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A Letter to Congress, from the Guys That Invented the Internet...
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Digital Music News
The following open letter was recently sent to members of US Congress, with an urgent warning to vote against SOPA. It comes from 83 engineers and innovators responsible for creating the internet, including TCP/IP creator and “father of the internet" Vint Cerf and Paul Vixie, author of the widely-used DNS server software BIND.
We wrote and debugged the software; we defined the standards and protocols that talk over that network. Many of us invented parts of it. We're just a ...
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Former Yes Lead Singer Jon Anderson Provides Soundtrack For Cancer Support Community Of Philadelphia’s Holiday E-card
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
(PHILADELPHIA, PA) Jon Anderson, the voice of the rock group Yes for many years, has once again stepped up to help the Cancer Support Community of Philadelphia (CSCP) by providing the soundtrack for the organization's 2011 electronic holiday card. The e-card, designed by Lauren Keswick and Scott Bluebond and produced by Keswick (www.medicalartstudio.com) was distributed today to the cancer support organization's friends, supporters, members, donors and others and is available at cancersupport- phila.org. The card shows images from events and ...
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Occupy Musicians: Lou Reed, Talib, Tom Morello, Biafra
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JamBase
MUSICIANS PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR ALL OCCUPY MOVEMENTS A number of prominent musicians have pledged their support for the Occupy Movement by launching the Occupy Musicians website. The website aims to to facilitate performances at Occupy spaces and events, network musicians to Occupy locations and Occupy fund raisers, host embedded media to Occupy-related songs and music videos, and more. Head over to the Occupy Musicians website to get a look at the full list of supporters, and check out their official ...
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Occupy Music Movement Grows with Occupy Musicians Petition
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HypeBot
Musicians have gotten involved with the Occupy Movement in many locations both on and offline. A new initiative seeks to focus that energy starting with an Occupy Musicians petition in support of the movement. But Occupy Musicians hopes to become much more than just a petition and plans to provide additional resources. Musicians Occupy Wall Street Ginny Suss and Vanessa Wruble at Okayplayer helped Occupy Musicians get a petition online that has already been signed by a number of musicians ...
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Congress May Pave Way for Small Investors to Crowdfund Music Startups
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HypeBot
A bill that was recently passed by the House of Representatives opens up the possibility of music startups raising $1 to $2 million annually via social media and crowdfunding platforms without having to meet costly registration requirements. This bill would allow for investments by small fry, who are currently shut out of such opportunities, and provide much needed funds to music businesses that can't attract venture capital or wealthy individual investors due to current funding trends. Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC10] ...
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James McMurtry: Free MP3 in Support of Occupy Movement
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JamBase
FANS ENCOURAGED TO MAKE OWN MUSIC VIDEOS; BEST TO BE FEATURED ON JAMESMCMURTRY.COM Singer-songwriter James McMurtry is giving away free mp3s of his iconic political song “We Can't Make It Here" from his award-winning Childish Things in support of the Occupy movement. Fans are encouraged to use the free mp3 of “We Can't Make It Here" to create their own unique videos supporting the movement. The best of the best will be featured on James McMurtry's website. Click here to ...
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American Songbook Preservation Society...Singing the Great American Songbook
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Ron Kaplan
The American Songbook Preservation Society is a performance organization whose purpose is to continue the legacy of the great American Songbook by performing these works in public to audiences in America and abroad. The organization features highly accomplished musicians and singers performing these works for public benefit and educational purposes. As singer Tony Bennett has said..."This is America's classical music." What is the Great American Songbook, also known as the “Popular Standards"? It is largely composed of songs written between ...
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Proposed New Legislation on Behalf of Jazz
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
If anyone in the history of the U.S. Congress has ever fit the mantle of the Jazz Congressman, its the Honorable Congressman John Conyers. A tireless advocate on behalf of the art form, Cong. Conyers has proposed the following new legislation on behalf of jazz. Contact your representative in Congress and let's make this happen! H.R. 2823 A BILL To preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz in the United States and abroad. Be it enacted by the Senate and ...
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