ARCHIVE: June 2007

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June 26, 2007

Net Radio Day of Silence

A bunch of Net Radio stations shut down their internet radio services today in protest of the huge royalty rate hike happening on July 15th, which will basically obliterate much of radio.  Stations included:PandoraReal Network's RhapsodyYahoo! MusicLive365AWAMU (Washington)KCRW (Santa Monica)They're appealing... Read More

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June 24, 2007

12 Great Music Social Networks

Mashable put together a nice little run down of what they think the 12 best music social networks are:Flotones, Mercora Radio, MOG, Last.fm, GarageBand.com's iLike, JamNow, MusoCity, Haystack, Sonific, Midomi, iJigg, Sellaband.There are simply too many of these to keep... Read More

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June 19, 2007

GarageSpin Music Update and BBQs

We hosted three, yes three BBQs this last weekend.  "Quick Lighting" charcoal is truly the best invention.  Ever.  One match and woosh!  Instant ball-o-flame.I also got to work on music, which was great:Helped Tara (of Girl Crusade) begin recording her... Read More

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June 13, 2007

BurnLounge Gets Burned, and I'm Relieved

BurnLounge is basically the Amway of digital music.  Its customers run digital music stores and make money in one of two ways:  1) selling music downloads, and 2) recruiting other people to become store owners.  This kind of business model... Read More

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June 12, 2007

Promote Your Band on a $500 Budget

Andrew at New Music Strategies recently completed an eBook compilation of blog posts titled "20 Things You Must Know About Music Online" that's now available for free.  (I was a little surprised -- I was thinking of doing a "Top... Read More

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You Wish Your Grandma Thrashed Like This

Wow.  If you've never heard of Rosetta Tharpe, you've got to check out this clip of her wailing on the geetar, especially around 1:30.  She seems like such a sweet lady...I can't help but imagine her handing you a plate... Read More

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June 07, 2007

A Capella Reunions Rule: the Colgate Thirteen

The Colgate 13 is an all-male a capella group at Colgate University, sort of a cross between a frat, a choir, and a comedy troupe.  It's a little different from most a capella groups, in that in addition to learning... Read More

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