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  Apple's iCloud: Will Cloud Players Change Music?
  Topic by Ian A McManus

  Cloud services allow users to store documents on a server rather than their own hard drives, which lets them access these files from any computer as well as various mobile devices. Specifically, music cloud services allow users to upload their music libraries to a cloud drive so that they can...

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  Staying Safe: Festival and Concert Safety Standards
  Topic by Enelda Butler

  On August 18, 2011, a stage collapsed at the Belgian music festival Pukkelpop, killing five people and injuring at least 50 concert attendees. Several other stage accidents have occurred around the world during the past few years. The Pukkelpop incident is the second major concert accident...

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  Leadership Lessons from The Jazz Masters
  Article by John Edward Hasse

  Jazz may not be an obvious source of inspiration for leaders, but leadership at its best is like jazz. Both are ephem...

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  Celebrity Alter Egos
  Topic by Nidhi Singh

  Music history contains a trend of celebrity alter egos, personalities that are occassionally expressed in the public eye. From Beyonce's 'I am...Sasha Fierce' album to Kathy Beth Terry, Katy Perry's 13 year-old geek persona, celebrities have showcased different personas. Many criticize...

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  Explaining American Jazz and Culture
  Article by John Edward Hasse

  During the course of my career, this is the tenth US State Department overseas “post” I’ve had the privilege of worki...

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  Auto-Tune Moving Back Stage, Slowly
  Topic by Nora G Hertel

  It’s been three years since Jay-Z declared the “Death of Auto-Tune” on his album The Blueprint 3, but the pitch-enhancing software still features prominently in popular songs and on YouTube. Will.i.am, member of the Black Eyed Peas and judge on NBC's "The Voice," recently admitted to a...

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  Know Your Music, Know Yourself
  Topic by Nora G Hertel

  When I was growing up, my father often played Paul Simon’s Graceland album on Sunday afternoons. The songs take a musical journey down to the southern United States and across the Atlantic to Africa with the accompaniment of diverse musical groups including Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Years...

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  Hot Dance Moves: Where Have They Gone?
  Topic by Marta Segal Block

  From The Twist and The Mashed Potato  in the 1960s to The Hustle and  The Bump in the 1970s;   The Electric Slide  in the 1980s; and  The   Macarena in the early 1990s,  it used to seem like group dances with specific moves dominated the dance floor. Today's dance moves are much more...

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  Woody Guthrie's Best Known Song Was Made For You And Me
  Topic by Peter Haugen

  In this centennial year of Woody Guthrie (born in 1912), as tributes to the iconic American folksinger abound, the story of how his best-loved song came to be is worth repeating. Although a spate of recent recordings of dozens of his songs by contemporary artists, remastered reissues of his...

• Bonnaroo Music Festival 2013
  Topic by Bryan Rodgers
• Bonnaroo Music Festival 2012
  Topic by Bryan Rodgers
• Indie Amusement Parks: Are the Gates Closing?
  Topic by Derrick Bang
• Texting Ignites Movie Theater Controversy
  Topic by Derrick Bang
• Voice Lesson
  Article by R Allen Shoaf
• Farewell to the Name-Brand Film Critic?
  Topic by Derrick Bang