Ellen Explains Her New eleveneleven Record Label

“Everyone is talking about Ellen's big announcement that she's starting a record label called eleveneleven. A lot of people have been asking where the name came from, so today she has the explanation.”



After signing her first artist, Greyson Chance, she just recently signed 16-year-old Tom Andrews all the way from the UK. She discovered him on YouTube and is always looking to introduce talented individuals. Tom has only been singing for 3 years and already won over, not only Ellen, but also thousands of YouTube fans out there. He currently just made his first debut on live TV on September 16, 210 performing “It’s A Mans World,” originally by James Brown.



“Ellen just announced that she's starting a brand new record label called eleveneleven -- and she's always looking for new talent. If you think there's someone she should know about, write in and tell us. Be sure to include a link to a video.”

After visiting her website, Ellen started a new page called “Do you think you’ve got what it takes? Prove it!” where selected favorites will be posted and viewers can vote for their favorite submitted video. There are currently four posted favorites, but one in particularly stuck out to me.

At first instinct, many viewers would immediately click the “X” because of his broken English, but I really wanted to see how he sounded and always willing to give everyone a chance. Language barriers can be a huge issue in the United States just simply because most don’t speak other languages and others get frustrated when we don’t understand. Huu’s English is very hard to understand, but as soon as he started singing, I was amazed and had no idea where that came from. It’s amazing how someone can listen to a song like that and sing it almost flawless hardly being able to speak English. I think it’s great that people like him are brave enough to cover a song like this and the talent that comes from all around the world. I love what Ellen does for the Entertainment Industry and the opportunities she gives to talented individuals. I hope to see her record label grow, find more unique talent like Huu, and really wish I could be part of her label someday.

Information taken from: Ellen

Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit)

The Black Eyed Peas  just recently released their new album, The Beginning, on November 30, 2010. The album is already the number one album on iTunes according to popularity. Their hit, The Time (Dirty Bit) is already number four on iTunes top charts along with receiving over seven million views during the first week the music video was posted on YouTube.

“I'm not sure there is any particular significant meaning to be attached to the Black Eyed Peas first single from the album The Beginning, but it does sound like they are having a whole lot of fun, and that probably is the point. Stutter and echo effects welded to one of the most instantly recognizable songs of the late 1980s played out over a skeletal electronic dance beat is all likely to stick in your mind, and this does. Black Eyed Peas songs are not to be judged on their depth. They are best judged on how they make you feel, and "The Time (Dirty Bit)" does make me feel good,” according to About.com.

After listening to this song, the memories flashback to the original by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes along with the 80’s well-known favorite “Dirty Dancing.”

 I think the original is a memorable piece that just brings a smile to our faces, but the new cover takes an old classic and puts a brand new spin on something great. It also keeps the music of my generation alive. I think this is a brilliant piece. The first time I heard this song, I was in a club in Orlando and couldn’t wait to get home to search for it. Little did I know, it was just released and already a top chart on iTunes and wasn’t hard to find.

Pros

•                Clever use of echo and stutter

•                Fergie's singing

•                Atmosphere of pure fun

Cons

•                Patchwork approach leaning on past hits

Description

•                Written by William Adams, Allan Pineda, Damien LeRoy, Franke Previte, John De Nicola, and Donald Markowitz

•                Produced by will.i.am and DJ Ammo

Released November 2010 by Interscope

Information taken from: About.com