Month: February 2008

What I've been thinking lately about the world around us

Usually, I avoid blogging about subjects beyond the scope of what I intended this blog to be, which is generally all positive dance music, general pop culture and web technology stuff. But this week, I asked my friend Dave Jurman what he thought if I started opening up the subject matter to more important issues. He said it was a great idea, seeing that a blog can be pretty much whatever it wants to be, and that if I thought something was that important to address, then I should go for it.

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Rewind: Kanye West and Daft Punk work it at the Grammys

Check out this rewind performance of Kanye West with a surprise appearance by Daft Punk on “Stronger,” which heavily samples the French duo. The performance ends with Kanye’s “Mama” tribute to his mom, who recently passed away from post-surgery complications related to her overall possible poor health.

 

Rewind: Chemical Brothers "Do It Again"

Just in case you didn’t see if before, here’s a rewind of the Chemical Brothers single “Do It Again,” from the Grammy winning album, We Are The Night.


The Chemical Brothers - We Are the Night

 

 

Mega Media Group Launches Pulse 87 in New York

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pulse 87.7 FM, the rhythmic top 40 station will be launched by Mega Media Group (OTC Bulletin Board: MMDA) (www.megamediagroup.com), on February 11th at 6am, the station will feature the Highly popular Star & Buc Wild Morning Show which will debut on February 18th weekdays from 6 to 10am and today’s top music hits. Joel Salkowitz will become the station’s program director.

Industry Veteran Joel Salkowitz To Lead Station

Salkowitz is a veteran major market programming and operations executive, who recently served as Vice President of Music Programming and Content at Sirius Satellite Radio. Prior to joining Sirius, Salkowitz was with Clear Channel Communications as a Format Director and Brand Manager overseeing the launch and programming for 10 major market stations, as well as serving as Program Director for JAMMIN 105 — New York (WTJM-FM). His past experience also includes management, production and programming positions at Fox Television, E.M.I. Records, Westwood One, ABC Radio, NBC Radio and Emmis Communications. As Regional VP of Programming at Emmis’ HOT97 (WQHT) in New York, he helped develop the Rhythm Top 40 format that dominated contemporary radio during the late 1980s and early 1990s and was also responsible for overseeing programming at Emmis’ WAVA (Washington DC) and WLOL (Minneapolis).

Commenting on the announcement, Mega Media Group CEO, Alex Shvarts stated “I am pleased that Joel is leading our radio team. His wealth of experience with building stations and managing major market radio personnel will prove invaluable to the launch of Pulse 87.”

Also commenting on the announcement, Salkowitz said, “I am excited to be a part of a new, independent radio business that I can help to grow from its very inception. It will be especially gratifying to work with Star who is one of the top morning talents in the country and who was able to have such a huge impact on not one, but two radio stations in New York. He’s a one-of-a-kind personality and together with a unique music format, we’re going to give New York something to get excited about on the radio again.”

2007 Grammy Awards: Dance and Remix Winners and Nominees

Every year, the day after the Grammys, I post the winners and nominees in the three Dance music categories: Category 12 - Best Dance Recording, which is the award for the best single of the year; Category 13 - Best Electronic/Dance Album, which is self-explanatory; and Category 94 - Best Remixed Recording, Non-classical, which is the Grammy for Remixer of the Year.

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Blog Chatter Can Triple Future Sales Of Music Albums

According to a recently published research paper, "Does Chatter Matter," NYU Stern Professor Vasan Dhar along with his former student Elaine Chang, discovered there is a direct correlation between the number of blog posts on the Web and subsequent sales of albums being discussed. In a sampling of 108 album releases from January and February of last year, Dhar and Chang found sales were three times the average if "legitimate blog posts reached a threshold of 40."

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Pacemaker Demo Video

I found this recent Pacemaker demo video from Future Music on YouTube. The speaker walks you through the process of setting up your mixes, EQ, crossfade and how to cue up your tracks.

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