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The Next Justin Bieber? Shlomputz

Let me introduce you to the next Justin Bieber. His name is Shlomo Schwartz, but his alias (or whatever musicians call it) is ShlomputZ. His web site is at shlomputz.com and here is a sample song: Okay, so we play basketball together. We have for the past few years or so. Last night, after the

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Playing The Ocarina on my iPhone: I’m a Musician

Saturday night I downloaded and shared the Ocarina instrument for your iPhone. In any event, I have been messing around with it a bit, maybe 30 minutes of time from then until now. I can play music off a sheet. Here is me playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: And the coolest part is not my

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Old Man by Neil Young : One of My Favorite Songs

Many of you know I am a Neil Young fan. But I am not sure I told you about the first time I remember hearing his music. I believe it started with a song called, “Old Man.” I first heard the song when I was maybe 9 years-old. I borrowed my older brother’s mix tape

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Neil Young Has Spider Named In His Honor: Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi

Neil Young gets new honor — his own spider via Reuters reports that one of my favorite musicians, Neil Young, received the honor of having a new species named in his honor. A new species of trapdoor spider was named Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi by Jason Bond, an East Carolina University biologist. Bond explained: As long as

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Neil Young & Sun Put Young’s Entire Career On Blu-ray Disc

Neil Young, one of my favorite musicians, has seriously embraced technology at the JavaOne conference today. He, along with Sun, announced that his entire music career will be put on Blu-ray disc. The first release will contain years 1963-1972, and will be available on 10 Blu-ray Disc set available this fall from Reprise/Warner Bros. The

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Dream iTunes Feature: Add To iTunes Via Radio

How often do you hear a song in your car and say, hey – I want that in my iTunes music collection? If you are like me, at least once a week. But how often do you forget to actually download the song after you get to your computer? If you are like me, 99%

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9 Year Old Drumming to RUSH YYZ

Neil Peart, Rush’s drummer, arguably the most talented drummer to live, owns this song. But this 9 year-old shows he can seriously do some damage. Check out this video: Amazing!

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Macbook Air Song By Israeli Yael Naim

Something I didn’t know until now. But now, I go… Oh, I hear the Israeli accent a bit…. This MacBook Air commercial: Has a song by an Israeli artist named Yael Naim: Now, do you hear the Israeli accent? A little?