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Smart Tour Sponsorship Gives You Wings: Mazda, Converse, Redbull and You
posted: November 11, 2010
A-list artists have always gotten sponsorships and probably always will, because something about human nature makes us want to give money to people who don’t need it. That’s Josh Levine retelling every starving artist’s nightmare,…
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Putting Back the Boom-Bap in Rap: Q&A with Nottz
posted: November 9, 2010
Nottz wants to restore the boom-bap in rap. He misses the kind of hard-hitting bass patterns that formed the undercarriage of so many of hip hop’s no-frills golden moments before Diddy added glamor to the street…
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Can Tabloid Overexposure Make and Break Pop Stars?
posted: November 8, 2010
The tabloids giveth. The tabloids taketh away. Where would Jon and Kate Gosselin, Kim Kardashian and the former stars of The Hills and Laguna Beach be without them? Even Jessica Simpson extended her pop stardom…
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Elektra Records Catches a Buzz, Breaks on Through
posted: November 5, 2010
For almost a decade, music business insiders thought Jac Holzman was a nut. A college student at the time he founded independent label Elektra Records in 1950, Holzman released only folk and international music on…
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Crazy Girl Will Lead: Eli Young's New Offering
posted: November 4, 2010
The time has almost arrived for Eli Young fans. The song “Crazy Girl””yes, the fan favorite that for months has brought audiences to their feet”will be released in the new year. “The reaction to that…
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Jason Aldean Wants You To Check Out 'My Kinda Party'
posted: November 3, 2010
Jason Aldean knows what his fans like. Any doubters need only tune into the buzz around the just-released album My Kinda Party. Not only does the sound follow Aldean’s country-meets-aggressive-edgy guitars voice, but the November…
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