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Jul 01, 2010
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DAY GIG I’m a software developer. Computers and synthesizers have much in common, and I enjoy them both.
HOW I GOT STARTED I started playing the piano at age three. I began playing in bands in public when I
was 11. By the time
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Jul 01, 2010
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“The time for complaining is over,” states Herbie Hancock, leaning forward with emphasis as we sit in the back yard of his West Hollywood
home. “Globalization isn’t going to go away.” Rather than commenting on foreign policy or
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Jul 01, 2010
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In a DJ’s career, the “artist album” is a milestone. It’s what happens when you’ve amassed enough popularity and skills to cut a record of
original tracks, often in tighter pop song formats than usual—let other DJs remix them
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Jun 24, 2010
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Thomas Dolby is hard at work on A Map of the Floating City, his first new studio album in 20 years. A preview EP, Amerikana, is already available at ThomasDolby.com. Seeing as our own Jon Regen has been touring in the U.K. and
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Jun 16, 2010
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In April, I had the privilege to moderate question-and-answer sessions at Roland's Keyz n Beats Summit, a day of panels, performances, and hands-on synth and drum clinics held at Musicians' Institute in Los
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Jun 09, 2010
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In April, I had the privilege to moderate question-and-answer sessions at Roland's Keyz n Beats Summit, a day of panels, performances, and hands-on synth and drum clinics held at Musicians' Institute in Los Angeles. One of
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Jun 01, 2010
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Having grown up with the music of New Orleans, Grammy-winner PJ Morton knows good sounds—and how to create signature patches in Apple
Logic for such artists as India.Arie and Jermaine Dupri. His own album Walk Alone is available
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Jun 01, 2010
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Folk rockers the Low Anthem are currently headlining their
first U.S. tour in support of their album Oh My God, Charlie
Darwin, on which they took a unique approach to creating
a sonic identity: recording antique, pedal-pumped
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Jun 01, 2010
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In Wallpaper’s hit “I Got Soul (I’m So Wasted),” co-creator Eric Frederic becomes lounge lizard Ricky
Reed. His drunken hipster character roasts hot babes and cool dudes alike as irresistible synth pop
bubbles away. As a
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Jun 01, 2010
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Grab some headphones and give your favorite reggae track a close listen. Under the surface, you’ll hear tightly-woven patterns performed with
organic precision. These propelling rhythms turn simple chops into deep-pocket
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Jun 01, 2010
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Chris AndersonNew Jersey’s MAGs started as a “midlife crisis” of the band members—the acronym stands for Middle Aged Guys. They cover a diverse
range of material in the classic rock, soul, and Motown vein: Billy Joel, Bruce
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Jun 01, 2010
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Joshua Condon has been a working musician since his early teens. “At 15, I began studying
at the Eastman Community Music School—a 200-mile round trip commute—and also began
as a church accompanist and music coordinator,” he
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Jun 01, 2010
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“I wanted it to go somewhere new,” reflects Alicia Keys about her hit album
The Element of Freedom, just minutes before bringing 20,000 hungry fans at
Newark, New Jersey’s, Prudential Centre to their feet. “I was listening to a
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May 26, 2010
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Imagine hearing the legendary Jazz Crusaders when they took the hard-bop scene by storm in the 1960s. Recently, at Yoshi's jazz club in Oakland, California, I didn't have to imagine. Pianist Joe Sample reunited with trombonist
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May 01, 2010
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You might not expect Dominique Arciero of pop country
sensations the Lunabelles to be a music industry veteran at the
ripe old age of 23, but that’s exactly what she is.
“I’ve been performing with my sisters since I was 13,”
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