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Mike Posner Discusses Second Album, Justin Bieber Collaboration

Mike Posner in the studio

spoke with Digital Spy in a Q&A, where the ‘Cooler Than Me’ singer talked about his work with Reebok, not having a date for his second album yet, being honored to work with Justin Bieber on ‘Boyfriend’, if the Canadian pop star’s song is the sound fans can expect on the sophomore set, Cher Lloyd not getting the credit she deserves, and some secret collaborations with big name artists people can expect soon.

“My work definitely has the same kind of hip-hop influence,” Posner said when asked about his new music compared to the Bieb. “I grew up a hip-hop kid doing mix-tapes. I think my music is maybe a bit older than Justin’s. I can talk about things that he doesn’t, he can’t. To put it in more concrete terms, like, my music contains sex, drugs and sometimes rock ‘n’ roll, and his doesn’t.”

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Lynda Sayyah Discusses Parents, Divorce, Favorite Artists

Lynda Sayyah

Lynda Sayyah spoke with Global Grind in a Q&A, where the Indianapolis-based singer talked about Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey being her favorite artists growing up, her Palestinian father being a really strict Muslim, not haven spoken to her dad in six years, being bankrupt after getting a divorce three year ago, songs she’s written about the strained relationship, ending her marriage after his anger issues, and plans for 2012.

“I still talk to my mom and she told me, even a couple of weeks ago, that cousins from Lebanon are like, ‘Oh, we see Linda doing this and that. She’s wearing this and that. How do you let her do that?’ At some point I wish my dad would be like, ‘Talk about your own kids. Stop talking about my kids’,” Lynda said about her parents.

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Adam Lambert Talks Relationship, Fame & Reality Show Platform

Adam Lambert

spoke with the Associated Press in a Q&A, where the ‘American Idol’ season eight runner-up talked about having an “amazing relationship” with Finnish ‘Big Brother’ winner Sauli Koskinen, how the relationship affected his creative process, how being in the public eye “makes you potentially more desirable to this, that and the other person”, his arrest in Finland during a bar fight last year being not that big of a deal, the importance of reality singing competitions giving young recording artists a platform to find success in an industry that’s difficult to break through, and how he thinks about the visual process when writing and recording. Check it out here.

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Ry Cuming On The Amazing Experience Of Touring With Maroon 5

Ry Cuming

The Miami Herald caught up with in a Q&A, asking the Australian singer songwriter about what fans can expect from his concerts, the intimacy that acoustic shows provide, if he had a desire to be a star, being greatly influenced by Jeff Buckley, touring with Maroon 5 and if he had been to Miami before.

“Those lads are actually mates of mine. I’ve known them for quite a while, and we have made a lot of music together over the years,” Ry said about opening for Adam Levine and company. “When my record came out, they asked me to open for them for a handful of shows, then some more, then more, then in Australia as well. And it has been a pretty amazing experience, playing to those big audiences on that grand scale.”

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Kevin Rudolf: I’m So Sick Of Award Shows

Kevin Rudolf

spoke with Global Grind in a Q&A, where the recording artist talked aobut the ‘Don’t Give Up’ creative process, if he’s felt like giving up on music, whether he wishes he’d kept a song written for someone else for himself, playing instruments, signing to Cash Money, musical inspirations and more.

“I think it’s awesome! I’m so sick of award shows,” Rudolf enthused when asked about Axl Rose declining his Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction. “Fu** award shows. Everybody should just make real music, and stop getting awards for bullsh**. I mean everybody gets an award for Best Single, Best Album… It’s like I want to hear some real music. I want to hear people write music from the heart. To me it shows that he’s still rock n’ roll. I applaud him for that. We need more of that.”

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Debbie Gibson Is Inspired By Actual Life

Debbie Gibson

TheCelebrityCafe.com caught up with Debbie Gibson in a Q&A, asking the singer and ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’ participant about her favorite film and TV work, never being concerned about putting out hits with music subsequent to her first three albums, plans for a new album, actual life being her inspiration, loving Donald Trump, and charity work.

“It’s funny… I think you hear a lot of artists go through this process where they come out with their first hit and great album or two because it’s all the songs they accumulated while they were just living life,” Gibson said about songwriting inspiration. “Then you hit the road and you get the songs about being on the road that nobody can relate to! For me, I’ve been sort of re-inspired because I’ve been in a great relationship for the past few years and I get inspired by everything. It could be a groove of a song that I love that’s current. That all of a sudden takes me into writing my own version of that… Or it triggers something in me or it could be be something from my own real life. It could be something from world events. I’m very tuned into writing from that place right now. I feel like this country is not in the greatest place. I see people’s pains and I feel their struggles… I’ve written some songs that are very about what can’t be taken away from you. Because I think that people right now are losing jobs, they can’t come up with money to pay for rent or whatever it is.”

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Brandon & Leah Offer “Array Of Emotions” On Debut Album

Brandon Jenner and Leah Felder graffiti

Brandon Jenner and Leah Felder, who perform as Brandon & Leah, spoke with Crushable in a Q&A, where the folk pop duo talked about how they got started making music, their sound, the new album’s recording process and what fans can expect from their debut LP when it drops later this year.

“Well, all the songs on the album, there’s a whole array of emotions,” Leah stated. “I think that ‘Life Happens’ definitely has a happy feeling to it, but there’s a whole array of feelings. So while there’s stuff like ‘Life Happens’, there’s also some other stuff that’s a little different. That was the goal for all of us. We were really trying to write and reflect what we feel inside. It would be dishonest to write an entire happy album.”

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Kerli Prefers Nicer American Culture To Her Native Estonia

Kerli flying

spoke with Popbytes in a Q&A, where the pop singer was asked about what made her go with a synthpop and dance sound with her follow-up to her 2008 debut ‘Love Is Dead’, being inspired by Tim Burton, her style, tour plans, and life in America versus her native Estonia. The 25-year-old said “people are kind of closed off and aren’t very expressive with their feelings” in Estonia and “very celebratory” in the U.S.

“Americans are always saying things like ‘thank you’ and ‘please’ and ‘excuse me.’ They’re always talking about how nice things are and compliment one another far more often,” said Kerli, who now resides in Los Angeles. “And I always felt really out of place where I was from so I like American culture more than Eastern European culture. Everyone is just nicer. In Europe, we tease Americans for that but I don’t care because I’d rather have a friendly waitress. I like that and I like their expressiveness.”

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Haley Reinhart Knew She Had To Do ‘Free’

Haley Reinhart

did a Q&A with Popcrush, where the ‘American Idol’ season ten finalist talked about failing to make the hit FOX show during a season nine tryout, sticking to her musical roots on ‘Idol’, keeping in touch with the other contestants, and her debut album’s first single, ‘Free’.

“A lot of the ‘Idol’ contestants banged out a whole album while we were touring – you know, like Scotty and Lauren,” the 21-year-old explained. “But for me, I wanted to completely involved with the whole writing process, so I agreed to listen to all these songs coming in and ‘Free’ was that one that I knew I had to do. It had my name on it! It sounded like my direction and like what I wanted to do.”

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Jason Mraz Keeps His Sexuality Options Open

Singer Jason Mraz

spoke with Pride Source in a Q&A, asking the singer songwriter about his new album ‘Love is a Four Letter Word’ and the story behind the title, being “a poster boy for gay rights”, the role gay marriage rights played in his relationship with Tristan Prettyman ending, the love of oneself being the greatest love of all, and keeping his options open sexually.

“Yeah, I’m keeping more of my options open these days,” Mraz said when asked about how his sexuality is fluid. “The older I get, the more fearless I become. That’s not to say I’m absolutely fearless. (Long pause) Man, I should be really careful with my words, especially with this question.”

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