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SOPA And PIPA Make a Poor Attempt to Protect Musicians?

January 18, 2012

UPDATE 1.19.12: Several musicians, artists, authors, and other content creators have signed an open letter opposing SOPA and PIPA, which can be read at StopTheWall.us. If you haven’t heard about SOPA or PIPA by now, you’ve been hidden in cave or something, but today will be remembered the web went black protesting bills constructed to [...]

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New Leonard Cohen Track “Going Home” Premieres at The New Yorker

January 16, 2012

There are few musicians with notoriety and prestige as Leonard Cohen. His lyricism is acclaimed and equal to literary authors.  So when I received the news about The New Yorker premiering his new song, “Going Home” and publishing his lyrics in its January 23rd issue, it made perfect sense. Starting today, January 16, Cohen’s “Going [...]

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Send Positive Vibes to Tony Iommi to Help Beat Cancer

January 10, 2012

The legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, according to a statement on his website on Monday. “With the news that Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, his bandmates would like everyone to send positive vibes to the guitarist at [...]

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Maurices Partners with Evanescence To Find Band For SXSW Showcase

January 9, 2012

Now that the holidays are done, it’s time start thinking about…SXSW?  The mega festival that brings together the digerati with musicians and film geeks will be here sooner than you think.  I can’t say I know anything about maurices, it’s a clothing store for women, but they have partnered with Sonicbids and PlayNetwork to find [...]

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Adios 2011, Greetings 2012 (I Think) And Some JibJab

January 1, 2012

Happy New Year! 2011 was one heck of year, wouldn’t you agree? Between Charlie Sheen, Middle East unrest, the downfall of Osama Bin Laden, the tragic nuclear disaster in Japan, it was an eventful year.  The true 2011 bright spot was the abundance of awesome tunes from Megadeth, Dream Theater, Mastodon, Chickenfoot, Anthrax and several [...]

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Celebrate Christmas With Lights Set to Metal Tunes

December 25, 2011

For anyone following along the past few days, you might have guessed we celebrate the holidays the multicultural way.  Christmas and Hanukkah are intermingled in our household.  So as Viola continues to post a few fun videos featuring new Hanukkah music, I thought I’d share some fun festive lights videos set to metal/rock tunes. During [...]

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Send Holiday Cheer Using Skype With Alice Cooper and Others

December 16, 2011

Need to send someone you care about some virtual holiday cheer?  Thanks to Skype’s “Say It With Skype” Facebook app, now you can.  And the message comes spruced up with some holiday tunes.  Skype announced today that it has teamed up with artists to offer users FREE customized video music cards for the holidays. Whether [...]

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Celebrate Human Rights with Amnesty International and Bob Dylan Song Collection

December 12, 2011

I am delayed in posting this, but better late than never.  December 10 was Human Rights Day and Amnesty International celebrated the day by premiering Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International on the organization’s Facebook  Page. Selections are currently still available to listen to through Facebook. Saturday also helped [...]

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Sting Shows How Musicians Should Leverage The iPad

December 6, 2011

Music and technology have always been connected.  All it takes is an artistic vision to unlock the possibilities. iPads and Tablets are the rage these days and with good reason and leave it to Sting to help pave the way for other musicians. Recently Sting launched a new iPad app, STING 25. The idea for [...]

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Video Game Review – Rocksmith: Finally a Gaming Experience for Guitarists

November 28, 2011

In the past, I’ve been critical towards music videos game like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Rocksmith is a new video game by Ubisoft that finally offers a gaming experience for guitarists on either PS3 or Xbox360.  I rarely get an opportunity to write about video games here, but I do love playing video games, [...]

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