What does the metaverse do?

“Picture what the metaverse is: an integrated network of 3D virtual worlds is the metaverse. Through a virtual reality headset, users enter these worlds, navigating the metaverse with their eye movements, feedback controls, or voice commands.”

Mark Zuckerberg introduced the digital wallet for the metaverse, Meta Pay. By renaming Facebook Pay, Meta Pay today, they took the first step on 22nd of june 2022. On Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and everywhere else you could use Facebook Pay, it will continue to be simple to send money, make purchases, and donate to causes that are important to you. 

They are developing a wallet for the metaverse that will allow you to securely manage your identity, your possessions, and your payment methods in addition to the present functionality.
In the future, you'll be able to make or purchase a wide range of digital goods, including virtual experiences, virtual events, virtual apparel, art, music, films, and more.Particularly if you wish to use some of these products on other services, proof of ownership will be crucial.

What’s in It for Music?

Billboard explains big tech's new focus on the future of online social engagement and how that will give music a whole new space to operate – and monetize.

Do you wish to attend the Rolling Stones concert in Rio de Janeiro? Instead of taking the flight, buy virtual front-row seats that you can enjoy in 8K with spatial audio from the comfort of your couch.

The music industry has many applications. In order to monetize traditional revenue streams, music will be streamed and concerts will be watched. You might have a virtual residence in the metaverse that has to be furnished; this is a likely lucrative market niche for the developing NFT industry.

Want to host a gathering in the metaverse for all of your international friends? Hire a DJ who can perform three or four gigs each day comfortably from their house.

The metaverse will be a second reality with many of the same monetizable characteristics as real life and additional revenue streams we haven't even considered yet that will propel the music industry to new heights, assuming it proceeds as many in the tech industry anticipate it will.

Let's have a better  future with Metaverse!!!!






A changing world with metaverse

Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam, popularly known as A. D. K. or just Dinesh Kanagaratnam, is a Sri Lankan R&B and hip hop performer and music producer who has written Tamil-language.

Dinesh was born and reared in the Sri Lankan city of Badulla. He studied information technology (IT) in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India, before moving to Sri Lanka to teach IT courses. To further his burgeoning passion in music, he began working part-time with local musicians. Bathiya, a Sri Lankan singer, gave him a chance in 2004 and he began recording rap songs till he was found by Vijay Antony.

 He worked with him on the song "Aathichudi"for the soundtrack of the film TN 07 AL 4777 (2008), in 2009, which is a remake of “Surangani” from his debut album, Tamizha. In 2005, he released a cross-cultural album in Sri Lanka, which had songs in Tamil, Sinhala, and English.

His next move was all over the place. In the film industry, his first collaboration with A. R. Rahman was "Magudi," for the Mani Ratnam-directed film “Kadal” (2013). In the film Manithan (2016), he co-starred with Anirudh Ravichander in the song "Mun Sellada," composed by Santhosh Narayanan. Kanagaratnam and rapper Sri Rascol founded the Rap Machine Record label and have released other rap recordings.


As a playback vocalist in Tamil cinema, he frequently collaborates with music directors.

And also he was featured on Marvel Studio's Ms. Marvel TV series.

His collaboration with S.P. Balasubramaniam, "Oh Nanba" was featured on the episode Generation Why of Ms. Marvel that was released recently.

Congratulations ADK!!!!





ADK featured in Marvel.

Spotify has recently introduced a new feature called "Clips" at their Stream On event. These short-form videos, which are under 30 seconds and vertical in format, allow artists to showcase their creativity and invite fans into their creative process, all while keeping their music at the forefront.
With the ever-growing popularity of online video content, it's becoming increasingly difficult for artists to stand out and connect with fans on social media channels. Often, music is not given priority on these platforms, which can make it difficult for artists to build lasting fandoms.
However, Spotify's Clips are different. They are attached to artist profiles and can be added to tracks and albums, putting the music front and center. This allows viewers to easily listen to the music after watching the video, making it easier for artists to inspire fandom and long-term success.
Unlike other sites for short-form video, Clips don't require regular fresh content development to stay current with popular culture. They provide videos that merit a more in-depth narrative, a home, and a longer shelf life.
To upload a Clip, artists can access the video dashboard in Spotify for Artists and click the "Create a Clip" card on desktop or mobile, or the "Video" tab on desktop. Clips should be vertical, at least 1280px tall and 1080px wide, MP4 format, and between three and 30 seconds.
Spotify is currently rolling out this feature to thousands of artists and will continue to do so in waves throughout the spring of 2023. With Clips, artists can communicate with their fans on the platform where they're already listening to their music and tell richer stories that can drive more streams.


Spotify introduces Clips for short-form videos.

Sri Lanka’s first metal album released by female artiste Shehara Napoleon (Batti) 

Her first album, "Fountain of Memory", is a collection of songs inspired by the various feelings she experienced.“Fountain of Memory is everything her and what she believed in.

Await is over.After a long time Shehara Releases her next music video “B-RUN-CH” from “Fountain of Memory”. 

The girl who chose Metal Music “Shehara Napoleon (Batti)” this how she shares her life and music experience with us. 

She began by writing poems, which then turned into songs. This is how she felt for begin Sri Lanka’s first metal album released by female artiste 

“I feel honoured to have unintentionally grabbed the spot. I just wanted to express how I felt and make some good music, so I’m glad I was blessed with the right people to make it with and that it turned out well.”

Shehara was exposed to genres including rock and roll, country music, etc. from an early age.

“I suppose it’s because Metal is a genre that accepts honesty. You could be brutally honest and open about your trauma, abuse, about social issues or global warming, because they’re all very real problems, and fans understand it you know? And also because it’s a genre that embraces experimentation and unique ideas. What better genre to express oneself unapologetically?”

Nowadays Sri Lanka has a strong Metal and Rock fan base.She also has a huge fan base.

“We have such a strong and ever growing Metal community here. We can always count on our fans and they have helped us overcome some really tough times. While for them, our music helps, for me personally, they are a huge part of my journey and how far I’ve come.
Gigs are back on, so that's the best part - we hope to perform soon but first, a music video and single release.

I’m currently working on the tracks for the second album with band members Ash Lanthra, Rewan Jayatilaka and Izzy Wildchild. We also have the awesome musical contribution of Tennyson Napoleon who helped me make the entire first album as well.”

Some event in life affects us to focus on something we like. Let's see what was the reason behind Shehara coming to music

“Good times and as fate would have it, all my traumatic experiences.”

There are people who help us to move forward in life. Also, there are many people who inspired her in her life “My parents, my cousins, my friends who put me through experiences I really felt I couldn’t speak up about at the time. Not being able to speak up made me feel like expressing myself artistically was safer.Musicians and bands who really inspired me were Devin Townsend, Celine Dion and Stigmata.”

This is how she describes the music that she  typically create
“It’s Gateway Metal.
Extreme, sometimes pop sounding, prog metal with something you wouldn’t expect every now and then; also great for if you haven’t gotten into Metal yet.”
Creativity cannot be forced on anyone. But everyone has creativity.Let's see what Shehara's creative process is like. “I write songs in my head; that’s where the lyrics and melodies are made, and because I’m such a visual person, if I’m really enjoying writing it, I end up seeing how it will be played live; the feel, the groove, I hear the drums, guitars, harmonies, orchestral parts and sometimes simultaneously see the how the music video needs to be.After that is the challenging part - which is putting the instruments together And funding recordings but, that’s how it’s done.”
 And also she would like to collaborate with anyone with a good song, who is fine with what she does.
She is a huge fan of Devin  Townsend” if she could open a show for any artist it would be him.”

Her useless talent is “grossing people out with my palm flatulence technique or stretching some saliva up to about my knees.”
Music is something that heals everyone. What would she do today without music? The answer received is a heart-wrenching answer for us and her audience “Laying in the ground, six feet under.”
She has performed both in Colombo and Kandy, Sri Lanka and her favourite venue is the Viharamahadevi Park Amphitheatre.
This how she felt about the internet impacted the music business and her favourite song to perform “While there are many setbacks because of the internet, there are so many tools we can use in the right way as well. For instance, e-commerce, online music distribution, social media and even being able to make music and music videos with people you’ve never met in your life or who live in a totally different continent is the best part.
My favourite song to perform is Fidelity but I’m really going to like performing my upcoming new single “I Would Never” as well.”
 There are many famous musicians that she admires. “I deeply admire James Hatfield, Lars Ulrich, Taka Moriuchi, Devin Townsend, Vai and Satriani, Tim Henson, Travis Ryan and Angela Gossow.”
We all make little mistakes while going to school. Let's see what Shehara did “I’ve only gotten caught writing inappropriate poems in school, which almost got me suspended.”
The best advice she has been given was “Do not forget that good times just as bad times come and go, so while the challenging ones are on, just trust and do the things you have to do without worrying too much about when it will be over.
And to also stretch a bit and live a little every now and then after you hit 30.”
We all like changes in our lives. We would like to have a chance to change the environment where we live and where we work. If she could change anything about the industry, it would be “I’d like to offer Sri Lankan Metal Musicians a platform to promote their brands and sell their music and merchandise; a local platform is so important. While I have a website for that, it’s going through some vital changes so, keep an eye out for that and if you have a band or make metal music, send in your details when the site’s up again.” 
“ Fidelity” is a song from the “Fountain of Memory” album. “Fidelity” was created according to her life experience “Everything negative my mother put me through.
To set the record straight - I don’t hate her. No one should judge or hate her. Fidelity is just me expressing myself artistically because I never want to hurt anyone around me. 
I’m grateful for everything she has done for me but, as a kid, there were some really traumatising experiences and I think I have every right to express myself musically, especially since safely voicing my feelings to anyone around me wasn’t an option or possibility at 16.”
She has done more than 10 shows and this is what she said about her experience “If I’m not missing any, I’ve performed at 16 shows out of which one was self-organised for the album launch of Fountain of Memory.
Fountain of Memory is everything I was going through and overcame within the time I wrote all the songs. It took 8 years to make. There are two music videos out for it and the next music video comes out on the 28th of October 2022.”

Her new music video is going to be released in the 4th week of october. “It’s overwhelming and so exciting. The music video was directed and edited by the extremely talented and awesome Mike Zimmer AKA Zim Zimmy. He also appears in the video along with the band. The concept is his and I thought it would be a cool idea to sprinkle some spooky Sri Lankan elements on it because we want to release this in time for Halloween. I’m so happy to say that it was a breath of fresh air and such a fun and great experience to work with him. His ideas are fun, abstract and hilarious. He’s a unique genius who’s worked with and directed videos for some of my own favourite musicians including Devin Townsend, and you can see he puts his heart and personality into what he does so it’s been such a blessing.”

The music video that is going to be released is “B-RUN-CH” from the “Fountain of Memory '' album. Many people that are so close to her helped her to create this music video “My videos have so far been put together with a lot of help from very close people. The video was filmed by Tai Hsin Shiek who has supported and helped me so much. My husband and the band. Makeup was by Halo by Ramona, the Hair colour was by Aweera Hair and Beauty, my cousins who have helped me make all music videos so far. The drum kit and stands were given to us by close friends, Jude, The Dirckze Brothers and Maria Soysa, and without giving away too much about the video, I’ll just say that the dancer was Kolitha Thenuwara from Tenu Kala Piyasa.”
 “B-RUN-CH” video  was directed by Mike Zimmer aka Zim Zimmy.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us and team eTunes wish her success in her endeavours.Team eTunes and her fans are so excited about her new video.team eTunes so grateful to be a part of her new music video. 







Image Courtesy - Sanjeewa Weerasinghe 

The Girl Who Chose "METAL" 

Hirushan Maddumaarachchi is a person we all talk about right now.That's because his creation for She Hulk, produced by Marvel studio, which is coming in a few months.has won international acclaim. By adding music he composed the first trailer of the movie She Hulk


There are many other films and TV series that he scored for. Hirushan Maddumaarachchi is a composer based in Sri Lanka specializing in cinematic music production for movie trailers, film, and video games. His current credits include campaigns for Bumblebee, Captain Marvel, Hobbs & Shaw, Disney’s Mulan, Raya and the Last Dragon, and most recently, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Let see How it all began, 

As He mentioed “Hirushan has always been fascinated by cinema music and video game scores, while not being a regular listener of music in the traditional sense. "I don't always recall the movie," he says, "but I always remember that exact concept." With a growing interest in film scores and video game music, he was inspired when he first heard the score for Metal Gear Solid 2: Snake Eater, composed by Hollywood composer Harry Gregson-Williams, a former colleague of Hans Zimmer. So began his fascination, which led to an unconventional career path that was not without its difficulties.”

Hirushan stated that the professional trailer music scene is relatively small, and that everyone knows everyone else.

Hirushan claimed that the music they create is geared for Hollywood films and is their primary focus. In some ways, it's a condensed version of scoring. It is a brief type of storytelling, rather than 30-40 minutes of music, but it has particular principles and is considerably different from crafting an ordinary pop song, and it is oriented toward selling films.

He explained that composers work with a publishing business that represents their work, and these companies deal with trailer houses, which are comparable to advertising agencies but specialize in trailers and film promotion on a large scale. He described it as "an advertising agency on steroids." They'd do it.

On a final note, Hirushan shared that, given his personal circumstances, he was able to pursue this profession as a career option, but he recognizes that it may not be viable for many, given the high risks, and so, while he would not recommend it, he expressed his best wishes to anyone who loves something enough to pursue it despite the low returns. He'd also be pleased to share his narrative and the measures he took so that those who are considering taking on the challenge can get some inspiration.

Hirushan Maddumaarachchi Congratulations. bring more innovations to the forefront of the international arena and make Sri Lanka's name shine.














The 1st Sri Lankan to Score a Hollywood Trailer - Hirushan Maddumaarachchi

This is how Nimesh Kulasinghe, whom we all know, shared with us the unknown side of his life 

The very first question we asked him was. Who’s Nimesh kulasinghe? Tell us about yourself? about your personal life? “I am a very peaceful person, a very quiet and calm character. My family consists of My Mother, My Father, and me. When it comes to making music, everyone thinks they like to be loud. But I like to be very quiet and listen to what others are saying. Stay very quietly. I think it was because I was the only child in the family. From a young age, I liked to do my work very quietly, without going anywhere much.”

As He mentioned, the main reason he came to this field was, “Coming into the music industry full time is not something I planned to do. The reason was that it started after the advanced level, and the Sri Lanka Youth Services Council selected new musicians for the youth orchestra. I was also selected for that team. From there I started entering the music industry full time. I did advanced level in mathematics and then I hoped to go ahead through civil engineering. In the meantime, I was selected as a musician for the Youth Services Council. Music instinct was something I had from a young age and learned music in school. In addition, at Parties, Played at weddings and hotels. I have several turning points, But everyone got to know me through the “Dewani Inima” Teledrama Music Director. It was through this teledrama that everyone recognized me as soon as my name was mentioned.

Although we may not know it, we all face challenges. Nimesh Kulasinghe was also a man who faced many challenges when he came to this field. He shared with us some of the challenges he faced and how he overcame them and came forward. “When I came to this field I did not know anything. One big challenge. How does this work? How do I survive? how to work with seniors?. There are different people in this field and the way they work with it, I do not know any of this. I endured all this with great patience, and still peacefully. Patience helped me to overcome these challenges” 

As he mentioned to us, he started this musical journey in 2010 and The audience got to know him in 2015.”I worked in this field before becoming famous. At that time I came here after doing my work with a lot of patience. It was because of that, that the audience was late in recognizing me. I am not an active person on social media networks”. 

We asked him how he feels about facing those challenges, and does he have any regrets about facing them? Who has supported you to face those challenges? Who are they?

“School friends who finished school with me. Achieve more things than I do. Going forward in engineering. When they do, I pick the music field and make it a full-time thing and fail to do great things like them. In those cases, I regret that I made the wrong decision and patience helped me to overcome this. 
My father was a great help in overcoming these challenges. My father stopped me when I was leaving this music field to do another job. My dad told me that “no matter what job you do and make billions, it doesn't matter if you are not happy, the money you earn from doing what you do not like is useless.” My father trusted me a lot and my mother was behind it. In addition, there are a few people who helped me get to a place like this, My school music teacher, Comrade Anuradha Sigera, Derana Vice President Laksiri Wickramage Several others gave me the opportunity tand help me when I needed help”

Next question we asked him was. What were your dreams and hopes before coming to this field? If the person Nimesh Kulasinghe does not come to the music field, which field would he work in? 
 
“I aspired to be an architect by profession. I have loved music since I was a child and learned about it. I wanted to be an architect by profession. My father worked in that field. I had a dream to be an architect and also have a peaceful life with my family but after I came to the music field everything changed, my dreams changed and I'm happy about what I’m today. If I do not come to the music field my profession would be an architect ”

Many songs have been composed, directed, and produced by Nimesh Kulasinghe. Among them, He has some favorite songs. they are,

Eka Dawasaka Api Movie Theme Song, Ravana Teledrama Theme Song - Teledrama by Tv Derana and Miss Sri Lanka for Miss World 2017 Theme Song.

We all have a role model in life and Nimesh Kulasinghe also has a role model. He became a songwriter based on a song.The song was Oba Ma Samaga Athinatha Ganna Dawase by W.D. Amaradewa Master. The day he tasted the song, he realized the depth of the music and he started to go deep into music such as composing his songs.

As he mentioned to us “ I do not like to read books but there is a book by Khemadasa master that I used to read. That book is his life story. He's a god gifted person that we lost. As I read his autobiography, my interest in music grew.In addition, there are other people , Kasun Kalhara Ranga Dassanayake and Rohana Weerasinghe Sir. Rohana Weerasinghe Sir is an amazing person who created tons of melodies that surprised me. And also in our generation Bathiya and Santhush. Our nearest country is India, where A R Rahman and Anirudh Ravichander. I cannot mention one person because I have lots of role models in my life.

Next question we asked him was. Is there anyone you like in this field who is easy to work with?
He said”99% of the people I meet are people who are easy to work with, very flexible and talented, and I can learn from them too. I can’t mention one person. For senior artists, they keep their seniority aside and they are well prepared for the work. I’m junior to them but they will never consider me as a junior. Sometimes they ask my age and they say their 1st song is even older than me.”

Next question we asked him was. Are there any songs you appreciate created by other producers in the field? What are they? “ Ramata Ma Sakai Rawana song Composed by Amit Guru, Ahasin Eha music directed by Udara Samaraweera and Manike Mage Hithe by Chamath Sangeeth.” 

He started his Music Career as a music composer. One of his unforgettable memories was “I got a job as an assistant in the studio of a person named Aruna Liyan who played guitar in Jaya Sri Band. That was the first job of my life. I will never forget what I learned from him and the experience I had. Through it, all the doors were opened to me. Through it I meet new people”

As he said, we will be able to see his new creations in the future. “New Movie by Channa Perera, Production of new songs in Tv Derana teledrama has started and A lot of work has been started in the Tamil industry.”

The last question asked was. What are the prospects?
“Be an unforgettable person in this field. To be a memorable person like Khemadasa master, Rohana Weerasinghe, Kasun kalhara. To be a role model to someone else someday.”

Thank you for sharing your life experience with us and team etunes wish him success in his endeavors.


Life Journey of Nimesh Kulasinghe

“මී පැණි වසන්තේ
සුවදට වශී වෙලා
වට පිට සුරංගනා රැගුම් රගන්නා
මල් වෙඩි තියාලා
ගමටම හිනා පොවා
හිත හොද කුමාරයෙක් රැහේ නටන්නා..”

Today we are going to talk with that kind prince.”Lavan Abhishek”

“Who’s Lavan Abhishek? Tell us about yourself? about your personal life?”

“My hometown is Gampola. I Studied at Gampola Zahira College. As for family details, my parents and I have two brothers.Talking about father, he is a musician. My brothers are very musical people.Talking about my father, he is a musician. Brothers are very much into music. Second brother Dinith is a guitarist. A lot of people know that my big brother Shanaka Udisha is acting in the “Sangeethaya” tele drama with me. He is the 1st runner up in Derana dream star competition and My mother does not work.

“The 2nd question was,”The main reason to enter this field or the turning point?”

“The main reason to come to the music feild is. Father is a musician and I grew up in a music background. After father, the two brothers took up music. Father played in a band. I have seen these things since childhood. In 2011, my big brother participated in the Derana Dream Star competition. In this kind of background, my dream since childhood was not to become a doctor, engineer, or pilot. My dream was to become a musician and a celebrity. Since childhood, I have worked to be a musician.

In 2015 I applied for the Derana dream star competition. I got 14th place in that competition. It was from that competition that I came to the television screen for the first time. Audience gets to know “Lavan Abhishek” through the Dream star competition. After that competition I worked with music and I worked in an event management company. When I was working there for about a year, Derana invited me to perform music in a tele drama from the Derana channel. ”Sangeethaya” tele drama was my turning point.

“You are a talent in the fields of music as well as acting and dancing. What do you think about that?”

“I started from the music. I watch videos of Michael Jackson and Justin Bieber. I like those two very much. The way they perform on stage and Their dancing side. All this I followed from the beginning. Since these things have been followed from the beginning, I decided that it is not appropriate to sing songs from the same place in the Derana Dream Star stage. So I started to perform on the Derana Dream Star stage. That's when I learned that I need to shake my hands and feet and dance. Then I trained in dance for a few months under Imalka Venroy brother. It was from Derana Dream Star that I came forward in the field of dance, then Unknowingly, I came to acting. I didn't think I could sing, act and dance.

Next question was. ”In the movie Wasanthe, which was recently screened on Derana channel, you perform the main role very well in all three aspects of singing, acting and dancing. If you share your experiences about it, what is the most memorable experience?”

“The movie Wasanthe itself is an experience. It is my first telefilm. For the first time I am involved in such work. The work started with the script reading. All the artists came and got to know everyone. It was a great experience for me as I was involved in this kind of work for the first time. And talking about the actors and actresses who participated, Geetma, Pramod and Roshel, they are not new to me because I have already worked with them. I recently met Randika and Michelle at work. They were also a new experience, especially remembered by Sharmila madam. I learned a lot from her.

There are many unforgettable experiences. The shoot was in Balangoda. They shot this telefilm in a short period of 14 days. Me, Pramod and Randika shared one room. Those 14 days, 14 unforgettable days. And talking about Randika, He is a senior actor than us.We learned a lot from him. Pramod and I were new to this field.”

“Unforgettable things done because of the love of singing?”

“Nothing distinctive, But however I have sacrificed a lot in my life for music, even missed out on my studies.”

“What challenges have you faced in your journey so far? How were they overcome? Who gave strength to face those challenges?”

“My family is with me behind me. The biggest challenge of my life is the dream star competition. I started singing a few months before the dream star competition. I was a guitarist back in those days and to be honest I didn't do much singing. My brother helped me alot he was like a 2nd father to me. I have to travel back and forth from Colombo to Kandy. My brother was the one who looked after me and he’s the one who decided my outfit for the next event of the Derana Dream star  competition. I overcame all challenges because of my family. And because of my commitment, I went from Colombo to Gampola and had a number of sleepless days.”


Next question was. “Have you ever regretted facing those challenges?”

“Nothing happened to regret in my life”

“Is Lavan a singer? An actor? Or a dancer”

“Lavan is someone who dreamed of becoming a singer, Someone who was unknowingly involved in dancing and acting, So yes! Lavan belongs to all these 3 sectors”


“Did you ever hope to become a popular actor in Sri Lanka?”

“This popularity is something that was never dreamed of. I didn't know I could act like this.I Entered the acting industry through this TV Derana. They brought out my hidden talent. Special thanks to Laksir Sir. He himself invited me to act in Sangeethaya tele drama. He studied with me at the Derana Dream Star competition. He himself saw that I have acting ability. Lavan Abhishek was introduced to the audience through this hidden talent acting”

Next question was. “If you don't come to this field, what kind of job will you do?”

“If our family didn't have a musical background, I was a football player when I was in school, if I didn't come into the music industry, I would have been a football player or my hometown Gampola, Gampola is a city where many Muslims live, they are engaged in business I think I would also do a business.”


“Who is your favorite music producer you have ever worked with?”

“Nimesh Kulasinghe. He composed my songs from the beginning. A song is going to be released very soon, and he also composed the music for that song and he is a good friend too.”


 “Is Lavan like Mahi in real life?”


“Many people say that I'm like Mahi. I was not someone who had any knowledge of acting when I came to act in Sangeethaya teledrama. Many people say that my behavior and Mahi’s behavior in Sangeethaya tele drama are the same. My first experience and at that time, I did not know how to act in a role. But now I know how to act in the role after seeing the script.”


“When you get a song, do you look at the lyrics first? or Music?”

“When you get a song, You have to look at both sides. If the song is good and the melody is not good, If the melody is good and the song is not good. So I care about both”


Next question was. “You have sung duets. Who is your favorite song and favorite singer among the duets you have sung?”

“Only one duet has been sung so far. Sangeethaya tele drama theme song. Kamani sister is my favorite singer. She was the female singer in the Sangeethaya theme song.”

“What is your favorite solo song?”

“sangeethaya theme song, most like the Thamath adarei man song. A song that has won the love of many people and I personally love that song.”


“Which of the fields of singing, dancing and acting do you like the most?”


“Music is my favorite field. I like all 3 of them now. I am learning all these three fields now.”


“Out of those fields, which artist do you like to work with the most?”

“I don't have a favorite. Sangeethaya is my first tele drama. I acted with Geetma. She has been my friend since before the drama. We are doing the work with proper cooperation. Nikitha is playing my girlfriend in E Heene tele drama and I am working with proper cooperation with her as well. There is no such favorite actress.”


Next question was,“The female singer who you would love to sing a duet with if given the chance?”

“It would be Abhishek Wimalaweera Madam. I love her voice”


“What are your favorite songs sung by other singers?”

“There is not one such song, There are many songs. If I take them to the top of my playlist. Sulaga nuba wage - Karunarathne Diwulgane, Oba Apple Malak Wage - Amarasiri Peiris, and Sepalika Malai - Jayasiri Amarasekara.”






“Who is your role model?”

“My big brother, because if he wants to do something, He will do it. Since childhood, I have seen how he worked hard for the Derana Dream Star competition. Because of that commitment in him, I personally believed that he would go to the final round.”


“Any new songs to come? what are they?”

“New songs are coming. They have been waiting to be released for quite some time. But with the current situation in the country, They were delayed a bit. I was not in a hurry to create my songs. Songs were created for me in the Sangeethaya tele drama. A lot of songs came through Sangeethaya Teledrama's solo songs and group songs as well.

I missed creating a song by myself. It was affected by the situation in the country and the coronavirus.Now doing it. My very first own solo song will be heard in a few months.”


Last question was. “What are the future prospects?”


“Hope to continue in all these three fields and do good work in this field”

Thank you for sharing your life experience with us and team etunes wish him success in his endeavors.


Lavan Abhishek a Singer, an actor or a dancer ?

“හිනිපැත්තටම නැග ජය පෙන්නා 
ජය නාදේ පැහැපත් ලොව හොල්ලා 
පෙර කාලේ තරු වෙත බන්දා 
නව රැල්ලේ තරු අද ජය ගන්නා” 

Remember this song? It takes us to our beautiful school days, doesn't it? Today we will talk about the wonderful person who wrote these verses. “Shehan Galahitiyawa” He comforted us with beautiful songs for many years. This is how he shared with us about his life journey.

Who is Shehan Galahitiyawa? about yourself? What about your personal life?

“A man who lives by doing his work without disturbing any person. As for my family information, I have mom, dad, sister, and brother. I am married. I have two daughters”


The main reason or turning point to come to this field?

“I love music very much. As for my school life, I was educated at St. Anthony's Boys' College, Kandy. As a hobby in school life I collect English songs and listen to them. Enjoyed songs by musicians like Madonna from grade 6 onwards. I have been writing songs and poems since I was in school. My first song in the year 2000 as a songwriter was “Jiwithe Mal Ape Amma Inna Kal” The song is viral in Sri Lanka, the song is sung by the band Sunflower. After this, I became famous in Sri Lanka as a songwriter.”



What were the challenges you faced when entering this field? How did you overcome them?

“The world is not developed in our time. There was no modern technical equipment.You have to look in the paper to find something or else watch TV or go to the library We had such a difficult time, Nowadays, when doing a google search, there were no mobile phones that came with everything.It was always a challenge to learn this music.

As I have, I found the necessary resources and slowly approached my goal.I developed in my body how to compose songs, how to attach lyrics, how to be creative and I learned to play the guitar on my own and I found guitar chords with great difficulty and learned to play them myself.Over time, the challenges were overcome due to the hard work and dedication”    

The next question we referred to him was. Have you ever regretted facing those challenges? Are there people who have helped you to face those challenges? Who are they?

“Well I like challenges,I want life to be challenging every day and I have a lot of energy in my body to face those challenges.Especially with me in the field of music are Priyantha Nawalage, Madhava Hewawasam, Nishan Jayatilleke, galaxies bands, sunflower bands and marians bands. A lot of them were with me, helping me. In addition, the people who have composed the songs I have written so far, the people who have sung them, the sound engineers,the musicians have all been a great help to me in overcoming those challenges.”

What are your expectations before entering this field?

“My only hope was to enter the music industry. I did everything to get into this field from a young age. I'm not a student of literature. I do commerce for A/L. My hobbies are collecting songs, writing songs and listening to songs. My hobbies became my profession. I had the opportunity to enter this field due to my dedication.”

What are the challenges facing the music industry in the current situation in the country?

“Suppose a bomb explodes, or there is a terrorist activity.The two forest industries in Sri Lanka are the field of art  and the tourism industry.

During my journey, our field has faced a large number of challenges like this. Bombings, terrorist activities, the corona virus and this struggle, But what I do believe is that art is something that is forgotten for a moment by these questions. It's hard not to enjoy a song, not watch a movie, not watch a play.

This is the message we, as artists, need to convey to our audience. Don't think about the crisis all the time, reduce travel, reduce unnecessary expenses, enjoy a song, watch a movie and watch a match, because the best things to clear your mind are music and sports.”


The next question we referred to him was.In the face of the catastrophic problems in Sri Lanka, various songs were composed about it then, but why are not so many songs composed about the problem in the country now?

“Songs about this struggle have been composed and will soon be available for listening.But there was a struggle with the crisis. There is a question as to whether this struggle has a political face or not. This raises issues about access to these. Create songs about this as independent artists, it's okay to create. I created a few songs and they get to enjoy very quickly.

If these struggles are created for political and other personal reasons, they must be stopped.
Otherwise, if we think that we have to get out of this big problem independently, then it is okay to compose songs.”

What is your attitude towards the music industry in the current situation in the country?

“I think this is the worst challenge we have ever faced.Singers performing musical performances and music bands have been plagued by this problem. Rising fuel prices and power outages have disrupted their careers.A songwriter does not have such problems because he or she can work from home.This crisis does not last forever. When you climb a mountain, you inevitably get a dip. As I mentioned earlier, this is a time when we need to do our work very carefully.With money management.”

The reason is that the number of new songs being created has decreased recently?

“This is a field, when creating a song you need people to spend money on it.They want to reap the benefits of spending money.Due to the limited work of singers and bands during this period, they have delayed the creation of new creations due to the difficulty of spending money on a new creation and the question of whether or not the creations will benefit from it.

Not without songs being created. If we take it, etunes has created a huge number of songs. I have also composed a large number of songs for TV Derana. I will move forward with strong institutions that can afford that. Depending on the amount of money in their wallet, it depends on whether they create or not”.

You have composed many songs. Which is your favorite song?

That's a bit of a difficult question. It has been 22 years since I came into this field. I have written about 1500 songs. Written in open fields. It's hard to mention one song.”

Who’s your role model?

“There are no role models in my life. But I like Lord Buddha and Lord Jesus.”
Is there anyone you like in this field who can work easily? Who is that?
“This is also a difficult question because I have worked with many people in this field and none
of them are difficult people to work with. What we are doing is an art that is a very loving, beautiful, invisible art. 

Everyone in this art is very talented, so stay in this field for a long time. He/she can do his / her work on time, very nicely and cleanly and he/she can stay in this field for a long time. Suppose we take a long time to respond to a phone call, find it difficult to work on time, and I do not want to work with them.”



The next question we referred to him was. Are there any songs you appreciate that have been written by other songwriters in the field? What are they?

“There are a lot of songs that are appreciated. I appreciate the songs of Karunaratne Abeysekera, I like the songs of Ajantha Ranasinghe, Premasiri Halpita, Premakirthi de Alwis, Kalum Srimal, Wasantha Dukgannarala, Sampath Fernando Pulle, Manuranga Wijesekera, and Aradhana Ekanayake. Among the recent songs written are Sampath Fernandopulle's suranganawi mage handak wage payala song and Manuranga Wijesekera's Saragaye song.”


What was your experience on this trip? What if it was an unforgettable experience?

“When it comes to this field, no one is willing to accept our creations. In our time there was no such thing as etunes, we had to write songs and give them to channels. Our songs were not shown on the channels. Despite the great challenges like this, I did not hesitate and I continued my journey. Beginning in the year 2000, I did not release a single song of mine on TV or radio until 2007 and 2009. 

The songs I wrote were sung only by bands and singers who sang in concerts. There was no video created for the songs I wrote in the early days. But after a while, I started making videos for every song I wrote. Then I got a huge demand. It was because of that demand that the etunes team invited me for an interview today. Faced with challenges, I have overcome those challenges”


Are there any new songs to write? What is that?

“I have written songs for a large number of teledrama programs such as Sangeethe, Dewani Inima, Lokki, and Diyani which are telecast on the TV Derana channel. In addition, there are several A Heene songs to come. These days teledrama songs are being created and will be heard in the future. We have also released a song by Anjalee Methsara called Chandra Sobha. She was a contestant in the last three of the Derana dream star competition. This song was written by me and Music & Melody by Duleeka Kodagoda.”


The last question we asked him was. What are the prospects?

“There is a place where everything has to stop. I hope to finish this songwriting art brilliantly.”

Thanks to Shehan Galahitiya who turned the world upside down with the song Jiweethe Mal Ape Amma Inna Kal. We sincerely wish him every success in his endeavors

1500 song’s, 22 years In the industry. Into the beautiful life of Shehan Galahitiyawa

The festival's co-founder claims that a third weekend and reduced artist fees still won't be enough to make up for the previous two years' losses.

BELGIAN BOOM It was originally going to be called Mysteryland when Michiel Beers and his brother Manu Beers set out to develop Belgium's first dedicated electronic music festival in 2005.

Duncan Stutterheim, their business partner and the creator of the Dutch festival brand ID&T, called Michiel Beers to inform him that he had changed his mind and wanted to keep "Mysteryland" for the Netherlands. This was after the Beers had produced thousands of brochures and posters promoting the name. Another challenge soon followed: Tisto, the event's featured headliner and the most well-known DJ in the area, abruptly withdrew in favor of a pop-rock festival approximately a half-hour away.

The festival is starting its second of a remarkable three-weekend run today (July 22), in an effort to make up some of the 25 million euros ($25.6 million) it lost from 2020–2021. Due to the lengthier festival, a record 600,000 attendees, including 10,000 more Americans than usual, are expected at Tomorrowland this year. On 16 stages, more than 800 performers will take the stage, including EDM heavyweights Martin Garrix, Marshmello, and Alok as well as techno titan Paul Kalkbrenner and deep house producer Lost Frequencies.

Since last year, the festival's final two weekends have been completely booked. This year, they sold all 200,000 tickets for a third weekend (July 14–17) at a 5 percent higher price of 114.50 euros per day or 310 euros for the entire weekend, to assist offset the high inflation in Europe. However, Beers claims that this was an exceptional occurrence. Tomorrowland is held atop the De Schorre park, and the event negotiated a ten-point plan with the cities of Boom and Rumst, which includes returning to its customary two weekends beginning in 2019.


Tomorrowland Roars Back to Live Action in Belgium Despite Pandemic

BTS, a world-renowned Korean choir, has decided to split. They made the announcement at a party marking the ninth anniversary of their band's music career.

They made the decision to end their time as a band and focus on their personal music careers.

The BTS band, which released their first song in 2013, consists of seven members. Their albums have sold over 32 million copies worldwide.

They also hold the record for most sales in South Korean history.

The BTS team was so successful that they even had the opportunity to shoot a song from the UN headquarters.

Also, US President Joe Biden recently gave them the opportunity to pay a visit to the White House.

There is no mention of the BTS band being disbanded.

They are temporarily away from music and hope to spend that time relaxing.
 
They have promised fans that they will be back as a team.

So trust them and wait for them to come.

Give them back the inspiration, support and understanding they have given you as artists in life so far.

We look forward to seeing you again as a Team.






BTS IS NOT DISBANDED

The case, according to Ed Sheeran and his writing partners, caused "immense" stress.
11 weeks after winning a copyright lawsuit in the High Court, Ed Sheeran and two collaborators on songs were given more than £900,000 in legal expenses.

Steven McCutcheon and John McDaid, who wrote Shape of You with Ed Sheeran, were charged with plagiarizing a song by Ross O'Donoghue and Sami Chokri, two grime musicians.

The three Shape of You authors should cover their own legal costs, according to Chokri and O'Donoghue.

However, a judge gave the group an interim payment of £916,200 (just over $1.1 million) on Tuesday.

Sheeran and the other claimants refuted the allegations of plagiarism, and the music artist later remarked that such "baseless" accusations "are much too common."

The 11-day trial's defendants, Chokri and O'Donoghue, claimed that the number-one artist was a "magpie" who "habitually duplicates" the work of other musicians and that a portion of Shape of You was "strikingly similar" to a passage of their 2015 song Oh Why.

"I deem it fair that the claimants' success be recognized in an order that their costs be paid by the defendants, without reduction save for that which is made as part of the process of comprehensive evaluation," Mr. Justice Zacaroli said in his most recent decision.

Chokri and O'Donoghue's argument that Sheeran and his partners should cover their own legal expenses was rejected by the judge because they had withheld papers and displayed "awkwardness and opacity."

To evaluate and determine the final amounts, a second hearing is anticipated.



Ed Sheeran Awarded Over $1.1 Million in Legal Fees in ‘Shape of You’ Copyright Case.

John Christopher Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA’s.

Mr Depp, who denied abusing Ms Heard, was awarded $15 million (£12 million) in compensatory and punitive damages by the jury.
Ms. Heard, 36, was given $2 million in compensatory damages after winning one of three counterclaims against Mr. Depp, 58.
In the trial, the Hollywood stars, who divorced in 2017, gave opposing accounts of their tragic love.
The court in Fairfax, Virginia, heard tawdry details of Mr Depp and Ms Heard's tumultuous marriage and its unhappy termination over the course of six weeks.
Many Americans, according to polls, were more engaged in the legal drama than the crisis in Ukraine or a possibly historic abortion verdict anticipated from the US Supreme Court any day.

On Wednesday, The jury concluded that Ms Heard's assertions about her marriage were "false" and that she acted with "actual malice" after nearly two days of deliberation.


They also discovered that Mr Depp had defamed Ms Heard in a statement to the Daily Mail in 2020, in which his lawyer called her abuse allegations a fake.
Outside the court, yells and chants of "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny" erupted as the seven-member jury delivered their judgment.

According to his spokeswoman, Mr. Depp was unable to attend court owing to "already established job engagements." Since the jury began deliberations on Friday, the actor has been claimed to be watching from the United Kingdom, where he has performed three surprise concerts with his buddy, British musician Jeff Beck.

Mr Depp received a standing ovation after performing with Mr Beck at the Royal Albert Hall in London on the eve of the decision.

He stated in a statement on Wednesday: "The jury gave me my life back. I am truly humbled."

"Truth never perishes," he added in Latin.



Most audiences recognize Johnny Depp for his bounty of kooky characters like Captain Jack Sparrow and Edward Scissorhands, however, the real man behind it all also has many masks. These 40 years of long-kept details from Depp's past and private life may finally shed some light on the inscrutable star.

Welcome Back Jack Sparrow!!!! 



Love that ends in hatred “Johnny Depp Wins”


To arrange their North American tour dates, the band has contracted with Artist Group International.

While some people might be anticipating the upcoming Pantera reunion tour, others may feel very differently. You will find a wide range of responses if you search the internet for information about this reunion tour. Some of those responses come from people who, let's just say, aren't overly excited about the prospect of a Pantera reunion tour.

Some people are uninterested in this tour since they believe that Pantera would not exist without the late Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul. Then there are many who are not excited for this tour due to their opinions of Pantera singer Phil Anselmo; in particular, there are those who criticize Phil for using the Nazi salute and chanting "White Power" during a previous performance.

You can read postings and comments from both people who are looking forward to the impending Pantera reunion tour and those who are not in the section below. What position do you take on this tour? Do you feel energized or uninterested? In other reunion-related news, there is a rumor circulating about who might be stepping in for the band's guitarist and drummer.



For the first time in more than 20 years, Pantera will tour in 2023.

General Kamal Gunaratne is an Army officer whom we love and he is a senior Army officer in Sri Lanka. He is currently the Secretary to the Ministry of Defense. There is another aspect of him that we do not know. That is, he is a wonderful artist as well as a lyricist. Many of the songs he composed have been sung by popular artists we love. On March 28, 2022, General Kamal Gunaratne launched his official youtube channel. As far as we know an army officer has a rough heart. How can an army officer with that rough heart have such a sensitive artistic heart?

He gave a very good answer to this question

"There are several aspects to an army officer. An army officer must have a rough heart when there is a war, and a sensitive heart when there is a sensitive moment in a war.
Also, when there is no war, one can have an artistic heart according to their skills. As I said, having a sensitive heart does not mean weeping over sensitive moments in war, But when there is a war, any army officer is sensitive when he sees people who have been orphaned by the war, their children, and those who are starving. As I said before, being sensitive does not mean crying. It is sensitive to the heart, and then a human feeling arises in us, and the feeling that arises makes it possible for us to look at them humanly. "


This is how he finally put into words what he feels about the occasion

"Today is a very happy day because I have composed 20 songs so far. I have released 7 of those 20 songs and I hope to compose more songs in the future, I hope to create more songs in the meantime
When the song is brought to life, it feels like giving birth to a new child, it brings a lot of passion and self-satisfaction.
Only a lyricist can feel how much enjoyment a songwriter gets through it. I get that satisfaction. And my dear musicians, singers, brothers, and sisters who worked with me on this, all of them advised me to start my YouTube channel. I have started it today with the support of all those people. I'm so happy, this is not something I started with the hope of money, it's something I did for my satisfaction and the enjoyment of others. Heartfelt happiness. "


General Kamal Gunarathna’s YouTube Channel Launch 

Singer uploads the sixth episode of "Midnights Mayhem With Me" on her Instagram Story and TikTok.

As Swifties count down the days to the release of her much anticipated Midnights, it's time for another late-night Taylor Swift song title reveal (or, should we say, TikTok). The album will be released on October 21.

As Sunday turned into Monday, Swift published a fresh episode of her YouTube series "Midnights Mayhem With Me," in which she continues to divulge the titles of the songs that will be on her tenth studio album. Swift spins a traditional bingo cage for each episode, and fate drops a ball with a tracklist number. She then announces the title of the accompanying song. Track Three, titled "Anti-Hero," was discovered on Sunday.


She has revealed six of the 13 song titles that will be on Midnights with "Anti-Hero." She released Track Two, "Maroon," and Track Six, "Midnight Rain," last week. The song titles "Question," "Vigilante Shit," and "Mastermind" were previously discarded by the artist.

In addition to revealing the song titles for Midnights, Swift recently revealed that a clock is assembled from the artwork of the album's four different colored vinyl pressings. She also hinted at the return of frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff in a video titled "The building of Midnights."


Taylor Swift Announces the Name of the Song From "Midnights," "Anti-Hero"


YouTube's Shorts format now receives 30 billion daily views thanks to the sheer might of the platform's advertising capabilities. It is now prepared to begin pulling the levers to start generating revenue from it through advertising. The New York Times reported on an announcement this week regarding commercials on Shorts and the framework for compensating the makers of these brief videos for their work.

The NYT said that "the corporation expects to pay creators 45 percent of the ad money," noting that this would be a lower revenue-share than YouTube's customary 55% payout from ordinary videos.

According to the article, YouTube may be decreasing the qualifications for joining its partner program, making money opportunities available to an even bigger group of producers.

All of this might be complemented by an expansion of YouTube's experiments with paying video producers instead of just music rights holders when viewers watch videos that incorporate commercial music.



Changes to the partner program and short advertising are coming to YouTube.

There aren’t many pop superstars left, at least not many interesting ones. Among them, Harry, who is still in pop music, is winning the love of the audience. He was the leader of the One Direction Band, and left the band and began his solo career.

It seemed inevitable that Styles' first solo album, "Harry Styles," would be a nostalgic exercise in folk-pop, '80s new wave, and classic rock. One Direction came closer to Dad Rock than any other boy band, experimenting with the same textures regularly. "Fine Line," Styles' second album, was a triumphantly sad extension of those same revivalist tendencies, with funk and modified psych-pop tossed in for good measure.

"Harry's House," which was released on Friday, is a milder, less colorful continuation of the series. Styles has stated that "Fine Line" was a sensual breakup record, whereas "Harry's House" is a sexy new-relationship album. (Styles is dating Olivia Wilde, who also happens to be the director of his upcoming picture "Don't Worry Darling.") "Harry's House," like its predecessors, is a lyrically ambiguous offering that clings to you-know-I-love-you-babe cliches. When it's through, you won't feel any closer to knowing Styles — a savvy choice for an overexposed celebrity in a public relationship, but criminally lacking for a would-be confessional singer-songwriter.



Harry's latest album "Harry's House"

“මැණිකේ මගේ හිතේ
මුදුවේ නුරා හැඟුම් යාවී”

Do you remember this song? Yes! “Manike” is a song that we all loved and still listen to. A song that is popular not only in Sri Lanka but all over the world. This song is very popular in our neighboring country India. Our “Manike” who sings this song, “Yohani” is loved by the audience and popular all over the world. Among the YouTube channels in Sri Lanka, She is the first YouTube channel to exceed 3 million subscribers.

Yohani paved the way for her journey with the popularity of this song. She got the opportunity to contribute to the Indian cinema and music industry. She has got the opportunity to sing “Menike's” song in an Indian film “Thank God”. A few hours ago, She wrote on her social media accounts “Get ready to experience the never-seen-before side of love and lust with #Manike!”. Song out on 16th September and the film “ThankGod” in cinemas on 25th October.

“Thank God” is an upcoming Indian Hindi language fantasy comedy film written and directed by Indra Kumar with production by T-Series and Maruti International. The film features Ajay Devgn, Sidharth Malhotra and Rakul Preet Singh in the lead roles.

Our “Manike” is singing in this Film.


“Manike” has gone a long way

Microsoft is assisting in the creation of a Global Music Vault, which will save music for over 10,000 years.

Hard disks in computers only last around five years before they fail. Cassette tapes can survive up to 10 years before deteriorating, although CDs and DVDs can last up to 15 years. What if you wanted to keep music for 10,000 years?

 The Svalbard Global Seed Vault and the Global Music Vault are both housed on the same mountain in Norway.``Here, master music files and priceless music data are to be saved in music capsules, kept in the vault, and remembered for forever," according to the Elire Group, which is in charge of the vault in collaboration with Microsoft. They're putting a new system to the test, a new glass-based storage medium that extends the life of music beyond vinyl, CDs, and computer hard drives.

In recent years, the fragility of our storage materials has become abundantly clear. In a fire at Universal Studios Hollywood in 2008, up to 175,000 master recordings for UMG artists were destroyed. Microsoft is hoping that their glass-based storage media will be a more stable alternative to the hard drives for storing data.

The goal of Project Silica is to produce a 'glass' hard drive that works like a CD. It's a 3-inch-by-3-inch disk that can store up to 100GB of digital data, or around 20,000 songs, in an in
definitely stable form. So, how does the process of creating this long-lasting storage medium work?

 
How the Microsoft Music Vault Storage Medium Works

Microsoft begins with quartz glass, which has a chemical structure that is symmetrical. As a result, the glass is more resistant to extreme temperatures and breakage. Microsoft etches information as 3D patterns into the glass using a femtosecond laser. After the data is saved, a second laser reads the quartz, and machine learning algorithms convert the pattern back into music, movies, or any other digital data.

"The idea is to be able to store archiving and preservation data at cloud scale in glass," explains Ant Rowstrong, a Microsoft Research engineer and Deputy Lab Director in Cambridge. According to Microsoft, these customized glass platters could survive up to 10,000 years.



Microsoft is constructing a music vault in Norway that will last 10,000 years.

Singer shares the song title to Track Six from Midnights, her highly anticipated 10th studio album.

Another song title from Taylor Swift's eagerly awaited Midnights album, which will be released on October 21, has been revealed. She has been using the nocturnal hours leading up to the release to disclose information about her tenth studio album, which was "composed in the middle of the night." Tuesday saw the continuation of her TikTok series "Midnights Mayhem With Me," in which she unveiled the fourth title of an album song: "Midnight Rain."

In the video, she shared the song's title in a similar way to how she has previously shared song titles: bingo-style, with the ball revealing the revelation as she turns it out of the old-fashioned cage. The ball that dropped during Tuesday's announcement was Track Six.

Last week, Swift started her late-night tour of tracklist revelations with her fans. Since then, she has revealed the names of three of the album's 13 songs: "Question...?," "Vigilante Shit," and "Mastermind."

Swift has disclosed additional details about Midnights, in addition to the song titles. In a video titled "The making of Midnights," Swift revealed that the artwork on the album's four different colored vinyl pressings comes together to form a clock and hinted at the return of her close collaborator Jack Antonoff.

Four distinct versions of Midnights will also be available, including a jade green version, a blood moon version, a mahogany version that can be purchased through her official website, and a limited-edition lavender variant that can only be found at Target.



Track listing for "Midnight Rain" by Taylor Swift has been released.

After canceling gigs this week, singer Justin Bieber announced he is suffering from facial paralysis.

In an Instagram video, the 28-year-old explained that her condition is caused by a diagnosis of Ramsay Hunt syndrome.

"As you can see this eye is not blinking. I can't smile on this side of my face... So there's full paralysis on this side of my face," he said.


He also smiled and blinked, demonstrating to his 240 million Twitter followers that the right side of his face did not move.
"This is pretty serious, as you can see. I wish this wasn't the case, but, obviously, my body's telling me I've got to slow down," he said. "I hope you guys understand. I'll be using this time to just rest and relax and get back to a hundred percent so that I can do what I was born to do."

According to medical professionals, Ramsay Hunt syndrome occurs when a shingles epidemic damages the facial nerve between the ears.

Bieber's Justice World Tour, which began in February, revealed earlier this week that three gigs will be rescheduled.

"It's from this virus that targets the nerve in my ear and my facial nerves and causes my face to be paralyzed," the musician, who was born in Canada, said in the three-minute video, pointing to the right side of his face.

Bieber went on to say that he's been performing facial workouts to "get back to normal," but he doesn't know how long it will take.

He was scheduled to perform in Washington, D.C., and Toronto earlier this week, with shows in New York and Los Angeles planned in the coming weeks.

"In addition to the painful shingles rash, Ramsay Hunt syndrome can cause facial paralysis and hearing loss in the affected ear," according to the Mayo Clinic in the United States.

The symptoms of Ramsay Hunt syndrome are usually transient, but they might become permanent, according to the Mayo Clinic.

According to the organization, patients' inability to close one eyelid can cause eye pain and poor vision, and it is most common in adults over 60 years old.

He pleaded for patience from his fans and stated that he is "physically, obviously, not capable of doing" his next gigs.

Get Well Soon Justin Bieber!!!







Pop star Justin Bieber has been paralysed.

Partnerships are essential to the music industry's ongoing attempts to raise the standard of its metadata.They shared two more with us today, beginning with a partnership between SoundCloud and the upstart Session.

The latter, which was co-founded by Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA, features an app that allows musicians to add their metadata beginning with the composing and recording procedures. From the Session Studio app, users may now publish both their music AND the metadata to SoundCloud.

The second metadata agreement of the day is between BMG and Cyanite, a second startup. The latter's AI-tagging technology will be used to analyze and tag BMG's 3 million-song catalog, which is the key component of this agreement. Why? Sync. To find "hidden gems" in the hunt for the ideal tune for use in movies, television shows, video games, and commercials, as Cyanite phrased it. The technology from the startup will be included into BMG's proprietary BMG Songs system.


SoundCloud x Session and BMG x Cyanite metadata moves

According to RIAA midyear estimates, the music subscription business had another rise in the first half of 2022. However, compared to past frenzied rates, revenue from paid services like Spotify, Apple Music, & YouTube Music has slowed. Less than half of the $823.5 million recorded a year earlier was added by the $387.6 million increase to $4.5 billion.

According to the RIAA, the U.S market increased by 8 million subscribers, or 9.8%, between mid 2021 and June 30. Comparatively, The gain of 9.4 million, or 13.0%, in the first half of 2021 was much smaller. Subscriptions were up 13.9 million, or 24.0%, by 2020's halfway point.


According to Billboard's data, Spotify's average revenue per user dropped to $50.09 in the first half of 2019 from $49.95 a year earlier. Some annual costs, like those for Spotify's Family plan and Amazon's Music Unlimited, have increased recently. Amazon increased the cost of its single-device Amazon Music plan from $3.99 to $4.99 in May.

CD sales dropped 2.2% after recovering. In terms of dollars, CD sales are still below pre-pandemic levels. CD sales in the first half of the 2022 adds up to  $199.7 million, down nearly 19% from the $247.9 million in 2019. Revenues from synchronization increased by 29.9% to $178 million.


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Streaming Is Growing, But Not Like It Used To.

Popular chat app Discord has unveiled a few new features that are pertinent for musicians creating communities there as well as for how music is more broadly perceived on the site.

Activities is one of the brand-new features, which is defined as "a method to rapidly enjoy shared activities with peers, such games and media, on Discord itself." There are two activities available to Discord's free users at launch. Mini-golf game Putt Party is more intriguing from a Music Ally perspective than Watch Together. Friends can watch YouTube videos together and converse about them simultaneously using this co-viewing function.

You might recall that in 2021, YouTube deactivated the Groovy and Rhythm Discord bots, which streamed music from its service.

In other news, Discord has added a new Nitro subscription tier that allows users to pay for access to premium features on the site. Currently, that costs $9.99 per month; however, the new Nitro Basic tier will only cost $2.99 per month, with a smaller number of the premium features (e.g. custom emoji and stickers, more space to share files, and a profile badge).

Discord now includes a $3/month subscription and YouTube integration.

The Official Chart: First Look gives a first glance of the Top 20 before Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is primarily based on preliminary income and early streaming reports.

Harry Styles’ As It Was is set to make a massive debut on the Official Singles Chart this week because it heads directly for Number 1.

After 48 hours, As It Was has alternative than double the chart income of its closest opposition - reigning Number 1 Starlight by way of Dave – and is properly on its way to becoming Harry’s second solo UK Number 1 single, following 2017’s Sign Of The Times. The new song is the first release from the former One Direction member’s upcoming 1/3 solo album.

American rapper Lil Tjay is heading for his fourth UK Top forty access with In My Head, eyeing up a Number 14 debut.

Becky Hill and Galantis continue to scale new heights with their collaboration Run. In the Official Chart: First Look the tune is set to upward push 3 to a brand new peak of Number 19, potentially Becky Hill’s 10th Top 20 hit and Galantis’ sixth.

The Official Singles Chart Top one hundred is found out on OfficialCharts.Com every Friday at five.45pm. Follow the Top 40 countdown stay on BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart show with Scott Mills.


Harry Styles heading for second UK Number 1 with 'As It Was' set to make huge debut

Pink has slammed Rolling Stone magazine over its current listing of best Grammys performances.

In the run-up to the Grammy Awards on Sunday, editors of the magazine published a ranking of the 25 "greatest Grammys performances ever" with performers along with Foo Fighters, Prince, Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Bob Dylan, Cardi B, and more.

Writing inside the remarks of the book's Instagram post, the Get the Party Started hitmaker wrote, "Bahahahaha you guys were irrelevant for the reason that 1990."

The singer, who did no longer appear on the list, persevered by criticizing the magazine for promoting out and writing about fact TV stars such as Jersey Shore's Snooki.

"This is the magazine that used to feature humans like John Lennon and Muddy Waters. Hunter S Thompson wrote political pieces. They positioned Tina Turner on their cover," she wrote. "Then they bought out and all credibility went to s**t whilst 'fashion over substance' and 'revenue over authenticity' went into play. That's when Snooki became desirable coverage. Give me a f**king break."

Pink urged editors to do "your homework" and insisted her message wasn't really approximately the performances list.

"You don't ought to like me or my song or some thing about me- and consider me I ought to (not) supply a s**t- however this is the largest sellout in f**king history in relation to a booklet we all once trusted," she persisted. "F**k rolling stone. And I've felt that manner for many years - as so a lot of my favorite artists and my friends have. This is not pretty much their horrendous opinion of 'score Grammy performances'. It's decades of losing Trees and people's time."


She has performed at the Grammys in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2021. Pink, real name Alecia Moore, shared a throwback snap of one of her performances on Instagram over the weekend, and inside the remarks, Juliette Lewis wrote, "Omg NOONE and I mean NOONE did higher Grammy performances than YOU."


Pink criticizes music magazine over greatest Grammy performances list


“Aankon Mein Teri Ajab si Ajab si Adaayein hai” Close your eyes for a moment and meditate on this song. No matter how old this song is, it still touches the heart and we will never hear this song again from his amazing voice.

Officials confirmed that well-known Bollywood vocalist Krishnakumar Kunnath, also known as KK, died in Kolkata on Tuesday night. The 53-year-old performer was in town for a show at Nazrul Mancha. When he returned to his hotel at 10.30 p.m. after the show, the singer complained of feeling unwell. When he arrived at a city hospital, He was declared dead.

KK is a versatile vocalist who has recorded songs in a variety of languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, and Bengali. He also performed a lot of commercial jingles.

KK began his career singing commercial jingles before making his feature picture debut with an A.R. Rahman soundtrack. Pal, his debut album, was released in 1999. 

The album Pal's tracks "Pal" and "Yaaron" became highly popular and are frequently used in school farewells. "Tadap Tadap" from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), "Apadi Podu" from Ghilli, "Dola Re Dola" from Devdas (2002), "Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai" from Woh Lamhe(2006),

"Aankhon Mein Teri" from Om Shanti Om (2007), "Khuda Jane" from Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Among them are "Piya Aaye Na" from Aashiqui 2 (2013), "Mat Aazma Re" from Murder 3 (2013), "India Wale" from Happy New Year (2014), and "Tu Jo Mila" from Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015).

He has received six Filmfare Awards nominations, and a Filmfare Awards South.


We will always remember him through his songs. Om Shanti Legend. Rest Easy.


A voice that the word loved was silent forever today


Apple Music has announced a new milestone. The number of tracks available on its service has now reached 100m. This is 21 years after the launch of the company's iTunes store and iPod. Every day, over 20,000 singers and songwriters are delivering new songs to Apple Music. 

Apple's new head of music at Apple Music, Kelly Newman, argues that the company's investment in human curation will be key to making us the very best at connecting artists and audiences. In a blog post, she calls out the role humans play in creating the recommendation algorithms of streaming services and their impact on artists, fans and culture of music itself.


Streaming services competing to have the most tracks isn't that interesting or valuable for artists. Apple Music is taking another step along that road by launching a new audio show called Apple Music Today. It will tell the story of a different song every day, starting with Sinead O'Connor's cover of 'Nothing Compares 2 U'.


With 100 million songs, Apple Music claims that "human curation is more crucial than ever."

Ed Sheeran dedicated a song to the late Jamal Edwards at his most recent show.

The 31-year old pop star was performing at Royal Albert Hall in help of the Teenage Cancer Trust on Sunday (28.03.22) and presented early hit 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You' in memory of Jamal, who assisted sent off his vocation with online music stage SB.TV back in 2011 and purportedly kicked the bucket from a presumed coronary failure matured 31 toward the finish of a month ago.

He is cited by The Metro as saying: "We lost a super astounding soul a little more than a month prior, Jamal Edwards. He was my dearest companion, he was my sibling. He transformed me. The melody that I will play is a tune that he put onto his channel and this tune opened up each and every entryway for me, and I simply need to say that this one's for him. My sibling."

Jamal sent off the metropolitan music stage back in 2006 and in doing so helped send off the vocations of different stars, for example, Jessie J, Rita Ora and Stormzy and when he died, the 'Chills' hitmaker at last presented a recognition on his Instagram where he asserted he wouldn't be in the same place as him today without the unfortunate business person.

At that point, he said: "I haven't posted anything because I can't observe the words, I can't answer because I don't have the foggiest idea what to say. Jamal is my sibling. His light sparkled so brilliantly. He just utilized it to enlighten others and never requested anything consequently. A star's light sparkles for a long period of time after they go, and he will keep on illuminating each dull second, we are for the most part seeing his power. I wouldn't be here without him, expertly and by and by. There will be nothing near what he is, however I'm so thankful to have existed inside his circle. My sibling, come on."


Ed Sheeran dedicates song to late Jamal Edwards at concert

Miley Cyrus is set to deliver her very first live collection.

The 'Nothing comes close to a Heart' hitmaker has reported that 'Consideration: Miley Live' is set for discharge on April 1.

An invigorated Miley tweeted: "My fans have been asking me for a live collection for quite a while and I am so excited to give it to them! This show was arranged BY the fans FOR the fans! (sic)"

The 20-tune assortment incorporates the beforehand unreleased new tracks, 'Consideration' and 'You', as well as live forms of uber hits 'Party In The U.S.A.', 'The Climb', 'Destroying Ball' and that's just the beginning.

The 29-year-old pop star originally reported the collection during her set at Lollapalooza Brazil at the end of the week.

She proceeded: "I asked my crowd what melodies they might want to see me perform at impending shows and this is the set show YOU made!"

"From fan most loved covers to a portion of my most seasoned tunes, freshest melodies unique unreleased tunes "YOU" and ATTENTION! (sic)"

The '12 PM Sky' hitmaker has committed the LP to her gave fanbase.

She finished up: "I was doing a negligible measure of live shows this year and believed that the MAXIMUM measure of fans should encounter ME LIVE! This collection wouldn't be imaginable without my band and team! Much thanks to you to every individual who came to see my show and anybody who couldn't make it THIS ALBUM IS FOR YOU! I LOVE YOU! (sic)"

The live record follows Miley's 2020 stone collection, 'Plastic Hearts'.

In the mean time, Miley committed her Lollapalooza set to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died unexpectedly on Friday (25.03.22), matured 50.

She tweeted prior to performing on Saturday (26.03.22). "Tonights show is out of appreciation for my companion Taylor Hawkins.

The most boss buddy I realize who might believe that me should sparkle and sing LOUD for the love of rock n roll! I have this with a little assistance from my companion TH above and every one of you. We should make it happen . (sic)"

The track-listing for 'Attention: Miley Live' is:
1. ‘Attention’
2. ‘We Can’t Stop’ X ‘Where Is My Mind?’
3. ‘Plastic Hearts’
4. ‘Heart Of Glass’
5. ‘4×4’
6. ‘(SMS) Bangerz’
7. ‘Dooo It!’
8. ’23’
9. ‘Never Be Me’
10. ‘Maybe’
11. ‘7 Things’
12. ‘Bang Bang’ X ‘See You Again’
13. ‘Jolene’
14. ‘High’
15. ‘You’
16. ‘Like A Prayer’
17. ‘Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix)’
18. ‘The Climb’
19. ‘Wrecking Ball’ X ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’
20. ‘Party In The USA’


Miley Cyrus to release first live album next week

Dua Lipa is "exceptionally invigorated" about the melodies for her impending third collection.

On her digital recording series, ``At Your Service'', the pop star let Elton John know that her next collection is "50% done."

"(It's) "beginning to feel much better," she said. "Coming to fruition's beginning. I'm extremely amped up for a portion of the new tunes, so it's continuously energizing to look forward towards something."

Dua last talked about the collection's advancement in a visit for The Wall Street Journal back in January.

She conceded the record was "still in baby form" at that point, and she was "in no rush" to uncover the material, yet had "a lot of it recorded".

The artist additionally noticed that she had proactively settled on a name for the album.

"It has a vision. It has a name, I think - for now. It's just been fun experimenting. I'm always going to make pop music, but it has its own unique sound, which is exciting and something that feels like a movement from Future Nostalgia," the 26-year-old added.
Dua released her second studio album, Future Nostalgia, in 2020.


Dua Lipa's third album 'Starting to Take Shape'

“And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Be running up that hill”

This song that we can’t forget. The scene that blows our mind “Max Mayfeild” as in real life “Sadie Sink” In Stranger Things Season 4, Sadie Sink (Max) is almost killed by Vecna but makes a daring escape. She did a Remarkable performance in Stranger Things Season 4 Vol.01. 

In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries. Released on July 15, 2016 Directed by Matt Duffer, Shawn Levy, Ross Duffer, Andrew Stanton, Richard Alan Greenberg,Distributed by Netflix and the Budget $270 million (season 4).

Week three is introduced by "Running Up That Hill," in which Kate Bush declares that "the whole world's gone wild."

In recent years, Kate Bush has emerged as the most popular name, garnering attention from national and worldwide media. The cause is Kate Bush's 1985 smash single "Running Up That Hill," which, like a resurrected phoenix, has returned to the forefront and brought her newfound popularity as well as an unexpected surge in royalties, reportedly earning her a few million dollars.

The iconic song "Running Up That Hill," which Kate Bush wrote and produced, received a new lease of life a few months ago when it was included in the soundtrack of the hit Netflix series "Stranger Things." The record, which peaked at No. 1 on Spotify in both the UK and the US for the third consecutive week after garnering an astounding 57 million listeners in just one week, has become the most streamed track internationally since season 4 of the show began airing in June.



The breaking of three Guinness World Records as the Oldest Female Artist to Reach No. 1 on the UK's Official Singles Chart, Longest time for a track to reach Number One on the UK's Official Singles Chart, and the Longest gap between Number Ones on the UK's Official Singles Chart served as the capstone to this accomplishment.

However, all the publicity around "Running Up That Hill" has increased sales, which is a sizable rise, according to CBS. According to data from the music data website Luminate, Kate Bush has reportedly made £1.9 million in royalties since the song started to appear in season 4 episodes of "Stranger Things." Music Business Worldwide claims that because Bush owns the copyright to her music, she probably kept the majority of the single's earnings.

Regarding the popularity of her 1985 hit, the musician explained in an interview with BBC Radio 4 that:

‘Well, it’s just extraordinary. I mean, you know, it’s such a great series, I thought that the track would get some attention. But I just never imagined that it would be anything like this. It’s so exciting. But it’s quite shocking really, isn’t it? I mean, the whole world’s gone mad.’ 


“Running Up that Hill” By Kate Bush has reportedly earned £1.9 million due to “Stranger Things”

YouTube introducing “Handles”. 

What is a YouTube Handle ?

A new method for people to find and contact you is through your YouTube handle. Since handles are exclusive to each artist, unlike channel names, It is simpler for you to develop a distinctive online identity.


Handles & Channel URLs

Your channel URL will now include your new handle. Your personalized URL will typically become your handle. When someone isn't on YouTube, you can utilize your handle to point them toward your channel.

For example, If your handle is @john123 your channel URL will be https://youtube.com/@john123

Things you can do with handles

Get noticed in Shorts
Identify yourself in a unique way
People can tag you in videos
Let others find you on YouTube
Connect with others in the YouTube community


Handles will be available soon. When you're able to select yours, They'll let you know. 



Introducing YouTube Handle 

He said: “Many of those songs have been in the works for several years, so it nearly feels like a coming-of-age album.
With wonderful appreciation for the overwhelming significance of the song written for me, the identity of JUDE conveys the very real adventure of my life that those tracks represent.”
Ahead of the LP's launch later this year, the Grammy-nominated artist will release the singles ‘Every Little Moment’ and ‘Freedom’ on April eight.
The 58-year-vintage singer-songwriter currently signed a new worldwide recording contract with BMG.
The photographer, author and philanthropist commented: “After working on a new song for the past few years, I am grateful to have found the best partner in BMG, to help me convey this work to light."
BMG EVP Global Recordings Fred Casimir stated: “Julian is a completely unique artist working throughout more than one art form with a great humanitarian and ecological perspective, which dates back many years. There is once in a while a protracted wait among Julian Lennon albums, but having heard this one, I’m convinced it became really worth the wait.”
JUDE' will arrive a decade after Julian's last studio album, 2011's 'Everything Changes'.
Julian is Lennon's eldest son.
The music legend - who was fatally shot, age 40, outside his New York City apartment within the famous Dakota construction with the aid of Mark David Chapman in December 1980 - also had a son, Sean Ono Lennon, 46, with widow Yoko.
Meanwhile, Julian currently offers an NFT of handwritten sheet music for 'Hey Jude' for nearly £60,000.
McCartney's notes as an NFT made £fifty six,750 at auction in the remaining month.


John Lennon's son Julian Lennon announces new album JUDE

Miranda Lambert gained it by attending the 2022 Grammy Awards.
In an interview with ABC Audio, the United states of america singer revealed she’d be lacking the track prizegiving, which is to be held in Las Vegas on Sunday.
“I'm now not getting to head once more,” she stated, explaining that the Grammys fall inside the center of pre-production for her co-headlining Bandwagon Tour with Little Big Town and training for her Palomino album launch.
“So, I'm slammed this month, with the report coming out and the whole thing,” she delivered.
Miranda is nominated for two awards - Best Country Duo/Group Performance for Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) with Elle King, and Best Country Album for The Marfa Tapes with Jon Randall and Jack Ingram.
“We had been on a set of textual content this morning. I sense like I actually have FOMO (Fear of Missing Out),” she admitted, earlier than noting that Jon and Jack could be there “representing the home crew”.


 Miranda Lambert too 'slammed' with work to attend 2022 Grammys

Spotify statistics on the expansion of regional Mexican music on its service, with streaming up 450% over the last five years, were recently featured in our country profile of Mexico. The streaming service has now released further data that demonstrates how Mexican music in general is now being listened to by people all over the world.

According to the business, "Since 2019, the volume of streaming has more than doubled to reach 5.6 billion," stressing that cross-overs and collaborations are introducing this music to a wider audience. "66 million Spotify listeners outside of Mexico found Mexican music for the first time last year." The US accounts for 21% of Mexican music's "export streams," with Guatemala, Chile, and Colombia serving as other important overseas marketplaces.

As a result, Spotify is introducing a "México es imparable" campaign. Internationally, Reprodcelo's marketing campaign has featured short films with the artists Eduin Caz, Julión lvarez, and Yahritza y su Esencia.






WILL MEXICAN MUSIC TAKE OVER THE WOLD?

Youtube introduces the next phase of encouraging creation on their platform, in whatever shape that takes.They're unveiling new opportunities for creators to earn money using Shorts, as well as new ways for creators and the music business to collaborate.

New Pathways  for creators to make money

YouTube is expanding Their partner program, meaning more creators and artists will have the opportunity to make money on YouTube. A new level of YPP with lower requirements will offer earlier access to Fan Funding features like Super Thanks, Super Chat, Super Stickers and Channel Memberships. We'll also have paths for long-form, Shorts and Live creators to join this new tier in 2023.

New ways to earn for Shorts creators
YouTube has launched a temporary Shorts Fund to reward the creative class. Now, They are expanding their unique business model to this new format: revenue sharing is coming to Shorts. Over 30Billion daily views and 1.5Billion monthly logged-in users.

Here’s how it'll work:

Current and prospective YPP creators will be qualified for revenue sharing on Shorts beginning in early 2023.

Ads are interspersed between the videos on the Shorts Feed. Therefore, every month, the money made from these advertisements will be totaled together and utilized to pay the authors of the Shorts and defray the expense of music licensing.

They will retain 45% of the total money given to creators, which will be split according to their proportion of all Shorts views. Whether they use music or not, the income split does not change.

YouTube is launching a new Shorts Fund, which will double down on the revenue sharing model that has supercharged the creator economy. This brand new approach allows us to reward all YPP creators who make up the Shorts experience, not just those with videos running next to ads. They are also launching Super Thanks for Shorts in beta to thousands of creators, with a complete rollout expected next year.

Evolving the soundtrack of YouTube
YouTube introduced Creator Music, a new destination in YouTube Studio that gives YouTube creators easy access to an ever-growing catalog of music. Creators can now buy affordable, high-quality music licenses that offer them full monetizing potential. For creators who don't want to buy a license up front, they'll be able to use songs and share revenue with the track's artist and associated rights holders.








Monetise content with Creator Music

Matt Goss has announced a one-off show at the London Palladium.

Following the release of his state-of-the-art solo album, 'The Beautiful Unknown', the remaining week, the Bros famous person will go back to the mythical venue on April 23 for a special overall performance.

The fifty three-yr-antique famous person closing performed on the Palladium in 2018.

Meanwhile, Matt - who shot to renown within the Eighties alongside his brother Luke Goss and pal Craig Logan in Bros - these days shared his tremendous aims for this new chapter in his profession.

He stated: "I talk to people like yourself and then tour the sector - to peer Tokyo, Germany, France, Italy, Spain...And the conduit [for these shows] actually must be new song. I want to compete with Ed Sheeran, I need to compete with The Weeknd, I want to compete with Robbie Williams ... Anybody. I made this document understanding a hundred percent that we are able to do this."

Matt labored with songwriters to the stars on his observation-as much as 2013's 'Life You Imagine' and was stimulated by means of artists like 'Blinding Lights' hitmaker The Weeknd to create the modern-day sound.

He said: "The reality is that everyone on this document has gained multiple Grammys - they have won BRITs. People like that do not get involved with your song until they absolutely feel strongly about it. I experience excitement and I desire the industry to see what I'm doing. I need to be one of the important gamers. No, you can actually say this is not a modern-day report."

Bros have been most famous for their hit unmarried 'When Will I Be Famous?' and Matt believes it is "extra relevant" now than when they launched it in 1987.

He said: "I'm one of the people that helped create the sound. I think 'When Will I Be Famous?' is more relevant now than whilst we launched it. We have entered into a fame-primarily based subculture; you could be well-known for many reasons now. You may be an influencer, however are you able to get 45,000 human beings to turn up at The O2? I discovered it was so exciting. Maybe I'm an antique college student, however I like a bit of blood sweat and tears."



 Matt Goss announces one-off gig at London Palladium

New details regarding the K-pop group's upcoming single, album, and world tour are also revealed in the teaser.

Smile, you blinker! BLACKPINK continues to tease brand-new music.

The K-pop powerhouses shared a brief announcement video on social media on Sunday, July 31st. It included a portion of what appeared to be a new song and a general release date for their upcoming single, album, and world tour.

Fans are treated to a strange picture of dark pink smoke in the 30-second teaser, "Born Pink," as a booming instrumental dance beat plays in the background. The trailer concludes with a list of significant forthcoming events, including an August pre-release single, a September album release, and an October world tour.

The "Born Pink" teaser follows the premiere of BLACKPINK's music video for the song "Ready For Love," which was just just published. Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa, the group's four members, debuted the song for the first time in their recent in-game event for PUGB Mobile, "THE VIRTUAL," which included the members playing a medley of their hits in virtual representations of their real-life selves.


BLACKPINK's "Born Pink" announcement teases new music.

One of YG's openers, Kalan.FrFr, wrote, "Starting the new year off the proper way."

Pour some cocktails since YG is about to go on tour. The rapper announced his 2023 Red Cup Tour on Tuesday to support his album I Got Issues, and he's bringing a posse to begin the performances.

OhGeesy, D3SZN, Day Sulan, and Kalan are scheduled to accompany him.

He was traveling with Fr Fr. In 2021's Geezyworld, OhGeesy featured the rapper on his song "Big Bad Wolf," while Day Sulan, a Black-Vietnamese singer who is signed to YG's label, featured the rapper on her song "Slide In." YG and D3SZN frequently work together.

Before making stops in Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles, and New York City, the rap sensation is scheduled to begin his tour in Denver. His journey will come to an end in Honolulu, Hawaii.

It is fuckin little. Sulan posted, "Y'all Ready?," on Instagram. Starting the new year off right," Kalan continued. D3szn wrote, "Finna have every show jumpin' like ass cheeks."

The foundation of YG's I Got Issues was his song "Sacred Money," which also included J. Cole and Moneybag Yo, and "Sober," which also included Roddy Ricch and Post Malone. On the song, Nas, Cuco, and H.E.R. also appeared.

In 2019, YG headlined his own Stay Dangerous Tour while also joining Meek Mill and Future on their Legendary Nights tour.


YG Takes His "I Got Issues" LP on Tour with the Red Cup

The next TV-style show from Amazon Music, which combines the worlds of music and gaming, is being released on Twitch. The three segments of the program, titled "One Take starring Fortnite," will air throughout the course of the upcoming week on the Twitch channel of Amazon Music UK.

Highlights will also be posted on YouTube, and for good measure, there will be a companion playlist on Amazon Music. The performance, which features musicians Lady Leshurr, A1 X J1, and Deno as well as Fortnite experts and gaming personalities Archie King, Wolfiez, Gee Nelly, and Sunpi, will be hosted by YouTuber and musician Yung Filly.

In other words, it's an esports format with music—a duos tournament with a champion at the end. The latter feature extends beyond the players, though. For the tournament, some new Fortnite maps featuring "music-themed escape rooms and musical challenges" based on hip-hop, grime, and drill music have been made. Over the course of the month, those maps will eventually be made accessible to normal Fortnite gamers.



“One Take”, an Amazon video series, combines gameplay with music.

Is it necessary to abandon CDs and physical distribution in favor of a digital release if CD sales are declining and digital music sales are increasing? That is debatable. There are advantages and disadvantages to using music downloading as your sole means of distribution. 

Before you determine if the internet is the way to go, think about the benefits and drawbacks of digital releases and digital music distribution.

Firstly let’s look into the Advantages

Advantages

Digital releases provide a number of advantages, particularly for indie bands and labels:

“It helps to keep prices low”. You don't have to pay for pressing or artwork printing when you release an album online, which makes up the majority of the costs connected with distributing a record (after the recording, of course). For a digital release, all you need is a website that can manage the download requests for your music.

“You don't have to share as much of the pie as you might think”. You don't have to share revenues with a physical distributor or a store when you sell your CD online. If you're not selling the CD through your own website, you'll have to share a tiny part with an online music distributor, but the cut you have to send to them will almost always be less than paying a physical distributor and a brick and mortar shop.

“You can keep prices friendly”. The price of CDs is a recurrent issue among music listeners. You can make your album price customer friendly because you won't have to share as much of the profits and won't have to confer with a distributor/shop to determine the prices.

“It's quick and simple”. When releasing a physical album, you must deal with designers (who are always late), manufacturers (who are always late), distributors (who always seem to want to push back your release date for whatever reason), and so on. To make sure everything falls into place the way you want it to, you'll need a considerable lead time and a lot of patience to deal with things when they don't. With a digital album, releasing music is as simple as pointing and clicking.




Secondly let’s look into Disadvantages

Disadvantages 

There are a few downsides to online releases:

“Promotion is a dreadful experience”. Some of the larger music journals are still hesitant to cover an artist who is only available online or who is a newcomer. Yes, when a band like Radiohead releases an album online, they can garner a lot of press attention, but they already have a lot of cache. Finding a reputable web advertising firm can be difficult, and promoting something on the internet takes a lot of effort.

“The competition is thick”. The cliche is "competition is strong," but "competition is dense" is a better description of what is available on the internet. Even if you have the best songs in the world, you still have to get people to find you among the hundreds of thousands of websites hosted by people whose HTML is better than your songwriting.

“There are less people working to sell your music".When you have physical distribution, you have people actively selling your music to retailers and consumers actively buying your music. This is in addition to any press or radio coverage you may have. You're flying blind on the internet.

What You Can Do to Make Your Online Presence Work for You

Now that the warnings are out of the way, digital internet music distribution can be a cost-effective option for bands and companies to test the waters. If you want to give it a shot, keep the following ideas in mind for advertising and distribution:

“Get Your Own Website”.More than MySpace is required. Yes, MySpace can help musicians get their music out to the world without having to pay for a record deal or a publicist. Yes, MySpace has some fantastic bands. But good luck sifting through the stacks of every person on the planet with an internet connection, a guitar, and a dream who has ever had an internet connection, a guitar, and a dream. Sure, MySpace can be a fantastic resource, and it could be the deciding factor in your success. It would be foolish to rely solely on it. Even the worst bands in the world appear to gain thousands of listens and thousands of "friends" on MySpace, which speaks much about quality control. Just to be sure we're on the same page—yes,If you want, you can be on MySpace. Just don't limit yourself to MySpace (and no, this doesn't imply you should get a Facebook page or join Twitter). Create your own website and make an effort to persuade others to write about it online—reviews in online publications, blogs, and so on.


“You don't need a new MySpace page every time you change your shirt”.In connection with the first point, MySpace appears to encourage the formation of "side projects." Here's the thing: it's not a side project when you and your drummer come up with a song while the rest of the band is out making a cup of tea. You don't have to create a new MySpace page every time you speak music or intend to form a new band with someone. You're only competing with yourself when you do this.

“Cast your net wide”.Get your album on as many online distribution outlets as possible, in addition to your own website. The majority of these internet-based distributors provide non-exclusive discounts, so make sure to attend as many as possible. CD Baby, like eMusic, is a net-based distributor for independents.



Do you really have to release your music physically ? 

The all-purpose YouTube Premium subscription tier includes YouTube Music Premium in addition to benefits like offline viewing and ad-free viewing. Previously priced at $17.99 in the US, its family plan now has up to six accounts and costs $22.99.

It's one of the greatest price increases for an entertainment subscription tier that we've ever seen, though in some regions of the world, like the UK, where it's going up from £17.99 to £19.99, the increase is less. For the time being, a single YouTube Premium package (again, including the paid tier of YouTube Music) costs $11.99.

For certain music streaming services, like Spotify, raising the price of family subscriptions has signaled future actions to raise the price of individual plans as well. In the upcoming weeks and months, we'll be watching closely to see if the price of YouTube Music Premium changes.



The cost of YouTube's Premium family plan has increased by $5.


The 2016 track "You Want It Darker" by Leonard Cohen has been covered by IIggy Pop. It will be included in Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen, a compilation of Cohen covers by Blue Note Records. Check out the brand-new song below.


In September 2016, Cohen published "You Want It Darker." In October 2016, the You Want It Darker album was released. Cohen passed away one month later at the age of 82. Iggy Pop stated in a press release that "there's nobody like Leonard, not in the whole world."



Released on October 14 is Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen. Mavis Staples, Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, Peter Gabriel, James Taylor, and other artists have contributed to the Larry Klein-produced CD.



Listen to Iggy Pop's cover of Leonard Cohen's "You Want It Darker"

A daughter is someone who makes you smile, dream and love you with all your heart.
A daughter is a miracle that never ceases to be a miracle,an eternal beauty full of beauty, loving and truly amazing.

"Diyani" is a tele drama brought close to our hearts by TV Derana.

Contributed to the acting in this play, which we love.

Acting on female characters

“Dilushi Hansika”, “Naduni Karunathilake”, “Ayesha Madushani ,“Ashina Dewmini”, 
“Anjali Liyanage”, “Trinity Thleyara” and “Prasadi Ayeshika”.


Acting on male characters

“Raveen Kanishka”, “Ruwan Perera”, “Sugath Janaka”, “Dinusha Dissanayake”, “Rajitha Hiran”, “Akash Buddhi”, “Thishakya Kumarathunga”, and “Jagath Apaladeniya”.

Cast & Crew of Diyani Teledrama

Producer “Sahan Abeywardena”, Director “Harsha Udakanda”, Script Writer “Harsha Udakanda”, and Producer “Shamal Dilshan”.


So far we have been gifted with six wonderful songs from the “Diyani” teledrama. They are,

“Katarolu Mal” by Artist Raween Kanishka and Upeka Nirmani, Lyrics by Shehan Galahitiyawa and Melody by Ranjith Premaweera.

“Danune” by Artist Raween Kanishka, Lyrics by Shehan Galahitiyawa, and Melody by Ranjith Premaweera.

“Kathawo Sinawo” by Artist Raween Kanishka and Upeka Nirmani, Lyrics by Shehan Galahitiyawa, Melody by Ranjith Premaweera, and Visual Director by Harsha Udakanda

“Kekatiya Mal” by Artist Siheli Thurya, Manuthi Nelumya, and Dinuli Damsadi, Lyrics by Shehan Galahitiyawa, Melody by Ranjith Premaweera, and Visual Director by Harsha Udakanda

“Paata Paatin” by Artist Upeka Nirmani and Dinusha Dissanayake, Lyrics by Shehan Galahitiyawa, Melody and Chathurangana De Silva and Visual Director by Harsha Udakanda.

“Api Inne Ekweela” by Artist Raween Kanishka, Upeka Nirmani and Shuhaizee Dain, Lyrics by Shehan Galahitiyawa, Melody by Chathurangana De Silva and Visual Director by Harsha Udakanda.

“Ran Makara” by  Artist Harsha Dhanosh, Lyrics by Shehan Galahitiyawa, Melody by Chathurangana De Silva and Visual Director by Harsha Udakanda.

Thank you all for loving the “Diyani” teledrama and more songs and episodes are coming to you.





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