Welcome home Monk
The Times Picayune reports some outstanding news: The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance is relocating from Los Angeles to New Orleans.
View ArticleJazz Fest 2007
The weather was great for the first weekend of Jazz Fest. On Saturday, Becky and I rode our bikes from Uptown and toward the end of our 6 mile trek, as we were huffing along the Jeff Davis path, Phil...
View ArticleEasy online listening. Maybe too easy.
Simplify Media purports to make your iTunes library available to you (or any of your ‘friends’) online. And it works with both Macs and PCs. How well does it work? Not sure because I haven’t tried...
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How death came to visit the music industry
Dick Morris is a big player in the music industry, but like many music executives he had no vision whatsoever (or maybe it was lack of initiative). Wired Magazine explained that he liked to "rail...
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Hey music business! What up?
Seth Godin’s thoughts on the mistakes made in the music business is spot on. Apple is one company that has actually benefited from the switch to digital music, or so they say. That seems right. When...
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Music homework
Okay in today’s assignment, you are (using any available computer) to log on to the Internets. Then see if you can locate the song called Barack Obama by Reggae artist Cocoa Tea. Hint: you might want...
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Access unlimited music from anywhere! (not free, but well worth it!)
Up until a few days ago I'd never tried an online subscription-based music service, mostly because I couldn't conceive that it would be worth $10 a month (which is the typical price for these kinds of...
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Keith Richards explains the creative process
Keith Richard’s autobiography Life provides fascinating insight into the life of a celebrity living through the 1960’s and 70’s. But it’s the parts where he describes the process that led him, and Mick...
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Lotta love
I wish more people understood the meaning behind this song (and I wish I could play & sing it better
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