It was announced by Apple that music fans have purchased and downloaded 10 billion songs from their iTunes on-line music store.

Many people were skeptical at first, thinking that the world wide web would destroy the music industry, but it seems they were wrong.

The iTunes digital service offered by Apple has a catalogue of over 10 million songs, 55,000 television episodes and over 8,500 movies for download.

It seems a lot more music is going on-line these days, and on that note:

Click here to listen to Mama on-line
Click here to listen to In the Light on-line
Click here to watch the Where did you sleep video
Click here to watch the Mama video
Click here to watch the Come up and see me video

Hope you have a fantastic weekend.

Lots of love.

Dee.

Saw the BAFTAs the other night.

It was touching to see Prince William (who made his debut as the president of the Baftas) paying tribute to Lord Attenborough who was not well enough to attend the ceremony.

I was really surprised to see that James Cameron didn’t get the Best Director award for Avatar, which was picked up by his wife Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker.

Here are a list of last night’s winners.

BEST FILM
The Hurt Locker

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Fish Tank

DIRECTOR
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Up In the Air – Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A Prophet

ANIMATED FILM
Up

LEADING ACTOR
Colin Firth – A Single Man

LEADING ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan – An Education

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’nique – Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire

MUSIC
Up – Michael Giacchino

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd

EDITING
The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski, Chris Innis

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar – Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair

COSTUME DESIGN
The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell

SOUND
The Hurt Locker – Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Craig Stauffer

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones

MAKEUP & HAIR
The Young Victoria – Jenny Shircore

ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Kristen Stewart

Last night was the 10th Brit Awards and it was amazing.

Dizzee Rascal won Best British Male and the Best British Female went to the ever extravagant Lady Gaga. X-Factor sensation JLS won 2 awards for British Breakthrough and Best British Single and Oasis won the Best British Album of the last 30 years.

There was controversy (as always at the Brits) when Oasis front man Noel threw the microphone into the audience and Cheryl Cole taking the stage without her wedding ring as a supposed protest against her husband’s alleged unfaithful behaviour.

All in all an enjoyable night.

Dee.

After selling nearly half a million copies in a week the HELP HAITI single has gone straight to number 1.

The “Everybody Hurts” cover features vocals from Alexandra Burke, Robbie Williams, Susan Boyle, Cheryl Cole and Leona Lewis. It was spearheaded by Simon Cowell with all the proceeds going to help the earthquake hit area.

It’s amazing to see how much help can be provided though music.

Well done guys.

Dee.

Hi all.

The album version of “Mama” has just been uploaded to SoundCloud.

You can listen to it here

Let me know what you think.

Love.

Dee.

The Who were magnificent yesterday when they took to the stage for the Superbowl halftime show.

The 12 minute set which comprised of classics such as Pinball Wizard, Who are you?, Won’t get fooled again, Baba O’Reilly and See me, Feel me was completely breathtaking.

Just goes to show no matter how long you’ve been in the business… if you’ve got it.. it never goes away ;-)

Dee.

Hi all.

The album version of “In the light” has just been uploaded to SoundCloud.

You can listen to it here: http://soundcloud.com/deeanderson/in-the-light

Let me know what you think.

Love.

Dee.

Eastenders star John Bardon (who plays Jim Branning) is said to be recovering from his stroke with the help of music therapy.

His wife Edna had told the press “He attends music therapy classes three times a week and will be back on screen in EastEnders later this month.”

A spokesman for the soap said: “John has been back filming scenes at EastEnders for some time now and it is fantastic to have him back on set. As long as John is fit and happy he will continue to be part of the show.”

I have always believed in the healing power of music, not only in body and mind but it also provides a medium to help others, there has been a massive funding appeal for Haiti with charity singles and the music industry helping the effort.

Myself, I am starting a music charity to help underprivileged young adults, I will post more about that soon… Watch this space.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

Love.

Dee.

Watched the Grammys last night, was really touched to watch Michael Jackson’s children accept the lifetime achievement award on behalf of their father, and I couldn’t help wonder where Kanye West was when Taylor Swift accepted her award for album of the year  :-)

Here is a list of all the main winners.

Album Of The Year
Taylor Swift – Fearless

Record Of The Year
Kings of Leon – ‘Use Somebody’

Song Of The Year
Beyoncé – ‘Single Ladies’

Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Black Eyed Peas – ‘I Gotta Feeling’

Best Rock Album
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain – ‘Blame It’

Best Rap Album
Eminem – Relapse

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Beyoncé – I Am… Sasha Fierce

Best R&B Song
Beyoncé – ‘Single Ladies’

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Beyoncé – ‘Halo’

Best Country Album
Taylor Swift – Fearless

Best Dance Recording
Lady GaGa – ‘Poker Face’

Best Electronic/Dance Album
Lady GaGa – The Fame

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Brendan O’Brien

Well done guys.

Dee.

It seems that Jedward’s musical dreams have come true, having singed
with records label SONY and releasing ICE ICE BABY as their first
single with 90’s icon Vanilla Ice.

I’m not a big John and Edward fan but I admire what they have
accomplished through sheer cheek and determination.

Well done boys

Dee.