light, 1999, 32×36 inches, oil on linen Larry Groff (LG): What led you to become a painter, and what were your early years like as a student and young artist? Bill White (BW): Growing up in West Philadelphia, just after WWII and I was fortunate to have parents who were supportive of my interest in drawing and painting. My father was a house painter, and he would take me to the paint store with its cabinet of art materials and he would allow me t...

A Rare Glimpse of Comet Leonard’s Last Moments Wins the

17Sep By ibonNo Comments

Arts and Entertainment

A Rare Glimpse of Comet Leonard’s Last Moments Wins the

Photography #astronomy #comets #contests #landscapes #light #moon #space #stars September 16, 2022 Grace Ebert “Disconnection Event” © Gerald Rhemann, Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm, Khomas, Namibia, December 25, 2021. All images © Astronomy Photographer of the Year, shared with permission The brilliant Comet Leonard put on a mesmerizing performance late last year when it streaked across the sky on Christmas Day. Expelled from the solar system shortly after, the celestial matter captivated photographers around the world during its brief stint of visibility, including Gerald Rhemann who captured the illuminated body as its gas tail disconnected from its nucleus and was swept away by solar wind. The incredibly rare and brief event also garnered Rhemann the top p...