Dementia is a broad category of disorders that impact a person’s ability to remember, reason, and communicate with others. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Trusted Source describes dementia as an umbrella term for several disorders that impact memory, thinking, and decision-making. Dementia is often progressive, and it can become harder for people with dementia to…
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My Own Beat Records says: No more amputated songs.
The songs are getting shorter and the fault lies with Spotify.The length of songs written and produced to become massive hits has shrunk considerably in recent years.Artists shorten their songs because Spotify gives more interest and editorial support to short songs. This is assuming a lack of respect for the work of many artists. Because…
Sziget Festival returns: here are the artists you shouldn’t miss
After two years away, one of Hungary’s biggest cultural events, Sziget festival, is back in Budapest. Hundreds of concerts and performances on more than a dozen stages are waiting for festival goers on the Island of Freedom, a small isle on the Danube River where Sziget has been taking place since 1993. In order to…
This Missouri Company Still Makes Cassette Tapes, and They Are Flying Off the Factory Floor
National Audio Company is the largest manufacturer in the world for this retro sound If you’re nostalgic for Walkmans and boom boxes, or dream about the good old days of making mix tapes, now is your time. Cassette tapes are back, baby. Sales of the retro recordings have skyrocketed over the past few years. Since 2017,…
The TR-808 Drum Machine Changed the Sound of Pop Music Forever
Sometimes, technology has more impact after it’s obsolete Even if you don’t know the Roland TR-808 drum machine by name, you’ve almost certainly heard it. If you’re familiar with the percussion on Marvin Gaye’s 1982 hit “Sexual Healing”—those bursts of bass and snare drums amid robotic ticks and claps that collapse atop one another—then you…
Despite the ongoing war with Russia and a looming threat of danger, the Ukrainian capital is regaining its energy: bars are open, daytime parties are back and optimism is in the air.
Despite the ongoing war with Russia, Kyiv’s electronic music scene is slowly coming back to life. It’s the fifth month of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian army made a great effort to protect Kyiv and repel attacks from the north. Around the start of April, Russia ordered…
Kanye sued for sampling house music classic “Move Your Body” 22 times
A lawsuit filed Wednesday lights up Kanye West for alleged “blatant exploitation” of Marshall Jefferson’s house music classic on “Flowers” from Donda 2… A track on Kanye West’s Donda 2 album contains uncleared samples from Marshall Jefferson’s 1986 House Music classic “Move Your Body” (The House Music Anthem) featuring Curtis McClain — and he acknowledged doing it,…
House Music Isn’t “Ibiza Music” — It Was & Always Will Be A Form of Freedom For Black & Brown Communities
When both Drake and Beyoncé teased that they were releasing new music, no one knew what to expect. But once their projects were out in the world — Drake an entire LP ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ and Beyoncé with a single (‘Break My Soul’) off her upcoming album Renaissance — there was a common theme: house. The two artists…
‘Glue of the band’: Fans pay tribute to Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher
Tributes to Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher have poured in, after the Depeche Mode’s keyboardist passed away on Friday. The legendary electronic band announced the news of Fletcher’s death on social media, saying they were “shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member, and bandmate.” Fletcher, aged 60, leaves…
You have an amazing song and Mexico is grateful with your support.
Founded in México in 2015, B-Liv’s My Own Beat has rapidly become one of the most talked about underground labels around, with many tracks in the Top100 and also with a fresh approach to the industry seeing big names such as Eddie Amador, Joeski, Stanny Abram, Dead Celebrities or Marco Lys to name a Few….