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News: Technology

Michael Robertson: Surveying Crowded Music Subscription Sector

August 13, 2010

Plus A Chart Comparing Music Subscription Services This guest post by Michael Roberston looks at the subscription music sector and how the addition of Apple and Google services may or may not change the sector. Robertson founded MP3.com and is currently the CEO of cloud music locker service MP3Tunes. Press speculation abounds about forthcoming Apple or ...

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News: Interview

Startup Stories: Brenden Mulligan of ArtistData

August 13, 2010

This post is from Hilke Ros (@colorlessgreen)at Motion Music Manager. (Part 1 of 2) This interview is the first episode in a series about the founders of internet & music startups. The premise is that people who have an idea about building a project around music and internet are driven by a strong passion , much ...

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News: Event

SXSW Panel Picker Voting Opens

August 13, 2010

The voting for panels SXSW panels open yesterday The mega-conference was forced to delay the voting launch after receiving a record number of speaking proposals from people living across the United States and around the world—more than 2800 Music, Film and Interactive proposals total. To be fair to those whose proposals werestill being edited early this ...

News: Technology

New This Week on Music Think Tank

August 13, 2010

Artist 2.0 Manifesto & An Email Newsletter Template In his latest blog at Music Think Tank, digital marketer Chris Bracco gives artists a free, simple to use HTML e-mail newsletter template. Considering the number of fans that check their e-mail via cell phone, Bracco warns that those all flashy newsletters that artists send out may end ...

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News: Music Industry

Guitarist of Broad Range, with Lots of Friends

August 13, 2010

Deference and dexterity are steadfastly correlated for the guitarist Lee Ritenour. Over the course of a 35-year solo career, he has personified a carefree sort of prowess, making no secret of his enthusiasms: slinky funk, Brazilian pop, the softer side of hard bop. Because of his breezy sincerity, he's the rare guitar-geek hero seemingly free of ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Singer Patti Austin Performs at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, August 13-14

August 13, 2010

Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist Patti Austin is performing at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on the weekend of August 13-14, 2010. Performances are at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. each night. Tickets are $40 and can be ordered online. With 17 solo albums and countless collaborations with singing stars like Paul Simon, Robert Flack and Diana Ross, ...

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News: Recording

Erik Friedlander - Alchemy (2010)

August 13, 2010

By Pico Earlier this week, Erik Friedlander released his 12th album, in his fiftieth year on earth. Those facts may not be so important to you, but the music that marks both events just might. Especially if you like the army of sounds, both familiar and strange, that Friedlander wrests from a cello. Alchemy, as he ...

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News: Recording

Ted Hearne - Katrina Ballads (2010)

August 13, 2010

By Mark Saleski In the late 1970's, Chanel, Inc. took a bold step in advertising for their flagship fragrance, Chanel No. 5. Employing a cool bland of arthouse elan and surreal literary images, the campaign set a new standard for advertising creativity. The Ridley Scott-directed “Share the Fantasy" ad—"I am made of blue sky and golden ...

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News: Music Industry

The Light in the Tunnel: The Basics of Busking in New York City

August 13, 2010

[Editor's Note: The following article on the basics of busking in New York City was written by Robbie Copley and Hannah Lavon, the founders of Audiomole NYC] Buskers are enjoying a renaissance in New York. In today's economy, everyone is looking for free or low-cost entertainment, and artists are vying for the most trafficked places to ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet to Open Firehouse 12's 2010 Fall Jazz Series September 10th

August 12, 2010

On Friday, September 10th, Firehouse 12 will open its 2010 Fall Jazz Series with a two-set performance by acclaimed cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum's primary ensemble, the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet. This special event, which also marks the launch of Bynum's two-week Acoustic Bicycle Tour across New England, focuses on a brand new book of music made ...