Mike McCready

The official line is that the group fought with EMI (their label) to be able to post this video online and make it freely available. But we know that’s not true. Making viral videos has become OK GO’s trademark. Not allowing the video to go viral would be shooting themselves in the foot. OKGO is [...]

In early November, just as the DotCat Song Blog was getting nearly 1000 unique visitors each day I had to stop updating it. I was just getting too overwhelmed and I needed to step back and get organized. Today, just in time for 2010 it’s back as the SongCat Blog (http://song.cat). Everyday we’ll post three songs. Site [...]

I’ve noticed a minor trend in Spanish language music becoming more influenced by American and British Pop and it is creating some very interesting fusion sounds and styles. I think we’re going to hear more of it in the near future.

Sometimes it takes a couple listens for a song to sink in; to grow on you. Then a there are songs you just can’t get out of your head after one listen. Germans call that kind of song an ear worm because it bores into your brain and begs another and another listen. “Human Drama” by [...]

You may remember a song a few years ago by British boy band vet Lee Ryan called Turn Your Car Around. It was written and originally recorded by New Zealand artist and my friend Ben Novak.

When you hear this song you’re going to want to pass it along.

Click here to see this post on The Huffington Post I’m a sucker for a good love song but these days you don’t often come across love songs that strike the right balance. They’re either clichés of themselves, cross the frontier into corny or they’re more about sex appeal and desire than about heartfelt, honest, old-fashioned [...]

I get this question from time to time from bands and musicians who are seeking their big break. The world of social media is so new and is changing so quickly that it’s hard to give an answer and it’s even harder to know if any answer will hold true tomorrow. At any rate, I had [...]

Today, I’m launching The DotCat Song Blog at http://www.song.cat Music is a very large part of my daily life. It’s my day job and has been for most of my career. I’ve managed artists who have had top 5 international hit songs and as an artist in the 90’s, I myself had a couple hits. I’ve helped [...]

If you’ve been in the music industry for long you probably get asked all the time to listen to new music, provide career advice, critique songs, make introductions and promote artists within the industry to your network of colleagues and contacts; a network that has taken you years of hard work to build. As you know, [...]