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Specialist Music Sites
A site that features a wide variety of electronic (Industrial, EBM, Darkwave, Synthpop, Electronica, Noise) mp3 downloads. You can also download loop files to remix. Unfortunately, to download songs, you must be registered. Use a throw away address.
Weekly updated original mp3s plus online radio. Home of Phoebus and NoSushi.
Online mixes archives from Amon Tobin, Coldcut, Dj Shadow, Dj Spooky, Diplo, Sixtoo and more...
Karadar offers a simply superb selection of all things classical. Downloads, librettos, texts, et al.
Agnula Libre Music
A database of Libre Music (works which have been put by their authors under a license which allows free redistribution and usage). Artists, who want their music to be accessible to the widest audience possible, without artificially limiting how and how much their creations spread around, can better publish their music there, instead of on this Wiki page.
Micromusic.net is many things. first we are a music label, though we deal with .mp3's and hard drive space not vinyl! Micromusic.net is also what the users make it. It is an organic community that can shape their own identity by uploading and downloading, organising parties, bringing their own projects to micromusic.net, making bands with other micromusic.net members, helping with any aspect of the site programming, designing... whatever.
Huge electronic music Net label based in Manchester UK - some amazing free mp3 releases.
Loads and loads of hardcore, post-hardcore, and metal songs for download. Most of these tracks are DIY or pre-production recordings, but there is an equal number of gems for the angst-ridden 16-year-old scenester in you.
Kahvi Collective
mission: to gather and provide free electronic grooves. area of operation: internet
Feng's Distorted World
Presenting Free and Legal Mp3 Downloads from Underground Electronic Music Artists.
Blentwell is an ongoing document of the evolution of blended music. A daily updated link log of hot mixsets and fresh new tracks heard online..
Beats, breaks, mixes...
Avantgarde Pop from Hamburg
Plinko Manor
Free punk rock from the local South Bend, Indiana music scene. More added all the time.
Free bizarre brokenbeat mp3s from this stable of underground talent based near brighton, uk. New and remixed tracks added all the time.
Like the Blues and 'olde tyme' stuff? Then you'll like the Public Domain mp3's coming out of this small site. Needs much more to make it really sing and dance, but still a nice alternative to all the indie stuff out there.
Small and select collection of Asian classical music tracks taken from cassette tape recordings. Worth a visit if you're an enthusiast.
Classic Cat
Free classical music is difficult to find among the many hosting sites. Classic Cat provides a neat overview - sorted by composer and work.
'Donner Farms are proud to broadcast the finest in old-fashioned music, the kind that Maw-Maw Donner and Pap Donner loved to play and listen to on the porch or by the fire.' Streaming old fashioned music broadcast.
Hip Hop. Vinyl singles for sale, free radio streaming, Top 40 and new releases. Couldn't find any free downloads though.
Surprise! It's a ragga-jungle site. Streaming radio and free registration needed for music downloads.
Heavy metal fans only. This is your stop. Downloads of all sorts of stuff. Heavy!
Another one for heavy metal fans.
Computer games are fun. So too apparently is the background music when it's remixed and offered as mp3 downloads. Lots of downloads!
Christian mp3 downloads.
Small, but tastefully targeted children's mp3 music download and streaming service.
Designed to help artists sell their tracks directly to listeners and keep most of their own money. Lots of features to help artists promote themselves and to help listeners find good stuff.
A music portal dedicated to contemporary classical and avant garde music; linking sites with freely available mp3's by several hundred selected contemporary composers.
Independent artist collective, many genres. Downloads available at most of the artist sites. The Radio Room highlights unusual stations and sound collections.
Guitars 101
Eclectic guitar focussed site with variable selection of streaming and downloadable mp3 tracks featuring...er...guitars. The axeman cometh!
Free Music Group
Quick reference page to several free, legal sites. Featured are the solo piano, solo guitar, Christmas, children's and Christian music below.
Free Solo Guitar
New, but excellent resource for multiple fingerstyle guitar artists who present full-length songs for free download.
Free Solo Piano
Well-trafficked site features quite a wealth of solo piano music by popular indie artists.
Christian MP Free
New, but growing selection of indie Christian artists. Emphasis on quality material.
Free Kids Music
Very popular source for free music for kids.
Free Childrens Music
As above, a great place to discover top indie music for children.
Feels Like Christmas
Traditional or contemporary, instrumental or vocal. A treasured source of quality legal music to enhance the holiday season.
The Free Music Directory
Developing directory of sites which offer at least one full-length, high-quality song download on their site. Free listings to all who qualify.
Searches the web for the finest free dance music available. A collection of independent techno, house, hip-hop, broken beat, downbeat, nu-jazz and electronica genres.
DJ Kenny Mac
Eastern Europe from Kyiv , offering a small number of Ukraine free alternative rock downloads (om English). Free submission's for qualified bands interested in networking East and Central Europe.
Dr. Safa YEPREM's guitar page
Special documents for Art of Flamenco and Guitar, videos, lessons and mp3 files.
MIDI Pianola & Player Piano Rolls
Links to huge archives of midi-files converted from late 1800s & early 1900s punched paper rolls for automatic player pianos. Get one of the widely available free midiPlayers for your PC/Mac and take a trip back in time.. these collectors/archivars deserve a massive thank you for the effort taken.. just wonderful !!
Out of the Blue Productions
Floor filling Electronic Beats for your ears! A MUST HEAR! Go to music page!
the roots music listening room
wonderful collectors site including 1000++ mp3s of the oude time music, mainly from vintage 78rpm recordings now in the public domain, a true treasure chest !
Zambian Music Site
The best site for all Zambian Music
Musician War
A site that encourages members to upload original compositions and \"duel\" where community members can vote on their preferred track. (Site formerly known as guitarwar.com).
headjog - royalty free music
high impact royalty free music, instant downloads
General Music Sites
United Bands
Free downloads from Indie bands mostly American but some worldwide. Community features, voting, friends, online journal....
Nice selection of over 6000 tracks for streaming and download, along with useful reviews.
My Space
Rapidly becoming the 'street' music community of choice. Massive amount of unsigned talent - some very good! - showcased on their own mini-site pages with lots of cool community features, photos, comments etc etc. If it's too loud, you're too old!
Offers music from independent musicians releasing their own material, chooses quality over quantity with reviews of the artists. It's a cross between an english music mag and an mp3 site.
Common Tunes
Billed as a 'community directory of freely available music'. Eclectic collection of Mp3 tracks ranging from Beethoven to the Beastie boys.
largehearted boy
Daily downloads, daily news, bittorrent downloads and much more.
Music News, Album & Concerts Reviews, Free and Legal mp3's, Music Videos, Art / Entertainment and much more.
mp3 blog which also hosts downloads from labels such as Radio Khartoum and Ninjatune. Reviews and more.
Reasonably sized indie music sales portal with a fair amount of full tracks to download. Definitely worth a visit.
Nice simple song portal. No actual downloads, but lots of direct links to artists tracks hosted elsewhere. Neat!
Self proclaimed indie rock record store with a small record label on the side. Offers streaming radio, lots of signed bands and a very respectable collection of free mp3 tracks for download. Nice vibe.
A front end portal for more than 16,000 artists and 51,000 tracks. Throw in some news, forums and a general community feel and you get the picture. Nice place to visit and worth taking time to browse.
Unsigned artist portal, and part of the Vitaminic Group. Some interesting foreign bands.
65,000 'specially formulated' mp3 tracks which can only be played or downloaded by the site's advert sponsored Play Vox Studio player. In its favour, the site does offer a fairly decent partnership with artists (50% revenue split on sales and a share of any potential company profits).
Started as a online record store but now also a record label, magazine, internet radio station and mp3 site. Alt-country, Folk rock, Americana and singer/songwriters are strongly represented but pop, emo and indie rock are here too.
Belgian mp3 site, featuring over 1000 tracks for download and streaming from 600 artists (in English).
Musical Family Tree
Features a lot of indie bands from Mid West USA, in the hope of exposing them to a larger audience. Message boards, downloads, streaming, it's all there. indieTunes
Music community for independent music artists offering online auditions, streaming radio, free downloads and music sales. Offers artists the highest payback anywhere in the world. [Update: Nice looking site, some good music, although not a huge selection of free downloads yet. Red.]
One of the fastest growing community of indie artists on the planet. Broadjam is the engine driving the music of independent musicians around the world.
Music Therapy
Music Therapy: Dr Julie Trudeau invites you to enjoy her online music natural health products and join her love affair with the phi harmonic vibrations of the Music of the Spheres. Buy digital Music created by her and enjoy life!
Free MP3? music downloads that are hundred percent legal. Select from over 30,000 free MP3?'s, from a vast collection of genres. Stay up to date with current music news, discuss your favorite song and artist, add your music, and more.
Miscellaneous Sites
Legal Torrents
Site dedicated to 'Creative Commons-licensed, legally downloadable, freely distributable creator-approved files' distributed via BitTorrent?. Lots of music, but also movies and books too.
Certified Sound MP3 Mastering
Online Mp3 mastering service for the Independent Artist. We have the experience to bring out the best in your studio mix. Check out our quality at our free streaming radio site.
iTunes freebie downloads
Great - i.e. comprehensive and growing - list of free music downloads currently available on the iTunes store. Delivered by the good folk on the MacRumors forums. Good on yer!
Web site listing links to web sites with free legal music and mp3 downloads.
Links to Tens of Thousands of Legal Music Downloads
The original July 2003 (updated in Feb 2004) essay about all this legal and free music stuff with lots of links.
The Online Music Business Space
An excellent, up to date and frozen summary of the major info on this page.
Mr Red Penguin
Amusing blog with various free and hard-to-find indie mp3s.
Free Music Blog
Basically what it says. A blog celebrating free and legal music around the world.
Use Free Music
Visit NEWS/Free track for good quality free loops & samples with a new track every month. Site also provides Royalty Free Music for Film, TV, and web based media. Site has produced music for Dr. Who, Graham Norton & iBuzz.
365 Days Project
The legendary 365 Days Project, in which an mp3 a day -- of mostly outsider, novelty, and oddball recordings -- was made available for the public to download over the course of 2003. It has been archived in its entirety, complete with images and vast commentary on each selection on UBUWEB.
Knobtweakers.net Free Mp3 Blog
Free electronic music downloads, daily. Techno, electronica, house, drum n bass, IDM, glitch, trance, breakbeat, hardcore, downtempo, minimal, 2-step, garage, even the occasional chip. All legal.
Interesting art entity. They brought you Free Radio Linux, and bring you streaming softwares, manuals, music and more.
Subsystence is a web magazine, but not in the traditional sense. The Downloads section on the main page features bi-monthly stores of electronic music mp3s from a variety of Chicago-based artists.
Close Your Eyes
A cool list of mp3 blogs, which post links to tracks in various music categories. Well worth a visit if you're starting off. See also Thom:Blog for another selection.
Mystery and Misery
Links to legal (and free) music of all different genres from the really obscure to lesser known indie bands.
Mp3 blog aggregator over 45 blogs which feature mp3 tracks to listen to and download..
Collection of eclectic mp3 remixes available for free download.
A sort of UK promo, marketing type site, with a 'radio' section which offers free downloads of a small eclectic mix of bands.
A sort of artistically correct community of artists. A creative collaboration with music. Small number of downloads and streams.
They post a title, the community writes the song, people download or stream the mp3 tracks and vote for favourites. Quirky, cool and fun.
FTP based mailing list for exchanging live concert & show recordings from willing bands. No mp3's, music is downloaded via the 'Shorten' format then has to be converted to WAV before being burned to CD. Includes an extensive wiki with information about how to convert those shorten files and set up the FTP transfers. Slower than downloading mp3's. If you're into jam sessions and other live stuff from artists like Counting Crows, The Allman Brothers and The Tragically Hip.
Weed is a truly innovative music file sharing service. Complex to explain but in a nutshell, Weed files are tricked out WMA which can play 3 times then stop unless purchased. But - once bought they can be sold on ad infinitum. And the clever part is that the artist always gets 50% of the sale price, but you get between 10 and 20% each sale. It's sort of MLM without the naff conferences. Downside? Only 17 artists minor label artists as yet. Might work with major names, but this may be hard uphill work. ('Update': Heart have just released their new album using Weed, so it may be gaining traction?)
Weed music downloads
Weed music distributor offering large collection of legal music downloads.
Excellent collection of thousands of free downloadable MIDI files. Movie and TV themes, Queen, REM...just lots.
Free sheet music for download. Over 300 pieces and growing. A sort of hugely laudable Project Gutenberg for sheet music.
Every day the site nominates one track as a Jackpot mp3 winner, and gives a direct link to the artist's mp3 for download. Sort of a collaborative recommendation service for finding new music. See also their sister site, MP34U.com
Use these bookmarklets to play web pages of mp3's in your browser or preferred media player. Generated playlists are added to the database, which now contains hundreds of links to pages with music files.['Update': actually this is way cool, check it out! Red]
Commons License. If you did not pick up a newsstand copy of the magazine with the CD featuring artists like: The Beastie Boys, David Byrne (radio), Zap Mama, Gilberto Gil and others... Rip, mix, burn. Swap till you drop. Copyrighted for the 21st century - 100 percent legal, licensed by the bands. The CCmixter site shows the results of this initiative.
Healing Piano
An entire "virtual album" of solo piano music from a single artist. Available to all, but presented especially with the intent of being freely distributed to those who are grieving or convalescing...
Music Lab
A research project conducted by scientists from Columbia University to learn about how people form opinions about music. If you participate you will have a chance to download free new music for personal use. After answering a few questions about yourself, you will be presented with a menu of songs by cool new artists. Your participation might take up to two hours, depending on how many songs you want to listen to. Explore it and report here if you found it worthwhile.
Guilt Free P2P
Guilt Free P2P? is an experiment in web based media distribution. Many free/legal music as well as video and software downloads.
Krankit.com Live, interactive
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Record Labels
Swedelife Collective
Swedelife is an indie music collective based in the SF Bay Area. They are releasing a song a day for free. It's an Mp3 blog with a Podcast as well.
Access Tonal Communications
Electronic music collective ranging in different styles from Experimental to Electro Funk.
The netlabel for electro-organic dance music releases high quality mp3s under a creative commons license. Purpose is to promote danceable electronic music, based on organic or natural samples, sounds and structures, and to merge experimental weirdness with complaisant audibility.
Quirky interface aside, this German netlabel portal offers a large and varied selection of labels in various genres. If you can be bothered to navigate the cryptic links you'll probably find something cool.
CD Baby
Fabulous online record store with 71,000 artists. Taste the 2 minute streams of their huge catalog.
MONSTAAR Records
Indie label featuring noise, noisecore, darkwave, spoken word and other "Cruel and Unusual Music". Plenty of free mp3 files plus all songs are availble for download for 75 cents!
Netlabel Catalogue
The Netlabel Catalogue is now a (Wiki) list, index, directory of music labels which offer you free downloads from their pages. Those netlabels are also often called mp3 label, online label, web label, internet label or even netaudio label...
A german CD-R and netlabel, bringing you a wide range of indie music from postrock over electronica to abstract rap. All the music is free and creative commons licensed.
TMet Recordings
New Zealand's Digital Dance & Electronica Label.
LobeCandy Records
Their entire Indie Catalog Online.
Tune Resource
Nice Canadian label selling lots of old blues, folk and other eclectic material for reasonable prices (e.g. $4.99 for 118MB file download of Blind Lemmon Jefferson tracks). Artists also include Elvis, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong and others, along with a fab streaming 40's jukebox and a few free Mp3 downloads. But not enough folks!!! C'mon don't be mean, upload some more!
Strict quality control and a slow release schedule continue to set them apart from the pack.
Opsound is a record label and sound pool using an open source, copyleft model, an experiment in practical gift economics, a laboratory for new ways of releasing music.
Home of the Harshnoise music label. Numerous free mp3 downloads of tracks by some great harsh noise artists. Be aware that when they say 'harsh' and 'noise', they mean just that!
Classy, 21st century record label/distribution site with an impressively growing list of artists from many genres. No download links, but lots of free streaming and radio stations, applying the shareware idea to music, and if you fish the urls out of the playlists, (open them with a text editor), and copy/paste them into your browser's location bar, you can download the 128kbit mp3s directly
Beautifully designed site with a high quality output of Rap, Disco, Jazz, Funk, Soul and House. Tracks available both Mp3 and Ogg Vorbis files.
The "original" SoCal pop/punk label founded by Fat Mike from NOFX. Limited downloads.
New York Indie label. Small but interesting selection of mp3's available for download from their roster. But wot, no Belle & Sebastian?
US indie label. Fair few artists on the roster, and a small collection of mp3's available for download.
Aloha Misc. Media House
Music and other media for free and for sale, from Victoria, BC, Canada.
Small 'net' label, featuring downloadable electronic music from a roster of artists. Nicely presented.
Small electronic net label featuring mp3 downloads and stuff.
a platform for electronix to create and inovate sounds and music. with artists from switzerland, germany and england... providing high-quality music and vision to your terminal.
Small indie and electronic label with a reasonable selection of downloaded material available to all, as well as some politi-props to flesh out the decor.
Net label promoting a small stable of artists under a creative commons license. Cool, artistically done site. Small number of tracks.
Sounds That Soothe - music to calm & relax
Sounds That Soothe are a record label producing music that is both relaxing and inspiring. Listen to excerpts from their albums and download a free full mp3 of 'Highland Sunrise' from the album 'Silver Streams'
Small label by the looks of it.
Indie label with small selection of stuff for streaming and download.
Free mp3 downloads from the innovative underground rap collective Anticon.
Certified Sound Music
Small selection of free music downloads and streaming from albums in a few genres.
QED records offers free singles, EP's, and full-length albums of electronic and experimental music. These releases include studio-recorded material as well as live recordings.
Comatronic is a netlabel focused on distributing quality electronic music.
Another indie band site.
Neverwhere Records
Independent record label specializing in dark ambient, experimental electronic and space music.
Steam Powered Studio
Offers mp3 and ogg files from a variety of performers from the central PA region- blues, folk, jazz, and other. We are supported entirely by your sponsorship!
Abdicate Cell
Experimental music netlabel.
userfriendly netlabel portal.
Musical Family Tree
1000s of Free MP3s? by Midwest based Indie Rock bands.
Netlabel featuring wide ranges of electronics, deep ambientish to danceable. Explore & enjoy. [Bare bones file structure site, so don't expect anything flash in the way of user interface. Red]
Webbed Hand Records
Webbed Hand Records is an independent netlabel with a focus on strange works of audio art that defy tidy categories. With an expanding catalog of unique recordings and a growing roster of visionary sound artists, we're the label to visit for sound in the service of enchantment .. includes beautiful artwork ..
We are a small record label based in Leipzig / Germany and we produce a kind of music here which we call - for the lack of a better term - DIGITAL LAPTOP REGGAE (DLR).This means nothing else but that we produce first and above all REGGAE music (or DUB) in it's classical sense, which in itself is nothing new, but since we're having a background of mostly electronic music we're doing this with the only tool that is obvious to use for that purpose - a COMPUTER, and a computer only.
Free electronic music with limited number of streamed tracks only though.
Polish net-label (in English) and concert agenda for experimental electronic music.
The Doubtful Palace
Five tons of fill dirt and a bucket of squid. [Should net-labels be quite this wacky? :) Red]
Lepers Produtcions
Lepers Produtcions is a free new net label. We give for free what our lepers produce. Lepers Plays Noise, pop, glam, country electronic, with a lo-fi DIY attitude. We're proud of ourself. Spread the disease.
Erratik Productions - Free Music Videos and MP3s
Erratik Productions is a production company that creates fresh, eclectic entertainment including rock, jazz, electronica, and hip-hop music.
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MARQUETTE- Raymond and Irene (Besonen) Kauppila, formerly of Hancock, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday, June 23, 2012, during a family dinner held at The Landmark Inn in Marquette, where it all began 60 years earlier!
Raymond and Irene were married at the bride's home in Trout Creek, Mich., June 21, 1952, and spent their honeymoon night at the same historic hotel. They have kept the receipt from that night in their wedding album. The nightly rate of $6.50 has gone up significantly since then.
The best man was the late Wally Hakkola, friend of the groom and the maid of honor was the late Nancy (Besonen) Raczynski, sister of the bride. They began their married life in Hammond, Ind., where two of their children were born, Richard Kauppila of Negaunee and Susan (Kauppila) Bovid of Midland, Mich. A third child, Audrey (Kauppila) Johnson of Milwaukee, Wis., was born after their move to Beaver Grove, Mich., and a fourth child Kandace (Kauppila) Reckinger of Sussex, Wis., was born in Hancock, where Raymond served as a professor at Michigan Technological University for 31 years, retiring in 1988.
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ASHE COUNTY, N.C. -- Deputies from the Ashe County Sheriff's Office shot and killed a man Monday night.
Deputies said they were called to a home off of Gaither Poe Road after a man was seen shooting a rifle from his home.
Upon arriving on scene, deputies say 47-year-old Walter Mark Houck was holding with a rifle, and ordered him to put down the weapon. The man refused to listen, and began pointing the gun at the officers, according to the police report.
Deputies fired at Houck, hitting and killing him, officials said.
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Delta's current property in Kitchener will no longer be operated under the Delta brand effective March 31, 2013.
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After just two years in production the Moto Guzzi 1200 Sport gets a new engine. So it's out with the old two-valver and in with a new 105bhp four-valve head motor, taken from the Stelvio adventure bike and the Griso 8v cruiser (yes, Guzzi call the Griso an '8v' and all the other bikes in their range with the same ...
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After seemingly decades in the doldrums Moto Guzzi is back with a strikingly styled, well built roadster that's a match for the best from anywhere. As an objet d'art the beautifully designed and finished Griso is eye-catchingly stunning. As a motorcycle, it's fun, functional and pretty much as cool as it gets… Watch the Moto Guzzi Griso take on ...
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9:00am Saturday 28th December 2013 in News
A COUPLE are set to have a dream wedding after winning a Lancashire Telgraph competition.
Marta Howarth from Rossendale has won a complete wedding package worth nearly £5,000.
Marta and her partner Richard, 39, have been together for 22 years and will now tie the knot with a stunning ceremony and reception at a lavish Cumbria hotel.
The 41-year-old is one of the lucky winners of our Bid Lo competition, a reverse auction competition, which works by giving the prize to the lowest unique bid.
By bidding the lowest amount, she has won a complete wedding package at The Wordsworth Hotel in Grasmere.
Their three daughters, Bianca, 20, Jodie, 16 and Alexa, three will be bridesmaids for the happy couple.
Marta, said she was shocked when she discovered she had won.
She said: "I just screamed and I had to call the lady back to make sure. We have always wanted a nice wedding but just could never afford it.
"It's wonderful to have won such a lovely prize and everyone is thrilled."
The prize worth £4,995 includes a private ceremony space, chair covers and sashes, an aisle runner, a two course wedding breakfast, table linen, candles, wine, tea and coffee, homemade table favours and a canapé selection.
To complete the scene are table candelabras and runners, and a complete floral package.
For welcoming guests and toasting the happy couple, the prize also includes sparkling wine for guests on reception and a sparkling wine toast.
Marta and Richard have also won a bridal suite for one night.
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Song & Dance At KLIA's Arrival Hall
Sepang, Sunday, 15 January 2012 – Passengers arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on this past Saturday afternoon were greeted with an unusual scene of 'song and dance' as they made their way out of the Arrival Hall on Level 3. Much to the delight of unsuspecting onlookers, plus the odd stare in disbelief, visitors at KLIA witnessed some 100 singers and dancers break into spontaneous entertainment as part of Malaysia Airlines' special flash mob event held to welcome the New Year with a bang.
Themed 'Missing You', the flash mob at the Arrival Hall lasting 10 minutes featured a fun medley of eight popular hit songs in various languages.
The event kick-started with Malaysia Airlines' theme song "We fly" followed by Janet Jackson's racy track 'Miss You Much' to set the tone for the flash mob in which a young man with a guitar in hand walked up to his girlfriend and suddenly broke into a song and dance. This was immediately followed in another corner of the Hall by a supposedly heart-broken young man belting out Rahim Maarof's hit 'Istana Menanti' backed by a group singing acapella echoing his emotion. Soon after, the melodious sounds of popular Hindi tune 'Aankhein Khuli' from the movie Mohabbatein filled the air.
'My Boyfriend's Back' showcased a group of guys returning from holiday only to be greeted by an enthusiastic group of girlfriends. Next was Richie Ren's version of 'Lang Hua Yi Duo Duo' sung by a group of Chinese tourist lads, complete with group leader waving a flag, on their way out of the Arrival Hall door. Saving the best for last, the flash mob continued with hits 'Rindu', 'Balik Kampung' and 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered,' featuring Malaysia Airlines cabin crew in full uniform.
The 'Missing You' flash mob finale was a 200-strong group performance of 'Akan Datang' which had the audience clapping and cheering on the performers.
Commenting on flash mob, Malaysia Airlines' Head of Advertising & Promotions Khairul Syahar Khalid said, "2012 will be an exciting year for Malaysia Airlines, and so it is quite fitting to get the New Year off to an exciting, energetic start. This year, we will be introducing our A380 planes, joining the oneworld alliance and launching a new airline regionally. With all that is happening, we want Malaysia Airlines to be top-of-mind for our customers when choosing to travel."
"As an airline, we are well-known as a medium to connect people throughout the world. We think this 'Missing You' flash mob is a fun way to spark the desire in everyone to meet their loved ones and hence opt to travel", Khairul Syahar added.
Flash mob is a new trend worldwide involving a sizeable group of people who, out-of-the-blue, break into a dance act at a public place, for just a brief time, and disperse into the crowd as soon as it ends.
Malaysia Airlines' flash mob was put together with the talents from Enfiniti Productions and renowned Malaysian professional dance choreographer Pat Ibrahim of Puteri Gunung Ledang, P. Ramlee and The Secret Life of Nora musicals fame.
Malaysia Airlines flash mob at KLIA International Arrival Hall.
Onlookers watching Malaysia Airlines flash mob at KLIA International Arrival Hall.
A dance performance to the Hindi song Aankhen Khuli
A mother greets her son on the dance performance to the song "Balik Kampung"
The flash mob totally caught onlookers at the arrival hall.
Malaysia Airlines cabin crew performing at the arrival hall.
Malaysia Airlines cabin crew performing at the arrival hall.
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Participants of the flash mob made up of Malaysia Airlines staff, family, friends and the airlines' partner companies.
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The future of technology in education means many things to many different people. eBooks, natural user interfaces, touch screens, gaming in education and the consumerisation of IT are all themes that are voiced when the topic comes up for debate. A hot topic, for sure!
Gaming in education and the consumerisation of IT in education, in particular, are topics that we are going to cover on the blog over the coming months. BETT 2012 will definitely be an area where we will be expanding on this further. Keep an eye out for our special BETT themed series of blog posts.
While not dedicated specifically to education, our latest Productivity Future Vision video presents an exciting and inspiring glimpse into the technologies of the future. Many of which have a direct correlation with the trends that are developing around the future of technology in education.
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My Christmas list would be pretty long if some of these technologies were available now. The translation glasses and transparent fridge are my personal favourites!
In the space of a year, Kinect for XBOX 360 has come a long way. Quickly becoming the fastest selling consumer electronics device of all time and recently crowned T3 gadget of the year, the innovative device is now used for a wide range of non-gaming applications.
The recent release of the Kinect SDK has seen the creation of some inspiring education applications and we are also seeing some amazing uses of the technology within the health care, research and science sectors.
With regard to education in particular, we will be focusing on how the Kinect is playing a key role in the gaming in education trend that is currently building momentum across the sector. A dedicated series of posts on this topic will be featured on the blog leading up to BETT 2012.
In the meantime, though, we thought we would share the following video that showcases some of the exciting ways that the Kinect is being used outside of the gaming arena. Powerful stuff!
I have lost count of the number of times I have watched this during my lunch break and nicely presents how technologies such as natural user interfaces are going to play a part in shaping the future of technology in education moving forward.
We would love to hear what you think of the video and the concepts presented. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
With many industry experts stating that the future of technology in education lies with the user, Consumerisation of IT (COIT) is now firmly on the radars on both suppliers, such as Microsoft, and the institutions we passionately serve.
COIT is not without its challenges, though, and the definitive answer to making COIT palatable for both users and the providers of IT within schools, colleges and universities is not a clear cut one.
While students, especially those within FE and HE, want to bring their own devices on campus and use them to connect to their institutions network and systems, there is still a need to offer physical machines on campus. This hybrid approach will no doubt be a reality for some time yet.
Despite this, there is clearly a requirement from the users of technology to have more flexibility in when and how they use a mix of personal and institutional devices to carry out their studies, and it's the industry and IT professionals responsibility, working together, to make this a reality.
Locking down systems and preventing access is no longer realistic, particularly at a time when HE students, in particular, are demanding more from their learning experience.
Furthermore, with the budget cuts being realised across the sector, COIT offers potential cost saving benefits that educations leaders will find hard to ignore.
It is, therefore, all of our responsibilities to embrace more of a can do attitude towards COIT and discover and embrace solutions that students so passionately require, while also maintaining the security of the institutions core networks and systems.
The ultimate answer is going to require a mix of cultural change and technology solutions, of which the vast majority is already available.
The cloud, combined with client based software, offer flexibility and choice regardless of the platform used by the institutions learners. Furthermore, with the enhancements in virtualisation technologies, such as App-V, it is now possible to easily recreate institutional environments across Windows, Apple, Linux and mobile platforms, such as IOS and Android.
Furthermore, a pure-play web solution, using HTML5, also offers a highly elegant option for IT professionals to offer apps to their wide range of users in a highly feature rich and secure environment.
Ultimately, the technology is available now to make COIT a practical reality for all institutions. Cultural change is, however, needed to make this truly possible. Only with these two elements in place, are we going to see the COIT available to all.
To help further address the topic of Consumerisation of IT in Education, we have produced paper that offers some advice on how institutions can embrace COIT. The document is available on our SlideShare account. The document is also embedded below.
Let us know what you think in the comments below. Alternatively, join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #coit.
Real world experience is key with the current rapid change in client computing, These roundtable workshops focus on the goals, solutions and results from the use of desktop virtualisation in HE, delivered by those involved in facing and dealing with these challenges. Each session features a specific HE case study delivered by a project lead giving their own views on dealing with issues such as:
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· IT as a competitive differentiator for students and staff
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· new devices and bring your own technology (BYOT) policies
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Down to earth and realistic discussion – from practitioners and vendors - of the realities of planning, justifying, deploying and managing these solutions specifically within HE leads to a roundtable discussion of the lessons learned and realistic ways forward. This is NOT a technical event – it is aimed at decision makers who need to understand the benefits and avoid the pitfalls.
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Gaming in education is a growing trend across the whole sector and is something that we are going to be exploring more closely over the coming weeks and months.
On the subject of gaming in education, or the gamification of learning as it is sometimes referred, Lee Stott from the DPE team here at Microsoft delivered an interesting session at the Future of Technology in Education Conference last week on some of the latest development with the Kinect SDK.
The session even included an exclusive!
Check out the full session in the video below.
As part of our ongoing commitment to help inform and inspire the education community about how our products and services can help save money and make your institution more effective, we are excited to announce the next in the series of our free webinars.
Hosted by Richard Lane, we will be sharing the virtual stage with our customers who will be offering an insight into the decision making behind embracing technologies such as Hyper-V and Lync.
The full range of webinars are as follows and registration is now open. We look forward to you joining us!
Migrate your virtualisation solution from VMware to Hyper-V and save money
Tuesday November 8th 11am-12pm
With Microsoft now being considered a virtualisation leader (Gartner 2011) isn't it time you considered switching to Hyper-V and saving your organisation money? Carmel College have done just that, and will discuss the rationale behind their migration from VSphere and the benefits they have realised. We will explore the Microsoft Hyper-V Private Cloud Solution and you will be able to get answers to all your burning questions.
Microsoft Lync - Transforming Communications and Collaboration in Education and reducing cost
Tuesday November 29th 11am-12pm
Microsoft Lync can transform the communications within your education institution and remove huge cost. Attend this Microsoft webcast presented with Stratford College as they discuss their Lync project. We will hear how Stratford went through from initial business case through planning and implementation to benefits realisation.
Manage your IT Infrastructure from the Cloud with Windows Intune
Tuesday December 13th 11am-12pm
Windows Intune is a comprehensive cloud based PC management and security solution that enables you to manage your schools remotely with no on-premise servers. In addition to remote control, policy management, malware protection and software updates the latest release now includes application deployment. Join this webcast to get an overview of the latest release and see a demo of the solution.
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Tuesday January 17th 11am-12pm
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Free Software for Schools - Introducing the Microsoft Learning Suite
Tuesday January 24th 11am-12:30pm
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Taking a look at the impact of the decreasing salary cap in fantasy leagues.
Following the resolution of the long and tiresome NHL lockout comes a lot of change that will affect players, owners, fans and fantasy hockey managers. In particular, the drop in the NHL's salary cap from $70.2 million to $64.3 million this summer will have massive consequences throughout hockey as teams try to fit all of their existing contracts along with new signings with $6 million less to work with. Even though no games have been played yet, some of the events that occurred since the collective bargaining agreement was signed could give insight in what could happen during player contract negotiations over the next couple years.
Cody Franson (TOR) - $1,200,000 / 1 year
After spending the lockout in Sweden, Cody Franson re-signed with the Maple Leafs for $1.2 million for one year. After getting 29 points in 2010-11 and being on pace for 30 last year (21 points in 57 games), you would think Franson could cash in and earn a decent contract despite playing a flawed game. Instead, Franson signed a cheap one-year deal where he will have to prove himself while earning well under the league minimum. In the meantime he is an excellent cap bargain in points-only leagues and also a decent option in roto leagues with the upside to achieve even better results in the future.
Michael Del Zotto (NYR) - $5,100,000 / 2 years (Cap Hit: $2,555,000)
A few hours after Franson's contract was announced, Del Zotto became one of the best cap bargains in hockey. This contract is clearly a consequence of the upcoming drop in available cap space because a player of his caliber could have been paid well over $4 million under the old CBA. As with most cap bargain deals, this one is only two years in length which will allow Del Zotto to perhaps earn a much bigger contract when the cap is presumably going to begin rising once again.
To assess his true value you first have to remember that he is still just 22 years old. If you are in a points-only league, consider that only 16 defensemen scored more points in 2011-12. If you are in a roto league, he is a very balanced player who provides strong contributions in goals, assists, plus-minus, hits, blocked shots, power play points and shots on goal.
Franson and Del Zotto are great examples of the new CBA producing cap bargains who could be difference makers on your fantasy team over the next couple of years. The more dollars you can save, the more space you have remaining to pay your stars and both defensemen will carry their weight in terms of production.
Travis Zajac (NJ) - $46,000,000 / 8 years (Cap Hit: $5,750,000)
While Franson and Del Zotto settled for short and cheap contracts, Travis Zajac cashed in with a maximum-length contract of eight years and a massive cap hit. The contract is surprising for a player who is not a top-tier centerman but after losing Zach Parise to the Minnesota Wild in free agency it was expected that the Devils would make a push to retain their core players.
In cap leagues Zajac is no longer a good guy to own. Consider the following centermen in the same range of cap hit: Nicklas Backstrom ($6.7 million), Jonathan Toews ($6.3 million), Henrik Sedin ($6.1 million), Henrik Zetterberg ($6.1 million), Mike Richards ($5.75 million) and John Tavares ($5.5 million). Each of them have a better history of production than Zajac.
This contract does show the upcoming battle that players will face while trying to get the best contracts possible for their careers over the next couple years. Evidently there will be sacrifices that will have to be made because there is simply not enough space available to give everyone contracts that they would have earned a year ago. Each player will be fighting to try to take the sacrifice out of their contract.
PK Subban, Jamie Benn, Ryan O'Reilly, Dmitry Kulikov remain unsigned
In addition to the changes made in the new CBA, the crop of unsigned free agents faced another obstacle: time. The new CBA deal was reached on January 6 and was only fully ratified on January 12, the day before training camp started. That only gives players six full days to negotiate before the season starts on Saturday. As a result, there are a few high-profile restricted free agents who could miss the start of the season while holding out for a better contract.
This is again part of the battle that players will face as they try to sign more favorable deals while skipping the bridge-type contracts signed by Del Zotto and Franson in favor of longer contracts such as the one signed by Zajac.
In a perfect world, all of these RFAs would earn the money and term that they deserve relative to their peers. But as stated many times in this article that is just not realistic. It is possible that some teams are willing to give the player a long-term deal with larger cap hit right away while other teams will play hard ball and force the guy to accept a shorter bridge contract to cover the years where the cap crunch will be a factor. Do not be surprised if several RFAs remained unsigned heading into training camp over the next couple years. From the player's perspective, the difference between the bridge contract and the long-term lucrative deal is enormous and the battle is definitely worth fighting. This can in turn affect all poolies as there will be players missing regular season games much like we are seeing right now.
Which players end up taking the hit for the decreasing salary cap ceiling in 2013-14 remains to be seen. But what is certain is that many of the new contracts signed will have a lower cap hit than we are accustomed to see. It is important to know that it is happening and that it will impact many players who are very relevant in fantasy hockey.


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The campus started an initiative to ensure that diversity is accepted and no one is negative toward those who are a member of a minority on campus.
There are no people of color on campus with the exception of a few african americans including my self.
Being international myself, I feel Albion is very diverse. There are quite a few different countries represented at Albion and there are groups and organizations for every ethnicity and religion. These groups and organizations are not only for people in these groups, but also for anyone who wants to learn more about the culture or religion. The cultural groups host events every month.
There are a lot of international students, but most people are white.
There are quite a few international students from a few different countries, but we don't have a vast range of students from other countries.
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It's obvious from walking around campus that Albion is not very diverse. You'll see mostly upper-class white kids from the suburbs, though there are exceptions. The College is trying hard, but it often seems like Albion College students are not. Most students don't come from diverse places, and they can be a little closed-minded when it comes to things they aren't used to. There have unfortunately been a number of racist and homophobic incidents that have occurred on campus. While the College is doing what it can to punish and discourage such acts, its approach can often be underwhelming.
Luckily, there are a lot of student organizations that are taking bigger strides toward diversifying the campus. LGBRITS hosts Coming Out Week every fall, and the Black Student Alliance tries to educate others during Black History Month. The same goes for Albion College Hillel and the Asian Awareness Group. Protests are not uncommon on campus, as the College is fairly politically charged. The College Republicans and Democrats always seem to be at war.
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The Anniston City Council informed the school board last week that it will not purchase the Anniston Middle School property for retail development — a plan first proposed by the previous city council. Anniston officials say an estimated $6 million cost just for the site and its development would be too high and that retail development could be achieved faster and cheaper on city-owned property near the school. Meanwhile, school board members say that without a need to close the middle school, they must come up with a new cost-savings plan to consolidate a system that has too many facilities for too few students.
"We haven't met as a board to discuss it yet, but there is no reason to close it now," Donna Ross, president of the school board, said of the middle school. "We need to look at reorganizing our elementary schools."
Rethinking development
Enrollment in Anniston's five elementary schools is declining. When the board began discussions a year ago to sell the middle school to the city for possible retail development, it also struck plans to consolidate the school system to save money. In May, the board voted to close the middle school, sell it, and use the money to convert Cobb Elementary School into a junior high school, sending all sixth-graders to the remaining four elementary schools.
The city began looking at the middle school property for possible retail development due to its location near the Veterans Memorial Parkway. Once completed in 2015, the parkway will bring increased traffic to the area.
However, after taking a closer look at the middle school site, City Manager Brian Johnson, hired in August, recommended to the council that the property was too expensive and should not be purchased. Johnson estimated it would cost the city at least $6 million just to purchase the property, demolish the school and clear the site for a developer. Johnson said the board also had expected the council to help pay for the renovations of Cobb, but had never provided a concrete figure — throwing an unknown cost variable into the mix.
"The overarching theme here is this is a business decision and has nothing to do with education," Johnson said Friday. "The mayor's commitment to education is beyond reproach."
Mayor Vaughn Stewart said Anniston has quicker and cheaper opportunities for retail development near the parkway, noting the city owns 25 acres on Alabama 21 just north of the middle school. It would take minimal work to prepare the site for a developer, Stewart said.
He added that about 30 acres of property on the east side of Alabama 21 owned by the McClellan Development Authority was available for retail development. The MDA manages development of the former fort.
"Developable property can get developers in quicker than on the middle school site," Stewart said. "And the traffic count there is just tremendous."
According to the latest Alabama Department of Transportation statistics, a traffic counter on Alabama 21 at Summerall Gate Road near the middle school averaged 32,317 trips per day in 2011. In comparison, a traffic counter on Interstate 20 near the Oxford Exchange averaged 37,810 trips a day in 2011.
Back to the drawing board
Anniston schools Superintendent Joan Frazier said the board of education will have a chance to discuss its reorganization plans at a Jan. 17 meeting.
"I'm going to presume at the next meeting, this will be a topic of discussion," Frazier said.
Ross said she was not upset about the city's decision.
"If they don't have the money to buy something, that's totally OK with me," Ross said.
Board member Mary Klinefelter also said the city's decision did not upset her, adding that she only agreed to close the middle school because it might have helped with economic development.
"I was never in favor of closing the middle school, just accommodating the city," Klinefelter said. "The middle school is a good school that we're very fortunate to have."
Klinefelter agreed with Ross that with sale of the middle school off the table, the board needs to revisit its system reorganization plan.
Board member William Hutchings suggested the city's decision indicated a lack of support for the school system.
"I think it's wrong what they've done," Hutchings said. "They've never given to the school system what others have given to their school systems."
Hutchings said the board will now need to look at closing one or two of the city's elementary schools, identifying Cobb and Tenth Street Elementary as prime candidates because they have the lowest student enrollment.
Board member Bill Robison, a former mayor of Anniston, said he understood the city's decision, given the costs involved. Robison said the board will still need to come up with another consolidation plan that does not involve closing the middle school.
"We have five elementary schools and not enough students to justify having five elementary schools," Robison said. "But I don't think it's practical to think that the middle school facility will not be out there because it would be too expensive now to expand or build elsewhere."
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Dr A.P.S. Selvadurai is currently William Scott Professor and James McGill Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
He was born in Sri Lanka and received his undergraduate education in civil engineering at Brighton Polytechnic, U.K. and pursued graduate studies in Soil Mechanics at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London University and Applied Mechanics at Stanford University. In 1971 he obtained his PhD degree in Theoretical Mechanics form the University of Nottingham, under the tutelage of the world renowned continuum mechanicist Professor A.J.M. Spencer FRS, for research in the area of "Second-Order Elasticity Theory", dealing with non-linear mechanics of elastic materials experiencing moderately large deformations. In 1986 he was awarded the first ever research degree of DSc in Theoretical Mechanics also from the University of Nottingham, for his research into Mathematical Modelling of Problems in Geomechanics and Elastomechanics.
He joined the Department of Civil Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 1975 as Assistant Professor, became Professor in 1981 and Head of the Department from 1982 to 1991. In 1993, he was invited by McGill University to become Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, a position he held till 1997. He has held Visiting Professorships at the Division of Theoretical Mechanics, University of Nottingham, U.K, The Laboratoire 3S, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, The Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, The Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, The School of Civil Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and Departement de Genie Civil, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
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In 2003 he received the prestigious Max Planck Research Prize in the Engineering Sciences. He was the first civil engineer to receive the Killam Research Fellowship and the only Canadian engineer to receive the Max Planck, Humboldt and Killam Research Awards.
In 2001 he was awarded the Inaugural John Booker Medal of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics.
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His research work spans a number of areas specifically related to continuum mechanics, theoretical, computational and experimental geomechanics, and applied mathematics. Specific topics of his research include, mechanics of elastic media undergoing large deformations, fracture mechanics, micromechanics of inclusions and defects, poroelasticity, coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in deformable media, mechanics inhomogeneous media, interfaces in geomechanics, fragmentation of brittle geomaterials and transport in porous media. His current research activities combine theoretical, computational and experimental approaches for the study of coupled thermohydro- mechanical processes in geomechanics.
He has published extensively in journals devoted to applied mechanics, geomechanics and applied mathematics and computational mechanics. He has authored, co-authored or Edited 15 books and Special Issues of International Journals with peer review. He is also the author of texts devoted to Elastic Analysis of Soil-Foundation Interaction (Elsevier, 1979), Elasticity and Geomechanics (with R.O. Davis) (Cambridge University Press, 1996) and Partial Differential Equations in Mechanics Vols. 1&2 (Springer-Verlag, 2000), Plasticity and Geomechanics (with R.O. Davis) (Cambridge University Press, 2002). He serves in the Editorial Boards of Nine leading International Journals devoted to Geomechanics, Applied Mechanics, Computational Mechanics and Applied Mathematics. He is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, American Academy of Mechanics, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.


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So a question - was the baseball she threw 296 the standard 5 oz or do we know?


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For the record, Grant Gibbs wasn't winking. He had a nasty purple bruise under his right eye, courtesy of a flying elbow caught in the line of duty.
Nov. 9, and the senior was already in midseason form.
So were his teammates.
The schedule said it was the opener. Has there been a better one? The largest crowd (17,139) for a Creighton opener rocked early and often. The Jays beat an athletic team that could go places later by 20. The head coach struggled to find complaints.
Turnovers in the first half. Rebounding in the second half. And the 3s weren't going in.
Tell you what the Jays need to work on: their 25-foot shots at the halftime buzzer. Gibbs' make was called off because he was just late.
The Jays were right on time. That's the take-away from this relatively easy opening night.
You don't calculate RPIs on Nov. 9. But conventional wisdom in the college hoops world is that North Texas is going to get better, going to win a bunch and be one of those mid-majors that sneaks into the top 40, maybe top 30 of the RPI.
Who knows? That's for slide rules smarter than me.
Here's what I do know: The Jays are expected to go places, be somebody this year. Their nonconference schedule is not loaded with RPI vitamins. This was one of those games that could help.
Anything can happen on opening night, so most schools eat their dessert first on opening night. Creighton took a game against a team nobody will play, a dangerous team with an NBA lotto prospect in Tony Mitchell.
"I thought this was a good idea when I scheduled it," said CU coach Greg McDermott. "This week (as the game got closer), I thought it was a terrible idea."
It was a great idea. With so much expected, CU needed to feel urgency, needed to jump out of the gate.
The Jays came out flying, came out rebounding against a long and tall bunch, came out playing defense. They could have shot better. But that's nit-picking. With this team, you don't worry about the shots.
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That CU answered the opening bell like it was mid-Valley season is a sign that this team might, in fact, be ready to handle what's ahead, and what's expected.
"Now that it's behind us, I'm glad we played this," McDermott said. "We're going to get better because of this. Athletically, top to bottom, they're long, they've got a lot going for them. Down the road, this is going to be a big game for us."
The thing that should make Creightonians feel good is the defense. Last year's team struggled to get stops. Last night's team didn't.
The plan was to double-team Mitchell and switch up the help so the sophomore didn't know where the next defender might come from. They forced the Mean Green's 3-point shooters to drive.
Mitchell, who has the goods, had 18 points and a few highlights. But he got into foul trouble early in the second half as Gregory Echenique and Doug McDermott took turns on him.
The best news about the defense is that the Jays actually executed the plan. No, seriously.
"That's who we are going to have to be," coach McDermott said. "Zero in on what we have to do."
Why did the Jays decide to follow the game plan last night? Maturity?
"Tired of being scored on," Gibbs said. "I suppose you could say maturity, too."
There were some new looks. Echenique, down 10 pounds to a svelte 260, lost weight but plays bigger; he had two blocks and held his ground against the physical North Texans. Ethan Wragge, sporting a full beard, looks like he's 35 and thinks he's an NBA center. He had three blocks.
For NBA scouts keeping score at courtside, Doug Mac flashed his game: 21 points, 11 rebounds and was 8 for 8 from the line. He popped a 3-pointer, but mostly he was inside, mixing it up pretty good. The scouts had to like that. Certainly, his coach and fans did.
Opening night is for potential and the Jays showed that, too. Austin Chatman looks like the next floor general, and he's going to have a nifty sidekick in freshman Andre Yates, who motored around and through the lane in 13 minutes. Will Artino looks more physical. Avery Dingman hit back-to-back 3s. They need to get the ball inside to Echenique more, but there are so many answers on this team, sometimes it may just be a matter of whose turn it is.
"We had more of a sense of urgency because of who we were playing," Gibbs said. "We didn't have a lot of time to get our feet wet. This was a good win."
With that, he went off into the night, presumably to work on that halftime buzzer shot.
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What are recent graduates doing now?
Eric Johnson '07, is the Chorus Manager for the Boston Symphony.
Dejen Tesfagiorgis '08, is the founder and President of ArtsApp.
Brian Casey '05, is a composer/performer with In the Groove.
Learning opportunities outside of the classroom:
Internships. We have internships that span the country, with many in the twin cities. Because here more money is spent per capita on the arts than in any other city in the United States, there is a thriving arts business community near St. Thomas that provides many opportunities for internships. Listed below are just a few examples.
Courtney Wosick (current student) Hal Leonard Music Publishing
Works in advertising and promotion. Duties include management of the company website, advertising sales and billing, working with Amazon.com on Kindle versions of music publications
Rachel Siteman (current student) Sony Music Entertainment
Markets and promotes artists and events in the Twin Cities area. Plans events such as pre-release screenings, contests, etc.; pre-concert marketing, and social media
Bo Bodner '12, Essential Sessions; works in studio management and client relations. Serves as a recording and mix engineer, as well as staff composer/producer
Josh Schwalbach '07 and Erik Johnson '08, Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis), worked in artistic planning, specifically The Composer Institute, and marketing. Johnson also interned at In the Groove Music, working on jingle and advertising music.
Joe Kerber '08, Tinderbox Music Promotions (Minneapolis), contacted college radio stations around the country promoting Tinderbox's clients.
Jon Redwine '08, Capital Records (Los Angeles), worked in artistic administration, production and artist development.
Study abroad. A great percentage of our students studies abroad. They tend to go to a number of different places that UST offers. Global exposure certainly enhances every student's perspective on the working world, and in music business, international experience helps students get a better understanding of music's effect outside of the United States.
Faculty at work
Our faculty consists of international conductors and performers appearing as guest artists in countries across Europe, the United Kingdom, South America, China, Japan and Australia. Our faculty also has delivered papers nationally and internationally, sometimes appearing as headline speakers at major scholarly conferences. Faculty members who teach in our music business program are immersed in local professional organizations and have key ties to influential local and national art organizations and businesses.
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