Recently, I interviewed Mickey Raphael, the long-time harmonica player for the Willie Nelson Band. After a great interview I found out that Willie Nelson is a big fan of the video game Wii Golf. I imagine that after practice the 76-year old musician is probably good at the game. The same cannot be said for the 69-year old Ringo Starr and his attempts at “The Beatles:Rock Band.” To be fair, he kind of made the real songs, but if Southpark has taught me anything, real musicians don’t hold a candle to those video game superstars. Ringo revealed that the game was for the “young folk” and that he was “c**p at it.” Paul McCartney similarly has had trouble with the music game. Yet, Paul has the right idea. When asked to play he stated that “I was in the band the first time around,” which is just hilarious and obviously true.
Check out the article: http://www.music-news.com/ShowNews.asp?nCID=0&H=Ringo-Starr-can%E2%80%99t-play-%E2%80%98The-Beatles:-Rock-Band%E2%80%99-computer-game&nItemID=31819
Coldplay! What is with you and plagiarism. You are like a slacking English major with a computer (Not Me…I Promise). Now, an unknown musician who claims you stole “Clocks,” “Yellow,” and “Trouble” from his catalogue of music (around 4000 songs recorded since 1976). The performer, Sammie Lee Smith, has just received his fifteen-minutes of fame. Of course, I am sure if this is true then it is just about the music because he has obviously not had much success over his long music career. Smith is requesting that Coldplay stops playing his songs and he probably wants a large sum of money. I wish I had audio but I cannot find any of his music for the life of me leading me to believe that if somehow this is true there will be a quick settlement. Otherwise, this will be shoved under the rug and never heard from again.
Check out the article: http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/01/15/coldplay-garner-themselves-another-plagiarism-lawsuit/
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