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Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Tells Musicians to Go Crowdfund Themselves
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HypeBot
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Chief Swine Defender (his real title) at BreadPig, just gave the second of three keynote addresses on the first day of SXSW in Austin, Texas. In it, he laid out a well-worn yet important argument: that the Internet needs to stay open in order to realize its potential to help humans by giving informational access and entrepreneurial opportunity to more of them than the pre-digital world ever could. Invoking Amanda ...
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Saxaphone Legend Maceo Parker Releases Autobiography
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Chris M. Slawecki
“Maceo, I want you to blow!” cried James Brown and the name of one the world’s greatest living saxophonists was written into musical history. Maceo Parker recounts his warm and astonishing story in his new autobiography 98% Funky Stuff: My Life in Music (Chicago Review Press, February 2013). Maceo has had an unequaled career playing for hundreds of thousands of adoring fans all over the world and his motto of “2% jazz, 98% funky stuff” has never been more evident ...
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Girls To Get Their Groove On For Second Annual "Hit Like A Girl" Drum Contest Enter Music Publishing, Tom-tom Mag And Major Drum Companies Participate
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JCM Media
San Jose, Calif., — Hit Like A Girl 2013, the second annual global contest for female drummers, today announced that the official launch for entries will be February 1. The event is produced by DRUM! Magazine in conjunction with TRX Cymbals and Tom Tom: The Magazine for Female Drummers, with the support of major drum equipment companies Drum Workshop, Pacific Drums and Percussion, Yamaha DTX Drums, Evans Drumheads, Vater Drumsticks, SKB bags and cases, Alfred Publishing, and Drumchannel. Developed to ...
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Drum! Presents: Disciples Of Bonham Speak On His Historic Beat During 4th Annual Bonzo Tribute Night
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JCM Media
San Jose, Calif., — Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines worldwide, has published a very special Issue of DRUM! to start the year. The January Issue is dedicated to the legacy of John Bonham, and it features 12 diverse drummers, from Mike Portnoy to Jason Bonham, discussing how Bonham influenced their drumming and playing their favorite Bonzo beats during the 2012 Annual Bonzo Tribute Night. The event was held at The House Of Blues in Hollywood. The Bonzo ...
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Jazz & Blues Florida December 2012 Online Edition Posted
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Jazz & Blues Florida
The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's best and only free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. This issue marks four years of being totally online. The issue also offers a special promotional click-through entry for a free drawing for tickets to Steve Wilson & Wilsonian’s Grain (Jan. 25, 2013 at The University of Florida Auditorium in Gainesville). The December 2012 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES ...
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Drum! Gets Down To The Odd Time Sound Of Matt Cameron With Reunited Soundgarden
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JCM Media
San Jose, Calif., — As 2012 rolls to an end, Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines, is groovin’ full-speed ahead. So, it’s no surprise that DRUM! Magazine’s December Issue features Matt Cameron, discussing his odd time grooves with the reunited Sound Garden on King Animal. No Stranger To Odd Time From Soundgarden’s hit “Black Hole Sun” to the 15/8 in a section of the new cut, “By Crooked Steps,” Cameron demonstrates musicianship and command of meter. Throughout the ...
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2013 Special Edition eBook "Power, Passion And Beauty - The Story Of The Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra"
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Walter Kolosky
2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the tumultuous break-up of the greatest band that ever was, the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The group, founded by British guitarist John McLaughlin, was the first to fuse jazz, rock and world music into critical and commercial success. In a remarkable feat, its strictly instrumental albums were able to find their way into the Top 20 of the Billboard rock charts. The Special Edition eBook “Power, Passion and Beauty - The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu ...
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"Social Media is Bullshit" and Blogging is Evil: Books for the Social Media Hater
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HypeBot
Sick of all this nonsense everybody keeps yelling in your ear about social media marketing while you're busy tuning your guitar? Wondering what the heck becoming a better typist and learning to write in 117 word sentences has to do with being a great musician? Well you're in luck because we have not just one but two vicious assaults on the concept of social media for your consideration. I received review copies of both Ryan Holiday's “Trust Me, I'm Lying: ...
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