Tag: music
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Itay Talgam’s TED Talk On “Conducting” Leadership
I wrote about classical music conductor Itay Talgam once before. Here’s Itay’s TED talk on leadership…
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UPDATE: Peter Kay Does It Again
A few months ago, SomethingBurning dared my colleague and friend Peter Kay (rocket scientist by day, John Cage/Brian Eno by night) to compose music for the last corner standing of Thomaston State Prison in Maine. Here’s a photo I took of the architectural ruins that inspired the challenge… Peter accepted the challenge and composed this.…
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Please Support Jamie Tworkowski’s “IMAlive” Initiative, Inspired By “To Write Love On Her Arms”
Today I got to hang out with a new hero of mine, Jamie Tworkowski. You know Jamie, right? He founded TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS, a non-profit movement “dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest…
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Naked At Woodie Awards Rehearsal
The best thing about rehearsing for this year’s Woodie Awards: Soundcheck for The Dead Weather. Jack White = Pure Genius. (Even though he wouldn’t let me film it.) The second best thing about rehearsing for this year’s show: The bike messengers Matt & Kim brought. Eight messengers followed Matt & Kim on bicycles from Brooklyn…
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Matt & Kim Performance Will Kick Ass Next Wednesday
When we saw Matt & Kim open for Friendly Fires, and then they came and shredded our office to bits, we just had to make sure we locked the Brooklyn duo to perform at the Woodies next Wednesday at Roseland Ballroom. If you’ve never seen these two play live, you gotta. We’ve been working with…
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Open Invitation To Anni Rossi
I heard about Anni Rossi from my friend, Shannon Connolly. I can’t stop thinking how cool it would be to see her perform here in the office. So Anni, next time you’re in America, will you please come jam here in the office?
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Moby: California Just Did WHAT?
We’ve gotten a chance to work quite a bit with Moby, who always surprises me with how funny and irreverent he is, not to mention his candor, passion for music and art, and extreme support for the causes he believes in. Recently, Moby read that California completely cut funding for domestic abuse programs, and he…
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From Last Night’s “Them Crooked Vultures” Show With Dave Grohl, Josh Homme & John Paul Jones
The new supergroup, featuring Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones and Josh Homme. Their opening song from last night’s performance at Roseland Ballroom in NYC…
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MTV Announces mtvU Woodie Awards Nominees!
Finally I can post this. Been waiting all day so other blogs could trump me. We just announced the nominees for the 6th annual mtvU Woodie Awards, as chosen by college students nationwide. It’s the best college music of the yea, and it’s an incredible (and incredibly diverse) list of nominees this year. Over the…