Check out Claire Campbell’s online yard sale for a good deal on a pedal steel…
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Great coverage in last week’s Philadelphia Weekly of the exploding independent label scene in and around Philly.
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I’m so impressed with the ingenious ways that Nashville performers are supporting themselves through this industry downturn. Long distance demos is a great example. You can get a crew of experienced Nashville producers and artists to wrap your song into a fully produced demo for as low as $200 for an acoustic setup to $1,000 [...]

Alan Mann is one of those artists you know through the work of the artists he influenced, and a pile of those artists are about to celebrate the anniversary of his birth in his hometown.
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97 Radio closes its doors.
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How to Win the Fight for the Limelight
By Jonathan Steinberg, MusicDish.com
Thirty seconds to go. Everything is falling into place. The band waits in a cold sweat behind the hot asbestos curtains. The tattered stage, full of scuffmarks and chips, glows anew like a phoenix rising underneath the lighting setup. Fifteen seconds [...]

A glimpse at the new president of Berklee Music.
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I’m rather fond of the manifesto posted by the founders of Mperia, a new pay-per-download music site that manages sales for indie artists.
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Perhaps Wal-Mart spreads evil across the land? Perhaps they’re just a clever, seemingly invincible, business juggernaut? Whichever side you find yourself on, you’ll have them to thank for pushing CD list prices below ten dollars. (Which, again, may be a good or a bad thing depending on your point of view.)
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Don Henley is still pissed off.
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