Sam Smith Winning best Stolen Song of the Year - He's Still Great!!

Man its pretty funny how Sam Smith had a clean sweep of the Grammy's for a song he didnt write ;)  I heard that Tom Petty got a certificate to acknowledge that he had contributed to the making of "Stay With Me"  Smith's questionable attributed re-hash of " I Wont Back down" that won best song and record of the year. They give out certificates to people who have had their songs sampled!?

And then the academy turned around and didnt give Mr Petty a look in for his first good album in a while that was quite successful "Hypnotic Eye". If I was his manager I would have told the people who run the Grammy's 'hey you better make sure Tom Petty wins rock album of the year or else he might just head up on stage like Kanye West did to Taylor Swift and go one step further than grabbing the mic instead taking the award from Sam golden boy Smith!!!" haha

Anyway Volita Pearl Bioletti​ should be happy she said hey thats a Tom Petty song as soon as she heard "Stay with Me". Myself I'm still happy because Sam Smith is great singer one of the best artists currently its just unfortunate he didnt clear the song before releasing it I quick phone call wouldve saved everyone a lot of problems :)

I blame his co-writers for putting him in such an awkward position Sam didnt even know the song but gets all the flack from suppossed song-writers man stealing a song aint song writing haha

Speaking of sampled songs Gotye sampled a tune for 'Someone that I You'se To Know" anyone seeing a pattern here! 

Beige Music - Record Producer meets Cover-Extraordinare (Paris, France)

Can you describe your musical career in 5 sentences for our readers?

- I studied classical piano and sang in a boys choir when I was a kid, which learned me harmonies
- I've discovered the Beatles when I was 13, and got my first guitar for christmas plus a Beatles chord sheet. I've spent hours on it, trying to play every song, even those I did not know
- I founded a band with my classmates at 16, I was a guitarist and lead singer, we made a few gigs in our hometown, the band actually still partially exists ... sometimes !
- I've always loved to record music, my first experience was with a Tascam 4track machine, which I still own
- I still play with a band, and I'm running my own home studio, in which I spend most of my spare time

Where can we find out more about your music?

Conveniently at the end of this interview!
www.facebook.com/BeigeMusic
or twitter.com/BeigeMusic
BeigeMusic

Who are your biggest influences? 
Mainly music from the 60s : the Beatles, the Beach Boys, PhilSpector, the Zombies, the Rolling Stones, all this classic stuff and the bands they've influenced : XTC, britpop bands (Blur, Pulp, the Divine Comedy ...)lBut I also listen to many other things, from Arcade Fire to AC/DC, from jazz to cassical music !

Who is your favourite Rock Band?
I always come back to the Beatles,they had the best songs, the best sound, the best attitude

Do you think electronic music will still reign supreme in 2014? 
I love Electronic music when it's organic and real, and when the synthetisers are so well used that they carry feelings and emotions.For example DaftPunk's RAM was a masterpiece, because they made their robots sing like humans. Arcade fire's last album has bits of electro sounds that are great too. I've introduced a synth into my studio recently, and I like to put more and more electronic sounds in my productions. On the other hand, the basic electro sounds of, say, David Guetta, do not interest me at all ... because it's sterile and not musical at all.

Do you like the song "It's All Over Now" written Bobby Womack and preformed by The Rolling Stones? apparently Keith Richards has been criticised and idolised for his guitar solo in the song, your thoughts?
No idea !

Favourite Beatles song?
Can I pick the whole B-Side of Abbey Road ?

Tips for making and producing music?
Never stop trying new things ! Nothing is worst than bad habits and doing always the same recipe won't bring you anywhere !

Picks on the Grammy's for 2013? who do you think will win best song and best record?
Best Record : Daft Punk (RAM)
Best Song : The Rolling Stones (Doom&Gloom)

Thanks for agreeing to this interview Beige. And also for being so generous with your time. Everyone at TMR looks forward to hearing more songs from you in the future!!

The Moss Rock

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Coldwar Kids - Still Running Cold - Have a Beer and Find Some Inspiration

Coldwar Kids finally return with a decent song. It's not really a great song but its a song that resembles a great song. It's a bit over-produced and whinge for my taste but a solid effort and its pretty full-bore so it would be dope for in the car.

In all honesty I reckon these guys should go out drinking for a couple of weeks then make a descent album. The song seems to me to uptight and needs to be looser. The people that sound similar are Grizzly Bear and Arcade Fire two bands that I would much prefer to listen to over this crap.

 However, unlike most people who like to hook into these guys and hate on them I do think they have some legitimate talent. All they really need to do really is stop being so uptight. I watched a making of with Gabe once about their duffer second album and it almost killed the buzz for me. These guys need to rock out more and worry less.

They're acting like music historians scratch that they need to grow a pair of balls and be god damn rockers. In conclusion solid song but do us a favour and get of the wagon lead singer and find some proper inspiration, that song is just empty and meaningless we need substance. please!!! you guys deserve grammys!!!.

TMR

The Neo's Grammy Predictions

Just some shots in the Dark, bang bang

Song of the Year: Lorde - Royals

Pop Performance of the Year: Blurred Lines

Album of the Year: Taylor Swift - Red

Best New Artist: Kendrick Lamar

Country album of the year: Don't Care

Record of the Year: Get Lucky

How did Roar by Katy Perry get a nomination that song is not very…

Not feeling any country nominations

Song of the year is in the bag, no real competition 

Taylor Swift has to win something she had a monster year

I wonder if they will give something to Robin Thicke ??? he's a bit … 

Daft punk better get record of the year hands down biggest impact!!!

Just my thoughts 

Nominations

SONG OF THE YEAR:

“Just Give Me A Reason,” Pink
“Locked Out Of Heaven,” Bruno Mars
“Roar,” Katy Perry
“Royals,” Lorde
“Same Love,” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

POP PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR:
“Get Lucky,” Daft Punk & Pharrell
“Just Give Me A Reason,” Pink
“Stay,” Rihanna
“Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke
“Suit & Tie,” Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles
Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
Good Kid, Mad City, Kendrick Lamar
The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Red, Taylor Swift

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR:Night Train, Jason Aldean
Two Lanes of Freedom, Tim McGraw
Same Trailer, Different Park, Kacey Musgraves
Based on a True Story, Blake Shelton
Red, Taylor Swift

BEST NEW ARTIST:
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran

RECORD OF THE YEAR:“Get Lucky,” Daft Punk
“Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons
“Royals,” Lorde
“Locked Out Of Heaven,” Bruno Mars
“Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke