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News: Music Industry

"Now in Stores" VII

August 17, 2010

We recommend five jazz albums that were released over the past week and here ere are five more recent (or soon to be) jazz releases worth giving a listen to: 1. Tribal by Dr. John (429 Records, August 3, 2010) Iconic American musician Dr. John goes TRIBAL with the follow-up to his 2008 Grammy Award Winning ...

News: Technology

Warner Bros Records Sued for Tracking Web Users

August 17, 2010

Last week, a lawsuit filed in federal court contended that Warner Bros Records website, among other well-known media properties, including Disney and their music site Playlist.com, have been secretly tracking online users, as well as children, by installing 'Flash cookies' on their computers, which quicky respawn after their deletion. The suit filed by attorneys representing a ...

News: Technology

1/5th Of American Adults Don't Use the Internet

August 17, 2010

Likely, they don't file-share songs either. Has their music consumption decreased? According to survey results released by Pew research center, documenting broadband adoption in America, one-fifth of adults don't use the internet. If I remember right, from a survey published last year, 50% of these people, without access to the web, are country music fans. What ...

News: Technology

Indaba Music: New Site, Expanded Services

August 17, 2010

Music collaboration site Indaba Music is expanding the services that it offers to artists, as well, today they are launching a newly redesigned site. They hope to guide musicians through all stages of development with their musical ecosystem. New services to include: sales and distribution tools; a sheet music storefront; video lessons; loops and samples; and ...

News: Music Industry

Arcade Fire Rethinks Album Format, Tells No One

August 17, 2010

Normally, Topspin CEO Ian Rogers makes good on his Vanna White style of presenting the albums that he works on, buys, and films himself opening like a kid on Christmas. For whatever reason, when he clicked through Arcade Fire's new album Suburbs, which comes with digital art that's synchronized to the music, I felt a little ...

News: Technology

48ers: Another Realtime Social Search Tool

August 17, 2010

Not long ago, Hyoebot covered the release of SocialMention, a new real-time search tool. Another one has hit the web since then called 48ers; the company is named after the first pioneers to seek out the California Gold Rush in 1948. The main difference that I found between the two social search tools—because it isn't the ...

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News: Obituary

Ahmad Alaadeen Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Info: Jazz Saxman-Educator-Composer-Author Dies at 76

August 17, 2010

Ahmad S. Alaadeen an American “Jazz Master" saxophonist, composer, educator, author has died at the age of 76 years on August 15th, 2010...noted for his contribution to the world of jazz for 60+ years he was particularly well known in the Kansas City, Mo jazz scene and 35 years as an educator. He had a career ...

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News: Obituary

Herman Leonard Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Tba: Jazz Scene Photographer Dies at 87

August 17, 2010

Herman Leonard the jazz scene American photographer has passed away at age 87 years on August 14th, 2010...noted for his great and iconic photographic images of jazz artists beginning with his arrival on the New York jazz scene in 1948-49. He was the first photographer to ever receive a Grammy Foundation Grant (given to him in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

James Montgomery Blues Band Playing in Lowell on Saturday, August 21

August 17, 2010

Blues harp master James Montgomery and his Blues Band, along with the Uptown Horns, perform at the Lowell Summer Music Series this Saturday, August 21, at 7:30 p.m. Considered one of the premier blues harmonica players over the last 30 years, Montgomery learned to play the blues first-hand from James Cotton, John Lee Hooker and Jurnior ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Forgotten Series: Led Zeppelin, "Presence" (1976)

August 17, 2010

By Nick Deriso Led Zeppelin wasn't always this thundering, then nimble, amalgamation. The band's first album had, on its surface, only a copycat kind of appeal. Recorded over just 30 hours, these songs were presented in the same way Zeppelin would have done them on stage at the time—half rendition, half sweaty tribute. They were, as ...