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Orchestras Become Record Labels...

Thursday, 01 April 2010 13:50 Gene Gaudette

... and the Internet becomes a virtual concert hall. Daniel Wakin has the story and the links.

Apologies for the dearth of posts in the last two weeks; back up to speed soon.

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