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News: Performance / Tour

Dr. John | Santa Monica | Pics

September 8, 2010

Words & Images by: L. Paul Mann Dr. John & The Lower 911 :: 09.02.10 :: Santa Monica Pier :: Santa Monica, CA New Orleans musical legend Dr. John played a versatile closing night set for the 2010 Twilight Dance Series 2010. The free concerts took place every Thursday on Santa Monica Pier throughout the summer. ...

News: Festival

Telluride Blues Fest: First Annual Sunset Blues Concert

September 8, 2010

FREE CONCERT KICK-OFF ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 FEATURING MATT SCHOFIELD AND THE GOLD KINGS The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is delighted to announce the addition of a free concert to kick-off the weekend's festivities. The Sunset Blues Concert, which will be held on Thursday, September 16, 2010, will feature British blues sensation, Matt Schofield, and ...

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News: Book / Magazine

David Byrne: Bicycle Diaries Audiobook 9/28

September 8, 2010

PAPERBACK AND E-BOOK AVAILABLE THE SAME DAY David Byrne's bestselling Viking Press hardcover, Bicycle Diaries, will be released as an enhanced audiobook September 28 with pre-orders beginning today. Offered exclusively at www.bicycle-diaries.com, this new edition is narrated by Byrne and features music (by Byrne) and location sounds to create an atmosphere more akin to a radio ...

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News: Event

STS9, Mimosa, Two Fresh Benefit for Georgia Theatre

September 8, 2010

ELECTRONICA KILLERS UNITE FOR WORTHY CAUSE In an effort to help rebuild and revitalize the iconic Georgia Theatre that was devastated by a fire on June 19, 2009, STS9 will perform a PA & DJ set as the headliner for a Georgia Theatre Benefit on Saturday, October 23, 2010. MiMOSA and Two Fresh will also perform ...

News: Performance / Tour

Leonard Cohen: Final Tour Dates

September 8, 2010

WORLD TOUR CONCLUDES WITH INTIMATE DECEMBER SHOWS Leonard Cohen's current world tour will be extended with four North American performances at intimate, 3,000-capacity venues before coming to a close in December. An extended pre-sale window for fans will be available beginning September 7 at 10:00 AM and extending through September 24 at 10:00 PM at www.leonardcohenfiles.com. ...

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News: Recording

Poet E. J. Antonio Debuts CD Featuring Christian McBride

September 8, 2010

Poet E.J. Antonio envisioned her debut CD, Rituals in the marrow: Recipe for a jam session, as an “in-the-moment jam session." This recording is a unique blend of spoken words that dance with the sonic diversity of instruments as they wind their way through the genres of jazz, blues, gospel, r&b, and Afro-Latin rhythms. “I often ...

News: Music Industry

When Blank Media Costs Less Than Your Album

September 8, 2010

Chances are, blank media costs less than your album. What now? Rarely, do I get a chance to listen to an album all the way through. Writing requires different type of background ambiance; almost familiar, yet not too overwhelming. Therefore, most of the time, when I write, I either listen to streams or non-disruptive titles. Some ...

News: Technology

5 Traits That Ping Might Reveal About Your Friends

September 8, 2010

(That You Didn't Want To Know) With Apple's big announcement last week that iTunes will now be integrated with a social network—based around music discovery — called Ping, its worth reflecting on why, as cool as it sounds, that it may not be the best thing that ever happened to your life. To review, Ping is like ...

News: Music Industry

How to Launch a Music Startup: Market Size

September 8, 2010

This post is part of the How To Launch a Music Startup series by Brenden Mulligan, which focuses on building a company that creates online products for musicians. Mulligan founded ArtistData, which was recently acquired by Sonicbids, and can be found on Twitter at @bmull. As mentioned in the previous post, I'm going to start out ...

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News: Trends

What Physics Can Teach Musicians About Marketing

September 8, 2010

(UPDATE) In this TED talk, Dan Colbey, appointed director of marketing at Google for central and northern Europe, instructs us, and musicians included, what physics can teach us about marketing. His first point highlights the connection between Newton's Law and branding. To which he explains that, “The more massive a brand, the more baggage it has, ...