Beethoven: 1st Indie Artist

July 13th, 2009

I’ve got to credit Gloria K. Fiero in her book, The Humanistic Tradition for this indie gem: “Tempermental and defiant, (Beethoven) scorned the patronage system that had weighed heavily upon both Mozart and Haydn, and sold his compositions as an independent artist.”

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Pandora’s Box

July 7th, 2009

Portions of the map Pandora has been using to construct its vision of becoming a truly global provider somehow got torn off as its service became quiet outside the U.S. borders. In reaction to the silence, listeners have sought connectivity through Fine Tune, Groove Shark and Last.fm while others are using TOR-toise/Foxy Proxy, accepting its [...]

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