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Now playing at MySpace Music: Mos Def live in Japan + Embedded extended clip

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Current Music Presents: Embedded

The best part about my job as online producer for Current Music is that I sit right here in the heart of the department, and since January I've had a front-row seat to watch the development of a new show unlike anything you've ever seen. Embedded, premiering on Wednesday, October 14, is the kind of TV any music fan dreams of—and though you have no real reason to believe me, I swear I'm saying that first and foremost as that lucky music fan, not because I work here. (Rolling Stone also picked us as one of their 50 reasons to watch TV. In one of the weirdest but most awesome and accurate reviews I've ever read about anything, they said, “If Animal Planet had a show that captured musicians in their natural habitats, it would look like this refreshingly raw documentary series.”)

I think Embedded could hold its own even if there were a dozen shows like it on the air, but there just aren't, not on Animal Planet or even MTV for that matter. Anyone who's gotten a glimpse at the inner workings of an entertainment publication or TV show has a laundry list of sad stories about how hard it is to actually document the life of a musician, to get enough time with an artist or a new album that you can actually feel justified in making a bold pronouncement, anointing a new heir or crowning a new queen.

Embedded is a descendant of the best of Current Music's short- and long-form content, all organized around a simple, essential set of principles: Intimate. Exclusive. Access. We aren't going into each part of the special with a set idea of what the story is. Instead we start with the artists we most respect and collaborate to create opportunities where we can film them on stage and off, in the moments when most other crews are kicked to the curb or put down their cameras. We spent a week on the ground in Japan with Mos Def, perched on Silversun Pickups' shoulder as they played "Swoon" for the first time in front of a live audience, and criss-crossed the country with Common as he worked harder than a campaigning politician to prove to new and old fans just how powerful he thinks music can be.

And true to Current's own hybrid heritage, we've been (if quietly) taking the temperature of online communities as we select which artists to work with, what to ask them that won't be the same 10 questions they've heard at any album release press junket, and how to use the best and smartest information on the web to make TV like you've never seen before. Instead of waiting for a polished produced piece, we posted clips from a secret tweet-up show with Amanda Palmer within the week and dropped three a capellas with Mos performing songs from "The Ecstatic" the week before that album dropped. I'm working to stack current.com/embedded with all the extras, inside information and interaction I've always wanted as a music fan. Plus there will be some incredible interactive features you won't see anywhere else—because the brainiacs behind Current.com had to invent them.

The worst part about my job is not yet being able to tell you every single thing about what you'll see on the six parts of Embedded. But here's a little tease, and leading up to October 14, we'll have a little more, and then (the part we're really looking forward to) we'll get to hear what you think of it all.

Be sure to join the Embedded Group at current.com so you don't miss any exclusive sneak peeks. The best part about my job as online producer for Current Music is that I sit... more

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Wandering through the desert with Imogen Heap

When Imogen Heap was in California last month, giving her fans a sneak first listen of... more

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Get loud, get glam, get on stage

I get asked just about every day in this job what kind of music I like, and though the... more

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K-Beta “Inglorious Beta” DMV Promo Tour

DMV area emcee K-Beta will be dropping his Inglorious Beta project on April 1st, and... more

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Innosphere Radio Interview on WHPK Radio 88.5FM – www.WHPK.org

The nu-soul duo Innosphere, which is the pairing of producer Kenny Keys and singer... more

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Get 2 free albums from Crown City Rockers with the purchase of a ticket to upcoming show

To celebrate the upcoming Crown City Rockers/BLVD/DJ Malarkey show, the venue Mystic... more

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Numb. Masked Avengers on a mission to save variety in music.

Still Life Satic, a genre-melding band from Charlotte, NC, play Numb live at the... more

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DR. DOG Live at the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival 2009

DR. DOG Live at the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival 2009 Editing by: Raymond Grubb

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The String Cheese Incident (SIDE CHEESES)

The side projects from members of the widely loved String Cheese Incident including... more

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Live From SugarHill Studios - Episode 15

Suzanna Choffel and The Umbrella Man are the musical guests. Community guest and... more

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Example of DeeJaying/Live PA evolution

Another example of the evolution of Hip Hop and other electronic music incorporating... more

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Embedded Outtake: Silversun Pickups Perform "Panic Switch" Acoustic at KROQ

On this episode of Embedded, Silversun Pickups take us through the busiest week of... more

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IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: -- "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" The time for ACTION IS NOW!

Excerpt from Chapter 3: Sea-level rise will extend areas of salinisation of... more

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"Ruby"-fave song of the moment.

ok, soo. i love love love these people. watch the whole thing. "ruby" is... more

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More PUNCH love:)

get ready to foot stomp-weeeeeeeeeeeeedoooogiiiesssss!

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UPDATED! Punch Brothers--> my first story will leave you knocked out after folking rocking out

let this video load, watch it, then go buy some sweet sweet tickets to a punch... more

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THIS is the reason i will forever love Current forever and ever and ever and ever and ever..

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Did the Concert Industry Survive 2009?

Live Fix writer, Chris Catania, tackles some 'fan-centric' issues related to... more

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Did you miss Mos Def in Japan? Watch tonight at 10pm.

Starting tonight, watch all eight episodes of Current Music Presents: Embedded every... more

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