Archive for the ‘Base Profile’ Category
BASE PROFILE: JON BELLION COVERS “PUMPS UP” A SOULFUL FOSTER THE PEOPLE COVER!
Posted by Justin | Filed under Base Profile
Meet Jon Bellion. One part Singer-Songwriter, one part producer and one part rapper. Jon is a New York based artist whose sound is self-described as “Kanye West Meet Jason Mraz”. Bellion apparently had a mixtape named “Scattered Thoughts Vol. 1” which was released in early 2011 via his Facebook page, and organically reached over 11,000 [...]
BASE PROFILE: SO WHO IS LUKE JAMES?
Posted by Justin | Filed under Base Profile
His twitter handle aptly describes what most people think when someone introduces you to a new artist: Who is Luke James? The New Age Rock Stars/Island Def Jam recording artist may be better known by some for his cameo in Beyoncé’s “Run The World (Girls)” video, ( she takes the funky looking badge or wallet [...]
BASE PROFILE: ALEX BOYD “LIGHTS” UP THE NIGHT!
Posted by Justin | Filed under Base Profile
Something about “Blue Eyed Soul” has always struck a chord with me. From Michael McDonald to Robin Thicke, Stacie Orrico to Adele, these artist have all proved that Soul and R&B may be rooted in black culture but the music transcends the color of our skin . A new artist, Alex Boyd, now joins the [...]
BASE PROFILE | ALEX VARGAS COVERS USHER’S “MORE”
Posted by Justin | Filed under Base Profile
I first got into Alex Vargas about a year ago during my freshman year of college at The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. We had a sound alike project and our goal was to remake Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On ? ” and make it sound as close to the original as possible. I [...]
BASE PROFILE| SIZZY ROCKET
Posted by Justin | Filed under Base Profile, Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music
Describing Sizzy Rocket is a bit of task. She’s kind of like a ball confusion that somehow makes sense. Its like Gaga, Ke$ha and Elton John had a glitter filled threesome while Jack White watched in a corner. Weird, right? Currently a freshman in NYU’s Clive Davis Department Of Recorded Music, the Las Vegas native [...]
BASE PROFILE| INTRODUCING…LITTLE SUR
Posted by Justin | Filed under Base Profile, Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music, New Artists, New Music
Little Sur is band comprised of 3 students (Jesse, Olivia, Josh) from New York University, two of whom are members of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music. Some may describe the sound as indie folk but I have issues with the word “indie”, so I describe their sound as a mixture of folk, pop [...]
BASE PROFILE| THOSE DANCING DAYS
Posted by Justin | Filed under Base Profile
Those Dancing Days is a Swedish quintet that first emerged on the indie pop scene before all the girls had even graduated from high school! TDD has adopted a more progressive sound with their latest single “Reaching Forward”, which has a pretty cool video directed by Andreas Öhman. The girls will release their second album [...]
BASE PROFILE| ANDY GRAMMER
Posted by Justin | Filed under Base Profile
Feel good Pop-Soul is somewhat hard to come by these days, so i’m always interested in finding an artists who rides that thin divide between soul filled pop and adult contemporary. As corny as it sounds, Andy Grammer makes the kind of music that makes you feel a little warm and fuzzy inside. The New [...]
BASE PROFILE| THE WANTED
Posted by Roneil | Filed under Across The Pond Dahhling., Base Profile, New Artists, New Music, New Videos
The Wanted, Britain’s newest Pop sensation, have poised themselves to take over the UK (and hopefully the States) with their radio friendly singles. The boy band consists of Tom Parker, Siva Kaneswaran, Max George, Jay McGuiness, and Nathan Sykes(left to right) who were all chosen through an audition process in 2009 similar to that of [...]
BASE PROFILE| MINDLESS BEHAVIOR
Posted by Justin | Filed under Base Profile, New Videos
The boy band field has been dry for awhile and whenever there’s an opening in this industry, someone smart attempts to fill it. Enter producer Walter Millsap ( Brandy’s “Who is She 2 U”, Alicia Key’s “Heartburn” ) and choreographer Keisha Gamble, who helped discover B2K. Together they put together Prodigy, Roc Royal, Ray Ray, [...]
BASE PROFILE + NEW VIDEO| NEM DIDDIT “BOTTOM TO THE TOP”
Posted by Justin | Filed under Base Profile, New Videos
Nem Diddit is an up-and-coming rapper from the Pittsburgh area. Already gaining buzz in many large communities including the NYU student community. Diddit (born David Wade) is currently a sophomore enrolled in NYU’s Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music as a performer entrepreneur determined to take his rap career to the next level.Nem Diddit has [...]
BASE PROFILE| GRAND STAFF
Posted by Justin | Filed under Base Profile
Meet Grand Staff, the New York based production team that’s making moves to become a force to reckon with in the music industry. With production credits ranging from Chris Brown to Joe Budden to Mya before they even walked across the stage in their royal purple gowns, the recent NYU grads are hard at work, [...]