Severed Fifth

Severed Fifth is a music project designed to explore how far a musician can take his music with the new economics of the music industry
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OpenMusicContest

The doors are now open for submissions to the fourth OpenMusicContest, one of the largest live concerts for CC-licensed music. Participants may submit tracks of any musical genre by July 15, 2008. Stylistic diversity is desired, and all entries must be licensed under one of the six Creative Commons licenses
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Podcast: Upfront and Unscripted with David Pakman

David Pakman, a pioneering digital music entrepreneur, is President and CEO of eMusic. eMusic is among the top online distributors of digital music and audiobooks. In this Upfront and Unscripted podcast episode, Christopher Kenneally, Director of Author and Creator Relations for Copyright Clearance Center, sits down with Pakman to discuss how publishers should adapt to new and changing digital channels for audio and beyond
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Jamendo publishes 10,000th CC-licensed album

CC-centric music site Jamendo has just released their 10,000th CC-licensed album
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Bo Diddley dies

Bo Diddley, a singer and guitarist who invented his own name, his own guitars, his own beat and, with a handful of other musical pioneers, rock ’n’ roll itself, died Monday at his home in Archer, Fla. He was 79
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