The Indie Band Survival Guide

The Indie Band Survival Guide, originally released as a CC-licensed PDF, has gone professional with a recent pressing in physical form. Written by Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan (otherwise known as Chicago-based band Beatnik Turtle), the book explores the ability for indie bands to be successful on their own, without the help of a major recording deal, in the current music industry
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cleepr

cleepr - music video search engine
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EPIC FU

"EPIC FU is your guide to what the web is buzzing about. It's a new kind of web show -- interactive and immersive. We think of ourselves as the owner's manual for the web. Created by Zadi Diaz and Steve Woolf, EPIC FU is all about the things that make us geek out -- the coolest art, tech, and music from the online and offline world. The new popular culture is about the influence of web culture on the mainstream. EPIC FU is a new way of thinking about popular culture -- it's about conversation and interaction. Entertainment is a two-way street now"
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Kinks' Ray Davies Comes Dancing in Own Musical

The Kinks' Ray Davies is confirmed to lead the 13-strong company for the world premiere of his self-penned musical Come Dancing, which will have a limited season from 24 September to 25 October 2008 (previews from 13 September) at east London's Theatre Royal Stratford East
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Blippr

Blippr - 160 character reviews and opinions about books, games, movies and music
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Wildscreen.TV

Wildscreen.TV - A free, rich media publishing platform (online TV) for ambitious filmmakers from the fields of music, theatre, dance, art and film
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MeeMix

MeeMix - A personalized Internet Radio community which allows users to create and share personalized Internet radio stations and video channels for free
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StumbleAudio

StumbleAudio - Stumble on to new audio. Music discovery and rating site which randomly selects from 2,000,000+ songs in a variety of genres
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2008 MTV Video Music Awards

2008 MTV Video Music Awards - Official site for the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards featuring the Jonas Brothers. Nominee voting, video, photos, news, mobile, and more
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Jazzwise trial issue at Exact Editions

Over the last ten years Jazzwise has become the biggest-selling jazz magazine in Britain. In fact it now outsells all the other UK jazz magazines put together. With agenda-setting news and comment, a comprehensive gig guide, in-depth features, exclusive interviews and over 100 CDs, books and DVDs reviewed in each issue it’s become widely acknowledged as the monthly music bible for serious music fans. The trial issue features an interview with New York trumpeter Dave Douglas, Stuart Nicholson talks to Mike Walker about his latest album and Andy Robson investigates the crazy world of keyboardist and composer, Django Bates
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Tribe of Noise

Tribe of Noise, a community driven music discovery network, is now open for all to join and participate
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Radiohead’s 'House of Cards' video data published under Creative Commons license

Radiohead has released a video for its song 'House of Cards.' Directed by James Frost, it's a clip made with lasers, instead of cameras or lights
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Labels up volume on vinyl releases to meet demand

It may have seemed like a fad at first, but the resurgence of vinyl is now turning into a nice niche business for the major labels. With EMI's announcement that it would reissue eight classic albums in the format, all four majors are now onboard the vinyl bandwagon. EMI will release two Coldplay albums, four Radiohead titles and Steve Miller's "Greatest Hits" on August 19. Universal Music Enterprises will release 20 albums on vinyl this month and an additional 20 at the end of August, while Warner Music Group will issue 24 to 30 albums from its catalog and 10 to 12 new releases from September through the end of the year, according to executives at those companies - Yahoo
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Streamzy

Streamzy - Streaming music search engine. Search for your favorite music and stream it from Streamzy's media player interface
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Nokia welcomes Warner Music Group to Comes With Music

Nokia has announced that Warner Music Group will make its diverse catalog of new stars and legendary artists available through Nokia Music Stores around the world as well as through Comes With Music, a revolutionary way for people to discover and enjoy music offered uniquely by Nokia
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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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