Artists In Residency

2017's artists are; Chris Burke, Darren Cinque, Matthew Huff, Antonio Rullez, Max Merseny, Steven Feifke, and Yeho!

Exclusive Interviews!

"The Beat!" has the very best artists speaking to us exclusively like; Eric Alán, Cristobal, Ryan Adames, Deirdre, Guy Scheiman, Richie Arci, Eddy Barrena, Darren Cinque, Jesse Johnson, Max Merseny, Breaux Gargano, Sean O’Reilly, Luca Savazzi, Alex Serra, and MORE!

Rick Astley is on fire with "50!"

"Rick Astley is selling out tour dates globally with his timeless classics and new hits!

The Song: "Don't Cry For Me Argentina!"

"The Beat!" has a brand new series entitled; "The Song." This series features the best of songs/the singers/stories and how they became to be.

Barry Conrad is "Dancing On My Own!"

"The Beat! is featuring the hot Aussie dancer, actor and dancer in an exclusive interview!

Chris Burke Connecting to His Soul!


Chris Burke - as one of our "Artists In Residence" we want to share more great music from this talented singer/songwriter. Recently, Chris Burke went and performed live in Nashville at "12th & Porter." This month Chris's fans got to see him sing live and do a great collection of his own material and covers of some of his favorites.

Getting to know Chris Burke and his passion for music you will find out very quickly that one area is soul music. In my own humble opinion Chris has a voice perfect for soul and he shines in great ways in this area.

Two notable performances that are also for your viewing pleasure from this gig are two great soulful songs 1) "Bring It Home (a great Sam Cooke track) and 2) "I Got A Woman" (another great track from Ray Charles). Rest assure Chris Burke will be featured along with our other artists in residence frequently to bring them to your radar and an earned platform for such gifted talent. Enjoy!





Rebecca Ferguson and her Freedom in the music!




Rebecca Ferguson - the X Factor contestant from the UK is releasing her sophomore album entitled "Freedom." This time around just as her freshman album Simon Cowell takes Rebecca under his wings. "Freedom" gives the listener the dance vibes to get one onto the dance floor.

Tracks like "I Hope" with it's heard beat and a kiss-off to an abusive man in one's life. "Fake Smile" is a ballad that was co-written by songwriter Frances White who has written hits for lovely singers such as Adele. Rebecca is a well rounded powerhouse with her vocals that keep the beats going. This is a singer that hopefully will be a cross over to the states.



















Dierks Bentley is a "Riser!"



Dierks Bentley - the great singer/songwriter with his very noteworthy previous six albums and distinctive gravel tone is releasing his seventh album entitled; "Rise." Being released on February 25th this album continues the story that Dierks enjoys placing within his material.

The album was written during two very different times in Dierks life being his loss of his father and then becoming a father himself. It tells the story of this musicians past two years. Getting this album together Dierks brought on the talented producer Ross Copperman and executive producer Arturo Buenahora Jr.

The first single from Riser is "I Hold On" that ensues deep spiritual questions. This track alone is already obtaining high praise and rising on the charts.

Official Website: www.dierks.com.

Easton Corbin is working like "Clockwork"



Easton Corbin - the country music singer on Mercury Records has a brand new single out now entitled; "Clockwork." This song is written by Carson Chamberlin, Ashley Gorley, and Wade Kirby and is the first single from Easton's yet to be released third album (to be released later this year).


This year, Easton is embarking on the "We Are Pioneers World Tour" with the Band Perry. In the next three months the tour will hit North America (performing in 30 cities). 2014, will be a banner year for this country singer whom likes to stay true to his roots and this new single is a home run!

Official Website: www.EastonCorbin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/eastoncorbin
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EastonCorbin

Chase Rice is "Ready Set Roll!"



Chase Rice - with an exciting background of being an ex contestant on the reality series "Survivor" and being part of a pit crew in NASCAR he now leaps into the country music scene with his first EP entitled; "Ready Set Roll."

Chase delivers a sound that is currently the hot sound for today which is the flavor of country with hip-hop. Chase often from his tracks sound gets compared to the duo Florida Georgia Line where in fact he co-wrote a hit song for them being "Cruise."

All tracks in the current EP are high octane and also have an 80's rock feel. Great tracks on this EP are: ‘Ready Set Roll,’ ‘How She Rolls,’ & ‘Jack Daniels and Jesus'’

 
Chase Rice | Ready Set Roll | Available Now!













Darren Cinque: Artist on the Rise


Darren Cinque – The Australian born singer/songwriter has recently made Milan, Italy his home.  “Let The Beat Hit You!” is proud to feature Darren as our second in the “Artist on the Rise” series. A collaboration with producer Giovanni Prolo has proved to be a perfect match where they have worked together on several songs.

Darren has released his first single entitled “Another Day” which has received great reception from radio play in the United States  and obtaining over one million views on YouTube along with currently being on sale on iTunes!  The online website VEVO is a great outlet to access all of Darren’s current hot singles and music videos.  The current single “Fight For The Young” is a hard hitting single that the artist has worked in conjunction with the World Vision organization to have this song looking for peace.

I had the pleasure to speak with Darren whom spoke about his drive/passion for music which comes across in his work. This is a very unique article where it is all in Darren's words. Darren is I am pleased to say our very select "artist in residence" where you will be hearing a lot more from him on "The Beat" and I personally could not be happier.


Darren Cinque Sites:
Official Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/darren.cinque
SoundCloud:          https://soundcloud.com/darrencinque
YouTube:                 http://www.youtube.com/user/darrencinque
ReverbNation:       http://www.reverbnation.com/darrencinque

Article Written By: Mason Williams





Darren Cinque in his own words:

I'm currently working with my director in making my third video for my song "Fight for the Young".
It's a song that was inspired by the situation in Syria, that I wrote about a year ago. The message is that we have to stop the suffering of children affected by war, but not only, it also illustrates how young soldiers who are sent away to war  are affected and the mothers left behind hoping that their sons return......we still haven't learned anything from past wars.
So I hope to be able to make the message clear in this video.

Otherwise, I can tell you that my song "Another Day" is now available on i-tunes and can be viewed on my VEVO channel.

My experience with my producer Giovanni Prolo. It's funny how we met. I was teaching English in a language center here in Italy - I was speaking to another teacher who sings a bit and she mentioned she was called by this producer who was looking for an English speaker to record some dance tracks. I was looking for a producer and thought I would give him a call.  I still remember our first meeting; he was very stern with me, didn't really want to reveal his interest in my project, but after a long conversation, he then told me to send him more material. We went on for about a year and a half where I went to his studio once a month showing him 5 or 6 songs that I had written. He would take notes, giving me the minimal feedback like, "yeah this song has a great verse, but the chorus doesn't do it for me" or "this chorus is great, but the rest of the song is pretty average", "Darren, I still haven't heard what I'm looking for". This went on and on, I was starting to lose faith  in myself and hope, until he then one day chose a few songs that he thought were up to the level to record as demos of piano and voice. 
During all this time he taught me the technique of singing in front of a microphone in a recording studio setting, which is a strange and un-real environment, absolutely not so easy.
We went on to record more demos until we then recorded my current releases.

All this time, as I mentioned in my bio, I was playing and writing and performing with a local group by the name of Lomo. This was a fun experience which also gave me an insight of what the live music scene is like here in Italy. Unfortunately nothing like what I was used to in Melbourne Australia. In Australia, there are many venues with so many bands who are playing any night of the week. Here in Italy on the other hand, for an up and coming band, there aren't many venues to play at. The culture itself doesn't demand such a thing, not only music, but sadly art in general. Festivals continue to become more and more scarce and the crazy thing that I still can't get my head around, is that in summer, the few venues that may host local bands to play, CLOSE during the summer period. There is nowhere to play or go and check out a band. So this is a big thing I miss. 

Just a thing, I remember when I was still living in Australia one Monday night I decided to go and see who was playing at my favorite pub/band venue. Without even knowing, it was a group from the USA if I recall well they were called "the Dambuilders". They were on a tour of Australia as the support band for Jeff Buckely. I was so blown away that night when I had the honor to meet Jeff Buckely who was standing in front of me in the very small audience. We exchanged a few words, after that, the next thing I knew he was racing towards the stage , jumped up on stage and threw his himself onto the drum kit, trashing it all. lol - amazing night!! Great band as well!!

Just maybe on a personal note: I love to cook!! I have always loved cooking. When I was studying at the conservatorium, I found a job working in a catering company as a dishwasher, very common thing to do as a musician lol. But eventually since the chefs made me help them on many occasions in the kitchen, I soon learned how to cook many multi-cultural dishes and before I even knew what was happening, I was running the kitchen as head chef and creating more and more interesting things. But it was then time to move on after several years in a kitchen, but now I still love to cook with my choices of music to accompany the fun. Fast and quick dishes require a high energy and sometimes aggressive sound so I put something on like Soundgarden or even Iron Maiden (always been a Maiden fan) otherwise if I have more time and I'm fixing something that requires many steps, my musical choice could be  for example John Mayor or even some opera favorites like popular arias by Puccini or Verdi.

I'm always listening to different styles of music of old and new artists. So far for this year, the bigger listens would have to be of Florence and the Machine, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran and the new release by John Mayor, Gotye, Empire of the Sun. Otherwise I love anything from Nina Simone to Deep Purple, from Duran Duran to Cinematic Orchestra. My all time favorites are anything from Bjork which includes her first musical experience The Sugar Cubes - absolutely love her!! Others would include, as I mentioned before Iron Maiden, Placebo, Toto, Beatles. Whatever has an emotional impact on me, works for me.
 
 

 

DJ Flavio Lima is "Dancing In The Dark!"

 


DJ Flavio Lima - This DJ is one of the hottest performing in Rio De Janeiro. When looking for someone who has his pulse on the electronic scene in Brazil look no further than DJ Flavio Lima! The brand new track from this hot DJ is "Dancing In The Dark" that will get one's body swaying and ready for a night out in the city!


DJ Flavio Lima | Dancing In The Dark | Available Now!



 
 









DJ Dyro says: "Never Say Goodbye"



DJ Dyro - this Dutch artist is ranked the 30th best DJ in the world and is taking the music scene by storm. In the past year DJ Dyro has had very successful solo and co-productions released. For his co-produced  track "Never Say Goodbye" (with Hardwell) to his solo projects: "You Gotta Know" "Leprechauns and Unicorns" and recently the hit "Go Down." Dyro also has started his own radio program "Daftastic Radio" where he gets thousands of listeners checking-out his latest tracks.

Dyro has placed his mark on the global scene from appearing in the hottest venues in NYC, Miami, Las Vegas, LA, and many other noteworthy venues. Dyro will be one DJ that will get your attention.


Website:
http://www.dyro.nl