In shocking news, Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer. Eddie became an icon through his guitar playing. He along with his brother Alex built one of the most successful rock bands of all time. Despite inner band turmoil, the 4 piece band stayed relevant for nearly 3 decades with two different lead singers. Eddie was a brilliant musician. Many don’t know that Eddie played the solo on Michael Jackson’s Beat It. Eddie’s solos will live on forever.
Let the tributes begin.

Spotify has published weekly album charts. Which means you are up to date on a weekly basis of the most popular artists and tracks.

The Weekly Top 50 will look at the most popular albums and tracks in the world each week, Friday through Thursday, consisting of a US Weekly Album Chart, Global Weekly Album Chart, US Weekly Song Chart and Global Weekly Song Chart.
These new album charts are only going to be released on the @spotifycharts Twitter.
Also, Spotify added another cool feature that lets you search for songs by lyrics.

Watch out for Amy Allen and her new track Heaven. Take a quick listen and you’ll hear a powerful voice that resonates. The track was written with Jon Bellion and it’s personal. “I made this song for my family, friends, and for anyone who has ever loved someone struggling with addiction, says Allen. This is a big step for Allen. It’s the first time she is taking center stage as an artist after writing hits for Harry Styles, Halsey, and Selena Gomez.

The 19 year old Bella Hutton drops the ballad Only You. The sultry ballad will melt your soul. Ha! Although she sounds nothing like these artists, she’s influenced by Amy Winehouse, The 1975, and Billie Eilish. The singer-songwriter landed on Spotify’s New Pop UK & Chilled Pop Hits Playlists. CONTINUE READING

The 3 things people really should not talk are politics, religion, and money. It never ends well. That’s not my rule. That’s the golden rule, a basic principle that should always be followed to ensure success.

That’s why Silicone Valley company Coinbase has announced that it will not engage with pressing political and social issues. Employees who disagree are offered exit packages.

Toxicity in the work place has reached new levels. Why? People can’t stop talking about politics.

Politics has infiltrated everything. Sports, Social Media, School, Music, Work, Church, Playgrounds. There isn’t an escape and people are mentally exhausted.

Because people broke the social norm of avoiding these 3 things, the deluge of vitriol swamping American politics has now swarmed the workplace. Because it leads to conflict, arguments, and silent resentment, it’s resulting in the lack of productivity in the workplace.
Back to Coinbase folks. CEO Brian Armstrong declared that his “mission focused” company would ignore all issues outside of its goal to foster “an open financial system for the world.” The manifesto offers that the company will minimize attention on things like policy, non-profit work, “broader societal issues,” and politics to the degree they are unrelated to its core goal.

For the employees who “don’t feel comfortable with the new direction” of the company are free to leave.

“I predict most successful companies will follow Coinbase’s lead. If only because those who don’t are less likely to succeed,” tweeted Graham.
I agree with Graham. A company is unified through its mission. Apple’s mission is “to bring the best personal computing products and support to students, educators, designers, scientists, engineers, businesspersons and consumers in over 140 countries around the world.”

Apple can’t carry out its mission if they become laser beamed focus on politics. Instead of Apple bringing the best computing products, they’ll bring out the worst in people.
The golden rule stands today as it did a 100 years ago.

I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man’s reasoning powers are not above the monkey’s.” –Mark Twain.