2Pac Hologram Performance Opens Doors in Music World

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Tupac Shakur, American rapper, was shot and killed in 1996.

                Tupac Shakur performed at Coachella festival in 2012.

                                Last weekend, at the Coachella Music Festival in southern California, fans were astonished as they watched Shakur perform with fellow rappers Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.

                What seemed like a miracle and perhaps the answer to fans prayers was merely a hologram of Shakur.

                Shakur appeared on the stage with detail so real it was hard for fans to process.

                The hologram showed every piece of Shakur from his abs to his tattoo bearing, “Thug life.”

                Shakur reached to the sky and his fans screaming out to his fellow rappers Dre and Snoop, whom answered back as if he was the real thing.

                Seconds later Shakur addressed the fans themselves and the concert screaming, “What is up Coachella?” A personalized shout out to fans from 2Pac, enough to give fans goosebumps.

The Ready Set Gets Crowd Going, Breathe Carolina Falls Short

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What do you get when you crunch up garlic Ritz crackers and combine them with Velveeta macaroni and cheese?  Nothing other than a popular piece of tour food for Breathe Carolina, add the chicken burritos being made by The Ready Set and it’s like a restaurant on wheels.

                In a recent interview with both bands, a discussion of tour food became a big one.

                “I get like black beans, rice and some chicken and guacamole and I’ve been making really awesome burritos lately,” said Jordan Witzigreuter, the solo vocalist from the indie-pop band, The Ready Set.

                “You have to be creative with the microwave,” said Kyle Even, a vocalist in the electronic-rock band, Breathe Carolina.

                “You get Ritz crackers and put them all over the plate, cover the Ritz in shredded cheese and then pour the Mac n Cheese all over the crackers,” said Even.

The discussion took a turn when the chain fast food restaurant, Chick-Fill-A was brought up.

From there was a discussion about the spicy chicken sandwich that I should be trying if I ever find one of these places.

                The two bands drove down to St. Bonaventure University on Thursday, April 12, 2012 to perform in the on campus bar, The Rathskellar.

                With it being not a very large venue, it was interesting to see the excitement in the artists when the saw the space they would be working with.

Music Videos You Should Watch and the Ones You Just Shouldn’t

            With the number of music videos and songs that coming out today, deciding which ones to watch or listen to can be hard to decipher. To save time, I’ve listed a few music videos you should take the time to watch and a few others you should just pass up.

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 We Are the In Crowd Ft. Alex Gaskarth: “Kiss Me Again”  :)

The pop-punk band We Are the In Crowd formed in 2009 and has released six music videos including one acoustic video and one montage video. The new music video “Kiss Me Again” comes off their album Best Intentions released in 2011.

The music video features Alex Gaskarth, the lead vocalist for the pop-punk band All Time Low.

The video shows two teenagers (Gaskarth and WATIC lead vocalist Taylor Jardine) getting interrupted when they try to kiss. At the same time the video shows the bands performing at a house party.

The video over all shows the adorable love side with the ability to get you into the song by adding the house party setting. In the video you get to see Gaskarth and Jardine interacting with one another while they perform.

March Madness Meets Music Madness

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                March Madness is well-known for basketball brackets and games.  MTV has a different idea in mind for March Madness with the Musical March Madness.

                MTV shows a large bracket on their website that shows multiple bands and artists who are teamed up against one another and it is up to the public to vote on who will win the battle.

                The bracket is set up the same as in basketball. You vote for the one you like the most, the winner moves on to the next round and battle the other winner of the round. This battle method continues until there is one final winner.

                The competition started with 64 different bands, split them into four regions and gave the, seeds.  The bands and artists going head to head go all the way from Metallica and Coheed and Cambria to Maroon 5 and Dave Matthews Band.

There are currently eight head to head battles remaining at http://www.mtv.com/content/news/2012/musical_march_madness_2012/

Head over now to vote for your favorites in the Musical March Madness.

The winners will receive an engraved trophy and will join other tournament winners from the past Musical March Madness champions.

Juliet Simms holds upper hand on The Voice?

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Juliet Simms, with her ripped jean vest and tattoos, walks onto the stage of The Voice blind auditions belting out the rough vocal of “Oh Darling” by The Beatles.

                With her scratchy voice and edginess it did not take long before three well known artists turned their chairs around to have Simms on their team, however to the public, Simms has a familiar face.

                Simms, being front woman for the rock band Automatic Loveletter, formed back in 2007 while Simms also performed in solo tours.

                Automatic Loveletter released; three albums, one digital EP, 36 singles and performed on three major tours including; Bamboozle, Bamboozle Left and Warped Tour.

                Simms has also appeared in songs with other bands like Secondhand Serenade, Every Avenue and All Time Low.

                Simms now holds the spot as a tough competitor on The Voice.

My Grandmother, 30 at 92

My grandmother and I

Grandmas are magical.

If we are lucky, when we look back on our childhood, our grandmas are a part of it. We remember the days that they would sit on the floor with us and help us build that house of blocks.

As we got a little older, the elementary school projects that we were so proud of were addressed to no one other than grandma.

They get the copy of your good grades, ask about your friends, heal your boo boos with kisses and make the best cookies.

When we look back, they’ve been there for it all.

What is it that makes our grandma’s so magical to each of us?

Perhaps it’s something as small as the names we call them, Nana, Nene, Oma, Granny and many others.

Disney Star Airs Self-Documentary About Addiction

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The venue still vibrates from the power of bass and echoes from the fans still linger in the air as the spotlight shines onto an empty stage. This is the one place in the world that Disney star Demi Lovato feels like she is meant to be.

            “Music is what I love to do, music is my life, like it runs in my veins,” said Lovato in her documentary, “DemiLovato: Stay Strong,” which aired on MTV on Tuesday, March 2, 2012.

With a shaky voice and tear-filled eyes, Lovato poured her heart out to a camera that recorded her every move, tear and emotion since her time in Timberline Knolls Treatment Center a year ago. 

Now, she shares those moments with the public.

In this documentary, Lovato talked about her struggle with addiction, not with drugs, but with an eating disorder and self injury.

Lovato was just 11 when she started cutting herself, an act she had seen on TV and around school.

“I didn’t even understand it when I was doing it,” said Lovato in an interview with ABC’s 20/20. “It was a way of expressing my own shame of myself on my own body; I was matching the inside to the outside.”