Word: duet
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This year I'm working on a record on which I'll duet with a female singer from each Asian country. I've been planning on doing some duets with American singers, and I hope one day to sing with Barbra Streisand...
...shot at holding on to the hearts and minds of digital music lovers at this most critical time, and it's not taking it. Neither is the music industry as a whole, which still hasn't given us much indication of what the much-hyped MusicNet and Duet online services will look like (they're supposed to switch on this summer, but don't hold your breath). Is it any wonder that Morpheus has stepped in to fill the vacuum...
...album's best tracks is Always, a duet between Seger and Canadian troubadour Ron Sexsmith. Seger has a bright, brittle voice, like a leaf that's turned some colorful shade of autumn. Her vocals contrast nicely with Sexsmith's plaintive tenor. Always has some elements a listener might associate with folk or country--including gentle acoustic-guitar work--but the track, tastefully sweetened with synthesizers, never settles into any one genre. "I know what I want to see," sings Seger on the song. "And I know where I want to be." Seger may have a peripatetic past...
...Well, Warner Music, Bertelsmann, and EMI are partners in MusicNet, which is the RealNetworks venture that CEO Rob Glazer's is out trumpeting these days. Sony and Universal are partners in Duet, which Yahoo already has a stake in, and Bertelsmann has a side deal with Napster...
...plus for Universal is to get that distribution channel. MusicNet has AOL behind it, and although Yahoo is involved with Duet, this gives Universal an experienced, in-house distributor that already has a brand presence out there. And as a bonus, Vivendi Universal basically owns about 150,000 titles that Mp3.com already owned...