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Music
Music Video Premiere: Moby’s ‘Lie Down In Darkness’
Moby's "Lie Down In Darkness" video was premiered earlier today on Wired.com and the minute I saw/heard it, I liked it, a lot. This Moby song makes me tear up and I don't even know why. It is wistful, haunting and historic - three of my favorite things - all rolled up into one.
30 Years of MTV And How it Changed Our Lives
MTV goes on the air August 1st, 1981. 30 years later, we look back on the historic moment.
Interview With Conan O’Brien’s Video Editor – Dan Dome
What's it like working on a late-night TV talk show? Here's our interview with one of Conan O'Brien's video editors, Dan Dome.
Haters Use Social Media To Bash Amy Winehouse
Days after Amy Winehouse's death, social media continues to be a place to vent about drug and alcohol abuse, addiction and to defend Amy's legacy.
Spotify: A First Look At The New Music-Streaming Service
Good news music fans! Online music-streaming service Spotify is finally now available in the U.S. Jeffrey Powers reviews Spotify - a music player now available in the United States. The free service offers ad-supported access to over 15 million songs or you can pay $5 per month to listen without ads. For $10 per month, you can also listen to music offline and on an iPhone, Droid, Windows Mobile, Palm and a few other smartphones. However, the real question is... should you pay as you go, or buy music outright? Let's find out!
Spencer Elden Reflects On What It Was Like Growing Up As “The Nirvana Baby”
What if over 30 million people owned a picture of your naked body? In this interview, Spencer Elden reflects on what it was like growing up as "The Nirvana Baby."
5 Must Have Bob Dylan Albums
To help celebrate Bob Dylan's 70th birthday, Rolling Stone magazine compiled a list of his 70 greatest songs in this month's issue. We here at MethodShop are big Bob Dylan fans (especially Adam Wade), but we only picked his 5 greatest albums.
QWERTY Drums Keyboard Drum Machine – Play Now
Do you constantly dream about turning your computer's QWERTY keyboard into a drum machine? Probably not but doesn't it sound like fun?! Just press any letter on your keyboard and QWERTY Drums will play a sound effect or a synthesized drum sound.
One on One with Anvil’s Steve Kudlow (aka Lips)
MethodShop was extremely fortunate to get some one-on-one time with the Anvil band's frontman and vocalist, Steve Kudlow (aka "Lips").
Kotchy Talks About His Remixes And Opening For Moby At SXSW
Chad Curlow aka Kotchy, a nickname given to him by his grandmother at birth, is a musician who's sound can't be fit into a box even if you tried. With his mix of Electronic, Pop and Hip Hop he creates a genre that is all his own. This up and coming artist is "Older than I feel." and insists that "It's not about where you're from, but where you're at. (referencing the great Outkast)." He has worked with industry greats such as Moby, Tricky and Eclectic Method, just to name a few and was awesome enough to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions for us via e-mail. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Kotchy!
How To Turn Your Old Kitchen Sink into a DIY Slide Guitar
Are you or one of your neighbors in the middle of a kitchen remodel? Save the kitchen sink and turn it into a DIY slide guitar like YouTube user peteqwerty51. Not only is it a cool looking guitar straight out of Jim Henson's holiday classic "Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas," but it's an excellent example of how people are being green and reusing materials.
Some Just Made An Unnecessary Orchestra Version Of Rebecca Black’s Song ‘Friday’
These professional musicians dreamed of playing with a symphony or composing film scores. Instead, they got to play an orchestra version of Rebecca Black's song "Friday".
Fergie’s Sexy LEGO Dress Has Everyone Going Wild
How do you impress a live audience full of kids? Cover your "lady lumps" in LEGOs duh!? Well, it at least worked for Fergie last night at the Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards in the Los Angeles USC Galen Center. Talk about dressing for the occasion. Everyone was talking about on Twitter all night. Her dress basically stole the show.
5 Awesome Marketing Lessons From The Grateful Dead
Ahead of their time, The Grateful Dead make for a great case study in contrarian marketing. They achieved success by doing what most other bands weren't doing... or by doing the opposite of what others were doing. The Dead were true marketing innovators of their time.
R.I.P Microsoft Zune (2006-2011)
After years of poor sales and critical comparisons to the iPod, Microsoft finally pulled the plug on their Zune media player: R.I.P Microsoft Zune.
