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?Street Teams? Powered by Social Media Help Launch Independent Musicians: Stars Like Adam Lambert Galvanize Fans to . . .

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Blues music invades history center grounds
There ain’t no cure for the summertime blues? The folks who organize the Hambone Music Festival beg to differ. The festival, which this year features a national lineup of blues musicians, will take place

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Holyrood opening showcase for local musicians Maydays
MUSICIANS from Caithness will be among those heralding the opening of the fourth session of the Scottish Parliament next month. The sound of “young Scotland” will ring out at Holyrood on Friday, July 1, as a showcase of young Scottish musicians perform as part of an afternoon of free entertainment.

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TopSpin Ties For Facebook Ecommerce
Los Angeles-based TopSpin Media has inked a deal with Facebook music page application provider RootMusic, to offer up an e-commerce app for musicians on the popular social networking site. According to the two, the deal will allow artists to sell downloads, merchandise, and tickets directly from Facebook. Financial details of the link between the two companies was not disclosed. TopSpin’s …

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Frisco High band takes New York by storm
Submitted photo: The Frisco High band unloads its equipment at the hotel prior to their performance at Lincoln Center. Some of Frisco’s finest young musicians took the trip of a lifetime last month when they performed on the home stage of the New York Philharmonic.

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“Street Teams” Powered by Social Media Help Launch Independent Musicians: Stars Like Adam Lambert Galvanize Fans to …
Midwestern fans of virtuoso rock guitarist Monte Pittman, who has toured with Madonna, Prong and Adam Lambert, have a treat in store for them this week. On June 10 and 11, Pittman is putting on two private concerts, in Chicago and Cleveland, for admirers who pooled their funds to donate $4,000 towards his new album. Pittman has very adroitly used social media to build grassroots support for his …

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Media : MP3: Shooting Seagulls With Little Deadman

Friday, May 27th, 2011

MP3 Player Plugs Directly Into the Mains
As an Englishman, this plug-in MP3 player from Giha Woo terrifies me. After suffering decades of brainwashing propaganda in the form of public service ads which outlined the myriad dangers awaiting anyone stupid enough to plug things into power outlets, I take one look at Woo’s Plug and Player and see a potential death trap. This [...]

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MP3 Cutter Makes Audio Files Fun to Split and a Joy to Convert
New freeware utility splits audio files into pieces, creates ringtones, extracts audio from video and converts to MP3

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Media : MP3: Tokyo Police Club’s Graham Wright Goes ‘Soviet’ On New Album (FILTER Exclusive)
Graham Wright is currently best known as keyboardist and current member of Canada’s Tokyo Police Club but now Wright is set out to make a name of himself with his solo music and forthcoming new album. Shirts Vs. Skins is Graham’s first full-length and it follows his 2008 EP, The Lakes of Alberta . Following an intense breakup, Wright had an influx of creativity and out came over sixty new songs …

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2011 Mazda2 is Small but Impressive
Magazine-thin laptops, MP3 players and bite-size candy bars are just a few examples of good things that come in small packages.

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Media : MP3: Shooting Seagulls With Little Deadman
San Diego quartet, Little Deadman , will be celebrating the release of their debut 7″ this week at The Casbah in San Diego. To kick off the celebration early, you can download and enjoy their tune, ” Shooting Seagulls ,” below. The song below is side-A of the 7″ with side-B holding their song, ” Fear Is Not The End .” You can see the video for that side-B tune, below. Be sure to check out Little …

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40+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech Events

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Download Books, Music, Video from Library
The Alameda Free Library now offers best-selling and classic audio books, eBooks, music, and video available 24/7 from the its website; log onto www.cityofalamedaca.gov/Library/Audio-eBooks, and select “OverDrive.”

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Amazon hits Apple iTunes with $0.99 Lady Gaga ‘Born This Way’ album (today only)
Amazon’s ‘Daily Deal’ offering the new Lady Gaga album, ‘Born This Way,’ for only $0.99…

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Mobile app tested in AZ helps doctors diagnose strokes
When a patient suffers a stroke, the outcome often rests on how quickly they receive care. Now, by using a medical application for the iPhone or Android, doctors don’t need to be at a hospital to diagnose a stroke patient and begin prescribing treatment.

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Health IT Tops Jobs List For College Grads
Health IT jobs are expected to grow by 20%, or about 35,100 new jobs, for the decade 2008-2018, according to a UC San Diego study.

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40+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech Events
Every week, Mashable puts together a calendar of upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. Here are some tips on how to net…

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Media : MP3: The Vaccines Do Daytrotter

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

RIM and Microsoft: Dance of the Zombies
Analysis: Their ‘partnership’ will change nothing in the mobile market, which is following the path of the iPod instead of Windows

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Spotify adds iPod sync and cheap MP3 downloads
For quite some time, people have been saying that Spotify is an iTunes killer – and while that label remains hyperbolic, the shouts are echoing around the Web once again with Spotify’s announcement of iPod sync support and MP3 downloads. It’s a big step forward for the company, and certainly good news for Spotify users [...]

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IGo posts slides to loss in first quarter
IGo Inc., a maker of accessories for phones and MP3 players, on Thursday reported that its costs were rising faster than sales, sending its shares skidding.

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Audio: Tyler Hansbrough reads … to … kids
We appreciate Indiana Pacers forward Tyler Hansbrough’s attempts at soothing our nation’s children to bed , with a needed re-reading of Rebecca and Ed Emberley’s take on Chicken Little . Especially when Tyler and the Pacers present the story in mp3 form. Parents are busy these days, most kids have a docking station right next to their smartphone on their iBedstand, so this sort of re-telling …

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Media : MP3: The Vaccines Do Daytrotter
British quartet The Vaccines stopped by the Daytrotter studios earlier this year to perform a few tracks off their forthcoming album, What Do You Expect From The Vaccines? Below, you can get those exclusive sessions including their songs, “If You Wanna,” “Norgaard” and “Post Break-Up Sex.” Click Here to get those jams! What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? arrives to the US on May 31st via …

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Business warning on social media hazards

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Review: Pixies revisit classic Doolittle at the Orpheum in Vancouver
Legendary alt-rock band takes crowd on a memory-filled trip

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Not made in England: The lost art of manufacturing
I think we are heading for a Ruskin Revival. Or if I have anything to do with it, we are. The morning I sat down to write this, the radio told me Nick Clegg was on his way to a political meeting in the Midlands. His theme was to be the importance of manufacturing. I suppose we must be grateful for this late-flowering awareness. Touching, really, to watch politicians, attended by their pilot-fish …

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Cat Tracks: May 4
Being Twitter-pated: In the aftermath of the shocking news that Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan, the American people did exactly what you’d expect them to — they ran to Twitter to share their reactions.

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Event: The Spitfires @ Mojos Bar, Fremantle (28/04/11)
Good luck to the Spitfires in the UK. They will probably get arrested.

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Business warning on social media hazards
Social media is free, but the costs can be high if your employees say something defamatory or otherwise bad for your brand.

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PicoHD5. 1 – fully functioning media player that fits in your pocket

Monday, April 18th, 2011

NAM Radio: Abandoned Pets, Afghanistan, Malalai Joya
  Complete Show: MP3 Foreclosure and the Horse: A Sad Tale Claudia Nunez discusses her investigation into the horses and abandoned farm animals of the foreclosure crisis.                Related Reading on New America Media…

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Beautiful widgets and memory managers best-selling Android apps
A look at the top paid applications in the Android Market as recorded on April 18.

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Crash Sleuthing: Outlook crashes after IE9 install
The problem started a few weeks ago. I installed IE9 onto a system running Outlook 2007 and almost immediately noticed that Outlook started randomly crashing. I half-heartedly carried out some…

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New Release: Matthewdavid: Outmind
Artist: Matthewdavid Album: Outmind Release Date: April 19 Label: Brainfeeder

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PicoHD5.1 – fully functioning media player that fits in your pocket
Includes 5.1 audio output

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Home entertainment: Check these media players!

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Long-range calendar
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London School of Economics dismisses piracy claims
Claims from the music industry that piracy is responsible for its woes have been dismissed by the economic thinkers at the London School of Economics.

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UPDATE: Death Cab for Cutie Set to Make History With “You Are A Tourist” Video Event; Companion Clip to Eagerly …
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – 03/29/11) – Long known for their ingenious and imaginative videos, Atlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie are poised to make history with the companion clip for their hugely anticipated new single, “You Are A Tourist.” Directed by award-winning filmmaker Tim Nackashi (TV On The Radio, OK Go, Elvis Costello, Radiohead), and conceptualized by frequent collaborator …

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If Radiohead releases studio-quality ‘King of Limbs’ downloads, will anyone listen?
Radiohead to experiment with a studio-quality 24-bit release of its “King of Limbs” album. Will fans pay more for higher quality?

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Home entertainment: Check these media players!
These little set-top boxes are the one-stop answer to view data.

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IR And Social Media: Contradiction In Terms

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

Ark. Times Week in Review Podcast: new and improved
After two early outings fraught with sound problems, we’re finally inching closer to what we want the podcast to sound like. This week, I talk to Max about Mike Huckabee’s latest and greatest gaffes, dissension among state Republicans and H.U. Queer Press. Also, I visit with Times music editor John Tarpley, who provides a preview of tonight’s Musicians Showcase finals. And in the last segment, I …

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Pokemon: Behold A New Theme Song
Pokemon Black Version (DS) No, it’s not the latest anime opening track. Check out an exclusive first look at “Can’t Stop (Catchin’ ‘Em All).”

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Hot Tips For The iTunes User
For the slew of new iTunes users — via Verizon’s iPhone — and old alike, some tips and highlights What’s good for the iPhone is even better for iTunes, Apple’s mother app. The recent arrival of Verizon’s iPhone brings even more grubby fingertips to the digital media player’s controls.

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Android Atlas Weekly 38: Xoom and Doom (podcast)
In the wake of the iPad 2 announcement, how can Android tablet manufacturers compete? Antuan gets closer to winning his Android form factor bet with Justin and the world’s most exclusive messaging platform may be coming to Android OS. All that and more on this week’s episode of Android Atlas Weekly. $lazy(window.GeckoVideoPlayer, CBSi.lazy.videoPlayer, function(){ loadGeckoVideoPlayer …

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IR And Social Media: Contradiction In Terms
‘Was it written solely for purpose of generating controversy? Lots of it to take to task,’ tapped out @jracanelli . Where were Craig’s supporters while this was going on? The anti-Twitter faction apparently didn’t tweet about the debate. Go figure.

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Concerts And Social Media – GRAMMY 2011 Social Media Rock Stars Summit

Saturday, March 5th, 2011


GRAMMY 2011 Social Media Rock Stars Summit concerts and social media discussion

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How to copy music from your computer to a cd using Windows Media Player?

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

I used to make cds all the time using windows media player with my laptop but I recently got a home computer and there is not a copy music to a cd button anymore. Now it is just sync, burn & rip and when I go to burn them it says burner not found. Can somebody please tell me how to get the copy music button back or what version the copy music is on in Windows Media Player. Thanks a bunch!

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