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Pop-Ed: February 14, 2012 – SXSW, The Panel, Whitney, And More

posted: February 14, 2012

Greetings from OurStage World Headquarters, located in the bowels of a de-commissioned battleship currently anchored off the Ivory Coast. Let’s get right to the news. Are you going to be at the South By Southwest…
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Superlatones: Cutest Couple

posted: February 14, 2012

Lately, it seems that we are hearing more and more from new, unexpected partnerships between artists of different genres. This is why, through Superlatones, we are creating our very own directory”a musical wish-list, if you will”of artists…
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The Second Coming of Howie Dorough

posted: February 13, 2012

Let’s face it, sometimes the past should stay dead. But when an awesome musical artist fades from popularity, their fans later wonder, Where are they now?  You may not know it, but many artists you loved…
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BandAids: Poster Inspiration from Swissted

posted: February 10, 2012

In this column, we explore ideas, innovations and inspirations in band promotion. Today’s post is brought to you by the department of inspiration. Show posters can be works of art, but on the DIY/local level,…
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Sound and Vision: Lady Gaga's Album of the Year GRAMMY Nominee — Big Hit Or Major Miss?

posted: February 10, 2012

In pop music, you’re nobody until everybody loves you or hates you, and few recording artists polarize everybody the way Lady Gaga does. Mad genius or plain mad? A true original or hopelessly derivative? Hit…
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Electropolis: Mixing & EQ Bootcamp for E-Music Noobs

posted: February 9, 2012

Mixing and equalizing can seem like an intimidating task, however you don’t need to be a professional sound engineer to make a very listenable track as a producer. In the real world, many songwriters send…
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