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Chris Richardson joins us to discuss the future of eighth blackbird and New Music Chicago, the intrigue of Google Music, “great men” of the arts, Michael Kaiser’s latest head-scratcher, David Lang on YouTube, and the vital importance of a cheap pint.
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- David MacDonald
- Nate Bliton
- Sam Merciers
- Patrick Gullo
- Chris Richardson (Managing Director: eighth blackbird; President: New Music Chicago)
- Managing Director of eighth blackbird and president of New Music Chicago, Chris Richardson joins the panel this week.
- Amid whispers of a lost Sibelius symphony found, Frank J. Oteri warns us against the “great men” approach to valuing art.
- David Lang wants you to play his music at le Poisson Rouge!
- Come on, Michael Kaiser! REALLY? Sheesh!
- The Google Music Store is open for business?
- Lonely Motel by Steven Mackey and Rinde Eckert perf. eighth blackbird – Amazon MP3
– iTunes
This week:
What good are academic music conferences? Why should we care about them? How can we make them better? Also, this new Google Music thing is pretty rad. And of course, what would an episode of Music is Hard be without a recap of our favorite reality singing competition show?
Links:
Google Music
Google Music Store
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Posted in Music is Hard, podcast
Tagged applications, conferences, David MacDonald, festivals, Google Music, iCloud, Music is Hard, NASA, proposals, SoundNotion, streaming music, Tim Rosenberg
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Topics include the Library of Congress’s National Jukebox project, Google’s new music service, revising scores, and more.
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This week’s panel:
This week’s topics include:
- Sony and the Library of Congress have come together to stream historical recordings from the early twentieth century through the National Jukebox.
- Google is slowly rolling out a new product to help you listen to your music more conveniently.
- Apparently, there’s a Classical Music Hall of Fame. Surprisingly, we’re not in it. But as of last week, composers William Bolcom and Phillip Glass are Hall of Famers.
- New Music Box’s Rob Deemer asks how much time should we spend revising our music after the premiere?



