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Pink Floyd: "The Greatest Gig in the Sky" Youtube Stream

Source: JamBase
September 27, 2011

STREAM “THE GREATEST GIG IN THE SKY" FULL CONCERT FROM WEMBLEY 1974, WITH REMASTERED AND REMIXED AUDIO DIRECT FROM SOUNDBOARD As part of the “Why Pink Floyd?“ remasters campaign kicking off this week, fans can join Pink Floyd for a once-in-a-lifetime streaming event, “The Greatest Gig In The Sky," powered by YouTube. For the first time, you can hear The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, live at the Empire Pool, Wembley from the legendary gigs of November ...

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Anita O'Day: Memories of You

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
September 27, 2011

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Interview: Kristen Thomas on the Important Work of the Future of Music Coaltion [video]

Source: HypeBot
September 25, 2011

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: George Benson, Guitar Player

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 25, 2011

For this week's video showcase, we train our gaze on guitarist and singer George Benson, who will be back in St. Louis to play next Sunday, October 2 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center as part of Jazz St. Louis' “Legends of Jazz" concert series. Before Benson became a pop and R&B star via his renditions of vocal tunes such as “This Masquerade" and “On Broadway," he already had established a reputation as ...

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Sick of Too Many Social Networks? Join Not Google+ [video Parody]

Source: HypeBot
September 22, 2011

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MuthaWit pours it on for URB ALT Festival 2011 with release of spicy music video "Wasted (Fill My House With Salt)"

Source: 4961 Polemics
September 20, 2011

New York, NY: Multi-national experimentalists MuthaWit celebrate the September 25th launch of URB ALT Festival 2011 with the immediate release of their maniacally paced video “Wasted (Fill My House With Salt)." Nodding towards the legendary Stanley Kubrick, video directors Bighead Scientists showcase live band footage mixed with the studio based antics of MuthaWit singer/songwriter/producer Boston Fielder. “Wasted" projects the sheer exuberance of MuthaWit's 3-24 piece live show from frame to frame. It is the second single off of MuthaWit's current ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2011 Jazz Preview, Part Three

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 18, 2011

This week, we offer the third and final installment of our video overview of the fall 2011 schedule of touring jazz and creative music performers coming to St. Louis. (Part one can be seen here, and part two is here.) On Friday, October 28, New Music Circle will present a concert at the Kranzberg Arts Center featuring music composed by James Mobberley and Paul Rudy, both of whom are associated with the Conservatory ...

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Nielsen Study: More Video Engagement, Not View Counts = Higher Sales

Source: HypeBot
September 16, 2011

midem has released an exclusive white paper from Nielsen that looks at the reach of official music videos as well as the correlation between both views and engagement in relationship to digital download sales. The executive takeaway is that increased views do not always correlate with increased sales but higher engagement does correlate with higher sales. Nielsen's white paper, “Image Conscious: Music Video Streaming Online," takes a look at the viewership of officially released music videos in 8 countries including ...

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