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News: Festival

Prog Nation '09 | 08.27 | San Jose

September 3, 2009

Words by: Dennis Cook | Images from: us.progressivenation2009.com Progressive Nation 2009 Tour :: 08.27.09 :: San Jose Civic Auditorium :: San Jose, CA Dream Theater :: Progressive Nation Tour 2009 Prog rock gets a pretty bad rap these days. Sure, in its bloated '70s heyday it bankrolled ELP's spinning pianos and air-lifted drum kits and ...

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News: Technology

Hypebot Revisited: 100 Free and Affordable High and Low Tech Music Promotion Tips

September 3, 2009

As part of Hypebot's 5th Anniversary, we're bringing back some of our favorite articles. This 100 Tips post needs some updating after almost 2 years, but aside perhaps from “Infiltrating Columbia Records Site With An Anti-Label Ad", it is one of our most read and linked to posts ever. There's lots of great and simple stuff ...

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News: Technology

Pandora Refreshes Desktop Music App

September 3, 2009

Internet radio provider Pandora on Wednesday announced that it has released the second version of its Pandora One desktop app. In a blog post, the site's CTO Tom Conrad added that the new app maintains a simple interface while incorporating come of the “most-requested features." Among the new features are the ability to view song history ...

News: Recording

Big Bands Get Me Going

September 3, 2009

Just must be the year for me to truly appreciate big bands, especially those with a more “modernistic" bent (although I really do love Duke Ellington and Count Basie.)Here are some links and videos for you to enjoy (or, at least, peruse.)Hie thee to Darcy James Argue Secret Society blog (link below ...

News: Recording

The Ones That (Nearly) Got Away (Part 1)

September 3, 2009

Over the next few postings, we'll take a look at number of the fine new releases of the summer of 2009.Bassist-guitarist-composer Joe Morris is one busy man and has 2 very fine recordings out on the AUM Fidelity label. “Wildlife“ features the trio of Morris (bass), Luther Gray (drums) and Petr Cancura (alto & ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Labor Day Jazz This Weekend

September 3, 2009

The big end-of-summer weekend is coming up and lots of live jazz happening for those who are staying in town. TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Friday: Richard Cole Quartet Saturday: Kelley Johnson Quartet Sunday: Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra BUMBERSHOOT, SUNDAY, SEPT 6 Northwest Court Stage 2:30pm: Steve Griggs ...

News: Technology

Cradle to Grave: The Untold Story of Digital Natives

September 3, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Among the population of one billion youth born after 1980, much significance is placed on their “use" of digital technologies. By doing so, we have, in turn, underestimated the major “role" in which a unique combination psychological and technological obsolescence has played in their daily lives. All the while, it appears ...

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News: Radio

Medeski, Martin and Wood:Radiolarians III

September 3, 2009

By: Bryan Rodgers The final chapter in Medeski Martin and Wood's Radiolarians series is the most concise, melodic entry yet. The trio is well known for leaving the ground during their instrumental flights of fancy, but Radiolarians III (released August 4 on Indirecto Records) is surprisingly rooted and polished in comparison to the other albums of ...

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News: Technology

Music Blog Network Mog Gets $5 Million More

September 3, 2009

Music blogging network MOG has closed a $5 million equity financing round lead by Menlo Ventures. Long-time investors Simon Equity Partners and Scott Jones have also participated to the round and will be joined on the board by Sonja Hoel Perkins of Menlo Ventures. MOG has raised $12.5 million dollars in funding to date. A number ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Howard Rumsey (Part 1)

September 3, 2009

If you dig West Coast jazz, you have bassist Howard Rumsey to thank. Howard is the last surviving member of Stan Kenton's original 1941 band. He also was responsible for turning the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, CA, into one of the most exciting jazz clubs of the late 1940s and 1950s. As the club's manager, house ...