Jive & Universal Records USA Hit Production Team Select 70s Disco Track "Color Me Beautiful" by Tanzanian Singer-Songwriter Joett

JIVE RECORDS & UNIVERSAL RECORDS HIT PRODUCTION TEAM has now hooked up with Song Submit to find DANCE POP ARTISTS and SONGWRITERS to sign, develop, and pitch to MAJOR RECORD LABELS. Selected songs are also pitched directly to specific artists: Missy, Ciara, Plies, Jason Derulo, and others. This listing was seeking songwriters and artists that can deliver Dance or Pop hits such as Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Rihanna, Zedd and Will.I.Am.

It was MY chance to get MY music considered firsthand by a TOP GRAMMY-NOMINATED PRODUCTION TEAM with several Billboard hits and direct connections to today's TOP RECORD LABEL A&R! This grammy-nominated team is affiliated with Diddy and Missy Elliot and has produced for Britney Spears, Fantasia, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Omarion, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliot, 8Ball & MJG, plus more. This listing was accepting full songs w/ vocal performances only, and songs had to contain  great vocal performance, arrangement, and lyrics. Artists/Songwriters needed to have 24/7 studio access, with reasonably quick turnaround time. This listing was mainly seeking songwriters that can write a Katy Perry, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, or young boy band or female group hit. Selected songs will be considered directly by this hit production team for signing, developing, and pitching to major labels.

Well, suffice to say, I submitted Color Me Beautiful and I Could Never Live (Without Your Love) and guess what? Color Me Beautiful, which--like all of my songs, is published via the American Society of Composers, Authors And Publishers (ASCAP), was selected and is now being forwarded as solicited to music executives. I'm so excited! I'll keep you posted on developments right here on my blog.

A BIG THANK YOU goes out to all involved in the production of Color Me Beautiful: Max Rioba (Authentic Records, Tanzania),  Patrick Jonsson and Toby Warren (Ignition Sound, UK) who've all done an absolutely brilliant job. I couldn't have done it without you guys. Many many thanks, you ROCK!

Download FREE Color Me Beautiful mp3 here!

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JOETT
Vocal Coach & Author
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Speech Level Singing Arpeggios Exercise with Joett (Part 11)

As part of my Letters from a Vocal Coach e-Book series, this is my eleventh installment of the speech level singing variation to the arpeggios exercise on track 6 on the CD. Speech Level Singing Arpeggios Exercise with Joett (Part 11) is a helpful video demo of the exercise using 'NA'. To get the full workout, please download my FREE Arpeggios Exercise mp3 backing track to the entire scale. All you need to do is have a look at the video to see the scale variation I have illustrated for you, and then download the Arpeggios Exercise mp3 backing track lifted from my Learn to Sing with Joett Vocal Training CD and ideally, burn that onto CD so you can play it on your music system. The bigger the sound the better the workout ... and the better you get to train your ear.

WORK WITH  'NA' to the top note in the exercise with a clear and connected tone is what you're gunning for here. As you go higher, you'll begin to feel your voice go more and more behind the soft pallet and into your head. Just let it happen. Take your time. Make sure you breathe before each note (like I do in the video clip), and make sure you're singing in key. The first round has my voice, so listen to that very carefully, and then come in in the next key up (with only the piano). Just make sure you're bang in key and remember to keep your voice connected from your chest voice into your head voice the higher you go. Have fun!

You are the instrument, learn to sing like a pro!

JOETT
Vocal Coach & Author
Private Singing Lessons
Letters from a Vocal Coach
Learn to Sing with Joett Vocal Training CD

Download Joett tracks from iTunes, Amazon MP3, TuneCore.
Buy Joett CDs from A Novel Idea Bookstores Dar, Zanzibar, Arusha.
Nationwide CD distribution via Joett Music (Airtel Money, TIGO Money, M-Pesa).
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Speech Level Singing Arpeggios Exercise with Joett (Part 10)

As part of my Letters from a Vocal Coach e-Book series, this is my tenth installment of the speech level singing variation to the arpeggios exercise on track 6 on the CD. Speech Level Singing Arpeggios Exercise with Joett (Part 10) is a helpful video demo of the exercise using 'NEY'. To get the full workout, please download my FREE Arpeggios Exercise mp3 to the entire scale. All you need to do is have a look at the video to see the scale variation I have illustrated for you, and then download the Arpeggios Exercise mp3 lifted from my Learn to Sing with Joett Vocal Training CD and ideally, burn that onto CD so you can play it on your music system. The bigger the sound the better the workout ... and the better you get to train your ear.

WORK WITH  'NEY' to the top note in the exercise with a clear and connected tone is what you're gunning for here. As you go higher, you'll begin to feel your voice go more and more behind the soft pallet and into your head. Just let it happen. Take your time. Make sure you breathe before each note (like I do in the video clip), and make sure you're singing in key. The first round has my voice, so listen to that very carefully, and then come in in the next key up (with only the piano). Just make sure you're bang in key and remember to keep your voice connected from your chest voice into your head voice the higher you go. Have fun!

You are the instrument, learn to sing like a pro!

JOETT
Vocal Coach & Author
Private Singing Lessons
Letters from a Vocal Coach
Learn to Sing with Joett Vocal Training CD

Download Joett tracks from iTunes, Amazon MP3, TuneCore.
Buy Joett CDs from A Novel Idea Bookstores Dar, Zanzibar, Arusha.
Nationwide CD distribution via Joett Music (Airtel Money, TIGO Money, M-Pesa).
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Speech Level Singing Arpeggios Exercise with Joett (Part 9)

As part of my Letters from a Vocal Coach e-Book series, this is my ninth installment of the speech level singing variation to the arpeggios exercise on track 6 on the CD. Speech Level Singing Arpeggios Exercise with Joett (Part 9) is a helpful video demo of the exercise using the  'NO'. To get the full workout, please download my FREE Arpeggios Exercise mp3 to the entire scale. All you need to do is have a look at the video to see the scale variation I have illustrated for you, and then download the Arpeggios Exercise mp3 lifted from my Learn to Sing with Joett Vocal Training CD and ideally, burn that onto CD so you can play it on your music system. The bigger the sound the better the workout ... and the better you get to train your ear.

WORK WITH  'NO' to the top note in the exercise with a clear and connected tone is what you're gunning for here. As you go higher, you'll begin to feel your voice go more and more behind the soft pallet and into your head. Just let it happen. Take your time. Make sure you breathe before each note (like I do in the video clip), and make sure you're singing in key. The first round has my voice, so listen to that very carefully, and then come in in the next key up (with only the piano). Just make sure you're bang in key and remember to keep your voice connected from your chest voice into your head voice the higher you go. Have fun!

You are the instrument, learn to sing like a pro!

JOETT
Vocal Coach & Author
Private Singing Lessons
Letters from a Vocal Coach
Learn to Sing with Joett Vocal Training CD

Download Joett tracks from iTunes, Amazon MP3, TuneCore.
Buy Joett CDs from A Novel Idea Bookstores Dar, Zanzibar, Arusha.
Nationwide CD distribution via Joett Music (Airtel Money, TIGO Money, M-Pesa).
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Shakira And Rihanna writhe in 'Can't Remember to Forget You'

By Mikael Wood

January 31, 2014, 11:47 a.m

 

 In spite of the song's title, Pop & Hiss has found it pretty easy to forget Shakira's irritating duet with Rihanna, which after premiering two weeks ago has already dropped to No. 61 on the current Hot 100.

But as the fruit of a much-hyped superstar collaboration, "Can't Remember to Forget You" can hardly be left to die on the vine -- especially since the song is supposed to establish some buzz ahead of the March 25 release of Shakira's new album, her first since 2010.

So here we have a music video, posted online late Thursday, in which the two singers smoke cigars, make smoldering facial expressions and writhe around together on a bed in revealing outfits. There's also a scene where Shakira thrashes away on guitar and drums (though not, alas, at the same time).
Does the steamy video boost our low opinion of "Can't Remember to Forget You"? Not a bit. But we definitely approve of Shakira in metalhead mode. More of that, please.
Watch "Can't Remember to Forget You" below.

Thanks for dropping by my blog!

JOETT
Vocal Coach & Author
Private Singing Lessons
Letters from a Vocal Coach
Learn to Sing with Joett Vocal Training CD

Download Joett tracks from iTunes, Amazon MP3, TuneCore.
Buy Joett CDs from A Novel Idea Bookstores Dar, Zanzibar, Arusha.
Nationwide CD distribution via Joett Music (Airtel Money, TIGO Money, M-Pesa).
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White House Will Respond to Petition to Deport Justin Bieber

Americans really want that guy out of their country. The deportation of one person in particular (yes, Justin Bieber) is of utmost interest to the American public, and now the White House is going to weigh in.

A whitehouse.gov petition to revoke the green card and deport the Canadian singer has well surpassed the 100,000-signature threshold, meaning the White House is obligated to respond. And it will "relatively soon," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Friday.

Sure, many of the petitions on the White House's website relate to grander causes, such as mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods, or imposing personal sanctions on the president of Ukraine. But that Bieber petition is currently the most popular. Sadly for Beliebers, a petition to "Consider to not Deport Justin Bieber" has a measly 2,285 signatures.

While an Internet search for "Obama" and "deportation" ends up in Bieber-heavy results, it is worth nothing this administration's record on deporting people who are not Justin Bieber: a record number of people were removed from the country last year, and very soon a total of 2 million undocumented immigrants will have been deported while President Obama has been in the White House.

Thanks for dropping by my blog!

JOETT
Vocal Coach & Author
Private Singing Lessons
Letters from a Vocal Coach
Learn to Sing with Joett Vocal Training CD

Download Joett tracks from iTunes, Amazon MP3, TuneCore.
Buy Joett CDs from A Novel Idea Bookstores Dar, Zanzibar, Arusha.
Nationwide CD distribution via Joett Music (Airtel Money, TIGO Money, M-Pesa).
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