New Song by Kid Cudi - "Satellite Flight" (Out 2 Days)

Here's the latest song from Kid Cudi. It's been out only two days and has racked up over 250,000 plays (nice). The fans are feeling the track as well. My favourite part is the sampled intro (brilliant). Im my mind this song seems very smoked out. But thats not a bad thing and I am a really solid supporter of Kid Cudi. Personally my favourite song he's ever done is "Sound Track To My Life" (See below).                      

"Satellite Flight" is a great song that definitely grows on you and gets better the more listens you give it. The song would bloom with a wacky as hell video with martians and satellites.

My description of the song and events that lead up to its production would be: Kid Cudi waking up from a deep slumber in his bed on Mars.  Then after having an asteroid shower, deciding to record a new song through a cherished vaporiser, before escaping into space with his moon boots. I guess now he's just a Satellite in space in mid-flight trying to survive. Stay tuned for a new record dropping out of the sky from Cudderland.

Love Cleveland, even though I nearly died their!!! :)


Love this song: "Sound Track To My Life"

The Neo-Kalashnikovs: The Young People Party

The Young People Party: https://www.facebook.com/theyoungpeopleparty

Policies --

Government funding Reforms in Music, Film and Art - we are gonna make sure everyone gets access to funds, a novel approach but the right one!

Quashing of the GCSB bill -

Pension Reforms - 

Education reform - 

Housing reforms - 

Unemployment Reform - 

https://www.facebook.com/theyoungpeopleparty            

500 people makes our party a reality!!! We're at 10% :)

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

Party Time - Cure Motel Imbark on Nationwide NZ & Aussy Tour in January 2014

January Tour Dates:

NYE GREAT BARRIER SOCIAL CLUB ~ Great Barrier Island

jan thurs 2nd MANGAWHAI TAVERN ~ Mangawhai
fri 3rd THE LINCOLN ~ Whangamata
wed 8th STRAWBERRY TREE ~ Kaikoura
thurs 9th BLUE ICE ~ Franz Joseph
Sat 11th VINYL UNDERGROUND ~ Queenstown
Wed 15th THE RAILS ~ Byron Bay
Fri 17th THE GREAT NORTHERN ~ Newcastle

Lock up your daughters and batter down the hatches because Darcy Gladwin aka Cure Motel is getting ready to tear up the clubs across NZ & Aussy. His commercial debut single"Do It (Your Own Way)" out on Rocawave Records has already been testing well on the road. When he played at the Raglan Yot Club the kids stood up, listened and then went crazy!!! 

The single will be worked to radio through Auckland's newest upstart Record company Rocawave and released on physical Cd through Big Cartel, the bands Bandcamps and Itunes for digital download. 

The Neo-Kalashnikovs helped produce the alternative dance rock anthem and its ready for radio rotation thanks to mastering engineer Brian Lucey (the 5 time grammy winner). The band were utterly stoked to be part of the Melbourne producers musical process. Between the two parties sonic heavy artillery was in full operation. And sonic bass lines and powerful lyrics were deployed within the electric circuits of Auckland cities beating heart.

Oringially Volita Bioletti; lead singer and guitarist of the Neos had planned to produce the record herself. However, at the last minute drummer Moss swooped in and whisked the producer off to the Legendary, Lab studios in Mt Eden and got busy buying studio time and offering Darcy a second pair of ears on the final tweaks of the mix. 

Olly Harmer was at the helm of the Neve mixing desk with Darcy firing orders like a general of Dance royalty. Firmly in control of the creative initiative at hand his perceptive ironclad vision, eyed the finest details of the single that most would have missed. The result was the birthing of a soon to be underground smash with huge mainstream crossover potential particular in Japan!!!

The Head of A&R at Rocawave also helped film the whole recording session in the studio. Just so everyone doesn't start to think that Darcy wasn't the man riffing on the Les-Paul on the dance track . Although the release of the track has been delayed momentarily due to Darcy's heavy workload After all he is at the business end of finishing his full feature-length film; "Godplex"!!! 

The Must see NZ film of 2014 stars Shane Holland lead singer of Freaky Meat and has been shot over many Summers in Wellington and all across New Zealand. I was at test screening of the film and visual work is looking exciting and refreashing, especially when compared to the dross of some films being made in this day and age! 

As of writing this article there have also been hot debates on whether Cure Motel and Rocawave Records will license the song "Do It (Your Own Way)" as the theme song for Godplex, it all depends on the artistic vision of Darcy's sound design team who have a certain aesthetic in mind...but you never know! fingers crossed the song will be cleared and underscore a pivotal scene in the movie, I'd pay good money to see that! 

Due to the creative collaboration of actor Shane Holland and director Darcy Galdwin that spans over 10 years. Rocawave demands that both parties. who helm Cure Motel and Freaky Meat respectively should be the first official release on Record Records!! in 2014 

Two brand new music videos are in the wings for the release in mid-January!!!  

Exclusive physical cd's of Rocawaves first release will be available via Cure Motel at every show on his New Zealand Tour in Janurary. 

Both songs will also be Streaming live on Soundcloud very soon.The label is just finalizing which platform will officially premier the two songs. 

Sit tight New Zealand, real music is on the way!!! Rock On!!!
Rocawave Records
http://rocawave.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/RocawaveRecords


Cure Motel's - January Tour Dates:
NYE GREAT BARRIER SOCIAL CLUB ~ Great Barrier Island
jan thurs 2nd MANGAWHAI TAVERN ~ Mangawhai
fri 3rd THE LINCOLN ~ Whangamata
wed 8th STRAWBERRY TREE ~ Kaikoura
thurs 9th BLUE ICE ~ Franz Joseph
Sat 11th VINYL UNDERGROUND ~ Queenstown
Wed 15th THE RAILS ~ Byron Bay
Fri 17th THE GREAT NORTHERN ~ Newcastle

Rocawave Records - Radio and Release Updates

Great to see Jules and John from Freaky Meat on the weekend. Absolutely brilliant to hear the new single they've cooked up "Slow Cooking In The Ghost Kitchen"!!! 

Outstanding production guys. Great to hear Olly "Magic" Harmers skills in the mix. Looking forward to seeing the video for it! might have to enlist my friend Daniel into help edit the final cut! 

The Freaks song will also be sent to radio alongside Cure Motel single "Do It (Your Own Way)". Both songs were mastered by Grammy winner Brian Lucey who masteredThe Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys

The Double Single release will be available from Rocawave Records Big cartel page coming very soon for physical copies!! and Itunes for digital downloads

http://rocawave.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/RocawaveRecords

The Rolling Stones, Bobby Womack and Jimi Hendrix - It's All Over Now

The Story of It's All Over Now

This song was written by Bobby Womack and then covered by The Rolling Stones. The song was originally realeased by The Valentinos but failed to get past 97 on Bilboard Hot 100. The Rolling Stones then sent out their version and it went straight to number one, their first ever across the Atlantic. Sam Cooke the legendary sould/gospel/rock musician had to convince Womack to let the band cover the song, he knew  they were gonna be massive. He tried to explain the new music to his great friend Bobby who he toured with for many years in his autobiography;

"Mike Jagger can't sing, the band plays out of tune but they are the only ones that do what they do, if you want it you need to get it from the Stones, you can't buy it in a drugstore"

Coming from Cleveland, Ohio and the gospel scene Bobby just couldn't get his head around the band and their anti-musicianship. He would go on to continue screaming about how the Rolling Stones were stealing his song and how they can go F themselves. That is until his first royalty check rolled through the letterbox...he said that he's been hounding the band ever since to cover another song haha.

A Few Fun Womack Facts:

1) Bobby's family grew up in the heart of the ghetto of Cleveland in a one room house for all 8 family members, rats bigger than cats were common on the streets and he didn't realize that Chickens had breasts until he was 12 because the family were so poor they only ate the necks!

2) His dad had a music group with his friends and they use to practice in his house after getting back from the car factory. They would come over and eat all the doughnuts that the family could possibly provide (which wasn't many). The 5 or so brothers would then began to imitate their dads friends once they left singing and hollering. At first their father thought that they were taking the piss out of them but he then realized that he had been given his deepest desire; Four singing sons, was what he had always wanted. He then began to relentless train the boys eventually leading to the careers that would see Bobby sell well over 30 million records. It was also the catalyst for Cecil Womack the youngest sons brilliant music with Womack and Womack.

3) Bobby was almost murdered by his wife for sexual stupidity
4) The Valentinos were mentored by James Brown in New York, he was by the sounds of it a very tough drill sergeant of soul, but he whipped them into shape in one week flat.

5) He was friends with Jimi Hendrix and toured with him in the early days of his career with Sam Cooke. One of his brothers even threw Hendrix's guitar off the tour bus because he thought the voodoo child had stolen his money out his shoe, no one had bank accounts. Thats the reason why all the singers and players had gold watches to pawn them and live off it and get it back when they were touring through again. Jimi was also accused by Womack of never taking a rest from playing guitar except for going to the loo. Anyway Bobby owns one of Hendrix's guitars that was gifted to him. He turned down a small fortune to retain it from a dealer and still has it to this day.

Here's the original recorded by The Valentino's - sometimes his voice reminds of the late Michael Jackson (R.I.P).



And for people who are really into the song here is great live version with The Stones featuring
John Fogerty:


Have a Great Day

HardLiving's Music Roster = Top UK Talent (Radio 1 can't stop spinning "I Got U"!!! :)

The song "I Got U" is super dope but the pull up was a yeah-nah but who cares because this song is chronic, Def one for all the house heads in NZ fiending some real music. I was checking out the Hard Living's roster in the UK and they have some quality talent in their ranks for sure. I've also got a song by Clare Maguire a chilled out singer songwriter on the team and her song "Paper Thin" is timeless. People probably know it already but I love those Aloe-Blacc vibes that scream out of the mix. Between the piano stabs and soul inspired drums it;s a killer song, even if its on the completely opposite of Duke Dumont's tune laughs. Apparently the dj/producer hails from UKland and everyone at Radio 1 can't stop themselves from spinning his song "I Got U". Duke's previously had a number one with his hit  "Need U 100%" in the England so this could be a climber on the charts. I don't really care because all I know is I like his latest release. The vocals are so well produced they are like silk while the bass is totally their underpinning everything (as it should be) and the lyrics have that great romantic flare, of course!!!

Clubbers:




Stay at home, reflections on ones love life haha