12/15/11

LA Music Blog, BitCandy will *not* have a “roll your eyes” Best of 2011 list.

Look, if I read another blog or glossy hipster pseudo creddy mag that has the ever obvious Top 20 I'm going to burn my Titus Andronicus vinyl (well, I was going to do that anyway). Really…when’s the last time you listened to Titus Andronicus? I rest my case.

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1. Apple

iPhone 4S is a smash, holding back the Android tide, but as great as the numbers are, you miss Steve. Individuals matter. It was hard to get excited about their education presentation and it's hard to be optimistic about the future. One man can make all the difference.

But they could maintain their momentum, they could continue to matter, but I wouldn't bet on it. No one replaced John Lennon after he was shot and even though the Beatles had already broken up, once Ronnie Van Zant ...

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Singersroom.com

Date: 2012-02-01 08:23:36 | Interview By Cola Janneti

They say it's not how you start but how you finish. Andrew "Pop" Wansel, son of Philly Sound and Philadelphia International songwriter/producer Dexter Wansel, and Warren "Oak" Felder have paid their dues and now are reaping the benefits. They are following the same blueprint paved before them by some of music's greatest production duos like Gamble & Huff, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis just ...

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By Chris DeLine on November 4, 2011 in Featured / More Culture

For Culture Belly

      

Last week I wrote something called “How to Fail at Promoting Music Online” which was pretty much about a handful of issues I take with the ... << MORE >>

by Zoe Fox 
for Mashable


Pinterest is social media’s rising star — and now has the traffic stats to prove it.

The darling network of brides-to-be, fashionistas and budding bakers now beats YouTube, Reddit, Google+, LinkedIn and MySpace for percentage of total referral traffic in January, according to ... << MORE >>

FMQB Thinking Ahead!

February 1, 2012


While Adele's 21 album maintains the #1 spot on the sales chart for an 18th non-consecutive week (moving another 116,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan), seven new albums still managed to debut in the Top 10 this week. Tim McGraw's latest, Emotional Traffic, bows at #2 with 68,000 sold, giving him the 14th Top 10 album of his career. Metal band Lamb ...

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By  Jennifer Lane

For Audio4cast

January 31, 2012 at 7:54 am   

Mobile ad dollars are growing, according to eMarketer. As smartphone usage expands, revenues from the ad-supported component of mobile music, games and videos alone will grow 52.7% this year to $433.8 million.

Two things are driving the increase – one being the growing audience for mobile music, gaming and video content. The second reason is that ...

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by THR staff

5:00 AM PST 2/1/2012 

The music and video network, which reaches more than 50 million households through partnerships with leading U.S. cable providers, will now be known as MC.

Music and video platform Music Choice is adapting a new brand strategy complete with a new name and logo.



Starting Jan. 31, the service which boasts 45 audio channels in every genre and ...

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By Robbie Daw on Wed Feb 1 2012

Don Cornelius, creator of long-running musical variety show Soul Train, has died at age 75 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, reports the New York Times. Police found Cornelius’ body at his Los Angeles home on Mulholland Drive early this morning. After officers responded to a report of a shooting, the television producer was officially pronounced dead at 4:56 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter.

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Paramount hopes to bring singer's colorful show to the multiplex


By
Rolling Stone
February 1, 2012 8:55 AM ET

Katy Perry rocks 3D glasses at the 2011 American Music Awards.
Christopher Polk/AMA2011/Getty Images for AMA


Katy Perry is in talks with Paramount to create a 3D movie documenting the singer's live show. ...

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