Coldplay’s Chris Martin Talks How Brian Eno Produces Records
Coldplay are on their grind. They’ve been giving the mainstream media an all out assault and they’ve even gotten positive Pitchfork play…which is weird. Ryan Dombal had a nice chat with Chris Martin… Read More
Did Coldplay’s Anti-Streaming Strategy Work? #Calledit
Of course Coldplay’s anti-streaming strategy worked. Duh. I wrote about this recently when the world first learned that Coldplay won’t be giving their album to Spotify, Rdio, and other such streaming sites. It was… Read More
Coldplay Say No To Streaming Because They Can
Have you heard the news? …Coldplay, who is known for wanting and having complete control of their music, announced today that they are no longer offering their music to streaming sites like Spotify and Rdio.… Read More
Coldplay Get In Bed With Clear Channel #lolwut?
Coldplay are about to get there asses spanked. I predict that the new album, Mylo Xyloto, will be another commercial success, but critics will tear it apart. That will hurt the sales,… Read More
Lil Wayne Breaks Digital Sales Record – Stomps on Jay-Z & Coldplay
Well it appears Weezy is about to turn his baby money into big boy money because the man has already sold 300,000 digital copies of Tha Carter IV and is now expected… Read More
The Impact of One Song
As a new artist or even an established artist, but especially for a new artist, the impact of one song has incredible importance. I understand that in order to truly be great,… Read More
More on Writing Music For The Venue
I just wanted to highlight an example of shifting and evolving your sound to match the venue, as per Voyno’s earlier post. Coldplay. If you’ve listened to Parachutes, you know it’s a… Read More
The Art of Practicing and Getting Your 10,000 Hours
I was reading a Rolling Stone interview with Chris Martin as Coldplay were preparing to release “Vida La Vida or Death and All His Friends.” It was candid and informal which I… Read More
Top 3 Most Influential Rock Bands of The 2000's
Rock music is a different beast then it was in 1999. Thank god. Nu-metal is a bad dream I’d like to forget. But out of all that shit some good things did… Read More
Coldplay Studies Nickleback ??
Read an article on Coldplay and their recent Canadian dates. 2 things struck out at me as pretty interesting insights into the world of Chris Martin and company. 1. He studies Nickelback… Read More