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Music Listening

Grooveshark and Lala: Two Music Sites To Know About

November 19, 2009

In the online world of digital music, there are ton of different players competing for your ears.  It often feels likes an ever-expanding world with more sites entering the fray.  In case you missed the news, Imeem was purchased by MySpace.  This comes a couple of weeks after the former social networking giant decided to [...]

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Video: Are Women More Receptive to Music than Men?

August 3, 2009
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The Genius Behind Pandora

April 4, 2009

Earlier this week, I watched a live discussion by Tim Westergren, Founder of Pandora, discuss the backbone of the business, how it was conceived, and the future vision for the organization.  Pandora is on course to become one of the biggest online musical enterprises, and here is why:

Pandora allows the creation of customized radio [...]

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U2’s Manager Compares Your Internet Service To Shoplifters

June 6, 2008

When I learned that U2’s manager, Paul McGuinness, was blaming internet service providers for the music industry’s “downfall,” my first reaction was: “What a moron!” In a nutshell, here is the deal:
U2 manager Paul McGuinness is at it again, ranting about the problems the so called music industry is facing, comparing ISPs to “shoplifters,” [...]

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Why Do We HAVE To Listen To These 1001 Classical Albums?

June 3, 2008

Over the weekend I came across a 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die while venturing in my neighborhood library.  Although the book suggests some interesting recordings that we should in fact listen to, my wife, also a musician, and I started discussing, why should the opinions of a select few choose one recording per piece [...]

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Are You Musically Intelligent?

May 28, 2008

Perhaps this is a loaded question, but how balanced are we as music appreciators? I have been told by peers that I have a pretty eclectic taste in music, but even I don’t care about certain styles of music. I think it is fair to say that most classical music appreciators don’t like [...]

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Originality Will Keep The Music Industry Breathing

May 21, 2008

WIRED’s The Listening Post published an article last week that offers 5 solutions that were proposed by The Leading Question and Music Ally. Here are the five major points:
1. Music needs to be bundled with other products and entertainment packages: Value can be created from many other ways than consumers simply buying the occasional [...]

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The Changing Face of Music Listening

May 17, 2008

I came across the following headline: “Free Music: 22 Websites That Are Driving Daggers Into the Heart of the RIAA.” The full blog entry can be viewed at Tinydad.com.
There is no question the internet has transformed how we buy, discover, and share music. As these changes continue, I am finding myself needing to [...]

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