Month: March 2012

WIZ KHALIFA PURCHASES PENNSYLVANIA PAD

March 28, 2012
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                  Wiz Khalifa has a new place to call home. The “Black and Yellow” rapper has purchased a 3,891-square-foot crib in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, for $900,000. Nestled on 2.8 private wooded acres, the 5-bedroom, 4-bath eco-friendly property features Brazilian Koa floors, stainless steel appliances, a separate guest house, plus a…

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Harvard Business Review Managing Yourself: A Smarter Way to Network

March 28, 2012
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One of the happiest, most successful executives we know is a woman named Deb. She works at a major technology company and runs a global business unit that has more than 7,000 employees. When you ask her how she rose to the top and why she enjoys her job, her answer is simple: people. She…

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UMG To Sell 3 Major Catalogs For $200 Million

March 28, 2012
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Universal is in need of a little finance cash to finish up this acquisition of EMI. In order to get the dough, UMG is trying to sell off it’s Christian, classical, and German schlager publishing catalogs for $200 Million. Universal is even trying to sell real estate it owns in France and Germany. Apparently they’ve…

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Cash Money Records Re-Signs Producer Duo Cool & Dre

March 28, 2012
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Cash Money has announced that it has resigned hit-making producers Cool & Dre to a new production deal. “Cash Money has some amazing artists,” Marcello “Cool” Valenzano told AllHipHop.com in a statement released today (March 27). “This deal allows for us to continue to work with the artists creatively and do business on a grander…

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MEE Magazine… Kevin Shine Gives Advice About The Music Business

March 28, 2012
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Check out exclusive interview with Kevin Shine, A&R Consultant for Jive Records as he gives advice about the Music Business. Enjoy!

“Advertising in the Converged World” — Merchandising and Licensing

March 27, 2012
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In this panel discussion held at 2008 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Forum, panelists Cydney Tune, Jonathan Kirsch, Emily Della Maggiora, Kim Niemi and Seth Steinberg discuss some of the legal and conceptual questions facing advertisers and marketers in the converging media marketplace — for example, how to advertise to consumers…

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LMFAO Interview – Strategic Thinking

March 27, 2012
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On the surface people look at LMFAO and they see a couple of dudes singing about partying and picking up girls. And people think there isn’t any substance to the guys or the music. That would be an incorrect judgment as LMFAO knows exactly what they are doing. As we learned when talking to the…

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IMPROVISATION: The 12-Key Program to Improv. Mastery

March 27, 2012
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Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio answers a viewers question…  My improvisation ability is stalled, and I can’t seem to get going in a direction where I feel freedom to float around the neck and play what I hear in my head. I know my scales and have a decent handle with using arpeggios, but…

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Motu MachFive 3 Telematic Electric Guitar Review

March 27, 2012
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Soundsandgear.com checking out the new Telecaster electric guitar instrument inside of MachFive 3. Great product!

The Indie Series Presents: Dru Ha (2 videos below)

March 27, 2012
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In the first part of our interview with Dru Ha, we discuss the early days of Duck Down records. Dru talks about how the label developed and how they’ve been able to maintain their success. Dru credits the fact that Duck Down never blew up as a label, as a reason they’ve been able to…

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