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solving the digital liner notes problem is easy, but will we?
Last week the Recording Academy announced a new campaign encouraging those who release recorded music to include album credit information – including songwriters, sidemen, engineers, producers – in...
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music and my daughter part 8: safe and sound
(Catch up on the series HERE.) We took the summer off from piano lessons. FC seemed to need a break. Her teacher was taking time away. So it just seemed natural. She had come so far on piano and music...
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coming clean about music piracy
This summer, an NPR intern blogged candidly about her life acquiring free music, and a few pious musicians and commentators protested her life of crime. (The exchange and surrounding kerfuffle was...
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liner notes for the time jumpers
Today is release day for the label debut of Nashville's amazing Time Jumpers, and I was honored to write the liner notes for the project. I hope Rounder Records will not object to my posting them...
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new thing: string theory (surround sound edition) LIVE!
I’ve been writing about my take on music and our musical culture here for about six years, and some themes and ideas have emerged that I think offer something new to the national conversation. At the...
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My upcoming String Theory live shows at Bongo Java After Hours Theater in Music City (details one post below) are dedicated in equal parts to explaining some of music's amazing inner workings and about...
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music and my daughter part 9: yes she can can
(catch up on the series HERE)The Fall rushed toward me and rushed past me like a wind. I’ve not posted here in two months. Egad. But to share the short list, I’ve been editing and co-producing a Music...
View Articleanimating music: the awesome work of stephen malinowski
See this. Be amazed. Commentary follows. A recurring theme of this blog is me worrying about my culture’s long-term estrangement from serious composed music. Never mind the reasons behind or scope of...
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extremely south by ever so incredibly southwest
On January 26, 1788, a cadre of British sailors and naval officers rowed ashore in a bay they’d named Sydney and claimed the Eastern seaboard of Australia in the name of the King of England. Ah,...
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NEW WEB HOME
After six years (!?) of blogging and posting new work here at www.stringtheorymedia.com I've decided to move my web world and blog over to my new domain www.CraigHavighurst.com. It'a a very flexible...
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