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Suspended in Gaffa Podcast:
A Celebration of the Female Voice
Dar Williams
Live at Bearsville Theater- DVD
Dreamboat Annie Live
by Heart -DVD
Books to
Look For
This Business of Music 10th ed.
by M. William Krasilovsky
This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring
by Ray Waddell, Rich Barnet and Jake Berry
This Business of Global Music Marketing
by Ted Lathrop
Avril Lavigne: Best Damn Tour Live in Toronto DVD
Mosaic: Amy Grant's Memoir
The Indie Bible
8th Edition 2007
by David Wimble
How to Be Your Own Booking Agent
by Jeri Goldstein
Million Dollar Mistakes
by Moses Avalon
I Don't Need a Record Deal
by Daylle Deanna Schwartz
Artist Development
by Eugene Foley
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Spotlighting Indie/Mainstream Female Vocalists/Instrumentalists |
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Martha Davis
Clean Modern & Reasonable |
Cutting Edge Voices Artist Interviews Clean Modern and Resonable CEV talks to Martha Davis of The Motels recorded six records for Capitol. Their self titled debut was greeted with positive critical reviews in 1979, and exploded in Australia on the strength of the #2 Pop single, ‘Total Control’ (which was later covered by Tina Turner for the We Are The World album). In 1981 their sophomore effort, Careful, went Top 50. Then, in 1982, the Motels released All Four One…the smash single ‘Only The Lonely’ rocketed into the Top 10, immediately propelled the album to gold status and truly broke The Motels in the United States. The group dominated the music scene and was voted Best Performance for ‘Only The Lonely’ at the 1982 American Music Awards. Click here to read the interview with Martha Davis of The Motels Other Artist Interviews on Cutting Edge Voices |
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Hannah Georgas
The Beat Stuff |
The Beat Stuff EP CEV talks to Hannah Georgas Hannah Georgas is a quirky, highly-sensitive, whimsical and yet extremely serious Vancouver-based singer/ songwriter who will one day win over Jack Black and take his hand in marriage. Born and raised in one of the many suburbs of the T.O., she wrote her first song on the piano at the age of 5 in reference to her talent that God gave her. Inspired by late summer night jam sessions around camp fires the guitar became her new instrument of choice and travels. Influenced by a broad scope of musical talent - from Billy Corgan and his melancholy lyrics to Janet Jackson and her strong sexual desires - Hannah developed her own style she likes to call Folk pop. From playing the small coffee shops in Victoria to rocking out with her band at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Hannah Georgas continues to fascinate her audiences with her infectious and spellbinding melodies. Hannah recently won The Music BC Songbird West Singer/Songwriter Competition for 2008. She is currently recording her EP at Hipposonic Studios. Hannah opens up her heart and soul with her music and seizes those pure moments you only wish you could describe. Her memorable songs will captivate your heart and put a smile on your face. Click here to read the entire interview with Hannah Georgas.. Other CD Focus Features on Cutting Edge Voices |
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Cutting Edge Video Links Having spent years absorbing music videos during MTV and Vh-1's heyday I thought this might be a nice feature to include on CEV. I wanted to share with my readers the videos that I have ran across out on the web that will give you a more visual appreciation for some of the artists that I feature here on Cutting Edge Voices. Enjoy!! Featured Video of the Week Boys With Girlfriends by Meiko
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New Reviews on Cutting Edge Voices
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Michael Foster |
Cutting Edge Updates 7-27-2008 I was thinking today that perhaps some of you might wonder why I cover artists like Alanis Morissette, Madonna, Aimee Mann or Cyndi Lauper on CEV when they obviously don't need the help of a site like mine to make a success of themselves. For one thing I enjoy some of the music that these artists make and I don't mind sharing that information with others who might want to know if the music that is being released is worth having in their collection. I might remind you that just because an artist has a record label behind them and thousands and thousands of dollars being poured into marketing their latest release it doesn't mean that release is worth having. But that isn't why I cover the major female artists who have "made it" in the music business.
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Cutting Edge Voices Articles Drop DRM Or Become Irrelevant After countless conversations and debates over the past eight years, I have come to think that the DRM issue is largely a question of which reality one believes to be true - and we must address the solution as such, too. No research, no statistics, no hard facts, and no futurists will tell us conclusively whether the record companies should or should not use DRM when selling digital music. To make this decision will not be science, but an art! Do you believe that the sharing of music - and therefore its consumption, in general - needs to be controlled; that a certain amount of friction is required to extract any meaningful payments for music in a digital environment; that the average consumer will always try to avoid paying anything, if given any opportunity to do so; that it is impossible to sell something that is, to a large degree, also obtainable for free; and that the monetary value of music really is in "the copy: of a song? |
