My annual viewing of Rocky

Nashville’s Capital Confirmation gets a key nod from American Bankers Association

Newsweek cover story “The Creativity Crisis,” tells Andrew Keen about the faltering creativity scores in North America…

Nashville was named one of five as a “creative center.” Five cities where creativity and capitalism make sweet music together.

Read more about the Silicon Valley of the South and the Music Business 2.0.

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Why trying to save Piano Rolls is a bad Idea, in 1909 and 2010.

Why disruption is a good thing and best left un-messed.
Why trying to save Piano Rolls is a bad Idea,  In 1909 and 2010.
The 1909 Copyright Act in the US was driven in large part due to fear over a new-fangled technology, wanted to try to preserve some deteriorating piano rolls.
Interesting post form Mike Masnich,

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100712/18325210185.shtml

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Topspin Media CEO Ian Rogers on Why Data Is the Future of the Music Biz

Radnor Lake Road Erosion and Flood Damage

MusicSynk late financial opps meeting

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos – “It is harder to be kind than clever”

One more for Basil Marceaux. TN Governor 2010