CNET's Hooked Up - Kelly Rowland's top picks for sharing new music
CNET's Hooked Up - Kelly Rowland's top picks for sharing new music
2013-06-05
Kelly has spent years touring the world
and has seen her fair share of high tech
and she's back on the road again for the
lights out tour with the dream what kind
of speakers to use when you're on the
bike say the bus or you want to just go
ahead blast your music I like that pill
you know the field yeah I've used one of
those but I have to purchase one for
myself because i used some buddies and
it was so loud and i loved it so I need
me a pill yeah don't these days she's
staying busy as a judge on the x factor
and is set to release her fourth solo
album talk a good game but he's using
her tech tools to give fans a taste of
the new record online before the june
eighteenth release you released a couple
of your singles on soundcloud why and
explain sound why you use it what
soundcloud i like the fact that you're
able to share your music especially
before the album comes out because i
still want to give them something to
look forward to i only get a piece of it
on there I'm like I really want y'all to
hear this album but I don't want to give
everything the way I think they should
still be a mystery music just don't be a
mystery how hard is it now in these days
when all this technology to keep music
kind of secret or at least control when
it goes out it's extremely hard I mean
you take every precaution there is in
order to still make sure you have a
surprise for your fans you know what I
mean because you want to hold something
near and dear to you that is gonna be
near and dear to them you know you see
all on your Twitter timelines and
instagrams how they're posting pictures
of singles or what they think the single
cover should look like and they're
excited and I'm excited and let's be
excited together and wait till June 18
you know what I mean but people want I
tasted they always want and that's why I
love sounds loud there are over 10
million registered users on soundcloud
allowing musicians to publish and embed
their tracks to more than 67,000 sites
the platform is increasingly becoming a
popular tool for discovering new music
how do you get your music fix what other
like apps and things do you use when you
just want to listen to me
find new music hey Dora mm-hmm love
Pandora yeah I mean to find the music I
really just go on itunes or if i'm in a
store and I hear something and I should
examine i buy it and I love the fact
that you'll have more you know
selections no my queen set and I'll go
click on that i'll buy it if i don't
know how artists i still buy it i love
buying music I will stay up to the wee
hours of the morning buying music I
don't know and getting to know it
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