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May 2010

Vinyl Packaging: Album sleeve that transforms into a record player

ShareA record sleeve that plays the record it contains? Please! You cannot fool me. There’s no such thing unless the said ‘sleeve’ is actually a gramophone. But what a bulky and expensive sleeve it would be. Yes folks, it may sound unbelievable but there is such a thing and it does work. This brilliant invention [...]

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30 May 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Vinyl Manufacturing: Vinyl is too wonderful of a medium to die

ShareWhy should an indie band put their album on vinyl? It’s the coolest format.not everyone can have access to it.if you don’t want your music to go everywhere,it’s one way of having control over your product. Will vinyl ever die? “No. Absolutely not. It’s too wonderful of a medium.” says Thomas Bernich, owner of a [...]

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29 May 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Indie Music Promotion: Twitter quickly growing as top referrer for web video traffic

ShareJohn Mayer, once a twitter addict with 3.2 Million followers, said he is planning to terminate his twitter account because it has ‘too much incoming hatred mixed with outgoing over-sharing’. During an onstage interview in Hollywood recently, he said: “I just think Twitter as a form of communication, I think it’s over to be honest [...]

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29 May 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Muziic DJ: create DJ-style playlists using two virtual turntables

ShareMuziic has released Muziic DJ which allows user to mix and match YouTube videos to create DJ-style playlists using two virtual turntables. Very interesting. I actually had fun  for 30 minutes or so playing DJ-controlling the music’s beat effects, reverb, and other buttons.  Do check it out! For those of you who still do not [...]

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28 May 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Why Vinyl Never Goes Out of Style

ShareI grew up with hundreds of records in our house because my dad is a major vinyl geek.  He treats each one of them like a newborn baby-always with clean hands and only with the gentlest touch.  And almost everytime, I see him beaming with pride when he arranges his records oh so carefully. I [...]

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28 May 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Digital Piracy: Limewire as for-pay music download service?

ShareZaidi, Limewire’s COO, said in a telephone interview that the company wants to convert its 50 million monthly users into paying music customers, and become a player in the paid music-distribution business. LimeWire is considering aggressively filtering out pirated content and is hoping to strike a deal with the music industry in which it would [...]

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27 May 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Featured CD Packaging Designer: Sam Hayles aka DOSEprod

ShareSam Hayles is an independent art-director and graphic designer currently living in Scotland.  He has been designing for 15 years and worked as a freelance designer since 2005 under the name ‘DOSE-productions‘ (DOSEprod). A lot of his works are music and art related, (working with musicians, bands and artists he can relate to). His core [...]

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26 May 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Record Label News: Ellen DeGeneres is setting up her own record label with Greyson Chance as her first artist

Share Move over Justin Bieber, Greyson in here. Chance, from Edmond, Oklahoma, was spotted by Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres after posting a video on YouTube of himself playing the piano and singing Lady Gaga‘s hit song “Paparazzi” at a sixth grade music festival. DeGeneres is setting up her own record label with Greyson as [...]

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25 May 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Graphic latest to hike paperboard prices

SharePaperboard buyers are facing more price increases after Graphic Packaging became the latest supplier to announce a hike. In a short statement yesterday, the US-based producer revealed that it was pushing up the price of its solid unbleached sulphate paperboard in Europe and the UK as of 31 May. UK buyers will face a rise [...]

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24 May 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Who’s willing to pay $1,875 for a Bon Jovi Concert?

ShareNot I. But promoters have found that, despite the soft economy,  hard-core fans are willing to pay premium prices to get red-carpet treatment for their favorite shows. At Bon Jovi’s three sold-out shows this week at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., the top package — which includes the takeaway chair, a leather [...]

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24 May 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

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