Listen to the track Outrage by Capital Lights. Their new record titled “This Is An Outrage” will be available July 8th via Tooth and Nail Records.

Check out the track ‘Let It Rain‘ from Hong-Kong raised Margot Blanche who describes herself as a French-Filipino NuSoul songstress with a classically alluring voice. Margot says ‘Let It Be’ was written during one of the darkest moments of her life and I don’ t doubt that…

Katy Perry’s single, ‘I Kissed A Girl‘ was added to top 40 radio. This is a good cheeze track – Katy has a good original voice. I still can’t understand why she is performing on the WARPED Tour…

Shinedown’s new single ‘Devour‘ was recently added to active rock radio as well as the 3 Doors Down new single titled ‘Train‘.

Rehab’s ‘Sittin’ At A Bar‘ was added to alternative radio…..eh! it’s alright.

Duffy’s new single ‘Mercy‘ has almost 10 million views on YouTube – except she has nothing on Amy Winehouse.

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Ashlee Simpson’s single ‘Outta My Head’ represents the lowest point in modern music.

“It was written by SIX!!! people. As a comparison, ‘Yesterday’, the most covered song in history, was written by Paul McCartney, one man, in his sleep”.

“So what’s gone wrong in the last 40 years, that we’ve gone from Yesterday to “Ay ya ya ya ya”?

Paul McCartney is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, painter, record producer, and film producer.

“Well, McCartney was a songwriting genius, right? Well maybe, but that genius didn’t spring out of thin air. He’d done his homework, and was steeped in rock’n’roll and blues, folk, ragtime, musicals, Tin Pan Alley standards, church hymns and classical music – all influences working on him when he composed”.

“The writers of ‘Outta My Head’ are influenced by market forces and the few hit records of the last 18 months, all of which eschew melody for the novelty of the studio and the tyranny of whatever rhythm is moving the club floors at this particular moment.”

“But for the last 3 years it’s been a downward spiral, with popular music across genres deteriorating massively as writers and performers completely misplace the melody.”

Do you want to be a better songwriter? well, you have to write more meaningful melodies and lyrics that touch the soul. If you have only listened to records during the last 10 years, the chances of writing songs that touch millions of people are slim to none. Start listening to these records now…

8 albums every budding songwriter needs to hear

Courtney Scraps Album: Courtney Love has reportedly scrapped an entire album recorded with pop songwriter Linda Perry. The Hole singer, who previously worked with Perry on 2004’s America’s Sweetheart LP, apparently ditched the record to work with British musician Micko Larkin.

Change Shmame: Several local figures including legal nut job Larry Lessig plans to support Obama’s plan. Larry ‘philosophical nutjob’ Lessig is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark and radio frequency spectrum. Do you know what that means my fellow artists? He doesn’t want you to get paid. There is a real sick psychology that exists that thinks getting paid for your art/creation is a mortal sin – and Lessig who is a staunch Obama supporter, is leading this crusade.

Lawsuit On Its Way: Dolly Parton intends to file a lawsuit against Howard Stern who manipulated recordings from one of her audio books into racist and sexually graphic sound bites. “I have never been so shocked, hurt and humiliated in all my life,” Parton said . “I cannot believe what Howard Stern has done to me. In a blue million years, I would never have such vulgar things come out of my mouth”. I’m thrilled Dolly is standing up for herself..

New Music: Local band based in the New Orleans, The Vettes, are getting airplay on WEZB (top 40). Upcoming film placements include MTV Movie Awards ’08’, Kill Theory, and “Final Destination 4”. Check out this video made by a fan.

Chicago Needs to Be Saved: Pete Wentz talks about Chicago’s promoters ordinance. As we mentioned yesterday, the city council of Chicago wants to bankrupt the local music community.

Recommended Listening: This Is It by Pete and J. These tracks are perfectly fitting for a soundtrack like Garden State or Juno. Hopefully these tracks will find a life of their own. Good songs, good dynamics and good songwriting…Can we say just good?

According to WIRED, Imeem has taken over Yahoo’s by becoming the No. 1 streaming music site in the United States.

New Anticipated Releases: Death Cab For Cutie’s new album, Narrow Stairs is out today. Pick up a copy at your local record store or pick up a digital copy at iTunes by clicking here. Death Cab is the benchmark for the indie bands, they got it down to a science. If you don’t believe us, just stream the album here..

10 Years new record, Division is out today. The album is #6 on the iTunes Chart and is expected to land in the top 15 on the Billboard album charts. Who said rock is dead? Rock is alive and well, just have to do it right. Pick up a copy on iTunes by clicking here.

Idol Ratings Continue To Slip: Even though American Idol ratings are slipping away, the show itself is still huge. Cowell suggests that the viewership may just be bored. We haven’t got the right personalities at the moment,” Simon Cowell told a reporter over the weekend. They’re “very media-savvy. They say the right things. They don’t argue with me. It’s too safe at the moment.”Things are too old-fashioned,” Cowell said.

TVT Records Set to Meet Its Maker? Pitbull, the top-10 rapper has been angry for months at both the label and its owner, Steve Gottlieb, and has even gone on the radio to urge listeners not to buy his 2007 release, “The Boatlift”. TVT Records is scheduled to be sold out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According The NY Post, “There are said to be about 30 investors weighing whether to make a bid on TVT. If the bidding is less than robust, unsecured creditors may only receive pennies on the dollar”. “I just want to make sure my artists are taken care of and I do right by my creditors,” Gottlieb said.

Rise Fast, Fall Hard: The queen of pop marketing wasn’t astute this time as in the past — or simply, her record company didn’t care since she was leaving. After one week, Madonna’s”Hard Candy” has fallen a whopping 71 percent in sales to No. 5 says Fox’s Roger Friedman.

But…

Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” is a smash. And say what you will, but Lewis’ American success is directly related to Clive Davis and his team at J Records. Only in the record business would execs be dumb enough to tamper with that formula says Friedman.

Leeds Laid Off: Jeff Leeds the Los Angeles music biz reporter who wrote for The New York Times has been laid off. “I feel badly for him because he’s always had a good handle on his beat. He also writes regularly and breaks news. “It came as a surprise. H was upset to be cut,” an insider tells me. “But it’s an odd beat to cut because it’s not like there’s overlap”.