Today commemorates the first-ever Monterey Folk Festival, which took place back in 1963 and featured a couple of no-names like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Peter Paul and Mary. Wishing you were rocking out to that festival line-up instead of counting down the remaining hours of the day/week? Yeah, us too. But hey! Enjoy these wonderfully […]
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Did you know that the Beatles were originally called The Silver Beetles? Terrible band name, right? Well, they were! And today back in 1960 they auditioned to be Billy Fury’s backing band. Obviously they did bigger things, but it’s important to know these other not-so-great names they considered: The Beatals and Long John and the […]
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Bing Crosby. James Brown. Frankie Valli. What do these three American music icons have in common with one another? Well, unfortunately it’s not their shared love of using TuneCore, or a strange collaborative album between them dropping this Friday. However it is all three of their birthdays today! So plug those headphones in and celebrate […]
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Happy Wednesday, everyone. In this week’s dose of weird music history, on this day in 1982, our main man Rod Stewart got jacked for his $50,000 Porsche by a gunman – midday, while out shopping, mind you – on Hollywood Boulevard. Ah the 80s. In the theme of getting all shook up midday, please allow […]
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Whoa…on this day 17 long, long years ago, members of the legendary heavy metal group Metallica filed a lawsuit against Napster, – who are now our friends and partners! – Yale, USC and Indiana University for copyright infringement. This was a big first step in the fight against piracy, and it was a lot to get […]
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They say April showers bring may flowers, right? Well what does April mid-day boredom bring? We’re trying our best to flower you with a line up of cool music videos to take you out of your dull afternoon for a few moments, so without further ado, please enjoy this week’s videos! C. Goss, “Streets” […]
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It’s Wednesday again and that means we’ve got a great line-up of TuneCore Artist music videos for you to tune into. Why do we do this, you ask? Because it’s the middle of the week and we understand the dire need for entertainment and distraction. Because in a world of internet saturation it’s important to […]
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We’re back after a long, fun, and music-filled week at the legendary SXSW! But even after being back for a couple of days, the memories of awesome live music, tacos, and warmer weather couldn’t feel more out of reach. We’re feeling that sluggish Wednesday attitude first-hand, so as always, we’re back to hooking you up […]
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Another week, another Wednesday. Whether you’re scratching your head as to how it’s already Wednesday or you’re pounding your head off of some hard surface because it’s only Wednesday, we’ve designed this weekly blog to take your mind off of it all! So rejoice and enjoy these curated TuneCore Artist music videos: Melissa Sandoval, “Movin” Leezy, “Roll […]
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On this extra special middle day of the week, we’re finding a few reasons to be happy. For example, it’s the first day of March! Also, we get to wish a three-way musical Happy Birthday to Harry Belafonte, Roger Daltrey and Justin Bieber! There’s a party we wouldn’t miss. ANYHOW – find your own excuse […]
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