A Decade of Beats: How Chillhop Went From an Unknown Blog to Redefining Lo-Fi Music

If we had to decide what the soundtrack of the post-2010 Internet was, lo-fi would be the only reasonable answer. Since the terms “lo-fi hip-hop” and “chillhop” started circulating more than a decade ago, the genre has undergone quite the metamorphosis. What was once a score for the geekiest places on the web—spread by young …

Watch Daft Punk's "More durable, Higher, Quicker, Stronger" Carried out by a Band of Electrical Toothbrushes

A small band of googly-eyed electrical toothbrushes is right here with a canopy of Daft Punk’s legendary observe, “More durable, Higher, Quicker, Stronger.” The duvet, which makes use of an ab belt as a kick drum, comes courtesy of System Orchestra, a YouTube channel that creates covers of well-liked music using units like bank card machines and typewriters. …

YouTube's New Creator Music Program Is Its Answer to Copyright Strikes and TikTok

Importing a video to YouTube is like bracing for influence. You by no means know when their Content material ID system goes to hit you with a copyright strike.  However YouTube’s newly unveiled Creator Music program goals to be the answer the corporate and its creators have longed for.  This system is at the moment …

Alan Walker Launches New Gameplay Challenge to Find Next Music Video

Alan Walker and Republic of Gamers are joining forces in order to find the perfect fan-made video for Walker’s recent collaboration, “Fake A Smile,” alongside salem ilese.  The “For Those Who Dare” gameplay animation challenge encourages all creatives to develop a video for “Fake A Smile” through the lens of their favorite video game characters …

Watch Mr. Belt & Wezol Perform a House Set While Cycling Through Snowy Roads

Over the past six years, Dutch duo Mr. Belt & Wezol have released extremely entertaining, creative, and often hilarious virtual performances. For instance, they’ve filmed sets while smashing a car into pieces, from inside a hot air balloon, in an alpaca field, in a ball pit, on a pier, in a bowling alley, and so much more. …

YouTube Show Traces Eric Prydz’s “Call On Me” Sample to Its Obscure Roots

A new YouTube program called “Show Me The Sample,” which traces samples from hit songs to their origins, recently featured a piece of dance music history in Eric Prydz‘s “Call On Me.” Hosts Felix Leiter and Dan Nightingale track the song’s iconic hook back to 1982 with the release of English artist Steve Winwood‘s “Valerie.” …

YouTube launches grant program for Black creators – Dancing Astronaut

by: Austria Masim Jan 15, 2021 Last summer, YouTube announced the launch of a $100 million initiative to amplify the voices of Black creators on its platform by developing YouTube Originals programming, focusing on racial justice, and investing in product and policy changes. To strengthen the narratives and content of those voices, the video-streaming platform …

Happy Mondays’ Bez is launching his own YouTube fitness classes

Happy Mondays’ Bez is launching his own YouTube fitness classes later this month to help stay fit during lockdown. The 56-year-old dancer said he had struggled to stay active since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic last year and through the various national lockdowns. Get Buzzin’ With Bez will launch on January 17 and will …

Yungblud, Finneas and Dua Lipa on lineup for YouTube Originals New Year’s Eve special

Yungblud, Finneas and Dua Lipa are among the artists on the lineup for YouTube‘s New Year’s Eve special. The streaming giant’s ‘Hello 2021: The Americas’ virtual celebration will air on the YouTube Originals channel tomorrow night (December 31) at 10:30pm EST (3:30am GMT). The event’s full lineup, which includes a wide array of social media influencers, media …

Ableton Tutorials: The Top 21 YouTube Channels Out There

There are an astonishing number of Ableton tutorials out there on the internet. But let’s be real – a lot of them aren’t that great. And a lot of that time spent watching bad tutorials could be spent actually making music. So how do you sort the trash from the treasure? Instead of sifting through …