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...Arts First Celebration last spring, he performed a show as a one-man band entitled “The Concert for Dogs.” Gillespie, who plays piano and harmonica and sings, says he wears a robe whenever he writes music and that all of his songs are dedicated to Pallas Athena. His songs range from “A song about a dragon under investigation by the FBI for grand arson to a song about being in love with Julie Andrews...

Author: By Rachel T. Lipson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Most Interesting Seniors: Charles F. "Chas" Gillespie | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...about appreciating music and all the people who work hard to make it,” she said. “It may just look like a digital file on your computer, but there are dozens and dozens of people who work behind the scenes to bring that song to your ears...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Court Strikes Fair Use Claim | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...first comedians to compete with actual musicians. Their spoof of hip-hop grandstanding has been viewed nearly 38 million times on YouTube and appears on Lonely Island's comedy album Incredibad, along with other SNL digital shorts such as "Dick in a Box," "Like a Boss" and a rap song Natalie Portman performed when she hosted SNL back in 2006. Samberg says he has no idea why "I'm on a Boat" is considered legitimate music. "The Grammys didn't give us a reason," he says. "Although having T-Pain on there helps tremendously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is SNL's Andy Samberg Nominated for a Rap Grammy? | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...Pain makes so many guest appearances - including on Jamie Foxx's alcoholic anthem "Blame It," for which he earned another Grammy nod this year - that it's nearly impossible to turn on the radio without hearing his digitally altered vocals on someone else's song. In fact, his participation is what makes the "I'm on a Boat" satire so spot-on. Well, that and the fact that the video directly parodies actual rap videos, like Akon's yacht dance in "I'm So Paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is SNL's Andy Samberg Nominated for a Rap Grammy? | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...there's singing. Sure, why not?' " After that, the academy's 12,000 voting members gave "I'm on a Boat" the nomination. Freimuth agrees with Samberg about the T-Pain bump, saying the Auto-Tune master's participation "gave it that much more legitimacy" as a real song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is SNL's Andy Samberg Nominated for a Rap Grammy? | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

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