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Discogs Mid-Year Survey Shows Surprising Surge In CD Sales
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HypeBot
Music marketplace Discogs has released its Marketplace Analysis & Database report for the first half of 2019 and it revealed some surprising data about online music retail. The report showed the continued popularity of the vinyl format with consumers, with sales rising 3.03% year-over-year with over 4.3 million records purchased. More surprisingly, the data compiled in the report suggests that the demise of the compact disc has perhaps been exaggerated with the format seeing growth of 23.6% for the first ...
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What's With This Uncool Surge in Jazz Bashing?
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Michael Ricci
How did jazz lose its position as America’s homegrown musical treasure to lately become a symbol of pretentiousness and 'eat-your-broccoli art'? Jazz doesn’t get much coverage in the mainstream media, and hasn’t for many years. But something strange has happened during the last four months. Over a period of just a few weeks, a host of high profile periodicals have published smug, scornful dismissals of the music. Is this just coincidence, or has something changed in the cultural dialogue? How ...
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One of the Best Drummers in Los Angeles takes Drums, Drummers, and Drumming On A Quantum Surge with New Book "The Footiments"
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles—When you think of double-Bass/double-Pedal drummers names like Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ginger Baker, Mike Portnoy, Neil Peart, and Chris Adler obviously spring to mind. Yet one drummer has taken the science of double-bass/double-pedal drumming to a new level of intensity with his new book 'The Footiments.' For the drummer in the know, the name Rick BooM Steel is a respected innovator in the field of music education. BooM is a successful drummer with a unique style and sense ...
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Mobile Web Surge Continues in October
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PC Magazine
HELSINKI - Global mobile data traffic continued to surge in October, growing at the fastest pace in seven months, Internet browser company Opera Software said on Wednesday. Data traffic through Opera's mobile browserwhich packages up to 90 percent of the data to save network bandwidthrose 16 percent in October from September, the company said. Tech-savvy consumers have used cellphones to access Internet on the go for long, but the mobile Internet market has really boomed since 2007 introduction of Apple's ...
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Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge Set to Release "The Comet's Tail: Playing the Compositions of Michael Brecker" on August 11
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DL Media
Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge The Comet's Tail: Playing The Compositions of Michael BreckerSet for August 11 Release on MAMA RecordsWith performances by Randy Brecker, Danny Gottlieb, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, Mike Mainieri, Adam Nussbaum, Mike Stern and Rob ThomasMAMA Records is proud to announce Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge's forthcoming release The Comet's Tail: Playing The Compositions of Michael Brecker. Led by Chuck Owen, The Comets Tail pays homage to ...
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Twitter, Tagged Users Surge, but Lag Myspace
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PC Magazine
Twitter is expanding beyond the Web 2.0 elite. The micro-blogging site logged a 343 percent growth over the last year, according to a Thursday report from Nielsen Online. Twitter had about 2.4 million unique visitors in September 2008, up from 533,000 in September 2007. Following closely behind was Tagged.com, which grew by 330 percent over the last year to grab about 3.9 million new users last month. Rounding out the top three was Ning with almost 3 million unique visitors. ...
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