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STRIPPING THE BED: QUIETED DOWN COVERS
posted: July 14, 2009
Ever since Kris Allen covered Kanye West’s Heartless on American Idol, I’ve been wondering “can you totally change the feel of a top song and still make it better?” In West’s case, Heartless has already been…
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Q&A WITH PASTE MAGAZINE'S EDITOR AT LARGE JAY SWEET
posted: July 14, 2009
By now many of you’ve heard of OurStage friend Jay Sweet. He’s the Editor at Large for Paste, the fastest growing independently published music magazine in the country, as well as the producer of the…
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ON THE ROAD WITH SANTIGOLD
posted: July 7, 2009
What does it say when Architecture in Helsinki asks you to tour with them? You’ve got indie cred. When Jay-Z and Kanye West come knocking? Street cred. When Coldplay and Bjí¶rk want you on the…
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Q&A WITH RYAN VANGEL (CONCERT PROMOTER FOR LIVE NATION)
posted: July 1, 2009
Live Nation concert promoter, Ryan Vangel began his career working as a runner for regional promoter the Don Law Company. Through a succession of acquisitions Don Law became part of Live Nation- where Vangel continued to work up the…
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ON THE ROAD WITH RYAN STAR
posted: June 23, 2009
In the past few years, primetime music competitions have unearthed some serious rock. American Idol gave us Chris Daughtry and David Cook, two powerhouse performers who galvanized the airwaves. And, perhaps a little lower on the…
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OURSTAGE Q&A WITH TOM SILVERMAN (TOMMY BOY ENTERTAINMENT, NEW MUSIC SEMINAR)
posted: June 17, 2009
Hip Hop pioneer, record producer and Tommy Boy Records’ founder, Tom Silverman has three decades of gold, platinum and multi-platinum records under his belt thanks to his work with such artists as Queen Latifah, De…
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