Category: Music
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God Is the Future of Rock-N-Roll
Billy Corgan, front man for the Smashing Pumpkins, recently said that he thinks the angst and pain of rock and roll is all played out. Corgan contributed quite a bit to that angst and pain back in the nineties, but now he thinks that it’s time for rock and roll to head in a different…
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Derek Webb Admits He Was Wrong
Today Derek Webb released the first video off his upcoming album, I Was Wrong, I’m Sorry, & I Love You. This song looks back over his ten-year solo career, and fans will enjoy hearing Derek’s thoughts on his earlier work. The song takes a confessional turn, containing transparent lines about how he’s learned to sell his…
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The Civil Wars’s Civil War
I love The Civil Wars. If it was possible to wear out a digital copy of an album, I would have worn out Barton Hollow. I liked the Facebook page. I followed the duo, Joy Williams and John Paul White, on twitter. I managed to convince my wife to take me to their concert. It’s rare…
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Selling Used E-books on Amazon?
According to Publisher’s Weekly, Amazon is developing a mechanism for reselling digital media, which includes digital music and e-books. I was very surprised to hear this news, but it makes a lot of sense for Amazon. The secondary market is an integral part of their business model, and digital content continues to grow. Once again,…
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What Book Publishers Can Learn from the Music Industry
Yesterday Amazon announced its new program, AutoRip. Now on Amazon, when you buy a audio CD, Amazon will instantly make an MP3 version of the album available to you for free. Amazon even retroactively applied this service to the past 15 years worth of music purchases. Needless to say, I was very pleased with this…
COLLIN GARBARINO 