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Topical talk on the Peavey/Waves IPR amp collaboration, the Eleven Rack from Avid/Digidesign, and Weezer’s weird Snuggie promo caper

Download (http://prosoundnewseurope.com/mp3/SonicState_Talk153.mp3) | Listen on Sonicstate.com (http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2009/11/12/podcast-sonic-talk153-weezer-snuggies-space-rockers/)

Source: SonicState.com Talk 153 – Weezer Snuggies

Members can save 10% on the CMOOR Group courses through October 2010

Source: NSCA University Increases Online Training Offerings

At any given point in 2009, World Cafe host David Dye’s Top 10 list would inevitably look different. So consider this a snapshot — and otherwise subject to change at any time. Some picks won’t be new to most readers, but others qualify as left-field musical discoveries.

Source: The Top 10 Albums Of 2009, From ‘World Cafe’

We just received word about a brand-new nonprofit organization in Canada called Clinique juridique des artistes de Montreal, or CJAM. For non French-speakers, that translates to the Montreal Artists Legal Clinic.

Read on for more info about this org and American groups that offer similar services. read more

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Source: Montreal Artists Legal Clinic Launches in Canada

Hollywood, Calif. based post-production sound company Todd-AO has entered into an agreement to extend the lease for its Todd-AO West facility, located within the Lantana complex at 3000 Olympic Blvd. in Santa Monica. Todd-AO West comprises five mixing stages, one ADR stage, one Foley stage and a number of editorial rooms.

Source: Todd-AO Extends Presence in Santa Monica

Sound by Design installs the UK’s first Meyer Sound UP-4XP speakers at The Royal Albert Hall’s new purpose-built performance space. Simon Duff reports.

Source: RAH’s Elgar Room: enigma solved

Having previously spent 15 months with its big brother the XL8 on the final Oasis world tour, Monitor Engineer Nahuel Gutierrez found the transition to the PRO6 an easy one

Source: Midas PRO6 Chosen For Monitors On UK Concert Tour Featuring The Noisettes

More, more, more songs!

Source: These People Recorded A Song In A Weekend: Part Four

Just wanted to let all of you out there in internet-land that FMC is once again seeking a Google Policy Fellow for Summer 2010. Meaning, it could be you who joins us for a wonk-and-music-filled season in DC!

FMC’s prime directive (sounds kinda Star Trek) is advocating for musicians and informing policymakers about the issues that impact artists. We work to ensure that musicians have access to platforms like radio and the internet, enjoy their right to speech, and can benefit from improved structures for compensation. We also keep a close eye on new business models and the tools that musicians are using in the digital age. read more

This one leaves me practically speechless. Endgadget reports on the newest piece of moronic geekiness from Sky Mall, purveyors of that catalog of pointless money-wasters for people who’ve been on the plane for long enough to impair their judgment and rob them of any shred of common sense. The Micro Bluetooth Spy Earpiece is so small, it fits deep within your ear canal, only inches from your eardrum, and is retrieved using the included “super strong magnet.”

Wow. Even if we overlook the disturbing idea of short-cycle Bluetooth radio waves pulsing away only an inch or so from your brain, is it really a good idea to put anything that tiny deep inside your ear canal…?