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Vocal Points: View From The Top
posted: December 4, 2011
The significance of the Billboard Hot 100, which compiles the Top 100 singles based on radio popularity, in the music industry today has certainly diminished. But despite new music industry road maps, the chart remains an interesting…
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Sound And Vision: Product Placement in Pop Videos — Good, Bad, Ugly Or Just Great Business?
posted: April 22, 2011
”Art vs. Commerce. That was the declaration of war made by Neil Young in his controversial, confrontational 1988 single “This Note’s for You,” and he didn’t stop there. In the song’s scathing video, Young mocked…
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Sound And Vision: Where Is the Love? — The Disappearing Power-Ballad Duet
posted: March 25, 2011
Back in the day, every major female pop star had one: a male pop star (or two, or three or more) who loved her”at least on the record and on the charts. Over the years,…
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Q&A With Bruno Mars
posted: October 9, 2010
He’s the man providing the bright, soulful hooks of two of this summer’s catchiest songs, Travie McCoy‘s “Billionaire” and B.O.B’s “Nothin’ On You.” Bruno Mars may be 2010’s greatest overnight success story, but he actually…
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Discourse & Dischord
posted: June 11, 2010
The Good Christian Bale dances to Gaga Don’t know about you, but all that oil spill footage had us in a deep, greasy funk this week. So it’s nice to get some levity, especially when…
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iRock: The Anix
posted: June 1, 2010
For many the future of music is a topic up for debate” whether it’ll sink like a stone or be saved by those artists with raw, born-with-it talent. During the past decade, the music industry…
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