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Artist Submissions Now Being Taking To Be Featured On Live Wire TV

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R&B/Soul Singer Teena Marie Has Died | Photos | Videos | Sounds | Obits | Musicians' Thoughts

'Lovergirl' Singer Teena Marie Dead at 54 47 minutes ago by TMZ Staff... more

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Help us Internets, you're our only hope. Have you embedded Embedded yet?

Our Current Music team has been working overtime to bring you our brand new six part music special, Embedded. Everything is set to go for our Wednesday night premiere (October 14, 11/10c), but we need your help getting the word out.

Help us Internets, you're our only hope.

But seriously, if you have a website, blog, Tumblr, MySpace, or [insert other social network profile] account that takes video embeds, now is your time.

I'll let Shana's words do the talking:
Embed Embedded is a viral game in which users get a unique embed code for a sneak peek video from our new six part music special. The user who generates the highest number of video views during a one-week period gets a limited edition poster for the show designed by legendary music artist Justin Hampton. Each week we’ll put up a new video and you have a new chance to be our mastermind of viral videos.
Log in on Current.com (Don't have an account? No worries, we support Facebook Connect!) and visit Embed Embedded. We'll post a new Embedded clip for you to embed each week. The artists featured on Embedded include Mos Def, Silversun Pickups, Ben Harper, Common, Thievery Corporation, and The Decemberists to name a few. To name a few more, you'll also catch glimpses of K'Naan, Arcade Fire, Lykke Li, Bloc Party, Amanda Palmer, Delta Spirit, Passion Pit, and Bon Iver to boot. So, expect to see embed Embedded clips from some of those folks.

And here's the cool thing -- each embed code on the Embed Embedded page is unique to you. The person with the most views on their embedded Embedded video will become the top embed user for the week, and will be showered with praise in the Current Music blog. So start embedding your unique embed code, help us spread the word, and get the opportunity to score some exclusive Embedded swag.

I'll even help you out. My bet for video views would be to embed your unique embed code on your blog, then submit the link to your blog post to Digg, Reddit, Tumblr, StumbleUpon, Yahoo! Buzz, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.

So what do you say, could you lend us a helping hand?Our Current Music team has been working overtime to bring you our brand new six part... more

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Current SF's Embedded Mos Def viewing party [Live blog]

6:04pm -- OH reaction: 1: "I love Mos Def." 2: "Who doesn't... more

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kanye west vs. taylor swift snafu: could twitter equal ratings?

I completely tuned out of the VMA broadcast on MTV last night (a friend noted on Facebook that life is too short to watch the VMAs, and personally I couldn't agree more.). I did take some time to check out a little bit of the pre-show Twitter push and Stamen/Radian6's visualization. Overall, the implementation didn't feel like it broke any new ground, but there are a few things that came out of the experience that are definitely worth noting.

Specifically, people were tweeting while they watched the show. It was practically unavoidable. Kanye's little stunt obviously spurred a considerable amount of chatter in the form of re-tweets and @replies from the usual suspects. But here's where it gets interesting. News of Kanye's onstage antics traveled so fast that mash-ups and parodies began cropping up BEFORE THE SHOW FINISHED AIRING. This one in particular is really well done: Kanye interrupts Obama.

[Side note: Current Comedy's Josh Heller discusses how the viral turnaround for memes appears to be speeding up -- pandemic anyone?]

MTV is no stranger to the social media impact on this sort of thing. Remember the Eminem vs. Brüno onslaught/stunt that made its way into people's social media streams and RSS readers the week following the MTV Movie Awards?

Buzz going into the Brüno opening weekend was white hot -- infoMania's Bryan Safi (and the world over) questioned whether Brüno would be blight or boon for the gay movement, and people flocked to the cinemas to see for themselves on opening day. But the social media wave that carried people into the theaters also seemed to play a role in the films undoing once those early viewers weighed in on Facebook and Twitter. So, if Twitter can single handedly make AND break box office, imagine what it can do across the coasts thanks to time delays? Hello, anyone smell ratings?

I'm also hearing word that MTV chopped up a "Kanye-lite" version of the show for the West Coast (still looking for confirmation on this). Either way, the online turnaround on MTV's side seems to suggest this as well. While the West Coast feed was still airing, the MTV VMA homepage had already flipped to highlight clips of Lady Gaga, Kanye, and the MJ recap.

But this time around, we weren't just seeing the usual Twitterati weigh in, music artists tweeted reactions as well. Kelly Clarkson rarely blogs, and hasn't tweeted since the "Jeff Goldblum is dead" rumors, but she posted a letter to Kanye on her personal blog that subsequently made the rounds on Twitter:
I was actually nominated in the same category that Taylor won and I was excited for her…so why can’t you be?? I’m not even mad at you for being an asshole…I just pity you because you’re a sad human being.
Pink, on the other hand, made her opinion clear in well under 140 characters:
Kanye West is the biggest piece of shit on earth. Quote me.
So here we are, it's Monday morning, and we're collectively discussing the Kanye West and Taylor Swift dust-up that occurred last night at the VMAs. (if it's any compensation, I'm listening to The Decemberists while tapping this out).

John Lichman pointed out over on the @current_movies Twitter feed, "And don't forget he's on the Jay Leno premiere tomorrow night. Not at all a coincidence." So what say you, dear Current readers? Was this just simply "Kanye being Kanye"? Or, is Twitter poised to be the new ratings booster for TV?I completely tuned out of the VMA broadcast on MTV last night (a friend noted on... more

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Provoked - People Are Strange

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Guitar Improvisation ^_^

The first and last parts are improvised and I play some of my riffs in between :)... more

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Bascom Hill Live - Double Door Chicago

This video was filmed at the Double Door Chicago Featuring Bascom Hill From Wisconsin.... more

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Live Interview - Recording Artist - U Roy Muslar

This IS From Reggae Recording Artist U Roy Muslar from the 2008 Chicago Music Awards... more

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Ladonna Tittle - Chicago Music Awards - Live Interview

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Ladonna Tittle At the Chicago Music Awards, Video... more

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Malik Yusef Live Interview + Performance

Chicago Music Promotions and Chillys Productions Presents Live Coverage of Chicago... more

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The Music Industry Professional Source For Music

New Music Promote is a professional Social Music Network for Music Fans, Independent... more

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Duffy ad gets complaints

You've probably seen the strange Coke ad featuring Duffy riding her bike around a... more

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Guitar Solo ♪♪♪♪♪

(Jacqueline Mannering) age 16 playing an original piece over a backing track recorded... more

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Lady Gaga's Bubblicious Ensemble

Dare to wear this "bubble" dress?

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Indie Heat 2nd Episode (1Life Entertainment)

This Episode of Indie Heat Video Magazine The Indie Heat Team takes you to Mableton... more

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TOOL ..Hooker with a penis w/ lyrics

I laid the lyrics out to the song Hooker with a penis by the band TOOL.

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TOOL Jerk-off Live 1992

Heres an amazing and rare video of Tool performing at JC Dobbs in Philadelphia, PA I... more

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an introduction to TOOL

Heres aenima with the lyrics. Its a good introduction to the band if you arent... more

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Karl Bauer aka AXOLOTL on the next Chris Manz Show

Teaser promo for the next Chris Manz Show, featuring critically acclaimed experimental... more

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