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Lego's Vidiyo is a do-it-yourself music video maker for kids
Lego and Universal Music Group (UMG) are teaming up for Vidiyo, a new set to empower kids aged seven and ten to make their own music videos. It’s a bunch of figures and blocks that, when scanned into the app, will make those characters burst into song and dan…
Lego and Universal Music Group (UMG) are teaming up for Vidiyo, a new set to empower kids aged seven and ten to make their own music videos. It’s a bunch of figures and blocks that, when scanned into… [+614 chars]
Daniel Cooper
2021-01-26 11:00:28
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Sophie, Musician Who Pushed Pop to the Edges, Is Dead at 34
The producer and performer distilled speed, noise, melody and clarity, working simultaneously at the experimental fringes of dance music and the center of pop.
Sophie, a groundbreaking producer and performer whose music distilled speed, noise, melody, clarity and catchiness into what would soon be called hyperpop, died in Athens after an accident on Saturda… [+905 chars]
Jon Pareles
2021-01-30 15:09:39
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Lego’s Vidiyo music video creator is silly fun, and I love it
Vidiyo is Lego’s do-it-yourself music video maker, aimed at kids between the ages of seven and ten. It was created in collaboration with Universal Music Group, which has offered up around 60-second samples of big pop hits. Essentially, you buy minifigures whi…
Vidiyo is Legos do-it-yourself music video maker, aimed at kids between the ages of seven and ten. It was created in collaboration with Universal Music Group, which has offered up around 60-second sa… [+3250 chars]
Engadget
2021-02-16 12:00:06
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How to Work Out Quietly So Your Neighbors Won't Want to Kill You
Home workouts are convenient, but they sure can be loud. You can jump and stomp as much as you want in a fitness dance class, or even drop barbells if you’re in the right kind of gym. But at home, your downstairs neighbors or sleeping toddler might not approv…
Home workouts are convenient, but they sure can be loud. You can jump and stomp as much as you want in a fitness dance class, or even drop barbells if youre in the right kind of gym. But at home, you… [+2370 chars]
Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker
2021-02-16 21:30:00
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Think Twice About 'Twerk Out' Classes
There’s never been a shortage of fad group fitness trends—from TaeBo to Zumba to pole dancing, and everything in between. A newer fad, though, is one you may want to think twice about: twerking, which has evolved from its African roots into a growing exercise…
Theres never been a shortage of fad group fitness trendsfrom TaeBo to Zumba to pole dancing, and everything in between. A newer fad, though, is one you may want to think twice about: twerking, which … [+2475 chars]
Aisha Jordan
2021-02-05 18:00:00
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Daft Punk Announces Breakup After 28 Years
The enigmatic, influential French electronic-music duo released four albums and collected six Grammys throughout a career marked by a disinterest in fame.
The song Touch, from Random Access Memories, begins playing Hold on, go the lyrics, if love is the answer, youre home as the remaining bandmate walks into the sunset. The years 1993 to 2021 flash on … [+1693 chars]
Joe Coscarelli
2021-02-22 16:31:36
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Myanmar coup: Fitness instructor unwittingly films video as takeover unfolds
Recording her dance routine, Khing Hnin Wai had no idea she was filming a military takeover.
image copyrightKhing Hnin Wai on Facebook
image captionKhing Hnin Wai filmed the video on a roundabout near Myanmar's parliament complex in the capital, Nay Pyi Taw
Pumping her arms back and forth,… [+2352 chars]
https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews
2021-02-02 15:22:24
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Twitch’s DMCA Takedowns Threaten to Drive Musicians Away
Twitch once looked like a lifeline for DJs and singers during the pandemic. The platform’s copyright issues tarnish that promise.
Intellectual property has always been a dicey subject in dance music production and performance, but with streaming in generalnot just livestreamingwe're in a new era of being slapped hard by intelle… [+3417 chars]
Ana Diaz
2021-02-24 12:00:00
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Black History Month Is a Good Excuse for Delving Into Our Art
An African-American studies professor suggests ways to mark the month, from David Driskell’s paintings and Dance Theater of Harlem’s streamed performances to the rollicking return of “Queen Sugar.”
This concert series from the Boston-based collective Castle of Our Skins taking its name from Nikki Giovannis Poem (for Nina), i.e. Nina Simone will feature works by two renowned African-American com… [+1700 chars]
Salamishah Tillet
2021-02-19 06:04:18
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15 Essentials From Johnny Pacheco and Fania Records, the ‘Motown of Salsa’
He packaged New York attitude and a new spin on Afro-Cuban beats, and changed Latin music forever. The flutist, composer, arranger and bandleader died this week at 85.
In many crucial ways, Johnny Pachecos life told a typical New York Latino story: He was a Dominican immigrant playing Cuban music for a mostly Puerto Rican audience. Like many self-styled New York en… [+1423 chars]
Ed Morales
2021-02-18 00:40:24
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Not one more time: Dance music duo Daft Punk split - Reuters
French electronic music band Daft Punk have announced they are splitting up, industry title Variety quoted their publicist as saying on Monday, ending a 28-year collaboration that spawned dance hits including "Around the World" and "One More Time."
By Reuters Staff
PARIS (Reuters) - French electronic music band Daft Punk have announced they are splitting up, industry title Variety quoted their publicist as saying on Monday, ending a 28-year co… [+973 chars]
Reuters Staff
2021-02-22 17:27:00
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5 Things to Do This Weekend
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and outdoors in New York City.
Presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the event this year will run nine days from Saturday through Feb. 28 instead of one weekend. It is also introducing a free Young Filmmakers Showcase, with … [+706 chars]
2021-02-18 22:02:16
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You can now buy the software behind Imogen Heap's musical gloves
Glover, the software that powers Imogen Heap’s Mi.Mu gloves, is now available to buy as a standalone product. Priced at $159, Glover interprets gestures made in three-dimensional space and can translate them to run a MIDI or OSC controller. The system will ev…
Glover, the software that powers Imogen Heaps Mi.Mu gloves, is now available to buy as a standalone product. Priced at $159, Glover interprets gestures made in three-dimensional space and can transla… [+1969 chars]
Daniel Cooper
2021-02-04 13:00:04
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Johnny Pacheco, Who Helped Bring Salsa to the World, Dies at 85
A Dominican-born bandleader and songwriter, he co-founded Fania Records, known as the Motown of Salsa.
The band signed with Alegre Records, and its first album sold more than 100,000 copies in the first year, becoming one the best-selling Latin albums of its time, according to his official website. It… [+1862 chars]
Elias E. Lopez
2021-02-15 23:51:36
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At the Australian Open, Sports Flirts With Normalcy
Fans, noise, lines for food and booze. In a country that has the coronavirus under control, a tennis championship delivers a glimpse of what sports can one day be again.
Photographers lined the show courts that featured the stars, producing a clatter of clicks at choice moments. A video camera operator wandered the stands, capturing fans that wanted to dance and wave… [+1016 chars]
Matthew Futterman
2021-02-08 22:10:32
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Opinion: Christopher Plummer's awesome power
There's a scene in the film "The Sound Of Music" when Captain von Trapp, played by Christopher Plummer, emerges from a heated standoff with the governess Maria, an effervescent Julie Andrews, to hear voices down the hall.
Holly Thomas is a writer and editor based in London. She tweets @HolstaT. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinion articles on CNN.
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Opinion by Holly Thomas
2021-02-07 00:35:52
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Juan Carlos Copes, Who Brought Tango to Broadway, Dies at 89
Mr. Copes, along with his partner María Nieves Rego, helped take tango out of the social club and make it an international craze. He died of complications of Covid-19.
Mr. Copes died on Jan. 15 at a clinic in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. He was 89. The cause was complications of Covid-19, his daughter Johana Copes said.
Mr. Copes and Ms. Nieves may have had their … [+1051 chars]
Marina Harss
2021-01-26 21:18:58
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Electronic music pioneers Daft Punk break up after 28 years - Global News
- Electronic music pioneers Daft Punk break up after 28 years Global News
- Daft Punk Announce Split With A Cryptic Video ETCanada.com
- Daft Punk announce breakup in retirement video CTV News
- Daft Punk has split up, publici…
Grammy-winning electronic music pioneers Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up after 28 years.
The helmet-wearing French duo shared the news Monday in an 8-minute video called “Epilogue… [+2250 chars]
Mesfin Fekadu
2021-02-22 23:52:20
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Dance Theatre of Harlem’s “Firebird”
The company streams its version of the ballet, with shimmering, polychromatic music by Stravinsky and fantastical sets and costumes by Geoffrey Holder.
The shimmering, polychromatic music that Stravinsky composed for The Firebird has inspired many productions since the fairy-tale ballet débuted, in 1910. The one that John Taras choreographed for Dan… [+311 chars]
2021-02-19 11:00:00
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You have to be extremely online to understand the threat America faces now
Sometimes, as a reporter covering digital culture, I feel like I live in a world disparate from my friends and family. How do you, for instance, explain the vagaries and subsets of alt-TikTok to people who, at most, know TikTok as the app where the kids dance…
Sometimes, as a reporter covering digital culture, I feel like I live in a world disparate from my friends and family. How do you, for instance, explain the vagaries and subsets of alt-TikTok to peop… [+8107 chars]
Tim Marcin
2021-01-30 12:00:00
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