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Pandora Adds Conversational Voice Mode For All Users 'that sweeps the floor with anything else out there'
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HypeBot
This morning, Pandora rolled out Voice Mode for all users. The advanced, conversational voice interface combines voice-recognition and Natural Language Processing with Pandora’s Music Genome Project personalization technology so that users can talk conversationally with Pandora as specific or vague as they want. Pandora is calling Voice Mode “the most advanced, conversational voice interface that sweeps the floor with anything else out there." However accurate the claim, it is clear the Pandora is currently beating both Spotify and Apple Music ...
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Talk Mode with Eamonn Lenihan—New Podcast Series Offers Three Jazz Interviews A Week
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All About Jazz
“Duke Ellington reckoned ‘Too much talk stinks up the place’. And of course it must be about the music. But sincere, intelligent conversation can lead to enlightenment. My role, as podcast host, is to steer guests away from bland, chat show patter into areas of genuine interest…” —Eamonn Lenihan Talk Mode, the very first podcast by broadcaster Eamonn Lenihan, launched on November 2nd. It’s a series he feels will appeal to seasoned jazz lovers and newcomers alike. Exclusive interviews will ...
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Google Plus Launches 'Studio Mode' for Live Online Music
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HypeBot
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Remember when we wrote about how Google+ could steal music fans from Facebook if it figured out how to stream concerts using Google Hangouts, and everyone from our pals at Wired to CNN picked up on it? Well, it looks like Google was listening — or at least thinking along the same lines. On Monday, Google announced (and TechCrunch reported about) a new “Studio Mode" that musicians can use to play online ...
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An interview with jazz vocalist Dheepa Chari: From Ella Fitzgerald to Depeche Mode
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Lauren Rogers
The growth of an artist is measured between records. In the case of New York-based jazz vocalist Dheepa Chari, it is the creative evolution unveiled from her 2010 debut EP, On 4th Street, to her new full-length debut, Some New Fashion. The first glimpse of development is already revealed on the first track, “Rocks in My Bed." Here Chari offers a deep, bluesy delivery that is quite unlike anything from her EP. It's a exciting shift in style, one that ...
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All-Vinyl Record Store Phono-Mode Now Open
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Digital Distributor Iris Shifts into Growth Mode
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HypeBot
Independent digital distributor IRIS has added several category leading labels to its catalog: Metropolis Records, BYO, Mt. Fuji, In The Fishtank, and Pocketsongs. IRIS is one of a handful of digital distributors without ties to the majors and these label additions come on the heels of the company's report of profitability, a rarity in the current digital music space.
“As our name implies IRIS (Independent Recording Industry Services) has always been more than just a distributor," says Bryn Boughton, IRIS' ...
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Lollapalooza: Depeche Mode Tool, Killers, KOL, AC, STS9
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JamBase
Lollapalooza | 08.07 - 08.09 | Grant Park, Chicago Depeche Mode, Tool, Killers, Jane's Addiction, Beastie Boys, KOL, STS9, TV on the Radio
Set to go down August 7-9 in Chicago's Grant Park, the Lollapalooza festival has announced the lineup for their 2009 event. Big names include: Depeche Mode, the Killers, Beastie Boys, Jane's Addiction, Animal Collective, STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9), Thievery Corporation, Lou Reed, Ben Harper and Relentless7, TV on the Radio, Andrew Bird, Vampire Weekend, ...
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Apple, Depeche Mode Launch New 'iTunes Pass'
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PC Magazine
The 1980s Britpop band Depeche Mode has teamed with Apple to launch the first iTunes Pass, a sort of one-time subscription service to content that the band has and will create. Although the blogosphere is wondering whether Apple is using the concept of the iTunes Pass to evolve into an optional subscription model, the Pass seems more akin to a sort of RSS feed. Users also buy the Depeche Mode iTunes Pass for a one-time fee of $18.99 that covers ...
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Guillermo E. Brown's "Shuffle Mode" Blurs and Bends Musical Boundaries
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All About Jazz
Known for his association with jazz musicians - David S. Ware, Matthew Shipp, Dave Burrell, ViJay Ayer, among others, multi-dimensional artist Guillermo E. Brown draws upon influences from free jazz to Miami Bass in a new work, “Shuffle Mode," premiering April 18-19 as part of The Apollo Theater's Salon Series. “Shuffle Mode" is pure Guillermo E. Brown, a masterful performing artist who is called a “musical omnivore." Brown draws from free jazz, electronica, Afro-Latin, Hip-Hop, Spoken Word and other performance/musical ...
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Les Paul (Mon) Mingus Big Band (Tues) Vince Giordano (Wed) Trio 3 (Thu-Fri) Mode for Joe (Sat-Sun) at the Iridium Jazz Club
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets At 8:00 & 10:00PM Effective immediately, minimums are $10/person/set for all show except Les Paul - $15 mins. EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS TRIO JOHN COLIANNI - PIANO - LOU PALLO - GUITAR, NICKI PARROTT - BASS EVERY TUESDAY MINGUS LEGACY Sets at 8:00 & 10:00PM Wed., August ...
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