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AUGUST'S LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT LARGE, JAY SWEET
posted: August 3, 2009
I’m sitting backstage at Folk Festival 50” a celebration of 50 years of music history in Newport, RI” listening to 90-year-old Pete Seeger headlining a sing-a-long with a phalanx of younger artists armed only with…
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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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TRIBAL LEADER
posted: July 10, 2009
Last week, our Editor-at-Large, Jay Sweet, wrote about the importance of building strong communities for DIY artists. Not just large fan bases, but living, breathing, organic organisms. In other words, tribes. He wrote, “A tribe…
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JULY'S LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT LARGE, JAY SWEET
posted: July 1, 2009
“Change isn’t made by asking permission,” Godin says. “Change is made by asking forgiveness, later.” If you’re between the ages of 30 and 40 and claim to have never attempted to Moonwalk, you’re lying.…
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LETTER FROM OURSTAGE EDITOR AT LARGE, JAY SWEET
posted: June 2, 2009
To OurStage Readers Since the start of the new year you may have noticed some changes, not just in design but in our concerted effort to better serve you, our faithful reader. It’s not like…
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3 things you don't know about SXSW
posted: March 13, 2009
If you’re looking for things to do at SXSW we have plenty to add to your itinerary: a list of must-sees from Paste Magazine’s Jay Sweet, a TON of OurStage artists live on stage and…
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