Walking Man Live

Ladies, do you love to sing in the shower? Do you croon in the car?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to perform on stage?

Would you like more fun and excitement in your life?

You are about to find it…and much more!

Twin County Chorus of Sweet Adelines International is offering Free Vocal Lessons and a 4-week trial membership beginning Thursday, May 8th, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Farmingdale Wantagh Jewish Center, 3710 Woodbine Avenue, in Wantagh, NY.

Call Bobbi at 516-798-4325 or Susan at 516-729-8323 for more information and directions, or visit our website at http://www.twincounty.org.

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In 2003 Radiohead completed their obligation with EMI Records and decided not to renew their contract. This effectively makes them an un-signed band free of any recording obligations. How can this happen and will they miss EMI?

Record labels are only a small part of a very complicated music industry. The label’s job is to provide the support necessary to help a recording artist record an album. This is a very simple and broad definition of their responsibilities.

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The American Music Awards take place every year towards the fall. I have never been one to watch awards shows ::lack of time in my busy schedule:: and ::lack of attention span to remain seated and watch the entire show::. (more…)

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Huntington Village’s Starbucks is in for a treat. It will be one of the first locations in the world to offer Apple’s new iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. Anyone with an iPhone, iPod Touch or a laptop with iTunes can go in the store and shop at the store.

So now the question is, what is an iPhone, an iPod Touch, and the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, and why Long Island?

To learn more about the iPhone, see this previous post detailing the release in June 2007.

The iPod Touch is one of the newest iPods released by Apple. It fulfills the desires of many for a widescreen iPod, and the cool interface of the iPhone. Built on the same body structure of the iPhone, the iPod Touch is in many ways the iPhone- without the phone. It features Wi-Fi access, the Safari browser, and access to YouTube videos.

The iPod Touch comes in 8GB and 16GB models starting at $299. You can purchase them at your local Long Island Apple Store or other authorized resellers.

The iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store is Apple’s new wireless music store. The same songs available for purchase using iTunes can now be bought using the new Wi-Fi Store from your iPhone or iPod Touch. Although right now, it only offers music and not videos, games, or audio books like iTunes itself. After you purchased your songs, you can sync your device at home and transfer the songs to your computer or no additional cost.

The iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store is not just another wireless music store, which Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T already offer. What makes it shine is Apple’s partnership with Starbucks. Eventually, each user will be able to walk into a Starbucks, see the last 10 songs played at that location, preview and purchase the recently played songs,

Now why Long Island? Apple decided to launch this program in a few select locations to see how it works. The first two regions are Seattle, Starbucks’s home city, and New York. One can assume that the New York region won because it has well over 500 locations within 50 miles of Manhattan. The Huntington Village Starbucks is one of the lucky ones to be entered in the program. Other regions to receive the new service in the near future include: San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

Here’s a few useful links to finding a Starbucks or Apple store in Long Island:

• CAFES IN LONG ISLAND, NY
• COFFEE SHOPS, COFFEE BARS, AND COFFEE HOUSES IN LONG ISLAND, NY
• COMPUTER STORES IN LONG ISLAND, NY
• SHOPPING MALLS: ROOSEVELT FIELD MALL, GARDEN CITY, NY

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The newest craze in purchasing music online is either paying per song/album like in iTunes, or doing a subscription like Napster. There’s a major flaw with both approaches, you never technically own the music. All you “purchase” is a digital file, there’s no jewel cases, or print album art.

To provide an alternative, Your Music is offering a new way to combine the ease of buying music online, with the satisfaction of being an album owner. And the best part is that its actually cheaper then buying a cd in iTunes where most are priced at $9.99. And compared to many Long Island record stores, Your Music albums do not cost $15+.

With Your Music, you only pay $6.99 per album, free shipping and handling. The album is yours to keep, and you can cancel their service at anytime. You have to purchase at least one album a month for $6.99 and if you happen to want an extra one, it is still only $6.99. Again, no shipping fees.

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The famous coffee house known to open cafes across the street from each others has found success within the music industry. Starbucks originally tested the waters with distributing Ray Charles’ Genius Loves Company at its coffee houses. They must have figured out they did something right when that album went platinum and 25% of all sales were from Starbucks. Recently, Starbucks decided to not only be a distributor, but also a record label for new recordings, with the first artist to sign-up being Sir Paul McCartney.

This new label called Hear Music has attracted a lot of attention after their first release by Sir McCartney, Memory Almost Full, peaked at #3 in the Billboard Top 200. Hear Music is a combination of Starbucks Corporation and Concord Records. Starbucks will do all A&R work to acquire new artists, and Concord will do all promotion and marketing. And of course, the main distribution channel will be the Starbucks stores. Memory Almost Full is also Sir McCartney’s first solo album to be available for digital download via Apple’s iTunes.

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If musical opportunities are knocking on your door you might be a bit overwhelmed and not sure how to handle it all. Should you hire a manager, do you need an agent? Maybe you need to hire a secretary to hire a tour manager to rent a limo so you can travel in style. If things are going well, first of all congratulations. Secondly, you need to keep doing what you were, writing and/or playing music. Yes it is your career and you should be involved in every step, but even the Beatles had a little help from their friends.

There are a few types of managers to consider hiring:

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