Today (Dec. 29) is the fourth day of Kwanzaa, Ujamaa (or, “cooperative economics”): the goal of build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
GRAMMY winning multi-talent Ambré released her latest visual, “Drake & Drive,” from her 3000° project. “I wanted the video to feel like reminiscing. That’s what the song is about,” Ambré shared about the song. “Good music brings back memories and gives you a nostalgic feeling.”
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When Disney+ launched in 2019, they announced their plan to offer Disney’s back catalogue of movies and TV series. However, since Disney+ launched, the streaming industry has been shaken up with the launches of HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+, and Netflix, losing a million subs before rebounding a couple of months later. Netflix added video games to its service in 2021 to become more competitive with other streamers. Still, Disney has a vast library of a form of content that will allow them to dominate the competition. This is why Disney+ should add music to its streaming service.
Disney’s Music Catalog Is Full Of Iconic Hits:
Let’s first of all start with Disney’s music catalogue. There are thousands of songs in Disney’s music library, including, “Spoon Full Of Sugar” from the film “Mary Poppins”, “You’re Welcome” from “Moana”, “Let It Go” from “Frozen” and “We’re All In This Together” from “High School Musical”. Disney’s catalogue of music has grown massively since the company’s inception in 1923, and if they wanted to offer their music on Disney+ either as a premium perk or as a perk for everyone, it will allow more and more Disney fans to find their favourite classics easier and hopefully with the music videos.
Disney Now Owns A Lot Of Music From 20th Century Fox’s Back Catalogue:
Now let’s look at another massive reason why Disney should integrate a music streaming platform. They own the music catalogue from their former rival, 20th Century Fox (which was later acquired and then rebranded). Some notable movie soundtracks Disney own the rights to from 20th Century Fox library include “The Sound Of Music” and “The Greatest Showman” as well as hundreds of songs from hit shows like “The Simpsons”, “Bob’s Burgers” and “Glee”.
Disney+ Needs To Offer More Than Just TV and Film:
This is the biggest reason I can personally think of as to why Disney+ should offer music, and that’s the fact it will set Disney+ apart from competing services, similar to why Netflix now offers video games. Disney already owns a century’s worth of music tracks which they could use as a third pillar of content using music from content from their six core brands, Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars. National Geographic and Star. Disney regularly releases music videos on YouTube, pulling in millions of viewers, so it makes sense to utilise this type of content more.
How Should They Integrate Music Tracks?:
Now to this idea, there are a few ways Disney could integrate music tracks on Disney+. They could either add the music tracks into the extras tab of each film or television series or, more preferably, “Music” would be its own content category like how movies and TV series are. Disney could also offer different genres of music, with some genres being things like “Family Fun”, “Classic Disney Hits”, “Summer Moments”, and “Holiday Hits”, among many others. Disney+ already streams the music videos “Calling All Monsters” and “Puppy For Hanukkah”, so adding music as its own content category with the scenes from the movies and series.
Final Thoughts:
Whilst I was working on this article, Disney+ added music videos from “Encanto” and “Turning Red”, so it looks as if Disney is working on adding music videos to Disney’s almost bottomless content library. Hopefully, Disney will continue this trend but siphon all the music videos into a third content category instead of listing them all under the “shorts” genre under the movies tab. Hopefully, if Disney is going to continue this trend, then hopefully we will see more titles like “Frozen”, “Tangled”, “Moana”, and “The Simpsons” would have all their songs added as individual music videos.
Hopefully, Disney will also allow us to download the music videos as audio files and allow us to put them in a playlist where we can listen to the songs offline, similar to how Spotify Premium works.
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Ethan Holloway
Ethan is an autistic, type one diabetic, Disney fan who grew up with properties like Iron Man, The Lion King, Aladdin and Toy Story. Ethan wants to someday get his own books/films/TV shows made to inspire those with disabilities to be themselves, but for now, Ethan covers his opinions on Disney, their content and how Disney+ can improve.
Sadie Fine is a young singer-songwriter you need to know about. The 16-year-old released her second single “Use Me” on December 9. This song serves as the second single from her upcoming debut EP Grow Up.
“Use Me” was produced by Stefan Skarbek. The song finds Sade with her heart on her sleeve.
“I wrote ‘Use Me’ when I was only 14 years old,” she explains. “I was watching a TikTok where a girl was describing a toxic relationship where the guy she liked just used her, but in a way she was ok with it. The pain inspired me and you can hear it in the song. “
Sung with an exceedingly vigorous intensity which shall tremble through the windows like a fresh breeze of vibrance, The Phantom Friends return with a wall-breaking experience for many to learn from on Can’t You See.
The Phantom Friends is a Charlotte, USA-based indie synth rock band who formulates those stadium-like soundtracks to jump around with.
”Is about getting through to the people you love or getting through to yourself when you know there are frivolous things in the way of your happiness. It’s about clearing out the negativity in your life and saying the things that are not always easy to say.” ~ The Phantom Friends
Laden with a bone-shaking edge and brimming with a confident aura to surpass all expectations, The Phantom Friends slide in our ears with excellent aplomb and shall help all lost hearts heal up again.
Can’t You See from Charlotte, USA-based indie synth rock band The Phantom Friends is a flourishingly energetic single to wash those self-doubts away with. Performed with a rather incredible velocity and belted out like a classic 90s track, this is a gem to play on repeat when a new door needs to open.
When you realize what you need to do in order to be happy, everything changes.
Tune in on Spotify. See more on the IG music page.
Today is day five of Kwanzaa, Nia (or, “purpose”): to make our collective purposes the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their long-established greatness.
Following a year in which he received critical acclaim for his work on Nas’ King’s Disease III and worked with the likes of Dom Kennedy, Dreezy, Curren$y, and The Game, Hit-Boy ends his 2022 with one final offering in “2 Certified.”
Joined by British rapper Avelino, the pair trade bars of a UK drill-inflected backdrop courtesy of Tony Fontana. A matching set of visuals has also been released… so does this mean that the Surf Club is back?
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(This conversation was originally broadcast on November 16, 2022)
Tom’s guest today is an artist who defies categorization and whose creative outlets span a number of genres. Dessa is a rapper, a composer, a poet, a writer, and the host of Deeply Human, a podcast about science. She has given TED talks and speeches about entrepreneurship and art and other topics. She’s the author of a memoir in essays called My Own Devices. Her latest book is a collection of poetry with a wild title, called Tits on the Moon.
On this archive edition of Midday, let’s listen to a conversation Tom had with Dessa in November when she was in town serving as an artist in residence at Johns Hopkins University, and giving a concert at the Ottobar in Baltimore.
Hailing from Leuven, Belgium is a new musician called Koné. The singer-songwriter and producer has just released his second single “Deeper Sound”.
“Deeper Sound” is a contemplative piece telling the story of a boy who, feeling uncontented with life, seeks a deeper meaning.
Koné expounds, “Since I’ve really gotten into meditation life has become a lot about listening to my inner voice and living as one with the universe. For me ‘Deeper Sound’ is the representation of this moment where you realise there is so much more potential in life and you start working on yourself and your passions.”
Musically, the track sounds percussion-heavy and eclectic. It comes laced with intoxicating African rhythms. “Deeper Sound” offers a great and introspective listen.
Finding a way to be happy and so fulfilled despite the lurking dangers ahead, Harshini Magesh moves forward expeditiously and attempts to be so much better that yesterday on the stirring new single Seven.
Harshini Magesh is a passionate indie singer-songwriter who makes the kind of songs which will surely make the heart rather happy.
Projected like a young Queen who is working out her flight path, Harshini Magesh sings with so much joy on this tremendously meaningful soundtrack to life in this perplexing world.
Sevenby the promising indie singer-songwriter Harshini Magesh is a totally mesmerising performance from one of the more genuine vocalists imaginable. With a sweet sound and honest lyrics to feel nourished by, this is the story of finding your way in this confusing world. Sung with so much poise and precise timing, we find a young artist who is finding her wings rather quickly.
Knowing who you really are takes many years of deep thought and life experiences to figure out, after all.
Today (Dec. 28) is day three of Kwanzaa, Ujima (or, “collective work and responsibility”): to build and maintain our community together and make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems and to solve them together.
It’s been a while since Rasheed Chappell made an appearance at the DopeHouse (in 2020, with producer Buckwild, for their collaborative effort Sinners & Saints). THat hiatus ends, however, with the release of his A Portrait Of… project.
An 11-song drop, the Little Vic-produced album is tinged with personal anecdotes influenced from a place of mourning and heartbreak as Chappell’s father passed away earlier in 2022. “[I] had to assume a new role in [my] family dynamic, and the offshoot of that transition and newfound responsibilities led me to create A Portrait Of…,” Chappell says about the project.
Take a listen below.
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Brayden Lape Performs Tim McGraw’s “Humble And Kind” | NBC’s The Voice Live Finale 2022
The Voice Season 22’s Brayden Lape charmed the Coaches the moment he first stepped foot on stage. He pulled off a Blind Audition that not only landed him on Team Blake throughout the competition but led to both Shelton and Gwen Stefani becoming his “Coach Parents.”
From then on, Lape proved that he was one of the strongest musicians in the competition, and at just 16 years old, quickly joined the ranks as one of the show’s massively talented teens. The Michigan native avoided being voted into the bottom throughout the Live Shows and ended up as the youngest finalist in the season’s finale.
Now, Lape may not have won the show (that honor goes to Bryce Leatherwood), but the young up-and-coming country-pop singer is just getting started. Read on to see what he’s doing now and what’s next.
What is Brayden Lape doing now after The Voice Season 22?
After taking fifth place in the Season 22 Finale, Lape took to Instagram to reflect on the season and tease what’s next for him.
“What a special experience to have as a 16 year old kid!” he said in a caption. “I’ve learned so much from Blake, the cast, the other coaches, and the overall experience! If you told me a year ago that I would get the opportunity to sing in every round of the voice I would’ve said you were crazy! I can’t thank everyone who has supported me enough! Now let’s keep the ball rolling and release some awesome music!”
So far he’s staying true to that last promise, as he recently posted a series of snaps from a new photoshoot with the caption, “Music coming soon!”
But perhaps the most exciting development of all? Lape is collaborating with fellow finalist, Morgan Myles, from #TeamCamila. On December 28, Myles shared a video with her Instagram followers documenting a day-long recording session with Lape that ended in a well-earned meal.
“Brayden sang so much yesterday he worked up quite the appetite… lmao,” she said, “still not sure what he actually ordered.”
It looks like all the Brayden Lape fans out there definitely have a couple things to look forward to in the new year.
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