Management Secrets of the Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead Archive, scheduled to open soon at the University of California at Santa Cruz, will be a mecca for academics of all stripes: from ethno musicologists to philosophers, sociologists to historians. But the biggest beneficiaries may prove to be business scholars and management theorists, who are discovering that the Dead were visionary geniuses in the way they created “customer value,” promoted social networking, and did strategic business planning.

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Posted: March 11th, 2010
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Live Coding Music

Algorithms are Thoughts, Chainsaws are Tools from Stephen Ramsay on Vimeo.

A short film on livecoding presented as part of the Critical Code Studies Working Group, March 2010, by Stephen Ramsay. Presents a “live reading” of a performance by composer Andrew Sorensen. It also talks about J. D. Salinger, the Rockettes, playing musical instruments, Lisp, the weather in Brisbane, and kettle drums.

NOT for the fainthearted…

Posted: March 11th, 2010
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FirstSounds.ORG

Chi crederia che sotto forme umane e sotto queste pastorali spoglie fosse nascosto un Dio? Non mica un–["Who would believe that under human form and under this pastoral garb there would be found a God? Not only a...."]

As of mid-May 2009, this phonautogram of the opening lines of Torquato Tasso’s pastoral drama Aminta is the earliest audible record of recognizable human speech.

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Posted: March 11th, 2010
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Guru in Coma

Check out A Prayer for GURU

A rap giant is fighting for his life.

Guru, the lyrical force behind the duo Gang Starr and his solo Jazzmatazz releases, suffered a heart attack over the weekend and is currently in a coma, according to published reports.

“Guru still in surgery, keep on praying people, he will make it,” tweeted his musical partner, DJ Premier.

“He’s in surgery still keep praying. He’s still here,” echoed rapper Q-Tip.

Along with Premier, the duo Gang Starr released a string of smart, funky albums throughout the 1990s, including Step in the Arena, Daily Operation and Hard to Earn.

As well, Guru’s excellent series of Jazzmatazz albums featured the rapper working with jazz greats like Donald Byrd and Ramsey Lewis. LINK

UPDATE: from Guru’s myspace page:

“I am doing fine and recovering! I am weak. Solar is the only person who has the accurate info on my situation. Any info from anybody ealse is FALSE. I appreciate your well wishes.” (Guru)

Posted: March 3rd, 2010
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Clean Energy Biz

The latest installment in our continuing Biz Markie coverage…


Posted: March 3rd, 2010
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Cash Money Goes For Oil

Bronald Oil & Gas?? My ninja, please.  Check it out.

Posted: February 18th, 2010
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Should I be worried about piracy?

I would discourage worrying of any kind as a general principle. Worrying is a fear that something bad might happen — a negative emotional state with no external cause in reality. So on that basis, no — I wouldn’t worry about piracy.

I’d also suggest that piracy is not something that tends to happen on the scale that the mainstream media seems to suggest. Unauthorised duplication goes on, but not piracy. The idea that these two things are the same is one that major record labels tend to be quite fond of, but it bears no resemblance to either external reality, or what words actually mean.

Let me outline what I see as the differences between those two things. (READ MORE)

This article comes via: New Music Strategies

Posted: February 13th, 2010
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Roots Want More

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The deal is already paying dividends — at least theoretically, says drummer Thompson. “The silly thing is, now that we’re on TV, we’re more valuable then ever. But we can’t really cash in on it.” Concert promoters, he says, offer the band 25% more per show than they did a year ago, which breaks down to an average of $55,000, over $44,000 last year. The Late Night commitment forces the group to turn down most requests.

In a gyrating music industry, Thompson is keeping his eyes on other sources of income. He even recently suggested, lightly, that the band might even seek out advertisers: “Maybe the next Roots album will be brought to you by Downy, or Raid roach spray.” Read More

Posted: February 6th, 2010
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Gil Scott-Heron – Me & The Devil

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Been waiting hard for this album.

Posted: February 2nd, 2010
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Now I Realize What Happened…

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So much for your landslide victory, Obama. You got the Jay-man pulling strings.

Posted: January 31st, 2010
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