Welcome to another installment of me telling you about my latest guilty pleasure; watching Gene Simmons on the reality show “Celebrity Apprentice.”

This week Gene ruffled some feathers and took a few risks but ultimately led the guys to another victory. But, didn’t look to hot for Gene and the boys for awhile though.

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I have been seriously ignoring my eMusicaccount for sometime now. So the other night, I figured it was time to get back in there and take a look around. I found a ton of great music and today I am going to tell you about one artist in particular;.

You may have heard of Mr. Legend. He has won five Grammy’s, has a platinum record and has worked with superstars such as Lauryn Hill, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West and Jay-Z. He has quite a resume’ and for good reason.

Before he hit the bigtime his Read the rest of this entry

Every month a music service seems to be drop its DRM protected tracks. Amazon, Napster, Sony and Yahoo Music are just a few of the major players offering music without restraints this year. This is great news for the consumer but it could be a little unnerving for some artists looking for another source of revenue.

But never fear artists, I recently read an article called How to Make Money Selling Music Online over on Cobolhacker.com that offers reason to be optimistic. As you’ll see, his solution is by no means scientific but I think it is very intuitive and worth the read.

If you like cocky, ultra smooth and unapologetic rock stars and celebs matching wits with billionaire Donald Trump, then you will dig the show Celebrity Apprentice. Gene Simmons in particular makes viewing a real treat.

Being referred to as the “secret weapon” by actor and teammate Stephen Baldwin, Gene plays lets his presence be known in the first episode.

First, he impressed The Don by coining his teams name – “Hydra.” Second, while all of the other celebrity’s argued Read the rest of this entry

Once in awhile I hear tunes that I just need to share immediately. Today is that once in awhile. Check it. If you like your metal punchy, crunchy and mean then you have to check out the songs on this podcast.

Press play now and hear a few tunes from the Brazilian metal band Shadowside.

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Here are songs heard on this podcast and a link to the bands website. Check them out.
Shadowside – “Rainbow in the Dark” and “Red Storm” (download Red Storm and 24 other tunes for free on eMusic)

Shadowside and a ton of other great artists can also be found on the Pod Safe Music Network

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A good friend of mine sent me a link to a very cool music website called Musicovery. Not only can you select music by genre but you can also select it by mood, hits and non-hits.

After playing with it a little while I can see that it is fairly accurate. That said, it still doesn’t replace a smooth voice and/or intuitive sense of a skilled DJ.

Anyway, I have always felt that mood is a great way to categorize music and this site is definitely a step in the right direction. Kudos to the person who came up with the idea.

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