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...Inul wants to take it back. "The real Inul is the people's singer," she says. Her roots run deep in dangdut's heartland. Though she initially earned a mere 40? per gig, Inul built a strong following in East Java, where her slam-dancing style was hardly unique. "A singer like Inul is quite familiar there," says Bre, who's been following Inul for two years. "You could find so many Inuls in any small town in East or Central Java...
Parker had a sweet gig, so to speak. He was working for an experienced, well-respected head coach, and his team was talented enough to finish near the top of the ECAC...
...record sales down better than 10% in the last year, it's not just British artists that aren't selling in America." When the sales aren't there, labels won't pay for big tours. "New British bands have stopped working America. They are not touring, they do showcase gigs on the East and West Coast and bugger off again," says U.K.-based music writer Phil Sutcliffe. "Led Zeppelin did eight tours of America in their first two years, it was like an assault." That may help explain the success of Coldplay and R.-and-B. star Craig David. They...
Despite the success of their first gig, the group’s plans for the future remain uncertain. Deleon notes that more gigs would be nice, to get more public exposure and, more importantly, to develop connections that would secure them studio time. They have about a dozen songs developed, but no way to record them at the moment. FM has a feeling that some studio time will open up when the clock runs out on Fabolous’s 15 minutes. In the mean time, the group can treat the Harvard music scene to their phat beats; it?...
...their gig two weeks ago, Berkeley and Weinstein returned to their Cambridge roots, having only in the past year decided to make music into their source of rent and food money. Their’s is the opposite, said Berkeley, of the career- and money-driven culture often encouraged by Harvard...