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12/01/2008 11:14 AM
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Ticket Battle Shakes Music Biz (Rolling Stone)
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Ticketmaster, Live Nation vie to fill power vacuum left by labels When Live Nation, the world's biggest concert promoter, announced that it would begin selling its own tickets starting in January, it seemed like the beginning of the end for Ticketmaster. Instead, the move has triggered a war that is reshaping the entire music industry, with the two companies battling for a piece of every dollar ...
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12/01/2008 03:27 AM
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Adams Morgan's Commonwealth Is Fashion-Forward and Music-Conscious (Washington Post)
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The music is always on, and it's always loud. Never earsplitting but loud enough that the teens and 20-somethings who frequent the place occasionally have to shout as they navigate racks of limesicle-colored denim and T-shirts adorned with fornicating silver skeletons. Kanye West's "Touch the Sky...
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12/01/2008 12:39 PM
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Origins of Christmas music (Minnesota Public Radio)
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Philip Brunelle sings the praises of early Christmas music and even the sillier songs we hear at this time of year. And he talks about how holiday music has changed over the years. You'll hear VocalEssence's Ensemble Singers perform Christmas songs, old and new, in MPR's Maud Moon Weyerhauser studio.
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12/01/2008 12:15 PM
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Backstage at American Music Theatre (Lancaster Online)
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Wearing a headset walkie-talkie and dressed all in black, Alex King smiles, and stops for just a moment.He's standing near a wall, both hands on one of the 48 ropes that hang down from the ceiling backstage at the American Music Theatre.Crew people are going past, walking quickly and purposefull...
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12/01/2008 08:09 AM
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Music Maker 15 Evokes Memories Of Embarrassing Singing Lessons (BIOS)
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Listening to music is fun, but making a track that doesn't sound like a pig squealing is a skill. MAGIX's Music Maker 15 promises to make you a star without the need to read music or have the perfect singing voice. In fact, this package makes you wonder why we're n...
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12/01/2008 05:44 AM
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Thai music firm Grammy sees impact from politics (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
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BANGKOK, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Thailand's top music and entertainment group, GMM Grammy , said on Monday the country's political crisis and weak economic outlook could make it miss its profit growth target this year.
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12/01/2008 01:45 PM
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Music mogul's Bentley reportedly bugged (Malta Star)
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The Bentley owned by music mogul Simon Cowell was found to be bugged by a sophisticated tracking device, British newspapers reported.
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12/01/2008 11:04 AM
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Angola: Musician DionÃsio Rocha Praises Children's Music Competition (AllAfrica.com)
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The Angolan musician DionÃsio Rocha considered last Sunday in Luanda as "important and an added value" the holding of the infant/juvenile music contest dubbed "Canta com Blue nas Escolas".
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12/01/2008 04:28 AM
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New music service will help fight Aids (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
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Sir Elton John, Jay-Z and other leading artists have teamed up to offer a new music service to help fight Aids in Africa.
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12/01/2008 08:28 AM
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Bands delay albums, leave music labels in lurch (Baltimore Sun)
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As recently as last month, Universal Music Group's Interscope Geffen A&M Records planned to release five major albums by superstar acts during the critical holiday shopping season.
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