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Alive Inside Documents the Power of Music to Fight Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
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HypeBot
You may recall the video of a withdrawn elderly man who comes to life upon hearing music he cares about on an iPod. The “Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Music" (and other title variations) video did more than go viral. It inspired the filmmaker who shot the original video to look more closely at the work of nonprofit Music & Memory and to shoot a documentary about that work, “Alive Inside," that's just been released in theaters. The ...
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Music Legends Jon Anderson And Jean-Luc Ponty Announce Formation Of New Music Ensemble - The Anderson Ponty Band
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Los Angeles, CA - Music legends Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty announce the formation of a new ensemble - The Anderson Ponty Band! YES's original singer/songwriter for 35 years, Jon Anderson has had a successful solo career, which includes working with such notable music artists as Vangelis, Kitaro, and Milton Nascimento. International jazz superstar Jean-Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undisputed master of violin in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has ...
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Ex-Google, SoundExchange Execs Launch Startup to Bring Gaming Revenue Model to Music
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HypeBot
Two respected digital music veterans, Tim Quirk and Brian Calhoun, are joining forces to launch Freeform Development, a new music tech startup. Quirk recently left Google Play and before that was an executive at Rhapsody. Calhoun held a high level position at SoundExchange and more recently as a digital strategist for artist managers The Blueprint Group. Exactly what the pair is planning, however, is a bit of a mystery. Lessons From Mobile Gaming Citing competitive reasons, Quirk and Calhoun are being tight lipped. They do hint at using lessons learned in ...
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It's not just David Byrne and Radiohead: Spotify, Pandora and how streaming music kills jazz and classical
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Michael Ricci
More musicians are taking aim at the rates paid by Spotify and Pandora, and warning whole genres are in danger After years in which tech-company hype has drowned out most other voices, the frustration of musicians with the digital music world has begun to get a hearing. We know now that many rockers don’t like it. Less discussed so far is the trouble jazz and classical musicians — and their fans — have with music streaming, which is being hailed ...
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Senzari's Musicgraph.ai Digs Deep into Music Data with Analytics and Intelligence Algorithms
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HypeBot
Senzari continue the evolution of their MusicGraph platform with the introduction of MusicGraph.ai at the Graphlab Conference 2014. MusicGraph.ai is both a dashboard for the music data and recommendations provided by MusicGraph and also allows for deeper mining and exploration with the addition of analytics and intelligence algorithms. MusicGraph.ai is intended to make algorithmic analysis as accessible as MusicGraph makes music data. Senzari announced MusicGraph back in December followed by the debut of the MusicGraph API at SXSW. At the ...
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How Some Managers and Agents Benefit from Piracy and Low-Paying Streaming Music
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HypeBot
By David Lowery of The Trichordist. Seems like every six months or so I have friends forward me an article or interview with a manager or agent extolling the virtues of streaming (and sometimes even piracy.) Usually this comes with some note that reads something like this “Agent/Manager X thinks streaming/piracy is a good thing, Why don’t you?” I am always perplexed by this. Of course some managers and agents love streaming and piracy! Less revenue from recorded music means ...
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2 Google Execs Forge Closer Ties with Spotify
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Omid Kordestani, who is the acting chief business officer at Google is joining the Board of Spotify, according to reports today. And a former executive, Shishir Mehrotra, will reportedly become a special adviser to Spotify and CEO Daniel Ek. YouTube execs have said that they'd love to buy Sporify, if they could. But do these moves, first posted by re/code, point to a Google purchase of Spotify? “The new appointments appear unrelated, writes Karen Swisher. “ And, to be clear, Google’s top execs ...
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Hushed Events Lets Artists Rewards Fans with Private Calls Using Temporary Numbers
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HypeBot
Private messaging and calls enter a new promotional dimension with the launch of Hushed Events. Hushed is known for providing temporary phone numbers for smartphone calls using their app to keep your number secure. This week they debuted a system for people with a following, from old school celebs to new school Viners, who want to connect with fans without giving out personal details. Hushed Events allows fans to register for a call, receive notifications if won and connect the ...
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