Change The Tide - A Review

Rita Aalder's Change the tide was first released as a single and later appeared on her second album, Anna. Released in 2014, Change the tide is a song that talks about accepting one's fate in the midst of trials and tribulations. It's not clear if the singer is referring to herself but the song is deep; with a beautiful melody and upbeat drums.





The Latin verses in change the tide tie in beautifully with the overall theme of the song. "Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem" means "Remember to keep a clear head during trials" and "Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam" translates as "It's better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice"

This is one of Rita's most beloved songs and rightly so, it's an anthem on its own. Listen to change tide here - https://soundcloud.com/ritaaalder/change-the-tide-album

Your song for a celebrity's birthday

This week in ShowBiz Blog, we are featuring a one of a kind experience that has blown our minds with something that we’ve quite frankly, haven’t imagined is possible. 


Let’s get to it straight: It is an opportunity where you can vote for your favorite celebrity whose birthday is coming up next month (January 2021) so that they get their very own birthday song. Composing and creating a song is by no means an easy feat, imagine doing a birthday song and that too, for a celebrity! This fantastic voting opportunity is made available for the public by Bring My Song to Life. It works quite simply - a website page called Celebrity Birthday has been created where anyone can vote for their favorite celebrity and the celebrity with the most votes wins and gets a new birthday song composed by the professional team and delivered to the celebrity!


These celebrities don’t need an introduction here as they’re so famous for what they do in the ShowBiz world. The celebs and their birthdays are:

Bradley Cooper - January 5, 

Oprah Winfrey - January 29, 

Jim Carrey - January 17, 

Alicia Keys - January 25, 

Justin Timberlake - January 31, 

Ellen DeGeneres - January 26.


We never know - but a lucky voter’s name could also be featured on the song so it's definitely worth casting your vote for your favorite celeb!

“Bring My Song to Life” team



The website that curated this service “Bring My Song to Life” provides a platform which lets people create a song using the services of an experienced team of musicians and gift that song to their near or dear on special occasions such as a birthday, wedding, a festival or just a happy event in the family. The unique song will then trigger beautiful memories in the future every time it is heard!


Check out some of their sample tracks right here on ShowBiz blog:


Sample 3 - Little Miss Confidence
1:04
1:17
0:51
Sample 1 - Happiness
1:17
Sample 2 - Rest In My Shadow
1:25
Sample 3 - Little Miss Confidence
1:17
Sample 4 - The First Time I Met You
1:42
Sample 5 - Little Miss Beautiful
1:17
Sample 6 - Breathe On My Fire
1:29
Sample 7 - Feelin_ So Fine
1:12
Sample 8 - Show My Love
1:03
Sample 9 - Party Time
1:25

Rita Aalder Gives An Update On Journey

Rita Aalder announced back in July that her third album, titled Journey, will be released in 2021 by Arzzarine Records. The singer, who's last record, Anna, was released in 2014, had been keeping a low profile before the announcement. According to Rita in 2014, Anna is a collection of other people's stories but Journey (which is a 15-track record) seems to be about her own story.




Rita, who's notoriously tight-lipped about her private life shared an update on the record, writing on her Instagram - Rita Aalder "This album was written in hermit mode, when it was just me and my worst fears. It's an introspective album. It's about human vulnerability; in a second, things can change and all of a sudden, your world is turned upside down and you're thrust into situations where it's a matter of survival and the hell may last years, even centuries. This album is unintentionally vulnerable, if I could have it any other way, I would but I had to write from my heart, for fear, I may never get a chance in this life to tell these important stories."

ShowBiz Spotlight: Live performances in November 1 - GRM awards

This week in ShowBiz Blog we are continuing our coverage of GRM Awards and all the glory that it brings to the music industry by recognizing artists and their amazing performances.

As a follow up to the awards ceremony that was held in August this year, the GRM Awards have announced a victory brunch at notes music Academy in Oakland CA from 11 to 1pm! 



This is some great news for all the music enthusiasts and fans of the winners as they will have the splendid opportunity to interact with the artists and take photos. 




There will be live performances - which we can't wait to watch - and then the artists will take time to relax over brunch with music fans and over a few delights. 

The best part you ask? It is undoubtedly the fact that Eye'z will be performing live!


We now guess you will agree with us that this will be an event to look forward to and celebrate music with the artists. All information is available on GRM Awards website grmawards.weebly.com

ShowBiz Spotlight: AleamorX won big at Gran Royale Music Awards!

This week at ShowBiz we are featuring the upcoming musician and artist AleamorX. Ale Amor is her name and she's from East Oakland, CA. She has been doing some great music this season with some fantastic indie music and has been getting all the attention from everyone alike and the attention was so much so that she was called at the Gran Royale Music Awards and won a lot of awards and hence this feature's title that she won big!


AleamorX

She bagged the Narrative Artist and New Indie Star awards. She has been creating a lot of buzz on the indie scene and the awards are the testimonial for this. She is active on Instagram instagram.com/aleamorx/




Talking about the GRM awards event in itself, there are other famous artists who won such as - Rapper Fluid, Kate Magdalena, our favourite Eye'z who we always rave about, Jay Luck, Studeo Shannon, Hughes Sandra, Risser Davire, Avery Anne, Mari Picerno, Arthur Jae and several others!


GRMAS' official website grmawards.weebly.com - all the action can be caught over there!


James Pratt Interviews Cindy Cowan on Winning an Emmy

Today at ShowBiz we feature an exclusive interview of Cindy Cowan by James Pratt on many topics such as Winning an Emmy, Robert De Niro and Networking.

Emmy Award-Winning producer, Cindy Cowan was recently featured on Mogul Live with James Pratt, and shared some outstanding advice for upcoming Hollywood actors. As a highly decorated producer, Cindy co-founded Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) in 1995.. IEG had many successes including an Emmy-nomination for Rent-A-Kid; Emmy, Golden Globe and People’s Choice nominations for If These Walls Could Talk; the coveted United Nations Award for Savior; and four Oscar wins for Traffic.

                        

Here are some key takeaways from Cindy’s interview on Mogul Live with James.

On How to Be Successful in Hollywood?

CC : People say, You’re only as good as your last job or if you leave the industry for too long then no one remembers you, I didn’t find that at all. You need to have a balance in life no matter what, for me right now, My weekends are my weekends, and I don’t do back to back to back films, not anymore yet I find I’m achieving just as much as before.

Advice to those getting into the film industry?

CC : Find what you are the most passionate in, I find people are passionate about everything, however, Being in the film business you have to take baby steps, regardless if you are a writer, producer, actor etc., there is so many different avenues in the industry that you can take, however you need to identify your passion first in order to do those baby steps.

The other advice I cannot say enough is… Network, Network, Network not in an obscure way, but if two actors come into a casting room and I know one of them, I’ll cast the one I know because I’ll be working with them onset for the next 2 months and I feel more comfortable if I already have met them before. Treat everyone with respect also.

 

Working with Robert DeNiro?

CC : He’s an actor that stays in character offset most of the time.


 

 Best Advice for actors when auditioning?

CC : Producers like to see actors that come into an audition and are themselves…. Master your craft, meaning, If you are an American playing a Brit have the British accent really well down or if you are a Brit playing an American have the specific American accent down. Make a note to communicate with the producers also, don’t overstay your welcome but if you act standoffish because producers like to work with actors for months on projects they at least feel a connection.

Best Advice for anyone moving to Los Angeles for a career in the entertainment industry?

CC : No job is too small, the best way to approach it is whatever job you have, and be the best at it. Another piece of advice I recommend is, Try to be nice to everyone, the person coming up is often overtaking the person coming down. Be Social; Network, Read the trades and get to know what’s happening, what’s working and what’s not working because the trends are ALWAYS changing, and after Covid-19 there will be a lot more changes.

Why Mogul helps the film Industry?

CC : With a platform like Mogul you will have someone like myself to at least oversee (production) and pass on knowledge. This year, my experience shooting under 2020 Covid-19 conditions will be valuable for those filmmakers getting a project off the ground. Between the changes in Hollywood now and coming up there needs to be platforms like Mogul to help indie films be made and distributed easier.

If you want to keep up with Cindy, her upcoming projects include True Haunting, a supernatural thriller with Screen Gems; a music-based project with TriStar loosely based on a true story involving ‘NSync; Eye in the Sky, an action thriller with Millennium films; Line of Control, a political thriller with the Exchange; and a female-empowerment story about the girl who struck out Babe Ruth starring Abigail Breslin. Additionally, Cindy is producing a faith-based film entitled Iron Will, as well as various TV shows including Ellis Island, a scripted series about immigration during the 1910’s. Unsurprisingly, Cindy is also venturing into unscripted television with Seekers, a reality format showing the various modalities people are choosing to seek enlightenment in this world of darkness, as well as a show documenting the rebranding of Maxim Magazine.

James Pratt https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3680341/

Cindy Cowan https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184546/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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Based in New York City, The First Icon Agency takes a global approach in producing its content and representing their talent. It's how they developed the company motto, "This is the place where innovation speaks for itself". First Icon embraces talent who step outside of the box, knock down the walls of conformity and express their individuality. Life is too short to live it being someone else. #innovationspeaks.