DID YOU KNOW that 50 long years ago this week Pink Floyd was working on their debut, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, at Abbey Road Studios during the same time that the Beatles were wrapping up recording Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band in the same studio? Pretty sweet, if we say so ourselves. But […]
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We’re officially over the mid-month hump of February! We’re not, however, officially over the mid-week hump. Which means you’re getting groggy, antsy, and need to tune out from whatever you’ve got going on in your afternoon. That’s why we’re here once again to show off some of our TuneCore Artists’ awesome audio-visual talents with a […]
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You’ve arrived here because your afternoon is slowing down and your eyelids are getting into “100 lbs” territory. The very least we can do is satisfy your boredom with a sufficient level of distraction! In odd music history, this day marks the 13th anniversary of that one time the British rock superstars known as Oasis had […]
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Aaaaaand February is suddenly upon us. Looking beyond the still-groggy-start to a new year and crummy cold weather, we’re pleased to drop a great new line-up of music videos featuring a bunch of awesome TuneCore Artists! So join us in our weekly ritual of internet distraction and wonderful music and visuals: Loose Buttons, “Thrill” Ryan Upchurch, “Outlaw” Jacquelyn […]
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Got the late January blues? We’re back this week as always to hook you up with the audio-visual distraction needed to take you out of whatever kind of slumber you’ve fallen into this afternoon! Ricky Raw, “Stay At Home” Avery, “American Idiot” Jonathan Terrell, “Color Me Lucky” Sandra Lynn, “Bar Hoppin” Lil Bibby, “Can’t […]
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There’s something interesting about the date January 18th. Well, at least there was something pretty interesting happening on this date in the 1960s: in ’64, the Beatles entered the US Charts with ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ for the first time; a year later, the Stones recorded two iconic songs, ‘The Last Time’ and ‘Play […]
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For this week’s version of the blog designed to distract you from whatever iota of productivity you’ve got left in your bones, we’re celebrating the birth and life of Laurens Hammond (b. 1895), inventor of the Hammond Organ! Where would we be without, you Laurens? From the days of Fats Waller and Count Basie through […]
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Happy New Year, y’all! And yes, we can still say that only four days into 2017. In fact we’re willing to bet some of the most annoying folks in your everyday life will be saying into the third week of January. Don’t let that get you down, though. Pull your head out of the cloudiness […]
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Twas less than a week before Christmas, and all through the day…folks were getting bored, sleepy and/or restless and needed something distract themselves with. Just because it doesn’t rhyme doesn’t mean it’s not true! Enjoy this week’s round-up of TuneCore Artist videos: Dom Kennedy, “2 Bad” River Town Saints, “A Little Bit Goes a […]
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Today we’re looking back on Marvin Gaye’s first-ever #1 hit on the charts, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”, which debuted back in 1968. Seems pretty random, you say? Well yes, it is! But come on, if you landed on a blog with “Diversion” in the title it’s safe to assume you were looking for […]
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