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News: Festival

Mile High Music Fest 2010 | Recap | Photos

August 31, 2010

Words & Images by: Mike Hardaker | Additional Images by: Soren McCarty Mile High Music Festival :: 08.14.10-08.15.10 :: The Field at Dick's Sporting Goods Park :: Commerce City, CO Day 1 Thousands of music lovers once again joined together for a 2-day music festival on the soccer grounds of Dicks Sporting Good Complex to celebrate ...

News: Interview

Los Lobos: Burn It Down

August 31, 2010

By Dennis Cook Press play on Tin Can Trust (released August 3 on Shout! Factory), the 13th studio album from Los Angeles-based titans Los Lobos, and one would never guess it was the output of a group that's been chugging away for 36 years and counting. An atmosphere of complete, engaged excitement permeates the 11 new ...

News: Rights

OK Go Weighs in on Net Neutrality and Music Industry

August 31, 2010

Known more notably for his role as frontman of the viral video and YouTube sensations OK Go and his perspective on being that very thing on a record label that willfully disables the sharing functionality that made his group famous, Damian Kulash is now weighing in on an issue even more near and dear to his ...

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News: Technology

Zaptunes: Unlimited MP3 Downloads for Just $25 a Month. to Good to be True?

August 31, 2010

Free For The Next 30 Days San Francisco based Zaptunes has launched offering unlimited DRM free mp3 downloads for $25 per month. They say they're adding songs constantly, but have started with 8 million tracks from all four major labels and many indies. To kick things off, the $25 is waived for the next 30 days. ...

News: Opinion

Blog It: How the Web Changed Music Criticism

August 31, 2010

Two words: Almost Famous. It may be cliché but this was the movie that spurned my foray into music. The fact that you could travel around the country with a rock band fascinated me. The ability to be able to capture the process of a band connecting with their audience and the unspeakable and indescribable quality ...

News: Trends

Musician's Guide Turns One, Founder Posts on MTT

August 31, 2010

This AM on Music Think Tank, The Musician's Guide founder Marcus Taylor opens up on the importance of learning how to build fans by being a fan. In retracing the steps he took to becoming a loyal fan of Jason Mraz, Taylor demonstrates the long path that it sometimes takes to become a devoted to an ...

News: Music Industry

269 Pensioners Could Bring EMI to Its Knees

August 31, 2010

Piled on top of all of the money that EMI owes to investors and CitiGroup are the needs of 269 former employees owed pensions by the company. The shortfall in EMI's fund is estimated to between £115m (178 million US) and £217m ($336 million US). In its recent annual report, EMI admitted that the deficit was ...

News: Interview

Interview: Rob Macarthur of Ioumusic

August 31, 2010

Recently, I spoke with Rob MacArthur, who describes himself as a music fanatic and entrepreneur; he is currently overseeing operations at the online crowd-funding site IOU Music and Rock Garden Jam Spaces. In this interview, Rob talks about the willingness of the record indusry to emabrace new technology and chaos in general and the disruptive nature ...

News: Technology

iPod Sales Dwindle, but Apple Isn't Worried

August 31, 2010

While no one is calling for the death of the iPod just yet; it has been reported that “the latest sales figures for the quarter to June showed 9 million sold—the lowest quarterly number since 2006." Once deemed the silver-bullet savior for a record industry in terminal decline—that re-engendered enthusiasm for music across all generations and ...

News: Obituary

Carl Leukaufe Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Update: Chicago Bebop Jazz Vibraphonist Dies at 76

August 31, 2010

Chicago jazz vibraphonist Carl Leukaufe has died at the age of 76 years on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010...after fifty years of playing jazz, vibraphonist Carl Leukaufe made his one and only recording as a leader with the 1996 release of the album Warrior on Delmark Records that offered several mainstream bop standards. He had been compared ...