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Music NoteBehind the music,Behind the artists.

Do You Really Know

Aloe Blacc

December 2014Vol 1 Issue1

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Table Of ContentsHe’s the Man: Meet Aloe Blacc......3Grabbin’ Grammy’s............................42015 Music Festivals.........................5Let’s Talk: Digital vs. CD’s................6

Letter From The Editor Picture this, A 10 year old sitting in her 16-year-old brother’s car listen-ing to Slim Shady. At the time, I had only listened to Country music, thanks to my parents, and to hear “Will the real Slim Shady please stand up!” was different, but exciting. The beat. The tempo. The words. I fell in love. As I grew up, I started listening to classic rock like KISS and Queen. However, I was also listening to Avril Lavigne and Blink 182. Music was my getaway. I would spend every last cent on CDs and listen to them on family vacations and just around my room when I was bored. Music became my passion. I tried playing the clarinet and needless to say after being last chair three years in a row, I gave up. In middle school, I was in choir and loved the emo-tion I got from singing my heart out. That is why I started this magazine, because music is my life. Every as-pect of music appeals to me and I am hoping through my magazine it will appeal to you as well.

Lose yourself in the music

Maria Schomer


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He’s The Man:Meet Aloe

Blacc“The purpose for mu-

sic is positive social change.Even if the

music itself does not ex-plicitly express anything that may signify positive change, the product of the music will.” - Aloe Blacc

In case you didn’t know and you live under a rock the past two years, Aloe Blacc is the artists behind the Hit “The Man” and the voice behind Avicii’s “Wake Me Up”. What many people don’t know about Aloe is he has actually been around the music scene for years. While growing up in Laguna Hills Aloe, at a young age, rented a trumpet and started teaching himself how to play. He was exposed to the hip hop world through LL Cool J, “I had a hip hop moment and a musician moment.” This is when Aloerealized he wanted to be a musician. In 1995, Aloe Blacc teamed with Emanon, a hip hop producer, when they produced three released album and one non-released album containing break-beats and jazz samples. During this time Aloe attended and graduated from the University of Southern California. It wasn’t until 2003, that Aloe launched his solo career. During this time Aloe released two EP’s and signed with Stone’s Throw Records. Aloe released his first album Shine Through in 2006, however by this time Aloe just wanted to focus on

song writing.The reason was because Aloe thought of the hip hop world as a big ego, that every rapper and rap song was too much. He wanted to try to portray himself through his songs to make sure his ego didn’t shine through and then turned them into hip hop. At this point Aloe took a break from creating music and just focused on writing.

Aloe Blacc Today Blacc is now signed with Interscope Records, with his first EP released being “Wake Me Up” which he partnered with Swedish DJ Avicii to produce this EP. His songs has been used in many commercials and theme songs for television shows. His single “I Need a Dollar” is used as the theme song for the HBO series How To Make It in America and “The Man” is used as the background music for the Beats by Dr. Dre com-mercials. In his personal life Aloe Blacc is current-ly married to Australian rapper Maya Jupiter and they recently had their first child together.


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Grabbin’ Grammy’s The countdown is officially on for the big-gest night in music. The Grammy Awards have seen a lot of famous musicians play on their stages and some of the most talented people have been a host. The Grammy’s are coming up on their 57 years as the biggest award show for music. The reason for this is because the awards does not focus on one genre of music, rather multiple genre. For instance, in 2006 Carrie Underwood won for Best New Artist, not Best New Country Artist. Granted, the awards do have their titles such as Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, Best Polka Album and Best Classical Album. Every year we younger generation watch award ceremonies and have no idea how or why the awards even got started.

History The Grammy’s originally started back in the 1950’s as a Hollywood Walk of Fame project. Recording executives started compiling a list of important recording industry people who might be able to qualify for a Walk of Fame Star. What they found was there were a lot of musicians that would not be able to earn a star on Hollywood Boulevard. Because of this, they created the award given to their industry similar to the Emmys and Oscars.

The Trophy After they created the award, they now had to come up with a trophy to give to the winners. Originally, the design of the trophy was a gold-plated phonograph. However, in 1990 the design got revamped, changing the soft lead for a stronger alloy which will not damage as easily. This has caused the trophies to be bigger and stronger. The trophies are not engraved with the winners name till after the award ceremonies, therefore, every year they use the same trophies for the winners to accept and hold while giving their speech. The Grammy’s is taking place on February 8, 2015.


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US Music Festivals in 2015

Holy Ship!!!Miami, FloridaJanuary 8-11

Noise PopSan Franisco, CaliforniaFeburary 25- March 1

South by SouthwestAustin, TexasMarch 10- 15

Itunes FestivalAustin, TexasMarch 10 - 15

Treefort Music FestBoise, OhioMarch 25- 29

Snowball Music FestivalDenver, ColoradoApril 3 - 5

Moogfest Ashville, North CarolinaApril 22 - 26

Red Bull Music AcademyNew YorkMay 1 - 30

Hangout Music FestGulf Shores, AlabamaMay 15 - 17

Sasqatch! Music FestivalThe Gorge, WashingtonMay 22 - 24

Electric Daisy CarnivalNew YorkMay 23 - 24

WakarusaOzark, ArkansasJune 4 - 7

BonnarooManchester, TenneseeJune 11 - 14

Firefly Dover, DelawareJune 18 - 21

Pitchfork Music FestivalChicago, IllnoisJuly 17 - 19

LollapaloozaChicago, IllnoisJuly 31 - August 2

MusicfestNWPortland, OregonAugust 15 - 16

First City FestivalMonterey, CaliforniaAugust 22 - 23

UTOPiAfestUtopia, TexasSeptember 11 - 13

Nocturnal WoodlandSan Bernardino, CaliSeptember 25 - 27

Treasure Island San Fransico, CaliOctober 17 - 18

Life is BeautifulLas Vegas, NevadaOctober 23 - 25

Voodoo ExperienceNew Orleans, LouisanaOctober 31 - Nov 1

Fun Fun FunAustin, TexasNovember 6 - 8

Text 1-800-542-0001 for Digital or 0002 for CDs. Standard text messaging rates may apply.


We are now in what is called “the digital age”. You can watch television, play video games and even communicate through video chat with people all through your phone, tablet or laptop. With us being in the digital age where textbooks can now be accessed online and songs just .99 cents away, the question that lingers is which isbetter digital or hard copy? Growing up in the 90’s I still remember cassette tapes and tape players, my grandmother still owned a record player and when we would rearrange her living room we would listen to Elvis on vinyl. Now, however, there are so many ways I could listen to music. I could buy a song or album on iTunes, listen to Pandora or listen to Spotify. Each of these ways are all

different from each other but they have one common aspect: I don’t have to physically go out and buy the album for one song. Having music digital is definitely easier, but does that qualify it as the best way to listen to music. Everyone will have their different opinions on the matter, some of the oldergenerations prefer vinyl or “hard copy” while most of the younger age might prefer the digital way. Me, I am torn between the two ways. My friends and I still listen to CDs on road trips when there isnothing on the radio, however, when I go to the gym I prefer to listen to my music through my phone.

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MusicfestNWPortland, OregonAugust 15 - 16

First City FestivalMonterey, CaliforniaAugust 22 - 23

UTOPiAfestUtopia, TexasSeptember 11 - 13

Nocturnal WoodlandSan Bernardino, CaliSeptember 25 - 27

Treasure Island San Fransico, CaliOctober 17 - 18

Life is BeautifulLas Vegas, NevadaOctober 23 - 25

Voodoo ExperienceNew Orleans, LouisanaOctober 31 - Nov 1

Fun Fun FunAustin, TexasNovember 6 - 8

Let’s Talk Music: Digital vs. Old

School

I want to know: Which do you prefer?

Digital

CDsText 1-800-542-0001 for Digital or 0002 for CDs.

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