Posts Tagged ‘ Music ’

Pandora Launches Live Concert Video Series

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Pandora, the leading personalized radio service, today announced an online extension of the free, live concert series that the company debuted earlier in the month. The Pandora live concert series hub, currently sponsored by Budweiser, can be accessed at: Pandora. The live concert series launched in Portland, Ore. on December 13 with Dawes, an emerging rock band from Southern California. As the official launch sponsor, Budweiser presented the inaugural concert free of charge to more than 230 fans, and is now bringing the experience online via the dedicated hub. All artists that participate in Pandora’s live concert series will be showcased on the hub. The...

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Pete Townshend calls Apple ‘a vampire’

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The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has urged Apple’s iTunes to use its power to help new bands instead of “bleeding” artists like a “digital vampire”. He also argued against unauthorized file-sharing, saying the internet was “destroying copyright as we know it . . . . The word ‘sharing’ surely means giving away something you have earned, or made, or paid for?” and added that people who downloaded his music without paying for it “may as well come and steal my son’s bike while they’re at it . . . If someone “pretends that something I have created should be available...

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That’s Dr. Aretha Franklin to You

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Aretha Franklin has worn some memorable ensembles, and she’ll be unusually dressed at the upcoming 16th annual American Music Masters tribute concert honoring her achievements: the 18-time Grammy Award winner will don academic regalia as she accepts an honorary degree from Case Western Reserve University. While honorary degrees typically are awarded during the university’s spring Commencement ceremonies, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s first female inductee will receive her degree at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, during the American Music Master’s tribute concert at the PlayhouseSquare State Theatre. The concert concludes the weeklong celebration, “Lady Soul: the Life...

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Web Pick: How to Make A Nuclear Reactor

Web Pick: How to Make A Nuclear Reactor

How to make a nuclear reactor using materials that you have at home. From “The Nuclear Boy Scout” Copyright Eagle & Eagle Ltd

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In UK More Than 1/3 Third Choose Tech Over Sex

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UK Confirmed as Obsessed With Technology and Music After More Than a Third Say They Would Give Up Sex First Audio giant Audio-Technica has launched a social media quest to find the UK’s favourite summer track of all time. It is asking its fans and followers to tell the world on its Facebook page what is their favourite summer track and why. To help launch the online competition it has conducted a UK nationwide study into our musical preferences to find out how obsessed we are when it comes to our music. With singing at work and dancing in...

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