The British Sublet: Stem Cell Bans and Bands Selling Stems

Again with the British-American tandem ... Spring theme-du-jour: stems. While an American politician lifts the federal funding ban on stem cell research -- to build a legion of South Park-esque Supermen no doubt -- a British pop powerhouse builds a legion of super-producers. Thanks to stems you can be a superhero and a super producer ... all in one!

On our coast this weekend, Barack Obama planned a much needed lift on the stem-cell research federal funding ban -- per Peter Griffin's inquiry of "Why aren't we funding this?!" no doubt.


On the other side of the pond, lil' Miss Lily Rose lifted the Oz/ProTools curtain and tucked an 80-track surprise in each hard copy and iTunes version of her album "It's Not Me It's You." Anyone who uploads their legal copy of the album gets each track stem from the release.

I finally mustered up the civility to get my hands on a hard copy of INMIY -- solely because of the stems -- and it was worth every penny. Now, I'm finding it hard to break away from remixing Everyone's At It, revamping the drums on Chinese, or seeing how Back to the Start would sound if I dropped the vocoder. But the fun doesn't end with vanity listening sessions amongst you and your closest pal, remixers are encouraged to upload their exclusives for peer and label review ... so get on the 1s & 2s, start scratching away, and you'll be a Hollywood Kid in no time!

Stems are this girl's new best friend.

Oh, and it's not a British Invasion this time ... it's more of a sublet until things get back to normal

Watch this space