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Thank goodness Clarence is here to tell us in his own words....
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"Blogs, social networks, and websites of all stripes were hit by an invasion of widgets in 2007, tools that allow users to port services and functions of popular online destinations onto the sites of their choosing.
...Pronounced ‘cloud’, Qloud is an iTunes plug-in and a Facebook widget that allows users to play any 
song in their iTunes library through Facebook, and allows others visiting Facebook profiles to do the same. Users can also exchange playlists and add friends’ songs to their online libraries, but not actually download the file to their hard drive.
“It attracted more than 1 million Facebook users during its beta trial, and officially went live November 1. Investors include… former Yahoo Music GM David Goldberg.”
Out with the old in with the new....
.... 10 artists who may go the no-label route- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22443898/
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The Web Secret Stories - Jonathan Harris
and all ways will be for anyone trying to make in the music industry past, present and especially future. Manage your niche!
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In celebration of Independence Day, I've incorporated stories around the theme of "independence and freedom". Leading off with Prince rocking the industry once again with his avant garde decision to give away his latest CD for free in the UK. See Techdirt's article "Music Retailers Flip Out That Prince Wants To Give Away His Music" and Leftsetz Letter's galiant commentary "The Prince Flap".
Ryan Singel of Wired Blog has a great idea "Request for Corporate Privacy Villans: Help Wired News Rank and Shame Them"...here's an excerpt from his article: Heading into freedom weekend, THREAT LEVEL decided to ask readers to indulge in some free speech, whistle blowing, corporate bashing by submitting and voting on which companies have the worst privacy practices. Spammers, squealers and slimy data sellers are all fair game."
Thanks to the We7 community for embracing the future and helping both artist and fan maintain our independence and freedom...hip hip hooray!
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..explains my long absence.
Three weeks ago, I couldn't imagine going on vacation without access to my computer and this blog.
I visited family and took a trip down memory lane with a visit to my alma mater Penn State University - Main campus. The mountain air was wonderful and so was the music---I was definitely in another "zone".
I'm slowly re-surfacing.
What's all the fuss about Lauryn Hill.. and the request for prayers. ( I like to remember Lauryn Hill at her best..video attachment). The video of Lauryn's performance in New Orleans was pulled from YouTube(the source for the request for prayers.) A more appropriate recap of Lauryn's state of mind from Badical Beats(thanks for the info) here---original source/URB read more here .
Resonating headlines...Last fm acquired by CBS link
AT&T crossing the line? link ....weapons of mass discovery(major ruling)?
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