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Here’s How to Upload Custom Spotify Playlist Covers from Your Phone
Those who pride themselves on their playlist-making abilities now have one more tool in their arsenal. You can now accompany the hand-picked Spotify selections chosen by your masterful ear with a custom playlist cover to help tie the experience together. While this feature has been available on desktop for quite some time, it hadn’t been included in the mobile version of the app, for some head-scratching reason. Luckily, the process to upload a custom playlist cover from your mobile device is incredibly simple and as easy as changing the wallpaper on your phone. Kapwing Check out the step-by-step instructions below to add some visual flair to your playlists on Spotify. How to Upload Custom Spotify playlist covers on your phone Open the playlist you would like to add a custom cover to...
Watch How to Make a Song Fit for Cyberpunk 2077
Chances are if you’ve been on the internet in the past week, you’ve been bombarded with talk about Cyberpunk 2077. Not only was it one of the most anticipated video game releases of all-time, but to the delight of EDM.com readers, it also leans heavily on electronic music culture. Considering the game’s futuristic setting, it just makes sense to include the sounds of Grimes, Nina Kraviz, Boys Noize, and more. For the music producers out there, the popular sample marketplace Splice has released a cheeky how-to video inspired by the game. The tutorial is styled like the setting of the action RPG and was developed so the viewer feels as if they are being taught by one of its characters. Using the samples provided in the description of the video by Splice, those wit...
LAMB OF GOD’s RANDY BLYTHE On Life In Quarantine: ‘It Hasn’t Been That Hard Coping Not Being On Tour’
During a December 5-6 Headbangers Con live virtual panel, LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe was asked by Jam Man how he has been coping with the coronavirus pandemic and what it has been like not being able to tour for most of 2020. He said (see video below): “For me, I’ve gotta be honest, my band has a large fanbase, and I’m not a bazillionaire or anything, but I save my money. So I’m not really tripping on financials. What I think about more during this time is all the people in the younger bands, and the people who are at the independent venues, and the small promoters, and the crew guys. I’ve done a few charity things for different organizations that raise money for different road crews. “I had friends who were in Europe getting ready to start their ...
Ex-W.A.S.P. Guitarist CHRIS HOLMES Looks Back At His Earliest Bands In ‘Mean Man’ Preview Clip
The documentary film “Mean Man: The Story Of Chris Holmes” will be made available on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD on January 15. A new preview clip in which Chris Holmes and some of his childhood friends look back at his earliest bands can be seen below. Written and directed by French filmmakers Antoine De Montremy and Laurent Hart (whose music production career includes televised interviews with SCORPIONS, DEEP PURPLE, SLAYER, GUNS N’ ROSES and more), “Mean Man: The Story Of Chris Holmes” was a project that was born in 2014 after they had an opportunity to meet and direct Holmes in a music video for the Holmes-penned song “Let It Roar” in Cannes, France. At that time, the former W.A.S.P. guitarist had more or less disappeared from the music scene, leaving...
ATREYU’s BRANDON SALLER Hopes Time Will ‘Heal’ Rift With Former Singer ALEX VARKATZAS
In October, California metallers ATREYU surprise-released a new song called “Save Us”. It was the first taste of the band’s music since the departure of vocalist Alex Varkatzas a month earlier. ATREYU‘s current lineup features drummer Brandon Saller focusing completely on singing after previously sharing lead vocals with Varkatzas for most of the band’s two-decade-plus existence. Sitting behind the kit is Saller‘s HELL OR HIGHWATER bandmate Kyle Rosa, who had filled in for Saller on drums last year after Varkatzas bowed out of the band’s European tour while dealing with serious back and hernia issues. Asked in a recent interview with “Sappenin’ Podcast With Sean Smith” if the band is still on speaking terms with Varkatzas, Saller ...
SMASHING PUMPKINS’ BILLY CORGAN Says ‘It’s Hard To Watch The Divisiveness’ In America
SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan spoke to Australia’s Triple M radio station about how today’s divisive political climate could shape the new sound of protest music in the coming years. He said (see video below): “I’m curious about that, because the one thing that I think is historically different about this time, if you look at the turbulent ’60s or the turbulent ’70s in the U.K., stuff like that, there seems to be almost a consensus between the musical class and the political class, so there doesn’t seem to be friction. I mean, there’s friction against one political party, but there doesn’t really seem to be a counterculture, which is kind of strange. “Like they said in the last election — this is not my words; this is wh...
7 Nigerian songs you should listen to this week (DEC. 14 – 19)
The last weekend we have some fantastic new Nigerian songs released by several Naija musicians. We have music from the likes of Naira Marley, Mr P, etc. It was also a weekend of albums as DJ Spinall released his ‘Grace‘ album, Tekno dropped his debut ‘Old Romance‘ and Zinoleesky slipped in his ‘Chrome’ (Eccentric) EP for fans. We noticed that most of the songs released over the weekend had some Amapiano influence and many more Nigerian artistes are exploring the sound. However, we picked out some of the best songs released over the weekend that we think you should listen to and also add to your music playlist. 1. Mr P – Follow My Lead ft Wande Coal Peter Okoye better known as Mr P released the first single from his debut solo album ‘The Prodigal‘ expected early next year. You know Mr...
Katy Perry Brought Back Her Black Hair & We’re Living in a Teenage Dream
Katy Perry changes her *hair* like a girl changes clothes! The singer took to Instagram on Monday (Dec. 14) to surprise her followers with a stunning new hairstyle, long black waves with a blunt-cut fringe. The look is familiar to fans, as she rocked the same style back in her One of the Boys and Teenage Dreams days. “MOTHER,” she captioned the snap, and fans in the comments loved the throwback look. “We missed the black hair,” one wrote. “We love you!” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back...
Ticketmaster’s Arbitration Policy Again Enforced in Dispute Over Pandemic Refunds
Ticketmaster filed a motion to compel arbitration. It argued that Hansen, like anyone else who buys concert tickets through its site, agreed to its terms of use which contains an arbitration agreement. In September, both Ticketmaster and StubHub prevailed on similar motions in disputes brought by baseball fans. There, U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer found that the click-through agreements users interact with while signing into the site and buying tickets are sufficient to provide notice of the policy and constitute mutual assent to an arbitration agreement. That’s one of the arguments Hansen made here; he didn’t read the terms of use and was unaware it included an arbitration provision and therefore he couldn’t have assented. U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen isn’...
Shawn Mendes Is the Youngest Artist Ever to Top the Billboard 200 With Four Full-Length Studio Albums
1. Miley Cyrus – 16 years, five months, one week: The onetime Disney star landed her fourth No. 1, Hannah Montana: The Movie, a film soundtrack, on May 2, 2009. Her first three No. 1s were Hannah Montana (a TV soundtrack), the double-disc Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus (half TV soundtrack, half studio album) and Breakout. 2. Justin Bieber – 18 years, four months and one week: The Biebs landed his fourth No. 1, Believe, on July 7, 2012. That made him the youngest male solo artist and the youngest solo artist who was born outside of the U.S. to land four No. 1s — records he still holds. His first three No. 1s were My World 2.0, Never Say Never: The Remixes (a seven-song remix album) and Under the Mistletoe. FYI, Bieber was 21 years, nine months and one week old...
8 Memorable Times Artists Got Political in 2020
Megan Thee Stallion In a year that she stamped her ticket as a major music force, Meg also flexed her voice. One of her biggest moments: It came during the season 46 premiere of Saturday Night Live, when she performed “Savage” with the words “Protect Black Women” behind her on a screen that soon bore bloody bullet holes as audio clips from Malcolm X’s 1962 speech “Who Taught You to Hate Yourself?” boomed from the speakers. Her set also included audio of activist Tamika Mallory’s criticism of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron after his decision to charge one of the three officers in the death of Breonna Taylor with wanton endangerment for firing into her home: “Daniel Cameron is no different than the sellout negroes that sold...
The Sopranos Cast Announces Virtual Reunion
For the first time since creator David Chase abruptly cut to black, The Sopranos is throwing a family reunion. Via The Hollywood Reporter, on December 18th, surviving cast members will join together in a two-hour live event to read a *new* Sopranos sketch co-written by Chase and Terrence Winter. The project benefits Friends of Firefighters. Running from 1999 to 2007, the story of Tony Soprano’s family, co-workers, and shrink redefined prestige television and raised expectations for the entire medium. While the don himself James Gandolfini unfortunately passed away in 2013, some of the show’s biggest names will return for the fundraiser, including Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli, Drea de Matteo, Steven Van Zandt, Maureen Van Zandt,...
