NAMM probably has the largest collection of recording equipment, controllers, and instruments in North America. The AES show has an interesting and large collection of gear, but the NAMM show in Anaheim dwarfed the last AES show I saw in NYC.

In case you haven't heard the latest Stereogum free album check out MySplice III. They mashup their favorite songs of the year into one big remix ball.

This is one of the cool ones of the bunch, "Debbie Does Montreal" (Blondie "Call me" vs of Montreal "Id Engager")

Blondie has been mashedup and remixed hundreds of time, but this one is worth a listen.

Are there rules to music business? Yes there are, but they often depend on the genre and the local scene. Sometimes people who break these rules are the ones that make it big and sometimes they are the ones that play things by the book. So what have I told you, not much! I pretty much contradicted myself, but so it the business of music. This is a good article for people newer to the music industry who want some basic business guidance.

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