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Three Melodica Videos for your enjoyment...

Rest in Peace Michael Brecker It is terrifying the way this man plays the saxophone. And though what he made wasn't always my favorite. Hearing him play is astonishing. this is so bizarre...

Ahh Life sorry for the dearth of compelling posts lately. I've been in the weeds of life. 1. I'm excited about my collaboration with Isobel Cohen . I've given her about 12 minutes of new music, the piece was premiered in the UK but I've yet to see it. 2. contra- tiempo is also soon to debut their new piece, for which I've composed mucho . I'll be out in LA in February 3. I'm moving soon=stress 4. I'm working on sound for a [...]

I'm Sorry...

Frozen Lisps?

Online Consumers Are Re-Energizing The Music Industry "According to a new survey released by the Digital Media Association, digital music consumers listen to more music, are exposed to more new music, talk more about music and attend more concerts." read more... Yes! as I was saying ....

2 Shows in 2 Days Friday January 12th at PIANOS 8:30: The Lisps 9:30: Change the Station , 10:30: Salt&Samovar , 11:30: Mattison & Saturday January 13th Bar Matchless 8pm w/ Beat Radio , Life in Bed and Mistakes Presented by: Pop Tarts Suck Toasted [...]

Gerard vs. Bear quit blogging? nooooooooooo! "2007 maybe see more asshole make say "ME GERARD." No. YOU NOT GERARD. FUUUUCK. Gerard no make reveal. Gerard maybe fade away. NO MAKE REVEAL."

New report spells trouble for music industry, not Apple This is a great article in USA today of all places. "People want their music without restrictions, and too many legal downloads, like those from iTunes, come with restrictions. You can't copy them to another player, or you're limited to how often you can do it, or you have to jump through the hoops of burning your iTunes tracks to CD and re-ripping them to a more useful format. And iTunes works most seamlessly with just one brand of music player: Apple. [...]

MUSIC OF 2006: When the kids lost the music I can't believe how inept and narrow-minded this article is in the "Japan Times." "Young people aren't interested in music anymore, and it's having an effect on concert-ticket sales. The Rock In Japan Festival [which took place this year in August in Ibaraki Prefecture and attracted 47,000 fans per day over three days] might have sold out, but tickets for individual shows are on the decline. In short, I'm not optimistic about the future of music." It's almost comical.

Of all the things happening in the world... Doesn't this make you feel slightly queasy? Ok I admit I emailed one of those articles. But still.

Jargon is free now myspamous - [adj.] posessing fame gathered (legitimately or questionably) on Myspace. This type of fame is often: illusory unfortunate unintentional intensely sought-after purchased not translatable to monetary gain or real fame just fake a corporate advertising scheme momentary read about in articles that have this sentence "due to the popularity of social networking sites like myspace blah blah blah" [...]

TOMLAB & FRIENDS TOP 10 RECORDS OF 2007 +++ JONA BECHTOLT (THE BLOW / YACHT) 1. Dear Nora // There Is No Home 2. Adrian Orange // Bitches is Lord 3. Justin Timberlake // FutureSex/LoveSounds 4. Bobby Birdman // Giraffes & Jackals 5. Lucky Dragons // Widows 6. Planningtorock // Have It All 7. Valet // Blood Is Clean 8. RATATAT // Classics 9. White Rainbow // BOX 10. Dirty Projectors // New Attitude EP +++ DAVID SHRIGLEY 1. Yoshida Tatsuya & Keji Haino // New Rap [...]

Music is blended now blended iPod = iPodya Colada? buy it on ebay

December 28th! Galapagos!!

Amazon set to flood digital music market Amazon's launching a new music downloading behemoth. And guess what kids: DRM-free. That's right. No copy protection.

Great review of our Saturday show just went up here at Pop Tarts Suck Toasted (i'm not balding i think my hair is just too greasy)

What in The Hell is going on here? Tune Glue is like a new video game for indie mp3 dorks. figure A comment: veeeery eenteresting. Figure B comment: huh? comment 2: does this mean we're going steady?

Why Bloggers Don?t Run Record Companies [via axehole] I appreciate the contratrian nature of this article but I have to whole heartedly disagree. Not because I think eMusic is going to "help musicians quit their day jobs" but for these reasons: iTunes copy protected tracks have also been flatlining of late in case you didn't notice I think it's at about 25 songs per ipod sold. comparing eMusic [...]

Government asked to investigate Christmas music torture (UK) Finally!!!!! Maybe the people who put bad christmas CDs on repeat in stores and restaurants should be held indefinitely without charges or trials.