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Mufin Brings Better Music Recommendations to iTunes
When we first reviewed Mufin , a music recommendation service that is entirely based around algorithms that can automatically detect the similarities between different songs, we only gave it a pretty average review . Since then, however, Mufin has greatly improved its service and added Facebook and Myspace applications. The most interesting new product , however, is Mufin's iTunes plugin , ...
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'Wii Music' forgets to add fun
Maybe I'm too used to games like ''Rock Band'' and ''Guitar Hero,'' but I didn't find much fun in ''Wii Music.''
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Surf & turfBlue Island Tribe adds grit to reggae sound
CEDAR FALLS --- Blue Island Tribe's "The Five Hits of Ecstasy" was born in an empty Waterloo warehouse and perfected during summer shows in South Korea and Japan.
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Phone Company Employees Call On Shaw Elementary
Greeted by hundreds of clapping students, about 175 volunteers came ready to work this morning. The Tampa Bay area's first Huddle Up at Shaw Elementary School had about 150 T-Mobile Florida employees and about 25 team members from City Year, a national youth service organization.
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Collegium Musicum group formed at Stratford
A new fine arts performing group, Collegium Musicum, has been formed at Stratford High School.
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Stratford musicians earn spots in Region 27 Orchestra
Seventeen Stratford High School Orchestra students have earned spots in the 2008 Texas Music Educator's Region 27 "All-Star" Orchestra.
Memorial Examiner |
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'Life' is No. 1 on U.S. record chart again
T.I.'s Live Your Life featuring Rihanna is No. 1 on the U.S. record chart for a fourth non-consecutive week, Billboard.com said Thursday.County music artist Taylor Swift, whose second album Fearless debuted Wednesday at the top of the U.S. album chart, has the distinction of racking up a total of seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100. None of her hits made this week's top 10, however.Coming in at ...
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Alabama's Randy Owen Releases Debut Solo
Randy Owen, lead singer, principal songwriter and the face of the legendary group Alabama just released his debut solo album, One On One... and his "Born Country How Faith, Family, and Music Brought Me Home" memoir.
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In weak economy, plasma centers pulsate with donors seeking dollars
WAUKEGAN -- Inside Talecris Plasma Resources in Waukegan, business is good. Past the overflowing waiting room, 30 people recently reclined on comfortable red leather chairs, each one making $20 to $45 as they watched TV, listened to music or chatted with neighbors.
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REVIEW: Dropkick Murphys' Celtic-punk storms Val Air
DES MOINES and#8212; More than 50 girls were drunk and ready to be kissed Wednesday night in the Val Air Ballroom.At least, that's what they sang in the chorus to Dropkick Murphys' "Kiss Me, I'm S---faced" after being invited on stage for the final song of the Celtic-punk band's main set. It was quite a spectacle for a band whose punk roots tend to keep spectacles in check. You're not going to ...
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Veteran's Day memories Local soldier recalls historic battle
With an estimated attendance of 255 people, Fortuna Senior Services paid rousing tribute Tuesday, Nov. 11 to veterans from every branch of military service, in a program featuring a speaker, music and dancing, refreshments and prizes.
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Dunn’s Holiday Village coming Saturday
BEDFORD — The Dunn Memorial Hospital Foundation is inviting the public to help greet the holiday season with a new event called “Holiday Village Festival.”
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Theatres of Off-Broadway's 37 Arts Now Owned by Baryshnikov and Orchestra of St. Luke's
37 Arts, the three-theatre complex on far West 37th Street in Manhattan, once intended to be a major destination for Off-Broadway plays and musicals, is now in the hands of The Baryshnikov Arts Center and the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the New York Times reported.
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Anniversary celebration at First United Methodist
PRAIRIE VIEW - First United Methodist Church of Prairie View will observe its 37th Anniversary at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, November 23rd. The featured speaker will be the newly appointed Bishop to Dallas Area United Methodist Churches, Rev. Dr. W. Earl Bledsoe. Special music will be rendered by the Prairie View A & M University Concert Chorale directed by Mrs. A. Jan Taylor.
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Friends of Music begins 29th season
The Friends of Music Society of Kennett kicked off its 29th season with a piano recital featuring Nathan Knutson on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. The next event will feature the Kennett Schola Cantorum at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the First Presbyterian Church in Kennett.
Daily Dunklin Democrat |
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eMusic cracks 250m song mark
Veteran online music store eMusic today said it has registered its 250 millionth download since its subscription service began in 2003. The company is one of the few outside of Apple to reach the milestone and is owed partly to eMusic's business model, which offers unprotected MP3s compatible with Apple and Microsoft players but uses a subscription model which guarantees a certain number of ...
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Music: Dido's 'Safe Trip Home'
Dido's third studio album employs fewer electronic whooshes and more real instruments than the previous two, making it smaller, finer and a better showcase for her uncluttered melodies and lyrics.
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Zune Pass Now Packs Ten Tracks Per Month
Microsoft has announced a new Zune Pass subscription model that, in addition to letting users listen to as much music as they want, lets them permanently keep 10 tracks per month.
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Musician and fellow student mourned at GVSU after carbon monoxide deaths
ALLENDALE -- For Grand Valley State University student Douglas William Ward, music was his life and the world his stage. "He was a great musician and a great guy," said Matt Shutes, a friend and fellow musician. "He just...
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A beloved song can conjure all manner of associations: a time, a place, a loved one. For Steven Blier, a pianist and ...
From that lone spark came Fugitives, a program that Mr. Blier presented with Kate Lindsey, a mezzo-soprano, and Joseph Kaiser, a tenor, at Merkin Concert Hall on Tuesday night.
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Roger Waters, Will.I.Am, Anoushka Shankar, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, ...
LOS ANGELES & MUMBAI, India & HONG KONG----Today STAR and Live Earth announced an extensive list of legendary musicians who will be performing at the upcoming Live Earth India concert on December 7.
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Gretna Music triples the strings for 'Guitarnival'
Hey, Allen Krantz admits it. He started playing the guitar to get girls. He was a teenager, rock bands were cool and, well, the guitarist in the band was really cool.But eventually, the rock band made way for another love: classical music."I had taken piano and violin lessons when I was a kid, so cl...
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Books-A-Million to Host Alabama Lead Singer Randy Owen for 5 Signings
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.----Books-A-Million, Inc. : Who: For over twenty-five years Randy Owen was the front man and lead vocalist of Alabama, one of the most prolific groups in the history of music and the biggest country music group of all time.
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Japanese get psychotherapy via mobile phone
Japanese mobile phone owners got access to a new service this week. This isn’t a new music or video download offering, or a new game to play, instead they are being offered mobile psychotherapy sessions. The service has been launched by Professor Yutako Ohno of Keio University. Once added to your phone the user gains access [...]
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Fido and Rogers Set to Launch Dual-Sliding Samsung SGH-F406
None of this has officially been confirmed by the people at Rogers Communications just yet, but there is word floating around that the Samsung SGH-F406 music phone could be making its way to both Rogers and Fido in time for the holidays.
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