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Music Venture #1,091

Like a new real estate agent in Los Angeles, give a warm welcome to another music venture in an already saturated market. From the founder of iMusic.com (sold to ArtistDirect Inc. and then to Apple) comes a way to get more mail delivered to your inbox every day. It’s called DailyCD and it’s a free newsletter featuring music articles and albums. The catch, only one per day. So to not inundate you. How novel!
You might have heard of the flagship email newsletter, DailyOM, which is one that can be both inspirational and nauseating at the same time just depending on the day.
DailyCD is about the same. We tried it all week and here are the five picks they sent along to us. You be the judge. Do you like their picks? Would they inspire you to actually buy any of these records?
April 28, 2006
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
April 27, 2006
A Life in Music
Ananda Shankar
April 26, 2006
Miss Perfumado
Cesaria Evora
April 25, 2006
The Life Pursuit
Belle & Sebastian
April 24, 2006
Just About Everything
Bob Dorough
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