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The Phone, the Post Office, and the Postpartum Depression

November 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Band News

Two years ago, I heard the announcement that Apple was planning to release a phone.  Having been a Palm phone guy for years, this excited me.  I’m a totally Apple fanboy, I admit it.  I nearly crapped myself as I read the live bloggers posting pictures of the first iPhone and transcription of  Job’s announcements.  [...]

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Writer’s Night

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Band News, Shows

A few weeks ago I noticed a posting on Craigslist: singer-songwriters wanted to open for experienced producer.  Normally, I would ignore such a thing, since it’s probably just some scam, but the gig was taking place at 12th & Porter, one of the prime rock venues here in Nashville.  I called and got put on [...]

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More For Wireless?

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Industry News

In case you’re not a big Apple nerd, like me, the new 3G version of the iPhone is rumored to be launched in the next few weeks (June 9th last I read).  Along with it, Apple would like to have more content available for it’s iTunes Mobile store that allow users to download music over [...]

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iTunes subscriptions

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Industry News

I have never liked the idea of subscriptions for music.  You pay $x amount per month and you get to play all the music you want.  Stop paying, you’re outta luck.  It just seems mobster-ish to me, which is par for the course for record labels, but not for Apple.  So I’m a little queezy [...]

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