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Pump Up the Volume: Music as Digital Media
Music Education in the Digital Age

Music Education in the Digital Age

Mon, Mar 23, 2009

In the old days (all of 10 years ago), aspiring professional musicians followed a well-established formula. To become a working musician, it made sense to go to a music school at the college level. Does the tried-and-true method hold water today; or is formal music education just another way of playing the lottery. What are the odds that the old paths leads to the same places in the Digital Age?

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Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age

Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age

Wed, Jan 14, 2009

The New York Times reported that 2008 saw the decrease of CD and full album download sales dropping 14%, making the total drop in album sales a full 45% from the peak in the year 2000. iTunes captured the majority of the download business, which saw over a billion downloads of singles in 2008 (a 27% increase over 2007). The King is Dead. Long live the King.

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