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Help Zach Braff Make A Music Video!

BuzzSugar — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:30:43 -0700

The folks over at Popwatch received an interesting phone call from Zach Braff promoting a contest of sorts for would-be filmmakers. He put out a call to action for people to submit their visions for a music video he's directing for his friend Jay Clifford's song "Know When to Walk Away." Braff wants people to "film themselves lip-syncing the track" though it sounds like he's prepared to be wowed by all kinds of creativity. He told Popwatch:

It's about regular people making their own version of the video, with a concept of their own that highlights something about themselves, who they are and where they live. "Know When to Walk Away," you could make it about a job, about a bad situation in your life, about anything.

Braff is going to edit together the best scenes he receives alongside the footage he's already shot of Clifford singing the song. The first thing that popped into my mind was the end of Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video and Braff himself acknowledged a similar concept was done in a recent Nickelback video, but he says that's not at all what he envisions. He also told Popwatch that people should save videos about "getting kicked in the balls" for YouTube. Ha!

So are your creative juices bubbling yet? I think this is a fun idea and can't wait to see the finished product. You can listen to the song and get more information on this project at the contest's site.

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Nickelback: Even More Formulaic Than You Thought

BuzzSugar — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:12:58 -0700

On the rare occasions that I actually notice a Nickelback song playing - you know, like, "what is that mediocre rumbling sound? Oh, it's Nickelback" - I'm struck by how utterly indistinguishable one hit is from the next. (Who, exactly, are the fans fueling these hits? I have no idea, but that's a perplexing matter for another day.)

Anyway, there's a good reason I can't tell Nickelback's songs apart. The geniuses over at The Webshite have posted two of the band's big hits - 2001's "How You Remind Me" and "Someday" off 2003's The Long Road - so that one song plays through the right speaker and the other through the left. Normally, it would be irritating to have two different songs playing in my headphones, except, well, these aren't really two different songs. Listen at your own risk.

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The Strange World of Music Sales

BuzzSugar — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:07:53 -0800

Just when I think I understand what unites the music-listening masses, I come across something like this 2006 analysis of music sales, released Thursday by Nielsen SoundScan. I'm not saying that everything on this list is puzzling - I fully expect appearances from Justin Timberlake and Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" - but it raises many unanswerable questions. Like, how did I miss this whole High School Musical thing? Where did Rascal Flatts come from? And who really buys Nickelback albums? Take a look at these lists and tell me what you think.

2006 TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS

Soundtrack, High School Musical
Me and My Gang, Rascal Flatts
Some Hearts, Carrie Underwood
All the Right Reasons, Nickelback
FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake
Back to Bedlam, James Blunt
B'day, Beyonce
Soundtrack, Hannah Montana
Taking the Long Way, Dixie Chicks
Extreme Behavior, Hinder

To see the even more interesting digital stats, read more

2006 TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL TRACKS

"Bad Day," Daniel Powter
"Crazy," Gnarls Barkley
"Over My Head," The Fray
"Temperature," Sean Paul
"Lips of an Angel," Hinder
"Hips Don’t Lie," Shakira
"How To Save A Life," The Fray
"Unwritten," Natasha Bedingfield
"Sexyback," Justin Timberlake
"Dani California," Red Hot Chili Peppers

2006 TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ARTISTS

Rascal Flatts
Nickelback
Fray
All-American Rejects
Justin Timberlake
Pussycat Dolls
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nelly Furtado
Eminem
Sean Paul