She is a Singer, songwriter, clawhammer banjo player, and recording artist who tours the world performing in both English and Chinese.

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As he tells NPR's Tavis Smiley, he began working for a local recording company as a session player when he was just 16, for musicians such as Otis Redding, Eddie Floyd and Wilson Pickett.

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Menomena sets a tempo in Deeler and then someone records a track, at which point that recording is passed to the next player, who lays down another track, and so on.

NPR: First Listen: Menomena, 'Mines'

In his 20s and 30s he attempted to break into the music industry and had some success, securing a contract with a recording company as a singer and keyboard player.

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As a hybrid recording, it plays in regular stereo and on a regular CD player.

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The MP3 format has grown popular enough to put the fear of God into the Recording Industry Association of America and spawn a hot new gadget the Rio digital music player.

CNN: Books on tape, on the Web

The just-unveiled Media Player 7 handles most audio and video formats, is an MP3 jukebox for recording, organizing and playing music, and has enough advanced features to take on the competition - including a 10-band equalizer, a psychedelic light-show that pulses in time to the music, and appearance-changing "skins" that turn the gray box into things like the big green head pictured.

CNN: Cutting Edge

In 1971, working with Ralph Simon, a keyboard player in a rival band, he started a new company for music publishing, recording and concert promotion.

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Rather than simply simply allowing real-time recording of a radio station, the Connect can transfer a song or the song's album to the player if it is available on Yahoo!

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