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Just for the record. . .

Friday, March 12th, 2010

It’s Friday! So, we’re feeling a little silly here at the 1Click offices. (It’s allowed, because it’s Friday). Anyway, we stumbled across an article today which immediately caught our attention. Sleeveface is a book by Carl Morris and John Rostron where they tell us to “Be The Vinyl.”

The idea is that you pick any record sleeve you like and re-enact the image anyway you want to. There are some amazingly creative ones and one rule applies: NO PHOTOSHOP, or any other digital tweaking. You can take a look at some of these here, on their website, www.sleeveface.com. Our favourite has got to be this one! And, we couldn’t resist but to make our own as well. We raided the office and found this rare 1982 single by Neil Young, “Sample and Hold,” once edited by our very own Head of Music at 1Click2Fame, John Ingham.

Let us know if you come up with any crazy ideas!

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Kate's L.A. Story

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Whilst we’re in preparation for our 3rd and last Quarterfinal, we thought we’d remind the 12 talented lot what they could be winning at the end of this month. And who better to demonstrate this then our lovely Quarterfinal 2 winner Katem3.

Kate travelled to the “home of celebrity,” Los Angeles, last month where she worked alongside producers and songwriters Mark Maxwell, Asia ‘Persuasia‘ Whiteacre and Ted Bruner, who has worked with the likes of Katy Perry, Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus!

We caught up with Kate the other day and she said: “It was fantastic. Really loved every minute of it. It’s so much bigger and more colourful there. I got back into Paddington and saw all the grey buildings, train tracks, clouds and angry people and was like…whoa, cheer up England! It was amazing working with those guys and pulling out songs everyday.” We’re definitely looking forward to hearing Kate’s brand new tracks. We can’t wait!

You can catch up with all the latest info on her time in LA by following Kate’s Twitter feed or you could just watch her brilliant video diary she made while she was out there.

(Oh yeh, just one more thing, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE!)

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True Belieber

Monday, March 8th, 2010

There are two things we love here at 1Click. That’s Twitter and Justin Bieber. “Why?” We hear you ask. We love tweeting! We tweet all day, every day about things that we’re doing and sometimes (most of the time) things that are completely irrelevant. And Justin, well it’s no wonder really, he became famous through the 1Click way! Justin began uploading his performance videos onto YouTube a couple of years ago and became a sensation! So, when the two combine, we just can’t contain our excitement.

Our video parody of the original “3 year old crying over Justin Bieber” caught Justin’s attention on Friday and he enjoyed it so much that he decided to tweet it! He even posted it on his Facebook. So, if you haven’t seen it yet then, WHY NOT?! Watch it now, at once!

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The Drama Unfolds. . .

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

With Boot Camp being a not-so-distant memory now, it was a case of “business as usual” as we all arrived back at the 1Click Towers today.

Yesterday was another exciting and busy day for three of our Quarterfinalists as JUiCE, Hollie McKinlay and Nena Kubu stepped inside Stevie Lange’s Studios. It was a long day of vocal warm-ups, breathing exercises and hitting the right notes as each competitor was put through their paces by Stevie and her team of producers.

And let us not forget our other Quarterfinalists! Last week we took Boot Camp to them as 1Click favourite, Louise Stokes, had a one-to-one session with stand-up comedian Gary Delaney in her hometown of Birmingham, whilst Munks had lessons with Tae Kwon Do instructor, Alan Sparks in York.

You can catch up with all the latest news and see our photos from Boot Camp on our Facebook Page. We’ll leave you with some behind-the-scenes footage from the last couple of days; watch as the “drama” unfolds!

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Behind the Scenes with Euphoria Audio

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Quarterfinal 1 winners, Euphoria Audio, have been busy touring up and down the country over the last couple of months. We all know what it’s like. These crazy rock bands with their crazy schedules, that’s just how they roll.

However, the boys still managed to find time to travel to London to shoot their debut music video for their awesome track, “Gravity,” and gave us an exclusive sneaky behind-the-scenes peek of what to expect.

Stay tuned for the official video, coming soon…

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The winner takes it all

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Whilst Simon Cowell’s false promises of Christmas number one have been disillusioning X-Factor contestants since 2004, here at 1Click2Fame we do stick to our promises, as 1Click competitor, Tom Andrews, found out when he bagged himself a music video shoot with London’s award-winning production company, Flynn.  Tom met with top producers to discuss the setting, theme and even casting for the video.  They then set about the shoot at an Islington warehouse and finished with a pretty smart looking video to accompany his song ‘Carry me on.’  Not bad for an afternoon’s upload and a couple of friends clicking on a thumbs-up!

Now, we know what you’re thinking, “I want to have my own music video. I want to sing in an Islington warehouse whilst playing my guitar!”* Worry not loyal 1Clickers. You too can have this great opportunity but there’s not much time! The February Finals are fast approaching and this will be your last chance to win this amazing prize, not to mention securing a place in our Quarterfinal, before we head into our Annual Grand Final.

So what are you waiting for? Upload your performance, get those all-important votes in and maybe, just maybe, you can give Beyonce a run for her money and have one of the best videos of all time (of ALL time).

In the mean time, you can check out Tom Andrew’s official music video for “Carry Me On” here.

* We read minds. It’s kind of our thing, it’s what we do.

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1Click2Fame Valentine's Day Countdown: 1

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

1 day to go until Valentine’s Day! Whilst you’re all out trying to find a last minute gift for your loved one, we thought we’d turn to our Quarterfinal 2 winner, Katem3, to bring you today’s special treat. Kate has made an exclusive rendition of one of her favourite love songs to help us celebrate Valentine’s Day with you.

Simply click on the picture below to hear which song Kate chose to get us all loved up!

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Click here to see the Valentine’s Countdown.

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Lucie gets lean and mean

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

When we last left £100k winner Lucie, she was holding her very own talent auditions in search for the perfect band and spending the day at MTV in the company of Digs’ Presenter, Laura Whitmore. She’s now back with an exclusive video for her playful and catchy track, Mean. The song itself has had thousands of hits on Lucie’s MySpace page and with a rocking video to match, it is sure to be a hit with her fans.

You can also catch-up on all of Lucie’s latest news and exclusive updates on her official website, www.lucieevans.tv.

Mean is available for download now on iTunes.

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A sense of Euphoria

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Since winning our 1st Quarterfinal back in July, 4-piece rock band, Euphoria Audio, have been busy writing and recording new tracks and performing countless gigs up and down the country.

We caught up with Lloydy, Shirty, Ben and Danny whilst doing their first acoustic set at The Hawley Arms in Camden last week for an update on what they’re going to be getting up to in the coming months.

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Britannia rules the (air) waves!

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

It’s that time again, ladies and gentlemen, when the music industry honours the cream of British musical talent – yes, it is the 30th annual BRIT Awards and we’re already excited! The ceremony has brought us as many fantastic performances as it has headline-stealing scandals – Jarvis Cocker storming Michael Jackson’s performance of Earth Song in 1996, controversial presenting from Russell ‘Scandalous’ Brand and Sharon Osbourne, and Liam Gallagher challenging pretty much everyone to a fight.

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Five lucky artists have scooped a trio of nominations this year – it seems us Brits Have Got the Love for Florence and the Machine, we’re gaga for GaGa and Everybody’s In Love with JLS, Lily Allen and Pixie Lott (sorry, couldn’t resist with song names like those!)

Our money’s on the crazy, kooky brilliance of Lady GaGa, who sold more singles than any other artist in the UK last year, and in fact the girls in general – Florence, Pixie, Cheryl, Lily, Leona, Alesha, Alexandra and newcomer Ellie Goulding (a particular favourite of our own Katem3) – are dominating the nominations.

Representing the boys is Robbie Williams, who is being honoured with the Outstanding Contribution award, as well as being in the running for Best British Male. He’s won it four times before (maybe it’s time to give someone else a chance?!), and in total he has accepted an amazing 11 BRITS, with Annie Lennox and Paul McCartney trailing in second place (with a mere 8 each).

Place your bets on the most likely occurence at this year’s event: Take That reform for a surprise performance; a celebrity gets a bit too drunk and storms the stage/slurs his or her speech; Gaga wears a modest, loose-fitting, ankle-length dress; or MJ beams in from outer space to perform ‘Heaven Can Wait’…

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