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Battery + chewing gum wrapper = fire starter!

2/6/2015

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£10 OFF VOUCHER TGI FRIDAYS (Mon-Thurs till 30th Jan 2015)

1/25/2015

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Sign Up to TGI Fridays mailing list and you get a £10 voucher! Note - Act quickly, you have to use it before  30th Jan 2015 (Valid Mon - Thurs) - 
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If the Simpsons were real people!

1/20/2015

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FUNNY - Police Officer singing 'Shake it Off' by Taylor Swift!

1/19/2015

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FUNNY - "Teenagers! Tired of being harassed by your parents?"

1/18/2015

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THE SPOTIFY PROBLEM (SOLVED IN 3 STEPS) (ARTICLE FROM www.startupmusician.co)

1/14/2015

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Napster, iTunes, Spotify, yadda yadda yadda, let’s skip the history lesson. The great force that is the internet has destroyed the recorded music industry. Or rather, by trying to fight the internet rather than embrace it, we have destroyed it ourselves.

If the problem of the modern music industry doesn’t get solved soon, good music will start disappearing. Artists will be forced to make money in other ways, leaving their music behind in the process. There’s been a lot of talk lately on the problem of Spotify, (with Taylor Swift, Aloe Blacc, and others contributing to the conversation). Everyone is saying the same thing: this needs to change. The thing that isn’t being said?How it should change.

During a recent conversation with my good friends Diego De la Rosa and Andrew Reyes, we discussed the Spotify Problem and how to solve it. And I think we may be on to something.

THE PROBLEM
The problem is simple. Musicians aren’t getting paid for their music. The demand for music is stronger than ever, but the current business models are lop-sided in favor of the consumer. We’ve been so desperate to get people to stop pirating music that we’ve set up a place on the internet where they don’t have to. Through Spotify you can listen to nearly every song in recorded history for free (with ads in between every few songs).

But I’m not saying that’s necessarily a bad thing.


FULL DISCLOSURE
Don’t close this tab in your browser when you read this: I’m a Spotify Premium subscriber, and I absolutely love it. For consumers, Spotify is fantastic. For $10 a month I have access to almost any song I want, whenever I want, wherever I want. As a consumer of music, this is a fantastic deal. I haven’t bought an album in months, because, why would I if I can listen to it on Spotify?

The math in the Spotify equation is off. It’s a great deal for consumers, and a terrible deal for musicians. Let’s take a look at how we can solve this problem.

ARTICLE CONTINUED OVER AT >>>
http://www.startupmusician.co/spotify/
(It's definitely worth reading the rest!!) - 

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"WE SEND GLITTER TO THE PEOPLE YOU HATE." #LOL

1/13/2015

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#RECOMMENDED - 20 Feet From Stardom (It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature)!

12/30/2014

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I really enjoyed watching this documentary, definitely worth a watch!! xx (It's on Netflix).

20 Feet from Stardom is a 2013 American documentary film directed by documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville and was produced by Gil Friesen, a music industry executive whose curiosity to know more about the lives of background singers inspired the making of the film.

The film follows the behind-the-scenes of backup singers and stars Darlene Love, Judith Hill, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Táta Vega, and Jo Lawry, among many others. On March 2, 2014, it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards.

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Sometimes you wish you could scream... ;)

12/29/2014

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6 Fruits You're Eating Wrong - BuzzFeed

11/5/2014

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Staggering footage of vast areas of ice caps melting... #GlobalWarming

10/12/2014

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David Cameron raps!

10/5/2014

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10 Mysterious Photos That Cannot Be Explained

10/5/2014

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Tube 'Thought for the day"

10/5/2014

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"Dutch Woman Fakes Trip to Southeast Asia, Surfaces Universal Truth" - Huffington Post

9/19/2014

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"Did you guys hear the one about the Dutch girl who faked a trip to Southeast Asia? Nope, that isn't a joke, so the upside is there's no terrible punch-line either.

In truth, 25 year-old Zilla van den Born literally deceived her friends and family into thinking she'd peaced out to Southeast Asia for five weeks; happily this wasn't a foray into vacational sociopathy, but something different entirely together.

Van den Born's deception was so clever and decidedly complete, she included Facebook pics of her being waved off at the airport by her family to kick off her fake-journey. Only, in reality, she promptly returned to Amsterdam via train--to flood her social media with 42 days of Photoshop-tastic pictures of her seeming to snorkel, travel in traditional Thai tuk-tuks, visit Buddhist temples, and sample "authentic" cuisine. Except all of the shots were taken in her own swimming pool or at venues around Amsterdam--and then, of course, altered with magical computer skills.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ravishly/dutch-woman-fakes-trip-to_b_5807572.html

This story by Kelley Calkins first appeared on Ravishly.com, an alternative news+culture website for women.

Follow Ravishly on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ravishlydotcom
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"Giving to people who give" - Feel good viral video - Big Daws.

9/19/2014

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"Big Daws is better known for his You Tube prank videos, like eating junking food at a gym and pretending to know strangers. But this time he decided to do something different. 
He lives in Tempe, Arizona, and found an interesting way to bring awareness to the homeless population...."

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"As you read this, I will no longer be here....."                    If you are looking for some clarity / perspective in your day/life today, read this.

9/18/2014

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Read the rest of the article here - http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/charlotte-kitley/bowel-cancer-charlotte-kitley_b_5836238.html 

Huffington Post Charlotte Kitley
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    Irish singer songwriter, now living in London.
    iTunes 'Single Of The  Week' & Top 5 EP on iTunes. 
    "One to watch" - Sunday Mirror

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