Latest Andru Edwards Videos
Usher Forgets His Moves
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Performances, Hip-Hop & Rap, R&B / Soul, New Releases,
Usher forgets his own dance moves. The "OMG" hitmaker admits some of his choreography is particularly complex and he doesn't always get it right, even though he helps create his own routines.
Speaking about the routines he has created for Kinect for Xbox 360's forthcoming game Dance Central 3 - which features his tracks "OMG" and "Scream," he exclusively told BANG Showbiz, "Of course I get my moves wrong. In the process of making it, you know I had to create moves that were harder, so those moves were a little bit more complicated, and the combination of all of them together sometimes does get a little bit hard."
Despite admitting the routines are difficult, Usher thinks working on the game has been a "really great" way to work with his fans - particularly as it means they can do so without having to be "embarrassed" by doing so in public.
Click to continue reading Usher Forgets His Moves
Gallery: Usher Forgets His Moves
Advertisement
No Doubt Sue Video Game Company
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Pop, Rock,
The group fronted by Gwen Stefani, 42, was happy to hear that their complaint against Activision for allegedly exceeding group members' contractual likenesses in Band Hero is going to court.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ramona See denied the Santa Monica, California-based company's petition to throw out the case which means the sides should appear in front of jury later this year.
No Doubt sued the game maker in 2009, accusing them of allowing players to manipulate the quartet's individual avatars in ways they would never have acted in real life. They claimed it violated their publicity rights and turned them into a "virtual karaoke circus act."
The original complaint stated that such manipulations include "unlocking" mechanisms that gave gamers the ability to have Gwen's computer generated image sing in a male voice and also allowed her male bandmates to sing in female voices.
Click to continue reading No Doubt Sue Video Game Company
Gallery: No Doubt Sue Video Game Company
Lana Del Rey Reveals Herself Through Lyrics
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Rumors, Alternative, Pop, New Releases,
Lana Del Rey thinks people "know" her through her lyrics.
The "Blue Jeans" star said thinks fans can relate to the realism of her gloomy lyrics and respect her for not compromising with her tracks.
"I think the people who sort of feel like they know me from my lyrics, and I think that they feel what I write about is what really went down and how I really feel about it. I think maybe what people who like me like about me is the fact that I really believe in myself and what I do and I never compromise with anything that I do in my life - not lyrically, not in reality. I never say anything just to rhyme over sugary pop songs. I really care about documenting my life in a musical fashion. So, I think, people that like me are actually artists," she told Los Angeles-based radio station KROQ.
Lana has proved a controversial figure since her debut single "Video Games," but added the version of her which people are debating is far from her actual personality. "The internet right now is creating their own person for themselves to play with. And that's their prerogative. I wrote every word on my album. There isn't nothing that I didn't write. And I really have done everything that I said I did do. I think the kids know that. The rest is just a story that somebody else made up."
Click to continue reading Lana Del Rey Reveals Herself Through Lyrics
Gallery: Lana Del Rey Reveals Herself Through Lyrics
Mix Tape: Billy Joel Tunes Hit Rock Band, T.I. Hit with Lawsuit
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Performances, Release Dates, Upcoming Releases, Country, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, Rock,
-Plan on purchasing Rock Band 3? Then you'll have the ability to download a number of Billy Joel's hits. This is the first time the singer is allowing his music to be used in a video game.
-"The Time," the first single from The Black Eyed Peas' upcoming album, can be heard online courtesy of will.i.am. The Beginning will be released on November 30.
-Country Strong's Gwyneth Paltrow will be performing the title song from her upcoming movie at the Country Music Awards. Vince Gill will join her for the November 10 gig.
-T.I.'s problems keep mounting. The rapper is being sued by a concert promoter for failing to show up at a "Welcome Back Party" that was thrown in his honor after his last jail release.
-Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett has revealed she has breast cancer. The 51-year-old, best known for the song "I Touch Myself," was already battling multiple sclerosis at the time of her diagnosis.
Gallery: Mix Tape: Billy Joel Tunes Hit Rock Band, T.I. Hit with Lawsuit
Soundgarden Releasing New Album Through Guitar Hero
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Artist News, Upcoming Releases, Alternative, Rock, New Releases,
Soundgarden is releasing their first album in 13 years … through popular video game Guitar Hero. The bold move hasn’t been tried by any other band, but Chris Cornell thinks it’s the perfect way to re-introduce their music.
“It’s going to reach a certain amount of younger people that either may or may not know about Soundgarden,” he explained in a recent interview. “I feel like releasing it this way is going to reach a lot of people who have not heard our music or have not heard a lot of it.”
The album, Telephantasm, is filled with popular tracks from the band’s 90s-era heyday as well as some new tracks. It’s available on Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Based on the number of games sold, the album has already been granted platinum status.
“I thought about doing this ever since I’ve heard about the game and what it is,” Cornell said. “I think the musical arrangements lend itself so well to what the video game is.”
Read More 
| Yahoo! News
Gallery: Soundgarden Releasing New Album Through Guitar Hero
Interview: Hadouken!
Posted by Drea Avellan Categories: Editorials, Alternative, Dance, Electronic, iTunes,
Hadouken, a special move belonging to Capcom’s influential game Street Fighter, can now also be associated to a band just as influential.
Hadouken! has been making waves with their grime, techno, new rave music in the UK and around the world. But putting this band in a genre is just criminal. Hadouken! will hit you in the face and finish you off with an uppercut with their high energy beats that will move the body of even the stiffest of men – even dead ones.
If you have not yet heard of Hadouken!, you soon will. EA (Electronic Arts) /Artwerk has picked up this band to enrich our EA gaming experiences with sounds that can only be called one thing – awesome.
If I haven’t interested you yet into checking this band out, you are just crazy. I highly recommended giving this band a spin. For the Masses, Hadouken!’s album, can be found on iTunes, and can be downloaded here. YOU GO NOW!
Now that you’ve downloaded the album and loved it, it’s time to get up close and personal. I had the opportunity to chat with guitarist Dan Rice about the band, videogames, and all things music.
Click to continue reading Interview: Hadouken!
Gallery: Interview: Hadouken!
Snoop Dogg Comes to Rock Band
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Artist News, Hip-Hop & Rap,
Snoop Dogg is a pioneer in video gaming, too.
The D-O-double G will become the first rap artist to be featured in Rock Band when 8 new tracks debut at the online store.
Famous hits from Snoop such as “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” “Who Am I (What’s My Name)?” and “Sensual Seduction” will be among the available titles.
Read More | Yahoo! News
Gallery: Snoop Dogg Comes to Rock Band
No Doubt Suing Activision Over Band Hero
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Rock,
No Doubt are suing the makers of a music video game.
The American rock group agreed to have their name and likenesses used in Band Hero, but the band’s manager, Jim Guerinot, said they were “mortified” to find out that players could use singer Gwen Stefani to perform other artists’ songs. “They’re just like, ‘What? We didn’t sign up for this,’ ” Guerinot said.
No Doubt - whose hits include “Don’t Speak” and “Just A Girl” - are suing the game’s manufacturers Activision for breach of contract and fraudulent inducement. Activision said it “believes it is within its legal rights with respect to the use and portrayal of the band.”
Click to continue reading No Doubt Suing Activision Over Band Hero