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Audiolife: Create Your Own Virtual Music & Merch Shop
Audiolife is a new service that just launched in public beta, offering musicians a one stop shop for creation and distribution of music, merchandise and other music-related goods. The process goes like this: you create your virtual store and use Audiolife’s free tools to create content such as ringtones, CDs and even t-shirts. Then - again, using the tools that Audiolife provides - you can ...
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Derek Mabie Rocks Moosylvania
ST. LOUIS----Moosylvania has named Derek Mabie as Director of Search and Analytics. Mabie will be responsible for leading search engine optimization , analytics and social networking construct for the agency.
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China detains 81 people in Tibet crackdown: media
BEIJING---- At least 81 people in Tibet have been detained for suspected criminal activity amid a security sweep in the Himalayan region, including two who are being held for having "reactionary music" on their mobile phones, state media reported.
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Oldfangled finds
Explaining old gadgets to tech-savvy youngsters is a bit like teaching grandparents about MySpace profiles. David Sipes, a 10-year-old from Columbus, recently stood in a mock soda shop, with rock 'n' roll music blaring.
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AT&T, Comcast expected to help RIAA fight piracy
AT&T and Comcast are expected to be among a group of ISPs that will cooperate with the music industry in battling illegal file sharing. AT&T and Comcast, two of the nation's largest Internet service providers, are expected to be among a group of ISPs that will cooperate with the...
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Baghdad seeks ‘normal’ footing on unsteady legs
BAGHDAD—Iraqi pop music poured from loudspeakers in Baghdad’s popular Zawraa Park as families enjoyed picnics and children squealed on the “Space Gun,” a thrill ride that looped them around in a full circle.
Texarkana Gazette |
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IOWA -- Rock fans head to Iowa to recall day music died
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) — It's been 50 years since a single--engine plane crashed into a snow--covered Iowa field, instantly killing three men whose names would become enshrined in the history of rock 'n' roll....
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Video: The Sound That Changed America: Motown Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
As an irresistible force of social and cultural change, Berry Gordy's legendary Motown Records made its mark not just on the music industry, but society at large, with a sound that that has become one of the most significant musical accomplishments and stunning success stories of the 20th century.
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The Orchard Selected To Join DDEX Board
NEW YORK----Digital Data Exchange announced today that The Orchard has joined DDEX as a Charter Member and has accepted a seat on the DDEX Board. The Orchard joins existing DDEX Board members including music content companies EMI Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group; music rights societies The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers , The ...
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Performers invited to join gospel music event
South Texarkana Baptist Church will host gospel singing at 6:30 p.m. Friday at 409 S. State Line Ave. Area musicians and singers are invited to participate. Call the church at 870-772-6671 for information.
Texarkana Gazette |
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United Pentecostal to host special worship service
United Pentecostal Church of Fouke, Ark., will host a special night of praise and worship at 7:30 p.m. Friday. A ministry team from Texas Bible College, Lufkin, Texas, will be the special guests. The program includes music from the college’s chorale and preaching by one its theology students.
Texarkana Gazette |
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Rock fans head to Iowa to recall day music died
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa---- It's been 50 years since a single-engine plane crashed into a snow-covered Iowa field, instantly killing three men whose names would become enshrined in the history of rock 'n' roll.
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Plain Dealer reporter drops all but one claim against paper
CLEVELAND -- Plain Dealer reporter Donald Rosenberg, who has sued the newspaper, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Musical Arts Association and others for what he says was an attempt to oust him from his position as music critic, has dropped all...
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ABS-CBN bags 4 medals at 2009 New York Fest
ABS-CBN's winning streak continues with a triumphant campaign in the prestigious 2009 New York Festivals, taking home four medals, the most by a single TV station in the country this year.
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Country Star No. 1 On Forbes' Top-Seller List
Taylor Swift is No. 1 on the Forbes list of top-selling musicians of 2008. The country music star beat out classic rock 'n' rollers AC/DC in the magazine's list with 4 million albums sold. AC/DC sold 3.5 million units.
WJXT Jacksonville |
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What's Bruce Springsteen's legacy?
AP File PhotoBruce Springsteen plays a show in Los Angeles in 2005. Tuesday's official release of Bruce Springsteen's latest album "Working On A Dream" inspired a debate about Springsteen's musical legacy. On the pro-Bruce side, Star-Ledger music critic Jay Lustig....
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Michael Jackson sued by 'Thriller' director John Landis
A day after the announcement that the Nederlander Organization has acquired rights to produce a musical version of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" comes legal uncertainty for fans looking forward to a Broadway-style version of the epochal 1983 "Dawn of the Dead" meets "Soul Train" music video.
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Masked man robs Portage Street music store
KALAMAZOO -- A man armed with a folding pocket knife robbed a Portage Street music store around 7 p.m. Tuesday and left with an undetermined amount of cash, police said.
The Kalamazoo Gazette |
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Country Star No. 1 On Forbes' Top-Seller List
Country star Taylor Swift beats out some heavy competition to sell the most albums in 2008, according to a new Forbes list.
WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley |
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Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde revving up to launch tour
Not too long ago, Chrissie Hynde was still touring behind the same hits that have made her husky, vibrato-steeped voice one of the most memorable in rock 'n' roll.
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BBC to put nation's oil paintings online
The BBC is to put every one of the 200,000 oil paintings in public ownership in the UK on the internet as well as opening up the Arts Council's vast film archive online as part of a range of initiatives that it has pledged will give it a "deeper commitment to arts and music".
Guardian Unlimited |
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Worst song ever
Monitor readers plug their ears:
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Ricardo Montaner, Luis Fonsi and Omar Alfanno to Be Honored at 17th Annual ASCAP Latin Music Awards in San Juan, ...
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers will host its 17th annual Latin Music Awards at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Tuesday, March 3, 2009. The black tie gala will honor the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP's most performed songs in Latin Music of 2008.
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“Unlucky in Love” Benefit Concert
Members of the Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church Chancel Choir hope to raise money to fund a trip to the Czech Republic through a benefit concert, “Unlucky in Love.“
WSAV Savannah |
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Weak Australian dollar is music to the ears of local gold sector
THE gold sector yesterday reaffirmed itself as a bright spot in a depressed market, with Lihir Gold reporting record output and Newmont Mining paying up to $US1.1 billion ($1.64 billion) to gain full control of the Boddington mine in Western Australia.
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