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Toronto Unplugged

Archive for the ‘Industry News’ Category

July 4th, 2008

Fringing Helps The Soul | Toronto Fringe Festival | Major Maker

 

The Fringe is Toronto ’s largest theatre festival.
In 2008 Toronto’s Fringe Festival will host over 800 artists from Ontario, Canada and around the world, with over 135 unique productions in more than 25 venues.
Productions range from dramas to musical extravaganzas to improv and take place in local theatres as well as in unusual spots: playgrounds, […]

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June 30th, 2008

Coldplay Sell Records…Period

In an overall slumping time for record sales, Coldplay has shown that it can still be done - you just need to be a global musical power.
Since this album’s launch it seems to be available for purchase everywhere - at the cash of the pharmacy, grocery store, coffee shop…etc. This is smart, but also […]

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June 25th, 2008

Peter Hook (New Order) Show Cancelled | Trumped

Pre-prepped journalism…sometimes will bite you in the ass.  I was pretty pumped for the Peter Hook show, so I decided to throw two posts yesterday on the blog.  I posted them late Monday night to run Tuesday, because I knew I would be away from my computer for most of the day.  i was in […]

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June 23rd, 2008

Spend Your Money on Shows | CD Sales Continue to Drop

I have always supported musicians with spending my money on their concerts - the ticket, often a t-shirt and occasionally an impulse buy of the album at the show.  In this digital music age, I discover music online and for the music/bands that I really dig, I support them financially when they roll into town […]

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June 19th, 2008

HMV To Sell More Than Music

The movement of online record sales has taken traditional retailers back to the drawing board in trying to figure out how to increase traffic and sales in stores.
HMV - Canada’s largest retailer - is introducing a range of new “entertainment” products that moves away from its traditional focus on music. Throughout HMV’s new ‘reinvented’ […]

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May 5th, 2008

New Radiohead Video

Always pushing the envelope…

In an unprecedented and exclusive collaboration, MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) Campaign and Radiohead have partnered to produce a music video for Radiohead’s track “All I Need” off the album In Rainbows.
The collaboration represents an innovative and creative example of fusing musical content with MTV’s pro-social messaging. The “All I Need” […]

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May 4th, 2008

Diablo Cody and John Cusack Interview

Artist on Artist from myspacetv.com presents an awesome sit down with acclaimed actor John Cusack and funky Oscar winning writer Diablo Cody. The two talk about getting bombed, future projects, and other entertaining banter. Enjoy.
Artist on Artist John Cusack - Diablo Cody
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May 1st, 2008

Best of April | b5media Music Channel

There was a plethora of great content in the Music Channel this month.  There were a ton of tips to new music, handfuls of concert reviews, album reviews, industry news, compilations and lists.
Here is a recap of some of the top content from this past month.  Enjoy!
Austin Sound Check already has the SXSW 2009 Dates.Big […]

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April 26th, 2008

New album from Paul Weller due out July 22

After a three year recording hiatus - during which he played two historic concert series in NYC and LA devoting one evening each to his Jam, Style Council, and solo catalogs, and earned Lifetime Achievement honors at the 2007 Brit Awards, among other highlights - Paul Weller returns on July 22 with 22 Dreams, […]

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April 16th, 2008

Music Channel Introduces New Additions | Austin Sound Check | Pop Music Scene | The Good Musician

b5media’s Music Channel is pumped to announce the launch of two new blogs by two very talented bloggers.
Launched just in time to provide exclusive coverage of SXSW in Austin Texas, new b5media blog Austin Sound Check has quickly become a major draw for the channel. Austin Sound Check will cover the infuencial and […]

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