Results for "Michael Ricci"

Facebook Passes Myspace in UA and Worldwide

June 17, 2009

New data from ComScore shows Facebook passing MySpace in total unique US visitors for the first time in May. Facebook had 70.28 million U.S. users in May beating MySpace's 70.26 million. According to ComScore, Facebook users almost doubled from last year while MySpace lost 5%. The story is much the same worldwide ...

Hypebot on the CD Baby Podcast: Booking, the Musical Middle Class and More

June 17, 2009

A couple of weeks ago I spent an enjoyable hour on the phone with Kevin Breuner, the Director Of Social Media for CD Baby. The result is now the latest in his informative ongoing series of CD Baby DIY Musician podcasts. We covered some of the ground that you find daily on ...

Video: Jazz at the White House

June 17, 2009

Obama's FCC Pick Touts Broadband, Competition

June 17, 2009

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must have a strong focus on broadband development, competition, and advancements in mobile technology, Julius Genachowski, President Obama's pick for FCC chairman, told the Senate Commerce Committee. “In the 21st century, communications has the potential to unleash new waves of innovation: increasing opportunity and prosperity, driving American competitiveness and leadership, connecting ...

The Roots: How They Got Over

June 17, 2009

By: Jim Welte Questlove & Black Thought - The Roots To longtime fans of The Roots, there was something exhilaratingly fresh about the band's two-hour set at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco late last month. That familiar Roots' sound, jazz-inflected and grounded in the essence of hip-hop, was certainly front-and-center, louder than a bomb in ...

Origin Records Nominated for JazzWeek Label of the Year

June 17, 2009

Honored once before in 2007, Origin Records is again among 6 labels up for Jazz Label of the Year at the 7th annual JazzWeek Awards in Rochester, NY. JazzWeek, the definitive national jazz radio airplay chart, is also a forum for hundreds in the jazz industry from radio, press, record labels, distributors, along with artists. Nominees ...

Adobe Launches Online Spreadsheet, Web Collaboration

June 17, 2009

With Google Wave's recent attempt to move business people to a new hosted paradigm for collaboration, Adobe has its own ideas about moving workgroups and documents to the cloud. The San Jose-based company today took its Web-based productivity suite, Acrobat.com, out of beta and added a beta version of its new online spreadsheet, Tables, joining Adobe's ...

Virgin to Launch Unlimited Download MP3 Service

June 17, 2009

operator Virgin Media is to launch an unlimited music download subscription service through a partnership with the world's largest music company, Universal. The music industry has been desperate to boost digital sales in recent years to overcome online piracy, and the agreement comes a day before a British report sets out how the creative and telecoms ...

Darryl Jones of the Rolling Stones and Selvaganesh of Remember Shakti add their talents to Miles From India

June 17, 2009

Montreal -- For its 30th edition and as part of the Miles From India concert, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal is pleased to welcome famed Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones and illustrious Indian percussionist Selvaganesh, member of the group Remember Shakti. The Miles From India concert, a nod to jazz legend Miles Davis uniting ...

Hot Latin Jazz Live on 91.3, WLRN, Miami

June 17, 2009

Please tune in for another studio performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Featuring The Cuban Legends Friday, June 19, 2009 at 1:00pm Eastern, U.S. The Cuban Legends offer superb musicians with hundreds of years of combined performance and recording experience in Latin Jazz, Salsa, Pop and Rock. Pianist Paquito Echevarria played with the celebrated bands ...