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April 16, 2009

This must be the place….

While crawling the outer reaches of the blogosphere, I came across the video clip in my journeys. David Byrne performing with an orchestra on the BBC. Sure, that in-itself is not unusual for Mr. Byrne, but this performance takes you back to the days of the Talking Heads in one of their more catchy tunes, […]

April 15, 2009

Love ‘im, Hate ‘im Trent Reznor’s chat with Digg’s Kevin Rose….

is an entertaining glimpse into Trent’s (NIN) world focusing mostly on Music Business/State of the Industry sort of questions with a little fluff thrown in for good measure. He speaks more in depth what NIN has done and is doing currently, and even offers advice on how to go about getting yourself out there today […]

March 29, 2009

Rob Acid on Mastering

Robert Babicz about mastering audio from David Star This is nice little clip on german producer / mastering engineer on some of tricks and tips and gear that he uses. Loving all this behind the scenes stuff that is coming out these days.

March 14, 2009

AnnnNNNNnnnddddd…… They’re Back…

Cool ‘live’ performance from the forthcoming Sounds of the Universe album due out on April 21st in the US. This song is about as minimal/acoustic as they get. Come Back indeed. Seeing this video reminds me that I should probably pre-order that crazy deluxe box set package with everything set they are offering sooner rather […]

February 8, 2009

Nine Inch Nails continues to push new Music Business Models

I came across this video from a Music Conference (midiemnet) and thought it was pretty interesting and wanted to share. The gist is quite simple. Connect with your fans in interesting ways (Blogs, Contests, web community, free music giveaways say under creative commons licenses, etc) and then give them reasons to buy your various schwag […]

January 26, 2009

Dutch Rhythm Combo – Video

This is a pretty new find for me that I’m diggin’ on and just came across his video on his myspace page. The Dutch Rhythtm Combo sound brings a nice latin/brazillian feel to the nu disco sound and the “Bionaire” single offers up some tasty dancefloor friendly remixes. (Dutch Rhythm Combo “Bonaire – Blackjoy Rough […]