‘She must have very rich parents’: Little girl performs horrendous rendition of The National Anthem, gets compared to Fergie

We’re living in a post-America’s Funniest Home Videos world. We no longer have a clip show airing on cable designed to show us as many fails as possible in close succession. We’re also living in a post-American Idol audition fails world. I have not watched American Idol recently, but I’m pretty certain they’re not using …
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Twitter Reacts to Ed Sheeran Promoting Album by Working as Barista in Starbucks

Ed Sheeran is one of those celebrities that is best described as ‘inoffensive’. He has received a fair amount of hate over the years, primarily for being ginger and a bit weird looking while releasing annoying music. This hasn’t stopped him having an extremely successful career, which he has apparently been busy with this year. …
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Aspiring Musician ‘Traveled 1000km’ to Perform in Times Square, Faces Roasting on Twitter

New York: it might be the city of dreams, but that doesn’t mean that all of them should be made reality. A few nights I had a dream that I got judgmental looks on a bus for being the only passenger who wasn’t breastfeeding. Do I have any desire to recreate this in real life? …
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People Debate Whether Singers Should Show Off At Karaoke

People who can sing can get a little irritating, especially when they constantly remind you of their talents. Like we get it, Claire, you can belt Defying Gravity, and for some reason, you decide to do it in public!!! Unless you foolishly decide to pursue singing as a career, we get fewer and fewer opportunities …
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Bizarre Spotify Playlists That Are an Interesting Listen

Music is one of the ultimate forms of creativity. Even if you don’t make it or perform it yourself, there is a lot of mileage in listening to and interpreting songs (the music journalism industry has come this far). In this day and age of instant streaming, perhaps the most accessible way of appreciating the …
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Melodious Music Memes for Musicians and the Musically Inclined

You know the kinds of people that I can never trust? The ones who don’t really enjoy music. Humans have been putting together rhythms and melodies since we still lived in caves, an you’re telling me that you aren’t moved by any song? Please. More understandable are the millions out there who couldn’t do without …
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