Category Archives: Music Genre

Dylan live – It’s Not Dark Yet

One of Dylan’s most poignant songs about life, love lost and despair in a recent live performance

Bob Dylan Not Dark Yet

Bob Dylan Not Dark Yet

“Not Dark Yet” is one of the finest Bob Dylan songs from his late period masterpiece “Time Out of Mind”.

A fan posted this rare concert video. The world-weariness Dylan wrote about in the atmospheric Daniel Lanois 1997 production seems even more poignant with Dylan’s current singing voice.

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Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix movie can’t use his music

Biopic Movie About Jimi Hendrix… Won’t Use Any Jimi Hendrix Music Due To Licensing Issues

Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix movie can’t use his music
By Stephen Pate and Mike Masnick, Techdirt – Ah, the insanity of music licensing.

There’s apparently a biopic of Jimi Hendrix being made, starring Andre Benjamin (better known as Andre 3000 from Outkast) in the leading role.
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Avid Pro Tools announces losses more layoffs selling divisions

Avid announced it lost $15 million and will lay-off 350 employees and sell three divisions

Avid Pro Tools Mbox division sold

Avid makes the Pro Tools audio editing software (DAW) that is used to make more movie soundtracks and recordings than any other program.

The founders of AVID created the genre of non-linear audio editing. That has not been enough to keep them profitable.

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Universal pushes Canadian band off YouTube

YouTube take down rules allowed Universal Music Group to remove material they did not own

CBC reported that Universal Music Group is issuing take down notices against an indie band from Prince Edward Island, Canada.

In-Flight Safety had two of their songs including ‘Out of Sight’ removed from YouTube.
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Pete Seeger makes musical creativity seem easy

Pete Seeger at the Smithsonian Folkways Concert talks about his songwriting and folk music

Clips from the Smithsonian Folkways Concert in honor of Ella Jenkins at the Music Center at Strathmore, 2005.

Pete Seeger is 93 years old this year and continues to an American and world entertainer, educator and protest singer.

New Pomplamoose video – Don’t Stop Lovin Me

Pomplamoose meets the dance beat in their hot new video and latest tune

‘Don’t Stop Loving Me’ is still the cute Nataly Dawn and the odd-ball Jack Conte we’ve come to know. The duo have slipped into the Dance craze while we weren’t watching.

Nataly has blossomed into a gorgeous and smooth singer with that dance beat. Jack is, well, crazy Jack cleaned up a little doing electronic dance.

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