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2 Dirty Little Secrets of the Ticketing Biz
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HypeBot
As the Live Nation Ticketmaster merger winds its way through the approval process both in the U.S. and Europe, two very dirty little secrets are coming to light that music industry insiders have known for years, but have chosen to ignore.
1. KICK BACKS - A large percentage of the heinous fees that Ticketmaster adds to each ticket does not go to pay the company's overhead. It is paid as a kickback to the promoter, the venue or both. In ...Continue Reading
Parker Guitars Announces General Availability of the Adrian Belew Signature Fly Guitar
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FortyThree PR
Cutting Edge Construction and High-End Components Make This One of the Most Advanced Guitars Ever Built Chicago, IL. — March 5, 2009 — Parker Guitars, a leader in innovation and originality within the music world, announced today the addition of the Adrian Belew Signature Fly® to their line of electric guitars. Designed from the ground up to the exacting standards of legendary guitarist Adrian Belew, the Adrian Belew Signature Fly is one of the most advanced and innovative guitars ever ...
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Phish: Free MP3s of Hampton
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JamBase
Phish To Give Away Free MP3s of Hampton Shows
Phish Can't make it to Hampton? Phish feels your pain and is here to help. With so many phans unable to get tickets to the Big Come Back, the band will release official next-day MP3 downloads of all three shows FOR FREE at LivePhish.com. And if you want the high quality stuff, CDs and FLACs are available for purchase.
“We really wanted to show our gratitude to all the Phish fans ...
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Susan Tedeschi:Back to the River
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JamBase
By: Bill Clifford
Back To The River (Verve Forecast) marks a creative high point in Susan Tedeschi's career. It's the first CD of new music she's released since 2002, and Tedeschi wrote or co-wrote all but one of the eleven songs, the most songs she's had a hand in writing on any of her releases.
The driving rocker “Talking About" opens the disc, with aggressive electric guitar turned in by guest Doyle Bramhall II, matched in intensity by Tedeschi's growling ...
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Obama Picks Genachowski as FCC Chairman
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PC Magazine
President Obama officially nominated Julius Genachowski as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Tuesday. Genachowski is already serving on Obama's transition team and most recently worked as a venture capitalist in Washington. He was chief counsel at the FCC under Reed Hundt, who was FCC chairman from 1993 to 1997, and held executive positions at Internet firm IAC/InteractiveCorp. Reports that Genachowski would succeed Kevin Martin as FCC chair have been making the rounds since early January. After ...
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St. Louis Jazz Cafe to Open Saturday, March 21 with Erin Bode
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Downtown St. Louis' newest jazz venue, the St. Louis Jazz Cafe, has set the date of its grand opening for Saturday, March 21, with singer Erin Bode as the featured entertainment. The club's opening night bash will include a “Happy Hour" from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., dinner service beginning at 5:00 p.m., and two sets of music from Bode and her band, exact times TBA.The Cafe, which has been the subject of a couple of previous posts ...
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Daily. D.I.Y. - Your Best Salesman
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HypeBot
Building the right team to support and promote your music is essential. But along the way it's important to to remember that quite often you are your own best salesman.
A good manager, agent or publicist has contacts and skills including salesmanship that will help move your career forward. But no one posses your passion for what you create and understanding of exactly who you are and are not. No one is as invested in you as you are - ...
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Transcript: Jim Griffin of Choruss' Keynote at Digital Music Forum East
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HypeBot
Jim Griffin is an adviser to WMG and founder of Choruss - a plan to license music at the ISP level on college campuses and beyond. His keynote at last week's Digital Music Forum East is causing buzz across the net. The interest is not just because Griffin finally some Choruss details, but also because of his blunt assessments of the industry and the shifts needed to move forward.
“Music is awash in Tarzan Economics: We cling to the frayed ...
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