DB’s Survival Strategies

Great article here for anyone even remotely involved in the music industry:
David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists – and Megastars

Caetano Veloso and Concha Buika

I heard Caetano Veloso’s version of “Cucurrucucu Paloma” in a 7-eleven last night. It had me pinned to the ceiling speaker until Emily could tell me who the artist was. Beautiful arrangement! Ordered a “best of” today and can’t wait for it to arrive.

And I was introduced Concha Buika by [...]

Collaborations: NINJAM and Breathe

NINJAM:

At the suggestion of Second Life blues maestro Komuso Tokugawa, an Australian artist living in Tokyo, I installed the free NINJAM application that allows for realtime jam sessions via the internet. I first installed the stand-alone application, but have found the plug-in version included with the REAPER DAW (another free download) to work much better [...]