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Music man: a Gonzales music distributor hits the right notes despites blows to the industry
The medium has changed as much as the music over the years: mono, stereo, vinyl, 45s, four-track, eight-track, cassettes and now compact discs and MP3s....(Continue Reading) MARK FARINA at San Francisco's Clear Music - record shop catering almost exclusively to music dj's - Brief Article
Byline: Erin Hutton Casual shoppers strolling down Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission District might miss the vinyl mecca Clear Music and the estimated 600,000 records housed inside. DJ M...(Continue Reading)Music masters: a new generation of rap moguls is making the industry dance to a different beat: ownership - The hip-hop economy part 3 of a series - Industry
SO SO DEF RECORDINGS CEO JERMAINE DUPRI has been cranking out chart-toppers from his Atlanta-based music factory for more than a decade now. The rap ......(Continue Reading)Dirty dancing: in part two of our Take Back the Music series, we go behind the scenes with video girls. As pimp culture goes mainstream, are we getting
They're what male fantasies are made of: One brown-skinned sister, wearing painted-on jeans and four-inch stilettos, is as tall as a runway model but ......(Continue Reading)Local classic: Baton Rouge's independent label Centaur Records presses on in a declining classical music market
In the 1970s, the phenomenal success of The Who, The Rolling Stones and other supergroups perpetuated many a teen-ager's rock 'n' roll dreams: With some talent, luck and really big amps, anyone cou...(Continue Reading)
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