Who Stole What?

This is a podcast primarily about music but on occasion we have to recognize other forms of stealing. At the RNC last night, Melania Trump plagiarized Michelle Obama. The irony was too good not to talk about it.

The new Ghostbusters movie is out this weekend and we ain’t afraid of no ghosts or plagiarism accusations. So we’re looking at the Ghostbuster theme and all the drama that swirled around this famous plagiarism case. BTW, we’re excited to…Read more ›

Traditionally, we break music up into genres – rock, country, classical, etc. But what if we broke it up in a different way? This week we talk about musical tropes that transcend genre. Enjoy!

So many of the words we use in music come from some surprising places. We had fun with this week’s musicology episode looking at common classical music terms you know – piano, A cappella, and even tuba. Hope you enjoy!

Summer will be here this weekend! And this episode is sweet but short — we talk about the chords that connect Grease, One Direction and The Beatles. We do a singing demonstration – Enjoy! Shields Brothers Mashup: Twist & Shout…Read more ›

We’re continuing with our special musicology series this week. This time we’re talking about the beat that came along that has dominated music since the 1970s — the 4 on the Floor. Big thanks to The A.V.Club for the great…Read more ›

Men’s high voices – ever wonder why Adam Levine or Justin Timberlake sound like that? Falsetto is the answer. Do women have falsetto? Take a listen to a special musicology episode.

Still reeling from Prince’s death, we decided to talk about some of his most famous exploits and songwriting stories – some good, some a little steal-y, some involving Michael Jackson. We love you Prince. If you didn’t listen to last…Read more ›

Profoundly sadden by the death of Prince today. He was a huge influence on us. We think nothing compares to Prince so here’s our cover of Nothing Compares 2 U written by Prince, made famous by Sinéad O’Connor.

We couldn’t resist a little monkey business this week. In this podcast we talk about the infamous monkey selfie lawsuit. This takes copyright to a new kingdom – the animal kingdom.

Since the turn of the century, one word song titles have dominated the charts. Is this a result of big data and behavioral economics number crunching or is it just a advertising scheme? Have you noticed the rise of the…Read more ›

Happy St Patrick’s Day! We did some LIVE SINGING on a traditional Irish folk song, I’ll Tell Me Ma, for ya! You can get it on iTunes. We included a Mumford and Sons cover of The Wanderer. Enjoy!

Deadpool is sweeping the nation. It has become the highest grossing rated “R” movie in history. Super heroes win again! With Deadpool, we’re continuing our “I Like to Score” theme (we started with episode 99. The Music of Better Call…Read more ›

#FreeKesha has been the rallying cry for many major pop stars over the past few days including Adele, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, etc. We don’t know what happened between Kesha and Dr. Luke but we do know Dr. Luke is…Read more ›

At last night’s Grammy’s, Lady Gaga did the tribute to David Bowie. It’s a sad commentary when you can’t find a popular rock artist(s) to pay tribute to a great rock icon. Not that we don’t like Lady Gaga ……Read more ›

Ready for Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime show? Take a listen to our choices for the 10 greatest Super Bowl Halftime shows of all time. Enjoy the game, the nachos and the halftime show this Super Bowl Sunday!

Election season is in full swing. Politicians are back to stealing songs, using songs without permission. In this episode, we talk about the history of political songs and fights between artists and politicians.

Today we mourn the passing of a great icon, David Bowie. In this podcast episode, we talk about David Bowie’s career and possibly the most famous steal ever, Ice Ice Baby versus Under Pressure. We covered Under Pressure with our…Read more ›

At the last minute, we putting up our last podcast of 2015. We give you a couple of our resolutions for 2016 along with a very brief sneak listen to our upcoming album. Also, our friend and fellow alum from…Read more ›

Our friend and fellow Season 2 alum from NBC The Voice, Erin Willett, will be on the Biggest Loser beginning next week, Monday, January 4th. Here’s a video we made with her in our studiage right after the The Voice…Read more ›

Next week the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, will be released into theaters. Along with the rest of the world, we are super excited. Tristan even experienced Star Wars in the darkest jungles of Peru last week (on…Read more ›

Here’s a throwback Thanksgiving – another of our video parodies featuring our Internet Icon compadre, LA filmmaker extraordinaire, Joule Thief.  We were spoofing on Britney Spears’ Work B**ch. Wishing you a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving! While you are driving to your holiday feasts, take a listen to one of our most downloaded episodes – Music Clustering. For whatever reason, clustering of good music happens rarely. We decided to look at what years really…Read more ›

We met Christina Aguilera on The Voice Season 2. Her single, Your Body, came out about the same time. It was a bomb. So we decided to do a parody with the song and make it about something we all…Read more ›

The Eagles of Death Metal is one of our favorite bands. We were honored when Dave Catching, EODM’s guitarist, wished us the best before our performances on The Voice. The events in Paris have really hit home. So this week…Read more ›

In this week’s podcast, 137. Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? Steals from South America, we talked about Gotye and his song, Somebody I Used To Know. So this week’s video bonus is our cover from a few years back of…Read more ›

We’re in the mood for South American music. Tristan is headed to Peru for a couple of weeks in search of great South American steals. This week, Rod Stewart, Gotye and Shakira are all involved in serious steals from South…Read more ›

This popped up in the news so we’re doing a bonus episode this week. Taylor Swift is being sued for stealing lyrics on her Shake It Off song. Haters gonna hate … We started rehearsing on Periscope. Go follow us…Read more ›

Lots of news this past week about the infamous Blurred Lines stealing case. Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams depositions were leaked and we got insight into what the jury actually heard. More witch hunt, less musical trial is our take…Read more ›

To get your Halloween party weekend started, here’s the video of our original song, Saucy Jack. Enjoy and be safe out there! If you want the song, get it at iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and other stores.

This is our treat for you today – throwback to Saucy Jack, our original song. Have a happy and safe Halloween weekend! If you want the song, get it at iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and other stores. Shields Brothers –…Read more ›

It’s Halloween week so we’re continuing with our spooky theme this week and rebroadcasting our Zombies episode. This was a popular episode when we first released it because everybody loves Zombies and their connection to copyright law is actually pretty…Read more ›

It’s that time of year … here’s our #TBT broadcast of the most creepy love songs ever. @ShieldsBrothers We started rehearsing on Periscope. Go follow us on Periscope or Twitter to get notifications about our live stream performances. We take…Read more ›

Illegal art or creative inspiration – what are mashups? This week we had a lot of fun mashing things up. We talk about Girl Talk, DJ Danger Mouse and the Grey Album and the difference between mashups and sampling. Listen…Read more ›

You may not remember the name of the song, Tom’s Diner, but bet you know the song and can sing along with it. What you might not know — it was an illegal remix that propelled the song to #1…Read more ›

This week’s #TBT video goes back a few years to when we posted a four part harmony of Auld Lang Syne. We’ve started getting inquiries about booking for holiday parties so we thought this would be a good TBT today.…Read more ›

This week’s #TBT video goes back a few years to when we posted a four part harmony of Auld Lang Syne. We’ve started getting inquiries about booking for holiday parties so we thought this would be a good TBT today.…Read more ›

Musicians have been dealing with censorship for centuries and it’s f**king annoying. We see it as a different form of stealing. Filthy Fifteen, Tipper Gore, the parental advisory sticker and how music censorship actually works in the U.S. is the…Read more ›

Take a listen to some seriously good slide guitar from Born Crooked. Hunter Wolf was the 2008 National Slide Guitar Champion and he and his sister, ARE, perform around the country and Europe. Be sure to listen to our episode…Read more ›

For our listeners who can’t get video on their podcast feed … Since we released two podcasts last week we’re changing it up this week. Today is throwback Wednesday … sharing our video shot on Mulholland Drive in LA with…Read more ›

Since we released two podcasts last week we’re changing it up this week. Today is throwback Wednesday … sharing our video shot on Mulholland Drive in LA with the lovely Paulina Cerrilla. Paulina was on Season 3 of the Voice…Read more ›

We’re skipping #TBT today because we thought this was much more important. The Happy Birthday Song has been liberated! For the past 80 years, the song, Happy Birthday To You, has been under the corporate and copyright control of Warner/Chappell…Read more ›

No need for bombs when you have gay icons. When there is a despotic regime that limits freedom of speech, for some very odd reason, we find that the first Western songs sold in those countries were produced by gay,…Read more ›

This week’s #TBT — Our cover of the Everly Brothers’ All I Have To Do Is Dream. And, as Rory says: “If you never heard of the Everly Brothers – get your 50s s**t together!!” We are traveling this week…Read more ›

This week’s #TBT — Our cover of the Everly Brothers’ All I Have To Do Is Dream. And, as Rory says: “If you never heard of the Everly Brothers – get your 50s s**t together!!”

If Rock n’ Roll was a cake, the Beatles ate the whole thing. And … they definitely stole some of their most famous songs … but were they geniuses or thieves? Either way, they brought Rock n’ Roll back from…Read more ›

The Bieb is in the news this week so for our Throw Back Thursday #TBT video we’re sharing our cover of his hit, Boyfriend, that we did a few years ago when we were making lots of YouTube videos. What’s…Read more ›

The Bieb is in the news this week so for our Throw Back Thursday #TBT video we’re sharing our cover of his hit, Boyfriend, that we did a few years ago when we were making lots of YouTube videos. What’s…Read more ›

Last week we got to hear a great slide guitar duo, Born Crooked, play at our local State Theatre in Culpeper, VA.  We don’t see too many young people like us playing slide guitar these days. That got us thinking…Read more ›

Blues may be dead (this week’s podcast) but we love it and owe so much to the genre. So when we found these puppies we thought they needed to hear the blues. This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com.…Read more ›

Blues may be dead (this week’s podcast) but we love it and owe so much to the genre. So when we found these puppies we thought they needed to hear the blues. This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com.…Read more ›