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Tuesday May 26

Media Watch, Sh*t or Shinola?

The Performance Royalty Act & The Importance of Reading The Fine Print

I must admit that until I read a post from Anthony David's blog recently entitled "HR848 - Black radio stations are LYING to us!", I really had no idea what HR848 a/k/a "The Performance Royalty Act" was. The very little...

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Monday May 25

Man vs. Machine

Man Vs. Machine (Part 6): Uckery-Fay At 64kbps

Welcome to the sixth installment of "Man vs. Machine" in which I, SoulBounce HNIC, listen to one hour of mainstream urban radio and document my "findings" along with the type of commentary that only your friendly SB editors can provide....

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Friday April 03

Listicle

Which Of These 8 Toxic Music Heads Do You Know?

 I think we can all attest to, at some point, displaying some disturbing characteristics when it came to our consumption of music. Eventually we all grew up (hopefully), but maybe some of our familiars didn't. If you find yourself still...

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Wednesday January 21

Industry & Culture

How Can the Music Industry Save Its Ass?

We understand, painfully, that the music industry is first and foremost a business. Art typically comes dead last in the traditional label structure. BBC News recently published a report entitled "Music Industry Scrambles for Cash," which basically points out that...

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Tuesday December 02

Crowd Participation

FULL DISCLOSURE: How Do You Discover New Music?

Sometimes it's good to be cynical when it comes to music, and distrustful of selections depending on the source of recommendation as long as you don't wallow in it. Music that appeals to you because it was shoehorned into your consciousness by overwrought PR tactics,...

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Friday October 24

Industry & Culture

Ain't No Payola in Freestyle, But There's Still A-Plenty in Commercial Radio!

Do you remember last year when the FCC and radio broadcasters agreed to abide by The Future of Music Coalition's "Rules of Engagement," which sought to end the dirty tactics associated with payola? Remember the way we all laughed and...

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Wednesday October 22

Media Watch, The Interwebs

An All-New 'Old Media vs. New Media' Debate to Divide Hip Hop Fans

Oh snap! The Full Clip just posted an entry called "Blogging Has Destroyed Hip-Hop in 2009!", which means Dukes thinks things are so bad right now that the outlook for next year is pretty dim. This all came about because...

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Thursday October 16

Crowd Participation

FULL DISCLOSURE: When Did You Have Your Moment of Clarity?

There comes a point in every adult music lover's life when s/he realizes that things have changed dramatically, and possibly for the worse. We weren't always like this, and neither were our parents. You think there wasn't a point where...

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Friday August 01

Media Watch

So Big Tigger Plays for Our Team After All?

Get your mind out of the gutter! What we're talking about here is a recent profile in WaPo, in which they spoke to five DC-area radio personality/deejays about what they do and why they do it, along with a few other insightful tidbits. What...

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Thursday May 15

Man vs. Machine

Man vs. Machine (Part 4): Welcome to the Quiet Storm

Welcome to the fourth installment of "Man vs. Machine" in which I, SoulBounce HNIC, listen to one hour of mainstream urban radio and document my "findings" along with the type of commentary that only your friendly SB editors can provide....

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Friday December 07

Industry & Culture

BREAKING!! The Record Industry Sucks Because of Overpaid Execs!

Vic Steffens of the Horizon Music Group has penned an open letter to the disingenuous suits of the music industry, pointing out five ways they can do their jobs and get the product back on track instead of sitting back...

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Thursday November 08

Man vs. Machine

Man Vs. Machine (Part 2): A Very Extended Commercial Break

Welcome to the second installment of "Man vs. Machine" in which I, SoulBounce HNIC, listen to one hour of mainstream urban radio and document my "findings" along with the type of commentary that only your friendly SB editors can provide....

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Wednesday October 31

Man vs. Machine

Man Vs. Machine (Part 1): T-Pain is Trying to Destroy Me!

Welcome to the first installment of "Man vs. Machine" in which I, SoulBounce HNIC, listen to one hour of mainstream urban radio per week and document my "findings" along with the type of commentary that only your friendly SB editors...

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Friday September 21

Industry & Culture

Our Work Has CLEARLY Just Begun

[Image: Edmunds]The ever-reliable Idolator has pointed to an article revealing the disturbing news that "Sixty-three percent of American adults listen to the radio every day, says a new survey from American Media Services. And the number among 25-34 adults is...

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