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Jordan Rudess does Beethoven’s Symphony 5

September 21, 2011

Dream Theater‘s Jordan Rudess is renowned for his wizardly keyboard chops. But did you know that he sings, too? Jordan shows off his vocal “skills” in his latest YouTube video, “Beethoven Revisited”, by singing the melody and accompaniment lines from the first movement of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. He used VidRhythm on the iPhone to create [...]

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New Song About Google+

August 11, 2011

With more than 25 millions users in about 6 weeks is rather an impressive start for Google+.  While many colleagues and friends had the same sentiments, “one more frickin’ network?”, Google+ continues to receive mostly positive reviews.  Now, it has it’s own song too. Since I live the realm of social media, I can’t help [...]

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Eric Whitacre Speaks at TED, Gives Sneak Peek of “Sleep” (Virtual Choir 2.0)

April 1, 2011

I was sent this video today of Eric Whitacre discussing the making of the “Lux Aurumque”, the first every virtual choral performance on YouTube, at TED earlier this year.  Whitacre explains how this idea came to be, the process of making it, and what happened thereafter.  In addition, he gives a test of what’s to [...]

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New Pain of Salvation Video Violates YouTube Policy

March 31, 2011

When I came across a story on Blabbermouth.com about progressive band Pain of Salvation‘s newly released video, “Where It Hurts”, I eagerly scrolled down the page to check it out. Unfortunately, all I found was a black-and-white screen informing me that the video had been removed as a violation of YouTube‘s policy on nudity or [...]

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BandPage Rolls Out YouTube Tracks Feature

September 3, 2010

A few months ago I wrote about a new, very cool Facebook application for musicians – BandPage by RootMusic.  This week a new feature was rolled out that helps to put more dough in musicians pockets. RootMusic has partnered with YouTube and integrated a method to collect royalties through the BandPage media player. In addition [...]

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YouTube Seeking Musicians

March 18, 2010

YouTube recently unveiled its new music partnership program at SXSW.  YouTube has helped launch a few music careers over the years.  Now, if you are a musician or are in a band with access to a camera, then you just might qualify for the program.  YouTube has created a dedicated channel, YouTube.com/musicianswanted.  As of right [...]

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Will You Watch U2 Live Concert On YouTube?

October 21, 2009

U2 announced they will stream live one of the bands last concerts of the year on YouTube.  The concert will take place this Sunday, October 25th at 8:30 PST.  Fans from 16 countries will be able to watch the concert from their living room. From U2.com: “The Rose Bowl show is the penultimate U2 show [...]

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Great Cover of Dream Theater Song

October 13, 2009

I was really hoping to post something a little more substantial tonight, but it just isn’t ready yet.  Instead, I am posting this really great cover of Lifting Shadows Off A Dream by Dream Theater.  Rarely do I find such a great cover, especially of DT song, but this one is worth noting.  Enjoy! One [...]

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This Is What Happens When You Piss Off A Guitarist: Part II

August 18, 2009

United Airlines PR nightmare continues.  Last month, Dave Carroll posted a video in response to United Airlines providing piss poor customer service.    Carroll promised a trifecta of songs.  Yesterday, he posted Part II on YouTube.  If you haven’t heard of this story or watched the first video and want to catch up, then checkout Part [...]

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This Is What Happens When You Piss Off A Guitarist.

July 9, 2009

We write a catchy song and put it on YouTube.  Well, ok, not all the time, but that is what Dave Carroll did.  And now United Airlines has a bit of a publicity crisis on their hands.  Guitarists, like most musicians, treasure their instruments.  United Airlines didn’t realize that, broke his guitar, provided crappy customer [...]

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