A Cover Is Worth A Thousand Words Who watched Coachella – or should I say Bieberchella – weekend #2? Justin did something I never saw another artist do: He pulled up old YouTube videos of himself on a big screen and sang along to them. I don’t know how it went down live, but from […]
“And what would you say to your younger self?” I grew up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, a city at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It’s Canada’s ‘oil central’, and my dad worked in that industry. My earliest memory of music is my dad playing guitar, which was his hobby, though I think he would […]
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Play MPE Congratulates the Winners of American Songwriter’s 2025 Song Contest As a proud prize partner, Play MPE is pleased to share that our partner American Songwriter has announced the overall winners of the 2025 Song Contest. The Grand Prize Winner, along with the First and Second Place Category Winners, were selected by an esteemed […]
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“Floating out to wonderland” My music career started in Cincinnati where I learned classical piano at an early age. I studied at University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Around 12 years old, when performing became fluid, I thought, ‘this is what I’d do for the rest of my life.’ In high school, I played […]
How important was music when you were growing up? “Music has always been part of my life, since I was born on Mexican Independence Day. Growing up, I listened to all genres of music. I was surrounded by cousins, aunts, uncles, grandmas and grandpas who all shared their individual tastes. I must’ve been just two […]
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When Music Videos Were a Rarity MTV Music Television had its official launch on August 1, 1981 (before many people reading this were even born!). The very first video they played was The Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star” followed by Pat Benatar’s “You Better Run.” While Music Television wasn’t available everywhere right away, record […]
CHRIS MUCKLEY, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC PROGRAMMING AT SIRIUSXM, 10,000 HOURS Well the truth may need some re-arranging I have always loved music, even as a little kid. When I was in school, I was always making mix tapes for people. I would literally ditch class to go and look for out-of-print records I wanted to […]