Bill Smith ♊️

#BILLCSMusicBlog for 16 yrs (3,000+ posts), music consultant, online announcer, historian, #BILLCSTop30 chart since '98. I write about great new music.

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@kcandsunshineb Get Down Tonight. But second is Queen of Clubs! 🎶🎶🪩💃🕺

[Mike Epstein @heymike]

This one skill has underrated importance for working in the music industry:

Being resourceful!

I've been working in the music industry for 12 years and I swear being resourceful can get you soooo far (besides being nice and treating people the way you want to be treated).

Figuring out the answer when you don't have it.

Being curious.

Asking questions.

Being the person who always figures out a way to get it done has massive dividends as opposed to the person who makes excuses.

There is always a way...and if there isn't, presenting other options as alternative solutions is the way to go.

[Z @BrianZisook]

Tuesday, not Friday. Been saying this for years! Off-cycle releases are ideal for new and developing acts. Weekday conversation generates greater word of mouth with less competition and noise. pgLang gets it.

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@BrianZisook The more people do this the more it will get noticed by the biz. Fridays should just be for major label (and affiliates) releases.

[Rudy Blair @NewsRudy]

Sad News: Get @reshare_app • @tmz_tv 💔🕊️ Ronald LaPread -- one of the founding members and bassist for soul band the Commodores -- has died.

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

RIP Dennis Hull, 81, “The Silver Jet” and a top notch player, he was often overshadowed by brother Bobby and was the uncle of Brett.

https://t.co/ll0gOYCeSz

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

Looking forward to seeing @MartinGarrix tonight at RBC Amphitheatre (formerly Budweiser Stage). Last time I saw him in Vegas, so a stadium setting should be quite different than a club! #MartinGarrix #EDM

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

Great idea in principle, let’s see if it flies. BUT the #NDP asking for a donation after signing the petition is rather out of place given the subject of the petition #onpoli #groceries

https://t.co/NBMYddPesa

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@blogTO Council lives with the developers in its pockets and makes dumb decisions like this in an election year. Time for new blood on council.

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@SpinninRecords Martin Garrix on Sunday 🎶🎶

[Cameron Carpenter @CC59]

Great review of the new @ElephantsStars single "Of Halfway Houses And Ambulances" in the latest @billcs BILLCS New Music Report

https://t.co/2bh2v8H9Bx

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@billboarddance The ad in place covers the article and prevents us from reading it as a link from this app. Pls speak to your IT folks.

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Zayn Malik responds to TMZ’s claims that he ignored fans outside his hotel:

“Let's just get the facts straight - the fans were and always are respectful and amazing - the issue was the multiple fully grown men that were blocking the doors of the hotel and the car for 10 minutes not letting us or security out - they are not fans they are stalkers that show up where ever someone they want to meet is and do the same thing to everyone to try to get content. It is not safe and not ok and they ruin it for the real fans.”

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@dfriend Thanks for the detail. If that’s the case there is a solution - which someone isn’t willing to negotiate.

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

One wonders if the solution might simply be to turn the volume down? If people can hear it far from the stadium, then the stadium crowd should have no problem at a lower volume. #rogersstadium

[David Friend @dfriend]

Bruno Mars at Rogers Stadium was so loud it rattled homes nearly 10 km away in Thornhill.

My story: https://t.co/2CEjQiIfqN

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@1001TLtv Another song that needs an indefinite rest

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@blogTO So I take it the writer, who has taken to name-calling, is not fond of Councillor Bradford? 🤔

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

You’re telling me @Metrolinx that you knew there would be closures in May on January 8, on the days when the #BrunoMars #Toronto concert was announced?? Solution: Reschedule the work https://t.co/QRTeu20ZtB

[billboard dance @billboarddance]

Madonna Sends Message to Those Who Say Dance Is ‘Dead’ in 2026: ‘Maybe You’re Playing the Wrong Music’ https://t.co/EKVGKVOay7

[The Shapeshifters @UKShapeshifters]

Seeing producers still talk about the sampling journey behind Lola’s Theme after all these years is something special ❤️

Hearing artists like @baauer speak about the record and its influence all these years later really means a lot.
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