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Monday, January 31, 2011

How to cook Shrimp in a pan / Ace and the Chef in the Kitchen / with Guest Chef Disco Dave- (TEST)

Personally speaking, January was a pretty good start to 2011! With MOVESMITHS starting to make progress and the surrounding community continuing to prosper, I'm very hopeful for the rest of the year. I'm always excited for whats to come on a global scale, but I'm especially anxious for Massachusetts and the rest of New England.


With the Boston Celtics tearing things up, Showoff Records with Statik Selektah, REKS and Termanology, dudes like Slaine, Masspike Miles, John Howard and Joe Lauzon, groups like Varsity Girls and Bad Rabbits, and women like Dutch ReBelle, Ms Sheek and Sarah Blacker, the local scene has already blown. 


Now I'll be honest, my newest adventure isn't anywhere near as exciting as the artist or individuals mentioned above, but my new cooking series is perfect to follow along with, if your looking for a quick fix before catching up on everything happening in the news and around your local scene. I'd personally rather catch up on new music or sports after eating a nice meal when I wanna just kick it and relax, you know!!

Ace and the Chef in the KITCHEN, might be a new web series dedicated to sneaks made easily. Now I can't say I'm a bad cook, cause I'm one of the best when it comes to the four or five things I can make (grilled cheese, pasta, tuna fish, or peanut butter and jelly sandwich's), but I can say I feel more confident when I'm cooking with some sort of assistance or guidance.

Well this is basically the video version of cooking for dummies. I'm not calling you a dummy if you cant cook, cause honestly I'm not the best cook as I said, but this is basically my way of taking down notes... since I went threw the process of making this meal.

Cooking + my passion for Video and Music production =
 
 SAMPLE LOGO
"Pan Fried Shrimp"
 

This first edition is how to make pan fried shrimp from your stove. As I said, I'm not a chef, so I don't even have a grill right now (I am intending on getting one in the near future hah) so my oven, stove and microwave are all I know... mainly microwave or stove top. So here are some simple steps you can follow to make some delicious shrimp!

You can add whatever seasoning and cook the shrimp however long you would like but the actual cooking process should be rather quick.

WHAT YOU NEED;
Shrimp
Oil or Butter
Seasoning



Steps
1) Make sure the shrimp is thawed. You can run under hot/ warm water to quicken the process if frozen


2) Wash the shrimp under cool water


3) Let it sit in a strainer for a minute or two


4) Heat the stove top at a relatively high temperature (if you would like you can add a tablespoon of oil or butter)


5) You should separately lay the shrimp on the pan one by one


6) You can add seasoning of your choice here


7) Flip the shrimp when it starts to lose its transparency and starts getting some color... but not too much!!


8) You can flip it back over if you would like but you most likely don't need to ( You don't want to loose all the flavor or burn it)


9)  When both sides have good color, its done...


10)  ENJOY!

The Video;
It was shot on the Canon EOS 7D using the 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens. I shot it at 1920x1080 at 30fps with manual focus on the cameras AV Mode.
Without  adding any contrast, color correction or any other effects, I did adjust the speed in some shots during post production. I also wanted to test the final quality of the footage after downsizing the final rendered version to 1280x720. I personally think it still looks great... the footage and food!

Ace and the Chef in the KITCHEN
Episode #1 "Pan Fried Shrimp" with Disco Dave!
Produced by Adam "Ace" Spencer
www.theReelACE.blogspot.com

 

Sponsored by MOVESMITHS L.L.C.
www.movesmiths.com

If you have any thoughts or suggestions, throw in your two cents!! But remember, this is tasty food made quick and easily~

Cheryl Cole Next Single is...........

EVERYONE (FEAT.) DIZZEE RASCAL


TBA (US) - Out Now (UK)

Cheryl Cole's third official single will be "Everyone" featuring Dizzee Rascal

This choice is way better than the previous single "The Flood".  The song only made it to #18 on the UK singles charts and currently sitting at #43.  Cheryl needs to release up tempo tracks instead of ballads.

The single will be available March 20th.  Music video details coming soon.


 

Barton Road Pictures/ Winter 2011/ After Snow Storm/ Canon 7D Photo Test 1/ Ace Pics

So I've had my hands on the Canon 7D for a few weeks now. I already made one post with test video footage, but the 7D is technically meant for photography, which is why I think the best way to have a full understanding of the camera and all of its features, is to experiment and practice. With the snow just hitting us up here in New England, I figured, why not get some practice right after getting hit~

Here are some pictures of my neighborhood, Barton Road, which is a housing complex in Wellesley, Massachusetts, during this beautiful winter wonderland. Although conditions aren't always fun to drive in, or having to shovel your walkway is "too much" at times, there's still so much beauty within it. 

~ENJOY~



 






Being my first photo test, I decided to upload the original photographs... no Photoshop here.

Nadine Coyle next single is.............

PUT YOUR HANDS UP


TBA (US) - Out Now (UK)

If you haven't heard Nadine Coyle's second official single is "Put Your Hands Up".  I doubt the single will do anything, but I have to say again, just because the first single and album flopped doesn't mean you should give up on it.  Some artists (not at lot) has released albums with a flop first single and came back big with the second single. 

In the beginning I don't think that Nadine should have done the deal with Tesco, but there are a number of reasons why the album and first single didn't do well.  It seems like that their wasn't much money put into the her promotional campaign.  Even though I don't live in the UK, from I've been told, "Insatiable" wasn't played that much on the radio and if you music not being played then, you can't really suspect to sell big numbers. 

"Put Your Hands Up" single will be available on February 20th.  Music video details coming soon.

Ke$ha's first headlining tour - SOLD OUT

Ke$ha’s first North American Headlining Tour "The Get $leazy Tour" is completely SOLD-OUT!.  The tour kicks off in Portland on February 15th and wraps up in Los Angeles on May 6.

In addition to the great news, the 23-year-old is being named Billboard’s Hot 100 Artist of 2010. “TiK ToK” was also declared the biggest selling digital song worldwide in 2010.

Ke$ha’s new single “Blow” hits radio's this week.




"The Get $leazy Tour" dates

Feb 15 - Portland, OR at Crystal Ballroom
Feb 16 - Seattle, WA at The Showbox SODO
Feb 19 - Denver, CO at Fillmore Auditorium
Feb 20 - Kansas City, MO at Uptown Theatre
Feb 22 - St. Louis, MO at The Pageant
Feb 24 - Chicago, IL at House of Blues
Feb 26 - Detroit, MI at The Fillmore Detroit
Apr 05 - Dayton, OH at Wright State University
Apr 06 - Toronto, ON at Kool Haus
Apr 12 - Boston, MA at House of Blues
Apr 13 - New York, NY at Roseland Ballroom
Apr 16 - Clarion, PA at Clarion University
Apr 19 - Charlotte, NC at The Fillmore Charlotte
Apr 20 - Atlanta, GA at The Tabernacle
Apr 22 - Orlando, FL at House of Blues Orlando
Apr 26 - Dallas, TX at House of Blues
Apr 29 - Houston, TX at Verizon Wireless Theater
May 03 - Reno, NV at Grand Sierra Resort & Casino Grand
May 04 - San Francisco, CA at Warfield Theatre
May 06 - Los Angeles, CA at The Wiltern

Britney Spears release date for untitled album

Britney Spears will release her untitled studio album, in the US on March 15th according to the label rep that confirmed it to MTV news.
The album has been produced by Max Martin (Katy Perry, Pink) and Dr. Luke (Kelly Clarkson).  Additional production include Rodney Jerkins, Stargate, Fraser T. Smith, Bloodshy & Avant and more. 

Britney's manager, Adam Leber recently shared some details about the new album via Twitter:

"Britney Spears did a photo shoot. ... Photos are nothing less than spectacular. We'll share some soon. So many good things coming down the pipeline. Britney fans should be excited. Album is incredible, video is fire, photo shoot is pure glam. 'Patience' isn't just a great song by Guns N' Roses.

Natalia Kills performs at Planet Radio in Germany


Natalia Kills was in Germany recently to promote her single “Mirrors”, she stopped by Planet Radio to give another beautiful acoustic rendition of the track.

The Cherrytree artist has been traveling around Europe and Canada for the past few weeks to promote the international release of “Mirrors”.  It has been said that she will be back in the US to decide what the next official single is going to be, there has been some online reports that "Wonderland" is going next single but it hasn't been confirmed yet.

Check out the acoustic performance below.

Chris Brown having success in the UK with "Yeah 3x"


R&B singer Chris Brown seems to be having some success in the UK.  His new single "Yeah 3X" has charted the official UK singles chart at #10, according to the Official Charts Company.

With "Yeah 3x" making into the top ten, this is Chris's 12th UK top 40 hit for him.  At the moment "Yeah 3x" is at #17 on Billboard Hot 100. 

The new single "Look At Me Now" is available to download today.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Adele breaks UK records with new album


In the first week of sales Adele manage to sale..............

208,000 copies

Congratulations to Adele, her album "21" has officially debuted in the UK charts at #1.  "21" has broking UK records by being the biggest selling album released in January in five years.


"21" will be released in the US on February 22nd.

Nicki Minaj performs on SNL


Nicki Minaj did her thing last night on Saturday Night Live.  The Young Money rapper performed two of her hits from "Pink Friday", "Moment 4 Life" and "Right Thru Me".  Both performances were great, it seems like her stage presents keeps improving when she's on stage.

Check out the performances below.

"Right Thru Me"



"Moment 4 Life"

It's Jessie J's "Price Tag" Video

Actually, it's Natasha Bedingfield covering Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On" with a sample of Lily Allen's "Smile" mixed in and an appearance by B.o.B (because, honestly—who doesn't love B.o.B?).

Okay, not really. But you get the point. Still, much better than "Do It Like A Dude."



Jessie J's debut album Who You Are is out in the UK March 28 and the U.S. on April 12.

UK Chart Roundup: Ke$ha Whores Her Way To #1, Adele Sells A Boatload Of '21'

That $14 million lawsuit looming over Ke$ha's head, filed by her former management firm, might as well just be a bunch of blah blah blah—for today at least—since the fairy tale-hating hooker's "We R Who We R" has topped the new UK chart.

Well, okay—if someone was suing my ass for a few mill, I'd probably be more concerned about that than the 90,000 downloads I sold of my single overseas. At least Tra$ha can smile knowing "We R Who We R" is now her highest-charting song in the UK (and only the second to reach the Top 10, after "Tik Tok" peaked at #4).

Elsewhere, Chase & Status' ravey "Blind Faith" debuts at #5, giving the duo a career high single on the UK chart.



And that brings us to Pink, who's "Perfect" (aka "Fuckin' Perfect") enters at #21 a month before its official release date (chalk it up to the mucho-graphic video's premiere and coverage). Here in the States, Pink's single is at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, but will no doubt jump much higher now that it's been the top download on iTunes for the past week.

Over on the Brit album roundup, Adele's sophomore release 21 easily debuts at #1 after selling upwards of 208,000 copies. Meanwhile, her single "Rolling In The Deep" drops from #2 to #3.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "We R Who We R" - Ke$ha *new *1 week*
2. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars
3. "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
4. "Coming Home" - Diddy - Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey
5. "Blind Faith" - Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey *new*  
6. "Do It Like A Dude" - Jessie J
7. "Traktor" - Wretch 32 feat. L
8. "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears
9. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake
10. "Yeah 3X" - Chris Brown *new*

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Avril Lavigne put record label on blast AGAIN


Avril Lavigne was on E! News this weekend, where she had the opportunity to put her record label RCA on blast again.  She talked about how they were delaying her fourth album "Goodbye Lullaby" and how they were trying to take control of the project.  In the end, Avril finished the album and got to make the album her way, with the material she wrote (as she should).

She said:

“I took a long time on this record, and then my record company were a little annoying,” she said, staring directly into the camera to emphasize the ‘annoying’ part. “You know, [they] let me know what their vision for my album was, and, you know, I’m a person who writes my music and this is my life and I’ve always had my own vision for my music and my records so I had to stand my ground and fight a little. [But] oh yeah, I made the record I wanted to make.”

In some way, I think by putting her record label on blast it could help her album.  This time around with all the completion out on the charts today, we could be seeing "Goodbye Lullaby" struggling a little bit.  Avril is not standing out right now, but I do hope it does well because I love her music.

Watch the interview below.

Sky Ferreira announces "As If" EP/Mini-album details


Sky Ferreira has pushed back her album and now the date for the debut album is unknown.  Now she is moving ahead with her new EP/Mini-album. 

The tracklisting for the mini-album titled "As If" is not available at the moment, but there is a list of production for the EP.  Contributing to the album are Bloodshy & Avant, Greg Kurstin, Nicole Morier, Klas Åhlund, and Canadian sensation Colin Munroe.  More details coming soon.

As If! is set to drop March 8th.

Chris Brown "Look At Me Now" single cover


Chris Brown has released his single cover for his second single of his album "F.A.M.E".  The song features Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes

There's nothing really interesting about the cover, but hopefully the song will be another hit for him.

Video Premiere: Jessie J - Price Tag Feat. B.o.B


Right below is new music video for Jessie J's new single "Price Tag" featuring B.o.B.  The song is the first official US single from her debut album "Who You Are", and second UK single.  The video was directed by Emil Nava.

The video was pretty simple, but it wasn't bad at all.  The song should have some type success because it is catchy and it has a positive message.

The song is available here on itunes.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Panic! at the Disco release "Vices & Virtues" album cover

March 29th (US) - March 28th (UK)

Panic! at the Disco unveiled the official artwork for their upcoming third album Vices & Virtues.

The cover for me is just ok.  It doesn't seem exciting, but of course the album cover don't mean the music won't be good.  I'm sure that there's a lot of artists out there that has had horrible album covers, but the music spoke a different language.

The duo will be going on a two-part tour.  The first part will take place before the album is released, and is called "An Intimate Evening with Panic! at the Disco".  The second part of the tour will after the album is released and is not tilted at the moment.  Eight dates has been announced: 5 US dates, 1 Uk date, 1 Argentina date, and 1 Germany date.

Check out Panic! at the Disco's new single "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" right below with lyrics.

"Vices & Virtues" set to drop March 29th.

Video Premiere: Nicki Minaj - Moment 4 Life Feat. Drake


The other day Nicki Minaj premiered the video for her single “Moment 4 Life” featuring Drake, with is from her platinum selling debut album "Pink Friday". 

The video has a fairytale concept to it.  They also making fun of the married rumors that were made.  There's also were appearances from Nicki's many alter-egos that she has.  How many that may be.

Check out the video.


Moment 4 Life (Official Video) from joeySIN on Vimeo.

Miranda Cosgrove coming back with new single and album

iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove is planning to release new single and a new mini-album after the success of her debut single "Kissin U".   The album is tentatively titled "High Maintenance" and the single is called "Dancing Crazy".  She has been recording with Dr. Luke and Rivers Cuomo for the album and the single.

She said:

“It’s the first duet I’ve ever done, and it was really fun,” Cosgrove says. “My part of the song is this girl who’s high maintenance, and Rivers is this guy who’s having to put up with it. I really enjoyed working with (Cuomo). He’s really cool. I’ve worked with Dr. Luke for awhile…and he ended up introducing me to Rivers.” [Source] - Billboard

If you are interested, check out the lead single below.  The song is produced by Max Martin. I think that this album is going to be more mature and grown up than the last one.

Look out for Miranda's mini-album on March 15th.

Britney Spears' Seventh Album Dropping March 15

The release date for Weaveney Spears' upcoming seventh studio album—whatever the hell it's called—has now been confirmed (via Billboard via MTV News via leaked info from Jive) as March 15. That's good news, since The Weaved One's latest single "Hold It Against Me" dropped from #1 to #6 on the Hot 100 this week, and quite frankly, her rabid fans could use some cheering up.

Says the leaked one-sheet:
"Back with multiple songs to add to their track record with Britney are Max Martin and Dr. Luke ('Hold It Against Me'). The album also features tracks/production by proven hitmakers Rodney Jerkins, Stargate, Fraser T. Smith, and Bloodshy & Avant, to name a few."
Know why this is effing rad news? Because Rodney Jerkins only did the greatest Britney album track EVER:



Plus, maybe Bloodshy & Avant will make Britney sound more like Miike Snow than "Radar"? (Though, "Radar" is, like, the jam.)

Rihanna - "S&M" Premiere Date


The official premiere date for Rihanna's new video "S&M".  The video will premiere worldwide on Vevo February 1st & 2nd.

The teaser for the video is below, if you haven't already seen it.