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There are all sorts of things boys grow up dreaming about owning. At first, these are simple things like bicycles and footballs. But, when our imagination reaches a certain point, we begin to think bigger. At this point, out comes the list:
1. Jet pack
2. Flying car
3. X Ray Glasses
4. Invisibility cloak
Ok, we […]

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Synthesizers. They are either a creative tool for the electric/electronic musician or the spawn of satan…depending on who you ask. In the 80’s, they were either revered or despised. As technology improved, they began to take on a greater role in the making of music from sampled sounds to programmed drums to […]

I worked in a music store for over 5 years back in the late 80’s and early 90’s and a friend still owns a music store today. There is no shortage of trends and gimmicks in the music instrument business. I’ve seen light up fretboards, glow-in-the-dark binding, MIDI transducers built into guitars, crazy […]

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After months of testing, SpiralFrog.com launched today and offered “free” legal music downloads. Sounds great, right? There are good reasons to be skeptical of free music download service that receives the approval of even a small part of the music industry (in this case, Vivendi). In this case, it should be more […]

I was reading this article in Business Week today about how MTV might need to be concerned about a new venture by Universal called the International Music Feed.
Besides the obvious question of why anyone would want to compete with a dying network loaded with reality shows, I have to wonder what Universal actually hopes to […]

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