listen

why – good friday [boards of canada remix]

black crowes – good friday

cocorosie – good friday

image: brink of something beautiful

Although most believe pop music is indeed sh*t, when it comes down to Beyonce and Lady Gaga, there’s an entertainment line to cross.  The two teamed up to create two songs together. In their latest videos, Beyonce and Lady Gaga both showcase their true performer persona’s, highlighting their showmanship with sensual dance moves, hypnotizing beats, and colorful images that are out of this world.

BEYONCE FT LADY GAGA -- VIDEOPHONE

LADY GAGA FT BEYONCE -- TELEPHONE

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Image :: Nicoletta Ceccoli

Listen :: Massive Attack – Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix)

One of the most difficult things in life is to realize that you don’t have anybody but yourself in this world.  Toxic family and friends will need to come and go… but who you remain to your own heart is the only thing that you can’t give up on.  If you are lucky though, it will be easy to realize that this feeling can come on quite strongly, and may honestly be able to decide who is best to keep in your world.  In order to hold on, it’s best to remember a few things:

1.  Don’t ever keep someone in your life that abuses you in any shape or form of physical, mental or verbal altercations.  Once is too much, twice and it begins to happen again, three times and you begin to forget who you are.  It’s too easy and too disastrous of all toxic situations.

2.  Forget it if they are an old friend, you’ll find another.  However when it comes to family members, your own precious blood, that becomes even more trickier.  To let go or not to let go?  The question should only linger a moment until a reason enlightens to why they are not worth it.  Keep with it, you’ll eventually learn to see why you’re seeing this light in the first place.

3.  Most importantly, if letting go of a toxic person in your life frightens you, first test out your boundaries to see if things can be worked out amicably.  Usually a toxic person will not understand where you are coming from as a true friend or family member will fight to the death to save your relationship.  When this happens, it is important to learn that it is really their loss as you let go of them, and to know that you’re a stronger and better person for moving on in the long run.

The Big Pink
Velvet (Gang Gang Dance Mix)

Metric
Gold Guns Girls (Mike Shinoda Remix)

Phoenix
1901 (Fredrick Carlsson Remix)

Bat for Lashes
Pearl’s Dream (Skreams Pour Another Glass of Champers Remix)

The Temper Trap
Sweet Disposition (Alan Wilkis Remix)

Fever Ray
When I Grow Up (Version by Lissvik)

Miike Snow
Animal (Peter Bjorn and John Remix)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)

since the beginning of october, i’ve really been appreciating the act of making jewelry. in the small time of having a store through etsy, danielle maree originals by musicisart has successfully made being passionate for the arts exciting again! unfortunately, it has taken some of my mind and time away from blogging but please know that i will always love this avenue of sharing music here, that will never change. brand new contributors will soon be here in january taking over for the days that i’m not here, and they will shed their own amazing insight into what really makes music is art.

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if you haven’t yet, please check out danielle maree originals by musicisart of handmade and unique jewelry. its been interesting to see how each week  my technique changes and certain elements like genuine swarvoski crystals, glass pearls, vintage elements and austrian crystals become my staples.

listen ~*~ the xx – basic space (pariah remix)

images ~*~ danielle maree by musicisart

Listen Feist – Mushaboom (Postal Service Remix)

Image PlanetSark

Panda Bear and Grizzly Bear created their very own majestic and rare remixes for the Notwist’s song “Boneless” from the 2008 beautiful and haunting album “The Devil, You + Me”.

Listen ♥

The Notwist :: Boneless (Grizzly Bear Remix)

The Notwist :: Boneless (Panda Bear Remix)

Sweden’s Air France created and shared their own dreamy remix of St. Etienne’s “Spring”.  Please take a listen to the track below and watch the video in high-res over at  Sincerely Yours.

[MP3] St. Etienne :: Spring [Air France Remix]

[Photo Credit :: AnnaDriel]

This is the official video for The XX’s remix of Florence and the Machine’s’ You’ve Got the Love.  Such a magical reendition.

“smile, breathe, and go slowly.”
Quote by Thich Nhat Hanh

If Music Is Art had a lounge, this is what it would look like.

Photo Credit :: Adelto, London

(Toronto Film Festival 2009 Photographed by Ademar Dias for Lifeline Photography)

The Experience of Being a DJ
Written by Lindsay Luv

My background was originally in the music industry having worked in business development at the Orchard and as an agent with top artists like The Raveonettes, as a DJ booker with notable DJs like Eddie Baez, and then in brand event marketing with emerging DJs and artists including Justice, Chromeo, Ladytron, Crystal Castles, Dangerous Muse, Busy P, The Presets and so many others. For five years I worked the business side of the sphere yet my jobs always relied on my ability to seek out new artists and emerging talent. This was definitely an inevitable setup for me to one day pursue DJing although I never even thought it a possibility until my friend, Adam Goldstein aka the late DJ AM, pointed out I should give it a whirl.

I was sitting with him in his room at the Bryant Park Hotel catching up before his set at Deko Lounge in Jersey and shouting some of the latest tunes I had discovered from relatively unknown artists at the time, Canada’s Thurderheist and Dragonette, as well as LA’s own Shiny Toy Guns, as he downloaded them in a fury. Adam loved the tracks and gave me a sideways smile and asked me if I have ever considered DJing…. No, I hadn’t.

(Photo Credit : Coachella 2009- Palm Springs | Photographed by: Denise Mijares |
MakeUp & Hair: Courtney Wolfe | Styled by: Dalit Gwenna | Shirt by Wildfox Couture)

When the recession hit and music marketing started to hit a standstill, I remember sitting on my couch bored and restless thinking what the HELL am I going to do with my life! I remembered Adam’s words and I just picked up and jetted over to Guitar Center and bought everything I would need to teach myself to DJ (with some help from my DJ friends). Without a trust fund or a sugar daddy (ha!) the basic facts were I needed to make money to survive here and fast by switching my focus in the music industry. However instead of taking the easy way out-Ipod DJing etc-I wanted to learn from the ground-up no matter how challenging it seemed and eventually be respected for my craft. With my friends the Boyd brothers opening up their clubs to me, and DJ friends like Cindy Kim, I studied, practiced and learned what I needed to start spinning. I practiced at friends’ studio spaces and these venues during the day for hours –pretending the place was packed.

Landing great gigs was made possible by my industry contacts from my past work and thousands of followers on Myspace, Facebook, and Joonbug. Today, after a year of full-time DJing (and always practicing every day) I still feel like I have so much more to learn. To be a ‘DJ’ these days is a loose word, but to be a true ‘DJ’ is a whole different ballgame, and one that I continue to self teach myself every day and improve upon. My business motto is to start in the mail-room if you want to be a CEO, and I apply that to my own skill set and career. I know who I am and where I started and where I am going. I think if you want to be successful at any activity you need to put in the time but stay confident in your progress and be real.

What AM saw in me was my ability to discover new music and emerging artists–I think that is what makes me special in my craft– the same way mash-ups are what made him extra special in his.  I was so excited to one day maybe have an opportunity to DJ with him and am so incredibly sad he is gone.  He is and will forever remain a huge inspiration in my career.

(Photo Credit : Coachella 2009- Palm Springs | Photographed by: Denise Mijares |
MakeUp & Hair: Courtney Wolfe | Styled by: Dalit Gwenna)

Things that I’m Currently Obsessed With::

ART of Sebastian Picker

I dated his nephew, singer-songwriter Pablo, for a number of years in college and fell in love with his artwork. Pablo had a few of his paintings and when I left Boston to pursue a career in NYC he gave me an original piece from his early days to christen my new apartment. The canvas hangs above my bed and his use of a monochromatic color scheme is calming and stunning and sends a message of struggle, hope, peace and love. His work is highly regarded in the art world and I hope to buy more pieces in the near future.

MUSIC of The Raveonettes

I essentially never stop talking about my favorite band, The Raveonettes! I have grown up with this band throughout my NYC years. They were in many ways my first big ‘break” in working in the music industry. I came here by myself after college from Boston- not knowing anyone and knowing I had to “make it” here to survive.

I began working with the management team for this new band right when they were releasing their very first EP “Whip It On”, and have continued to support and work with them in varying capacities even today. The Raveonettes have released multiple full length albums and have toured with the likes of Depeche Mode and the Strokes, playing hundreds of sold out shows in the US and abroad.

The band is truly original and their sound is unlike any other artist I have heard today. I have seen them perform in major cities– Chicago, Austin, LA, NYC– and my parents will see them this week in Boston. They are both friends and an inspiration and continue to surprise and delight me with each CD released.

MOVIES of The 80s

I am pretty much obsessed with everything 80’s and am known to watch Pretty In Pink on rainy days. I have loved re-discovering my 80’s movie favorites and can’t get over how kooky and borderline creepy Jim Henson’s “Labyrinth” is! I love, love, love David Bowie and think this movie and the music and imagery is simply genius! Some other favorites include Weird Science, Lost Boys, Big, Say Anything, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Can’t Buy Me Love. The 80’s rock!

Lindsay Luv MixTape
(For Streaming Purposes Only)

I love electro house and the 80’s, so here are some of my favorite tracks of today and yesterday, all with an electric edge! Rawk!

Heavy Cross- The Gossip (Fred Falke Remix)

Night By Night- Chromeo

Do Ya Think I’m Sexy- Rod Stewart (Discotech Remix)

Little Booty Girl- Thunderheist

Paris Is Burning- Ladyhawke (Cut Copy Remix)

I Remember- Deadmau5 (Caspa Remix)

What Is Love- Haddaway (Refreshmento Remix)

One Day- The Juan Maclean (Surkin Remix)

Fever- Madonna & EnVogue (Dance Floor Mix)

PLUS FREE DOWNLOAD

Remixed by Lindsay Luv, D-Major and Bobby Blaze

Fake Gold- Tigercity (Major BlazInLuv Remix)

+ Listen: What Else is There (Ministry of Sound Remix)
by Royksopp (featuring Karin Dreijer)

+ What: Diesel Flash For Fun Party

+ When: October 27th

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Ask For “The Baron” From Oct 19th – 27th