Thursday, June 9, 2011
Was That Justin Bieber on America’s Got Talent? No - It Was Dani Shay - Video
Posted by zakiy0609 at 2:32 PM |
| Meet Dani Shay From Orlando |
No one knew who Dani Shay was…
Until last night.
Meet Dani Shay, Justin Bieber’s identical twin look-a-like doppelganger.
Twenty-two year old Dani is a splitting image of teen pop sensation Justin Bieber – and she doesn’t like it one bit.
Shay hails from Orlando Florida and is a singer songwriter who considers herself part of the Indie, acoustic, folk genre – NOT the teenage bubble gum puppy love genre.
And she’s not a boy – she’s a girl and proud of it.
In fact, back when people started telling her she was a splitting image of Bieber she didn’t even know who they were talking about.
Over time, it got to be such a problem she wasn’t really sure how to deal with it - so she pleaded with fans to take a deeper look at her – and not just look at the surface.
She made her plea via YouTube with the following video:
As Biebermania exploded, Shay grew frustrated that all anybody wanted to hear her play at her live shows was “Baby”. So she set out to rectify the problem with her own version of Bieber’s hit song “Baby” – she called it “What the Hell?”
Dani says she wrote the “Baby” parody as her way to fight back when people saw her for who THEY wanted her to be and not the person she really was.
Dani says,
“I am stopped everywhere I go because people think I am Justin Bieber. Before I even knew who he was, no matter what I was wearing, I would be asked for photos, autographs. “What The Hell” was my response to that. It expresses my initial confusion, the shock when I finally saw his face, the frustration with people only seeing him when they see me.”
Watch Dani Shay sing “What the Hell” Baby Parody
Dani very much has her own musical style, and even covers an Eminem song, but her biggest frustration was being compared to Bieber.
Her solo album “See Me Now” can be purchased from her website DaniShay.com, and she will autograph it on request and refers to it as her “pre-fame” album.
So, will Dani Shay become famous?
After last night - the answer is probably yes!
You see, Shay took the stage at the “America’s Got Talent” Houston auditions last night and had the opportunity to sing “What the hell” in front of 20 million television viewers.
She was a smash hit! The audience and AGT judges loved it and we’re sure we will be seeing more of her.
What do you think?
Will Dani Shay get her 15 minutes of fame?
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
And since she left the show… everybody has forgotten about her.
But now she is back in a new reality show on the Brava network taking us deep inside the music industry to see how hit songs are created.
The show is called “Platinum Hit” and stars not only DioGuardi but pop rock music icon Jewel.
The premise of the show is that a group of twelve unknowns has three hours to write a hit song, perform it in front of the judges (Kara and Jewel), and then await their fate.
Kara says that she understands that not all hit songs are rushed through a three hour process but says,
"Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs. That's how it happens - you have to make an album, but you're touring and you're busy and your life is crazy. So they clear three hours on a Thursday night and they put you together with a writer and you come out with a song. That is the real world for today’s artists, and that’s what we’re going to show in Platinum Hit”.
Platinum will break the group up into teams where one team will write the “hook” for a new song, and the other team will complete the song and hope it passes muster with the judges.
But a lot of people are asking why Kara DioGuardi? Why not some big named music producer we have all heard of?
Kara DioGuardi IS one of those big wigs. You just didn’t know it!
Not a lot of people truly understood her background and credentials when she appeared on American Idol – and she has spoken out publicly about that.
Songs that Kara has written or produced have sold more than 150 million copies, and she has worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry.
She collaborated with Christina Aguilera on her album Back to Basics in 2006, co-writing 12 of the 13 tracks on the album, and DioGuardi wrote and produced "Ooh Ooh Baby" and co-produced "Heaven on Earth" on Britney Spears album Blackout.
She co-wrote and produced Pink's "Sober", Kelly Clarkson's "I Do Not Hook Up", Katharine McPhee's "Had It All", Carrie Underwood's "Undo It", and Theory of a Deadman's "Not Meant to Be", among others.
She wrote much of The Hannah Montana Season 3 Soundtrack including "Mixed Up", "He Could Be the One" and "Don't Wanna Be Torn".
Then there was Demi Lovato's song "The Middle", and "If I Can't Have You" for Meat Loaf's 2010 album.
DioGuardi also co-owns Arthouse Entertainment – a production company that provides songs, music, writers, performers, and complete compositions for other companies and artists.
Arthouse has been responsible for B.O.B’s “Nothin’ On You”, Bruno Mars “Just The Way You Are” and “Grenade”, Cee-Lo Green’s “Forget You”, Flo Rida’s “Club Can’t Handle Me”, Jim Jones' "We Fly High", Nick Lachey's "What's Left of Me", David Archuleta's single "Crush", Mika's "Grace Kelly", OneRepublic's "Apologize" and "Stop and Stare”, Faith Hill's "Lost", "Sober" by P!nk, "Pieces of Me" by Ashlee Simpson, and "He Could Be The One" by Hannah Montana.See what we mean? But why are we telling you all of this?
We’re telling you this so when you watch the show you can understand that Kara really does pack a powerful industry background and actually knows what she is talking about.
Regardless of what her American Idol fans thought.
Platinum hit airs on Monday nights on the Bravo channel.
Watch Platinum Hit Producer Sneak Peek Interview
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Video - Lauren Alaina Sings “Like My Mother Does” on American Idol – Impresses Judges
Posted by zakiy0609 at 5:47 AM
Fans around the country are rushing to the internet today in hopes of learning more about the Rossville Georgia native who has country music in her blood.
Last night on the season 10 finals, 16-year-old Lauren blew away the judges, and viewers, with her version of Kristy Lee Cook’s “Like My Mother Does”.
Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, and Steven Tyler all seemed to agree that it was the best performance of the evening and would most likely propel Alaina into the winning spot.
If Lauren wins this year’s American Idol competition, “Like My Mother Does” will become her first single on her first album.
During her performance, Lauren moved through the audience and stopped in front of her own mother to sing a few bars. By the time she returned to the stage her mother was in tear as was most of the audience.
It was the cutest thing we’ve ever seen on an Idol show.
Watch Lauren sing “Like My Mother Does on AI”
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Friday, May 6, 2011
The wait is over.
The suspense has been building for a month.
There have been rumors, and we have seen snippets.
We have all heard the song a hundred times already, and yesterday the official Lady Gaga music video for her latest single “Judas” was released on YouTube and Vevo.
The traffic was initially too much for YouTube to handle and there were times when the video was unavailable or ran slow. In just 24 hours it has been viewed almost 3 million times. The video site Vevo was also overwhelmed for the first 12 hours after the release.
And for good reason. It is awesome.
While less bizarre than “Born This Way”, it does hold on to that religious overtones that Gaga herself has been putting out there for the last month.
It has crowns of thorns, bikers named John and Peter, crosses, a huge cast of dancers, lots of weird makeup, guys kissing, and an interesting part where Miss Gaga explores her fetish of water.
Or only criticism is that you can clearly tell she is lip-syncing through some parts of it due to the extreme camera angles and close-ups.
We also still think it sounds a lot like Madonna's "Express Yourself". So much in fact, we think the allegations of plagiarism may hold some merit.
But overall we love it.
Watch Lady Gaga Official “Judas” Music Video
Gaga also visited with Ellen DeGeneres last week for her first live performance of “Judas” that gave us a sneak peek of what to expect with the new video.
Watch Lady Gaga Perform “Judas” on the Ellen Show
Related: Watch Lady Gaga Official Video “Born This Way”
Related: Weird Al Yankovic covers Gaga “Born This Way”
Related: Gaga takes big fall on stage during concert
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Over-the-top singing sensation Lady Gaga has graced us with the premier of her new song “Judas”.
Loosely based on the story of Jesus, Judas and his betrayal in the Bible, the new song has the very familiar sound of “Bad Romance”, and some parts sound like a “Paparazzi” knock-off.
We have to say, it’s not the most original Lady Gaga song we have ever heard, and now she introduces the element of God, Jesus, Judas, love, and religion.
Here are some of the lyrics,
I’ll wash his feet with my hair if he needs.
Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain.
Even after three times he betrays me.
I’ll bring him down, a king with no crown.
Judas look what have you done
My heart bleeds and you think it’s fun?
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no,
Jealousy, Envy, Insanity,
Misery, Rosary, Sunday,
Trinity, Infinite, Judas, i love you baby! Signed mother monsteriety.
Oh brother, that’s all we need is to have Lady Gaga starting to preach to us as she sings to us. I suppose the next award show she’ll have a costume fashioned out of a cross?
That would certainly get her a little attention. Mark my words.
Listen to Lady Gaga Single “Judas”
Lady Gaga - JUDAS by igapromotion
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
The infamous singer of what some have called the worst song ever visited with Jay Leno last night.
13-year-old YouTube sensation Rebecca Black has been widely panned for her song “Friday”, and says she has received tons of hate mail and death threats since her video went viral on the internet last week.
She explained to Leno how the whole thing came about, and how she turned down the first song presented to her.
Although Black sang “Friday”, the backing track was so loud that you could not really tell if Black was singing or lip syncing. But the bottom line is the same:
“Friday", sung by Rebecca Black is the worst song ever.
As for her next move -- Rebecca says she desperately wants to sing a duet with Justin Bieber.
Good luck with that…
Watch Rebecca Black on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show
