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...demo tape says it all: "written, arranged, produced, performed and engineered by A. Ryan Leslie...

Author: By Anne C. Krendl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Not Just a Musician, Ryan Leslie Does It All | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...addition to working on his own music, Lesliehas devoted a great deal of his time to producingthe music of other performers. He helps themcreate demo tapes, often will write songs for themand helps them land gigs and contracts...

Author: By Anne C. Krendl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Not Just a Musician, Ryan Leslie Does It All | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...Elektra), and played a few third-stage dates for Lilith Fair. She recently got a big break and appeared on the Tonight Show. For every success story, however, there's a performer still waiting for a shot. Last year, London-based soul-rocker Pauline Taylor circulated a powerful demo tape to a number of U.S. record companies. She has still not been signed by an American label. Peter Albertelli, a spokesman for Cheeky Records, which signed Taylor in Britain, says the idea of a black woman singing rock "is intriguing to people, but then they try to find a marketing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Down In The Groove | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

...transplant Julia's artificial intelligence into other onscreen beings. He wants to build online games that even girls will play. "Boys like video games because they can shoot things," says Mauldin. "Girls want games they can talk to." To that end, Mauldin this month is releasing a free, downloadable demo of his newest chatterbot, Sylvie, a computer-generated redhead whose lips move when she talks. He's working on a new version of Sylvie that can change facial expressions as she talks to you, although for this he would charge a modest fee. Marketing tip for Mauldin: two words--"interactive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TECHWATCH: WHAT'S HOT IN BOTS | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

...hards, the choice is no choice. Get it now. For the rest, if you've always wondered what Jane's Addiction was about, look no further. One more note about "Mountain Song"--the version included on the album is the first demo that the group ever recorded, and which they sent to Triple X Records, in hopes of landing a record contract (which they promptly did). There is a breathtaking distance between that early, embryonic indicator of Jane's future brilliance, and the new songs recorded for this album 10 years later. It'll be interesting to see where they...

Author: By Josiah J. Madigan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jane's Relapse Shines as Necessary, Promising Fix | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

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