Indaba Music Launches Social Contest Suite Amplifying Music Marketing for Brands and Record Labels
Indaba Music, the leading online community of musicians and marketplace for music opportunities, today launched its Social Contest Suite, an end-to-end music marketing platform that connects its more than 700,000 independent musicians with fans via a socially integrated music discovery product.
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Sunnyvale to Bangalore, Dhingana rides India’s music cloud
Music servlces like Spotify and Rdio are expanding around the world, but they should take heed in India - a slick, Silicon Valley-built service is already proving a draw with Bollywood fans.
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Red Light New Music at Leonard Nimoy Thalia
Red Light New Music embraced John Cage’s view of noise, with a program at Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space.
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Teens' Love of Loud Music Tied to Drinking, Drug Abuse
MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- In a new study, teens who loved listening to music blasting at high decibels on their MP3 players were also more likely than others to smoke marijuana, while those who listened to loud music at concerts and clubs were more likely to drink heavily and have sex without a condom.
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Music students bring awards, recognition to Savannah
Music students from Savannah have notched some pretty remarkable achievements recently. In April, the Savannah Children's Choir was awarded a gold medal in an international competition in Italy.
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RockStar Motel Redefines the Music Industry with Trailblazing Site
RockStar Motel, the definitive digital media platform that artists and fans use to run the music industry, today announces their grand opening — changing the way people promote music.
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Ronnie Dunn and Cracker Barrel Ready to Serve New Music Offering
Country music icon Ronnie Dunn’s newest solo CD debuts today through the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® exclusive music program. The CD, Ronnie Dunn – Special Edition, is a powerful collection of 12 songs that Dunn first released in 2011, and includes an additional two previously unreleased bonus tracks.
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Music companies fight bar on pirate punishment
Four music companies are challenging the Data Protection Commissioner’s order to stop them unwinding their “three strikes and you’re out” agreement with Eircom aimed at combating the illegal downloading of music.
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The Echo Nest and Discogs Deliver Crowdsourced Music Data to Apps
SOMERVILLE, Mass. and PORTLAND, Ore., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Echo Nest, a music intelligence platform powering smarter apps across the web and devices, has incorporated Discogs into its Rosetta ...
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Blasting music tied to drinking and drugs: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors know that drinking, drugs and risky sex go together in young people -- and a new study suggests loud music should be added to that list. In the report from The Netherlands, researchers found that teens and young adults who spent a lot of time listening to loud music -- already risky because of the long-term chance of hearing loss -- were also more likely to ...
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