Category Archives: Music

GetGlue: The Foursquare for Couch Potatoes

I will admit it, I have become addicted to GetGlue.  If you’ve never heard of it, the site can best be described as Foursquare for those that prefer to chill at home. And, lets face it, that’s pretty much where I am most of the time.

With GetGlue, can check into TV shows and movies you are watching, albums you are listening to, books you are reading, things you like…pretty much anything that you can find on any of their partner sites.  GetGlue rewards loyal users with stickers (similar to badges) that are displayed on your profile when you check-in to your favorite shows and movies. And unlike Foursquare, you can get actual copies of your stickers.  Every 30 days, you can request your stickers be mailed to you and they will send you any new ones you earned.

But it isn’t just about the stickers.  Based on what you tell GetGlue that you like using the Quick Rate feature, you will get suggestions of similar entertainment.  Also, once you start writing reviews for items, you can become the Guru and have special privileges on the page and be entered to win prizes.  Currently, there are apps for the iPhone and Android, with iPad coming soon.  Blackberry users can use the mobile site to check in, but I find that I use the site to check in most of the time, since I’m home anyway.  So, what are you waiting for? Go sign up! And make sure to subscribe to my profile and I will subscribe to you too!

Music Monday: Down by the Bayou….

In celebration of the New Orleans Saints’ Superbowl win last night, a little “Louisiana Bayou” by Dave Matthews Band:

Dave Matthews Band Store Proceeds to Benefit Haiti

If you are going to buy any merchandise from the DMB Store soon, make sure to do it in the next 24 hours and all proceeds go to the Bama Works Haiti Relief Fund.  From the Dave Matthews Band official website:

DMB/WAREHOUSE STORE PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT BAMA WORKS HAITI RELIEF FUND
Picture 8Dave Matthews Band, in an initiative to assist in providing long-term support to the people of the earthquake-ravaged nation of Haiti, has established the Bama Works Haiti Relief Fund. A 5-song EP entitled The Haiti Relief Project as well as a new, limited edition T-shirt featuring album cover art will be available tomorrow with proceeds benefiting the relief fund. The digital download will be available at DMBLive.com for $5. In addition, all proceeds from merchandise sales* in the Warehouse and DMB official stores for 24 hours – from 12 noon ET on Friday, January 29th to 12 noon ET on Saturday January 30th – will go to the Relief Fund.

THE HAITI RELIEF PROJECT EP Track Listing
BUTTERFLY 08.28.2007 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Kansas City / Bonner Springs, KS (Dave solo)
CRY FREEDOM 07.31.2004 / Sound Advice Amphitheatre / West Palm Beach, FL
OUT OF MY HANDS 07.19.2009 Alpine Valley Music Theatre / East Troy, WI
LYING IN THE HANDS OF GOD / 06.12.2009 / Saratoga Performing Arts Center / Saratoga Springs, NY
DIVE IN / 09.10.2009 / Greek Theatre / Los Angeles, CA

*excludes music and video with the exception of the Haiti Relief Project EP download

SONG NOTES:
The collection kicks off with “Butterfly,” a solemn, yet uplifting version written for the film Because of Winn Dixie and performed solo by Dave. It’s followed by a 2004 version of “Cry Freedom” featuring a powerful performance from LeRoi Moore. Three rousing songs captured on the band’s 2009 summer tour – “Out Of My Hands,” “Lying In The Hands Of God” and “Dive In” are also included.

THANKS: We’d like to extend an enormous thanks to Adam Larson with Adam+Company who generously donated the artwork for the shirt and EP as well as the Ants Marching staff for helping us select the versions of the tracks. Thanks to Musictoday for providing the download service for the cause.

Make sure to check out these other recent DMB posts on Basically Becky: 2010 Summer Tour Dates, Hope for Haiti Performance, Music for Relief Download.

Music Monday: Dave Matthews Hope for Haiti Performance

Dave Matthews & Neil Young performed “Alone & Forsaken” at the Hope for Haiti benefit. This little-known Hank Williams song was written by the country legend during the first half of last century.  If you haven’t donated anything, please do.  Every little bit helps.

DMB Donates Unreleased Music to Benefit Haiti Relief

Download to Donate

In the wake of the devastation in Haiti, Dave Matthews Band has partnered with Music For Relief to help. From the DMB official website:

American Rejects, Enrique Iglesias, Hoobastank, Kenna, Lupe Fiasco, Peter Gabriel and Slash for DOWNLOAD TO DONATE FOR HAITI, a recovery effort to aid the nation of Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating January 12th earthquake. Millions of Haitians are in need of food, water, medical attention, clothing and shelter just to make it through the days ahead.

Working with Music For Relief, a non-profit founded by Linkin Park following the 2004 Asian tsunamis, each of the artists have graciously donated never-before-released music to help raise funds and promote awareness of the recovery efforts.   Dave Matthews Band’s Typical Situation from 07.05.1997 Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA has been selected for the charitable release. DOWNLOAD TO DONATE FOR HAITI provides fans with the opportunity to download a collection of exclusive songs by their favorite artists and then donate funds on a purely voluntary basis. Each download is a donation. Fans can download the 9 unreleased songs at musicforrelief.org and via the websites of each participating artist.  DMB encourages you to donate what you can.  Every donation will help and 100% of funds received will go directly to the Haiti efforts.

Funds raised through the program will support the United Nation’s rapid disaster response efforts through the UN Foundation, the long-term rebuilding of sustainable homes with Habitat for Humanity, and Dave Matthews Band’s Bama Works, Haitian relief efforts.   DMB is developing a full-scale plan for long-term assistance to Haiti  - please stay tuned for more information. DOWNLOAD. LISTEN. DONATE. SPREAD THE WORD. BRING HOPE.

To preview the track listing and donate, visit Music For Relief.  Every little bit helps.

Wordless Wednesday: Christmas Lights Edition

What do you get when you mix a Christmas Light show with Guitar Hero? Christmas Light Hero! A real game you play with a wii wireless guitar controller. Optional TV screen is available if you get in trouble, but if you use the screen, you don’t get your name in the high score list. Song is “Cliffs of Dover” by the incredible Eric Johnson.

Music Monday: DMB Nominated for Two Grammy Awards!

big-whiskey

The Grammy Awards nominees have been announced and Dave Matthews Band made the cut…twice!  According to the DMB official website:

We are thrilled to announce that Dave Matthews Band’s Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King received Grammy nominations this evening for Best Rock Album and Album of the Year!  The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards are scheduled to air live from Los Angeles on CBS on January 31, 2010.

Here are the lists of fellow nominees in both awards:

Album Of The Year
I Am…Sasha Fierce – Beyonce
The E.N.D. – Black Eyed Peas
The Fame – Lady Gaga
Fearless – Taylor Swift
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King – Dave Matthews Band

Best Rock Album
Black Ice – AC/DC
Live From Madison Square Garden – Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
21st Century Breakdown – Green Day
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King – Dave Matthews Band
No Line On The Horizon – U2

As much as I love Lady Gaga, if she wins the Album of the Year over DMB, I might just not like her anymore.  It just wouldn’t be right.  Personally, I think after last year’s snub of LeRoi in the tribute film, that the Grammy’s owe it to DMB to award them for the album they made FOR Roi. Just sayin.

You can follow The Grammys on Twitter here, where they have daily contests for prizes.

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