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Ask Marcus: Video Blog 2
posted: January 22, 2010
Welcome to the second video blog installment of Ask Marcus: the place where artists from any genre can ask Marcus Johnson, a Billboard charting jazz pianist, professor at Georgetown University and founder of Three Keys Music, questions about…
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Generation DIY: Promotions … Outside the Internet
posted: January 21, 2010
How about we get you away from the computer screen for a little while. Get up and go outside where the sun is shining and the grass is green (at least in the south) so…
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The Next Big Thing: August Rising
posted: January 21, 2010
August Rising is one of the best rock bands on OurStage if their near constant status as chart toppers during much of 2009 is any indication. The band has eight Top 10 finishes, including their…
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Backtracking Forward: Vinyl Oddities
posted: January 21, 2010
When choosing to get a vinyl pressed for an upcoming release, today’s artists have a variety of choices to enhance their decision. Digital downloads, 120 grams vs 180 grams, colored or pictured discs and gatefold…
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2010 Looking Ahead And Slowing Down
posted: January 20, 2010
Calculating my travel expenses for tax preparation, while rummaging through mounds of receipts from the countless days on the road, I find myself lost in the sonic memory of 2009. Listening to fresh mixes in…
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iRock: hook, line and … single?
posted: January 19, 2010
Let’s back it up for a moment. Remember back in the late ˜80s and ˜90s when the music industry played the singles game? For all of you younger readers that’s when a label would release the artist’s…
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