Category Archives: Music

Cee-Lo Green makes an awesome radio-friendly single (if “radio-friendly” means “nsfw”)

By web gangsta | Published: August 21, 2010


The song F*** You, from Cee-Lo Green‘s upcoming album The Ladykiller. How can you not want to blast this at full volume as you drive down the road, singing along with the windows rolled down? 

That’s what Web Watch has been doing – join in the fun!

Besides, Web Watch likes any artist who will rhyme “Ferrari” with “Atari”.

Full NSFW lyrics below the break, if you don’t want to read ‘em in the video itself.

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Video Fun: Inappropriate Soundtracks make movies fun again

By web gangsta | Published: July 29, 2010



Hearing the Movies: Music and Sound in Film History
Hearing the Movies: Music and Sound in Film History

Most hardcore movie fans are also fans of film music and soundtracks.

We’ve all seen those cheesy Oscar presentations where they show us how important it is to have music supporting key film scenes, as they demonstrate how a film clip plays out both with and without its accompanying audio track.

But who’s to say that the audio track that the film score composer used was the correct choice?  INAPPROPRIATE SOUNDTRACKS puts the creative side back in the hands of us – the movie-loving public – and allows us to recut our favorite movie scenes with new audio for a completely different experience. 

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Got at least $12,000? Book THE DAN BAND for your next party. GREEN DAY will cost you a little more

By web gangsta | Published: July 16, 2010



More Gigs Now: Concert Booking Secrets of Successful Musicians
More Gigs Now: Concert Booking Secrets of Successful Musicians

Web Watch last covered how much money it would take to book an artist for a private party many years ago.

Since then, the list of available artists has changed… as have the prices that they’ve charged.

So we felt that now was just as good a time as any to revisit the topic and present a selection of booking information we’ve found that can help you BUDGET AN ARTIST BOOKING FOR A PRIVATE EVENT.

Here is a sampling of approximate costs that you can expect to pay at a minimum if you decide to throw an exclusive private party and want a big-name artist or speaker to come and perform for you and your drunk friends at your house:

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Audio Fun: Create your own Old Spice outgoing voicemail message

By web gangsta | Published: July 15, 2010



Old Spice Body Wash
Old Spice Body Wash

If you have been enjoying the OLD SPICE COMMERCIALS that have been sweeping across the Internet this week that star Isaiah Mustafa recording personalized Old Spice-themed messages as responses to Twitter, Facebook, and other messages that have been sent his way, then perhaps you’d want to visit one of these sites to record some history for yourself.

THE OLD SPICE MAN VOICEMAIL GENERATOR or THE OLD SPICE VOICEMAIL GENERATOR FOR MEN OR WOMEN.

Just enter a number and select from the presented choices, and your personalized MP3 will be generated and made available for your download and use – finally allowing your unanswered phone to not smell like desperation anymore.

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Lady Gaga can be hazardous to your health

By web gangsta | Published: July 14, 2010



Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga

Doctors around the country have issued warnings to anyone who is trying to dress up like Lady Gaga, saying that DRESSING UP LIKE LADY GAGA CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH.

And since Web Watch wants to be sure that you have this information in a timely manner before you decide to emulate your pop hero for Halloween, we thought we’d share now instead of closer to October.  It’s our public service announcement of the day.

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Six Degrees of Separation of John Mayer’s Junk

By web gangsta | Published: July 6, 2010



John Mayer

John Mayer’s genitals have gotten around.

And whether real or simply imagined — and for Web Watch’s sake, we’ll throw in that “alleged” is an appropriate word to cover the rest of this post — if you follow the old adage that once you have sex with one person, you have had sex with every other person your partner has had sex with… then John Mayer has had sex with a veritable crapload of people.

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Can’t get enough vuvuzela at the office? Then you’ll love this site

By web gangsta | Published: June 30, 2010



Vuvuzela Anthem
Vuvuzela Anthem

Enjoy!  Brrrrrzzzzzzzzzzz-zzzzzzzzz-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLOW THE VUVUZELA

(here’s a handy hint – click, then move the mouse away from the “play” button… the audio should continue to play in the window after you release the mouse)

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Can you name 7 ways to mess up a wedding? Surprisingly “inviting Adam Sandler” is not on the list

By web gangsta | Published: June 22, 2010



Adam Sandler - They're All Going to Laugh At You
Adam Sandler – They’re All Going to Laugh At You

Web Watch has had some wonderful wedding memories:

  • There was the wedding at the bowling alley during the Stanley Cup playoffs
  • The wedding where the bride proudly proclaimed to everyone within hearing distance how she wasn’t going to consummate the marriage that night… and why.
  • Getting the entire wedding party to lick the ice sculpture as a photo opportunity for the official photographer…after pretty much all the other guests have already done the same thing.
  • That wedding where we had to arrive six hours early to clean the bathrooms at the reception hall

And then there was the wedding where the DJ was asked to play the first 20 seconds – and only the first 20 seconds – of this NSFW song during the reception:

Seriously, that was a wedding to remember. And all of the above — good friends, and good times all. 

And no, we won’t mention the engagement party where the groom-to-be publically and graphically declared his love for his bride’s bosom.  Because that was not a wedding, and therefore ineligible for this post.

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Hot Dog! Vuvuzelas BANNED from major July 4th sporting event!

By web gangsta | Published: June 17, 2010



Vuvuzela
Buy a Vuvuzela

The VUVUZELA, the loud stadium horn made famous at this year’s World Cup, has found another event that it is not welcome.

The INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF COMPETITIVE EATING (IFOCE), which runs major eating events around the world, has issued a press release stating that VUVUZELAS ARE BANNED FROM THE ANNUAL NATHAN’S FAMOUS HOT DOG EATING CONTEST on July 4th at Nathan’s on Coney Island, New York. 

The full press release is after the break:

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The Ultimate List of Worst Earworms Ever Recorded (You’ll Never Guess #1)

By web gangsta | Published: June 1, 2010



Audio Mashup Construction Kit
Audio Mashup Construction Kit

Earworms.

They’re those songs in your head that you just can’t get rid of.  It happens to everyone — 98% of people have had an earworm at one time or another.

But it took a PhD student at the University of Montreal Department of Psychology – Andréane McNally-Gagnon – to create a study to identify, for once and for all, what THE ABSOLUTE WORST EARWORMS OF ALL TIME ARE.

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Mr. Dormouse’s Animated Album Covers and Rock Cats ROCK

By web gangsta | Published: May 18, 2010


Animusic
Animusic – Animated Music Video

We all have those nifty MP3 audio programs, such as WINAMP or WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER that display funky animations on screen when the audio is playing.

And on our iPod / iPhone / Android devices, the music players will display the static album cover as artwork in order to give you something to look at while you’re scanning through your music library.

So why not put the two ideas together?

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You only need to learn four chords to write The Perfect Pop Song

By web gangsta | Published: May 1, 2010



Rock-n-Roll Camp for Girls
Rock-n-Roll Camp for Girls

Web Watch knows the secret to writing The Perfect Pop Song.

Aside from what Web Watch has already told you about The Perfect Pop Song, if you are really serious about wanting to be a song writer, it all boils down to this — all you really need to know is that EVERY POP SONG EVER WRITTEN HAS USED ONLY FOUR CHORDS.

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The top reason to play guitar? “Enlightenment”. The top reason not to play guitar? ‘Cause you’re a girl

By web gangsta | Published: April 29, 2010



Guitar for Dummies
Guitar for Dummies

A few years ago, Web Watch learned how to play the guitar.  It was just a beat-up six-string that we picked up from a second-hand store.  We weren’t very good, but we struggled through.  Never really started rockin’, but at least we were trying.

What kept us going was the TEN REASONS TO PLAY GUITAR:

  1. Mating – because every chick loves themselves a guitar god
  2. Piss off Your Parents – especially when the amp stays cranked up to 11
  3. An Alternative to the Sporting Life – face it, for every football team, there has to be a marching band.  And how many guitar players do you know in the marching band?
  4. Improve Your Vocabulary – songwriting and musical arts. Finding words that rhyme.  You know, English class stuff
  5. Be the Life of the Party – because the party don’t start til you show up
  6. Form a Band and Join the Circus – sometimes they’re one and the same
  7. Head start on a Psychology or Management Degree – ditto
  8. Versatility – “if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball” applies to guitar players, too
  9. Slay Your Idols – just prove you’re better than they are
  10. Enlightenment – music is your life.  Learn it, live it, love it.

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How to Dress Like Justin Bieber (and why anyone would want to do so)

By web gangsta | Published: April 26, 2010


Justin Bieber Wall Art
Justin Bieber Wall Art

If you’re a fan of JUSTIN BIEBER (and these days, who isn’t?), then one of the more popular things that his fans like to do is DRESS LIKE JUSTIN BIEBER. 

(What?  You don’t know who Justin Bieber is?  Then you need to read the JUSTIN BIEBER GUIDE FOR OLD PEOPLE before continuing on…)

Justin’s look all has to do with dressing simply and with the occasional splash of color.  Some of Justin’s outfits have consisted of:

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How much royalties do musicians make selling music? If sold via iTunes, almost not enough to live on

By web gangsta | Published: April 15, 2010



32GB iPod
32GB iPod

Previously, Web Watch has written about how little money artists receive from music sales. 

While that post was about the best band in the world and how they are still in debt to Warner Brothers even after millions of albums and downloads sold, new information has come to light regarding more current and popular artists and how they are affected by music royalty payment calculations… or lack thereof.

Lady Gaga, for example, was reportedly PAID JUST $167 FOR FIVE MONTHS WORTH OF STREAMING (totalling over 1 million plays) of the song “Pokerface” on the streaming service Spotify.  Of course, SPOTIFY DISPUTES THIS, and says that the payment that was reported was for a tiny timeframe, represents just one country, and was still when they were a lesser-known streaming service.  Web Watch thinks that even with those caveats, since the streaming totals or dollars paid weren’t updated in the counter-discussion, that Gaga’s low payment number still stands.

Referencing other EMPIRICAL DATA ABOUT HOW MUCH ARTISTS GET PAID for each type of distribution method, David McCandless put together a phenomenal graphic that VISUALLY SHOWS HOW MUCH (or little) MONEY ARTISTS ARE PAID, specifically looking at how many items in each distribution model need to be sold in order for the artist to make a monthly living minimum wage.  Let’s take a look at what David’s graphic is trying to tell us:

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