httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay6hf9CoTjg

Tainted Love and Personal Jesus come together as one!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Ebcx-mTns

Jimmy Hendrix’s classic “Hey Joe,” charts on this date in 1967. Did you ever notice if you walk into any company and ask “to talk to Joe”, they will ask you which one? Is Jimmy Hendrix the greatest guitar player that ever lived?

The Rolling Stones seem to resurrect from the dust every few years and go on tour to promote their new album. The group seems to be on the mission to play until they die. Recently the Scorpions announced they are officially retiring, however will they really stay retired? Countless groups from Ozzy to Jay-Z promote their retirement tour and then return a few years later after they realize they can’t live without touring.

What bands will play until they die?

• Robert Lockwood Jr. (R.I.P.)
• Les Paul (R.I.P)
• Rolling Stones still kicking
• Who still kicking with living members
• Aerosmith breaking up?
• Genesis reunite again?
• Van Halen
• Scorpions retire?
• Billy Joel and Elton John
• Rod Stewart
• Bob Dylan

Will U2 be the last band standing with the original line-up still in tact?

Samuel F. Morse was born this day on 1781. When was the last time you heard Morse Code? When I was in Boy Scouts we had to memorize the dot/dash based code and to this day I can recite it clearly. The code you are most familiar with is S.O.S. (Save Our Ship) and goes like this … / — / …

Do you think heavy metal bands like God Smack, Metallica, Distrubed, etc… just recite Morse Code into guitar riffs? Think about it.

http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html

Bands do you need an comprehensive way to be represented online? Do you need a digital way to sell your original music? If you are an established musician, selling out venues and you already are getting a decent amount of website traffic, then you may quality to be represented by Top Spin Media.

http://www.topspinmedia.com/for-artists/ready/

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_ylPlzdVJ8

Elvis Presley had his first hit “Heartbreak Hotel” back in 1956 today. Is “The King” still alive in a trailer park in Missouri? When was the first time you heard this tune?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybXSET6TP-A

At a recent performance, an audience member asked last year’s American Idol winner Kris Allen to play his song “Live Like You Were Dying” , the problem is his song is actually “Live Like We’re Dying”. Kris ended up playing the Tim McGraw hit “Live Like You Were Dying” and then played his tune in a later set. Through out modern music history, there have been many song titles that are later repeated, but this situation is unique because the hits are released so close to each other.

Songs With Similar Titles
Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw (2004)
Live Like We’re Dying – Kris Alllen (2009)

Can you think of any other hit songs with similar titles released so close to each other?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnPINGavPP0

Why do one-hit wonders and some songs just seem to linger? Comedian Tim Hawkins delivers a hilarious sketch and hits a bullseye with his interpretation.

In tribute to the great audio mashup artists of today, Tunemate salutes DJ Earworm. You may recall at the beginning of the year we featured the United State of Pop 2009: Blame It on the Pop compilation which is one of DJ Earworm’s masterpieces. He literally wrote the book on how to create Audio Mashups called Audio Mashup Construction Kit: ExtremeTech. DJ Earworm is one of the pioneers creating an entire new genre of music right before our eyes. Tunesmate will continue to post this new music avenue not only because I like it but because it opens a whole new window of artists to a new generation.

http://djearworm.com/