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"Music Anywhere," a New Music Locker Service

August 3, 2010

The Carphone Warehouse has partnered with Catch Media to launch 'Music Anywhere.' The service aims to provide users access to their entire music library, wherever they are in the world; it 'fingerprints' their library and then allows them to seamlessly stream those tracks to their computer, laptop, smartphone. Their App works on... iPhones, BlackBerries and Android ...

Social Networks and Games Dominate Time Online

August 3, 2010

VEVO by the (Big) Numbers

August 3, 2010

Since its launch just 8 months ago VEVO, the online music video partnership between the major labels (and WMG) and Google's YouTube has shown impressive growth. But this Media Beat comparison to other sites offers the clearest picture of the service's massive reach. It's not yet clear exactly how much revenue VEVO is actually returning to ...

NuMuBu: We "Empower" Indie Musicans and Stuff

August 3, 2010

If nothing else, NuMuBu, self-described as “The Music Industry Network," certainly has some very ambitious goals going for it and, in theory at least, has orchestrated a semi-elaborate system to help fulfill them. Of course, what site these days doesn't promise to “empower" artists and musicians? Oh. All of them. “NuMuBu makes me feel extra skeptical." ...

Raising Kindie: The Golden Age of Kids' Music

August 3, 2010

At a time when the record and music industries are fraught with declining record and ticket sales, kindie music, described by John Campanelli as “children's tunes by independent artists with the indie sensibility"  is booming.  Why?   It's pretty simple really: artists, parents, and kids.  Acts like Dan Zanes and They Might Be Giants crossed over into ...

A Video Reminder of Why I Miss Record Stores

August 3, 2010

I used to love independent record stores. Still do. There just aren't any in my adopted home of Roanoke, Virginia.  Sure there are more great ways than ever to discover great music online, but for me none have replaced the pleasure of flipping through stacks of vinyl and CD's with something obscure playing in the background. ...

Two Weeks, One Stage: The Forging of 40Twenty's Sound

August 3, 2010

The band's name, 40Twenty, has nothing to do with the John Deere 4020 family-farm tractor, extraordinary long-range vision or the numerical code for smoking marijuana. It's a Brooklyn jazz group with the trombonist Jacob Garchik, the pianist Jacob Sacks, the bassist Dave Ambrosio and the drummer Vinnie Sperrazza. The name refers to the 40-20 set, a ...

Miles Davis vs. Don Draper

August 3, 2010

Definitely worth a read. Good stuff. Yet, for all of its strengths, Mad Men wouldn't be nearly so appealing if not for the fact that it is set during a time when America was neatly divided between the hip and the square. It's important to point out, though, that during the early '60s, the time ...

If You Are Going to Newport...

August 3, 2010

Jazz in Jersey City Friday

August 3, 2010

If you've a taste for jazz delivered fresh, head to Casa Dante in Jersey City, Friday. Laura Hull will be joining Vic Juris and Steve LaSpina for a set starting at 7:30 p.m. If you've not heard Ms. Hull, be sure to visit her website; ditto for Mr. Juris, one of the best guitarists in the ...