Lights Interview on Warped Tour '09

Interview: LightsDate: July 10th, 2009Venue: Arrow Hall, Toronto, OntarioConducted by: Brandon AllinBrandon Allin, pit reporter for The Daily Chorus, had an opportunity to sit down with Canadian synth-pop powerhouse Lights before her performance on the Vans Warped Tour in Toronto, Ontario on July 10th, 2009. Lights' discussed how it feels to be a part of an...

All Time Low Shocks Everyone....Not Me

All Time Low's new album Nothing Personal debuted on the Billboard Top 200 charts and claimed the #4 spot. The Top 3 spots went to the new Maxwell album, Hannah Montana and the Now 31 album (who really buys those?). This surprised most people but not me or Alternative Press who gave them Band Of The Year honors in their February '09 issue (see picture to the...

Bands, You Need A Plan B And Fast

As you look at the chart above (thanks to Alexa.com), you see that Facebook (blue) surpassed MySpace (red) in daily page views in mid-January and hasn't looked back. Does this worry anyone? MySpace has fallen out of the Top 10 Websites in the world after coming close to making the Top 3 in 2008. Facebook users, on average, spend over 2 more hours on the...

The Maine Does Def Leppard

Today is the day that The Maine's deluxe edition of Can't Stop Won't Stop comes out in stores and online. What does this deluxe come with you ask? It comes with 15 songs, 2 videos and a 32-minute DVD called In Person. The Maine cover Def Leppard's classic hit Pour Some Sugar On Me and surprisingly does the song justice. The reason why I say surprisingly is...

Thank You To 1 - 242

I just wanted to make a quick post and thank everyone who came to the blog yesterday. It was officially Day 1 of the new blog.The blog had over 240 visits from 8 countries, 35 states and 124 cities.Please make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed and email list in the left-hand column on the site. Also, bookmark the blog since I don't have an easy URL to remember!Thank...

Top 5 Songs This Week

Every week, I'll have my Top 5 most played songs for the week in the Amazon music player on the left side of this site. You can get a feel of what I'm jamming all week. The songs this week are:1. Meese "Next In Line" - Comes from their debut Atlantic album Broadcast. They were on the unsigned band charts on The Daily Chorus in 2007. They will be on the road...

5 Ways To Get On The Billboard Charts

Did you know you only have to sell about 450 albums in one week to make the Billboard HeatSeeker Chart? Believe it or not, there have been many unsigned artists hitting the Billboard Charts in the last year. There are many ways for unsigned artists to sell their music online and even in retail stores. But is that all it takes to get you on the charts? No. Here...