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Economics, Consumer Psychology, and Music - SXSW Music 2013
Music in Devices - Does Audio Quality Matter? - SXSW Music 2013
Build a Profitable D2F Business (Key Word: Profit) - SXSW Music 2013
Musical Identity: What Music Taste Says About You - SXSW Music 2013
Rainforest Partnership to Host an Earth Day Happy Hour at Lustre Pearl

Earth Day is coming up on April 22 and it is the perfect time to reevaluate how our consumption here in Texas can have global impacts. Rainforest Partnership invites you to join a special Earth Day Happy Hour at Lustre Pearl on April 19 from 5pm-9pm to "take a breath, and thank a rainforest."
The Daily Chord - Monday, April 15

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Why everybody's building web music services
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Live music may help premature babies
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Coachella coverage
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Deftones bassist Chi Cheng dies
Obituary from Rolling Stone.
Celebrate the best of Austin at the AMP UnGala

In Austin April 21st and want to hear some great local music? Check out the first annual AMP UnGala at ACL Live.
The Daily Chord - Friday, April 12

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Twitter buys music discovery site, speculation ensues
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Reebok drops Rick Ross
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Shoegaze: the genre that could not be killed
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Details on the 'follow' function in Rdio and Spotify
Post from Evolver.
SXSW Interview: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - SXSW Music 2013
Hear rising Seattle-based hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis discuss with John Norris their soaring popularity following their self-released debut, The Heist, which shot into the #1 spot on iTunes and debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts without the support of a traditional record label. Their single “Thrift Shop” held #1 on the Billboard Top 100 chart for four weeks with a wildly popular music video (123 million+ views on YouTube) on heavy rotation on BET and MTV2.
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