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Leah Gliniewicz

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Aftershock

The music industry's ongoing problems continue to affect the local dance community

By Leah Gliniewicz
Jan 29, 2004

In the past four years, the music business has experienced a near meltdown, hemorrhaging billions of dollars and sending shock waves that have reverberated all the way to South Florida's dance music industry. Slow CD sales, a lukewarm U.S. economy, and peer-to-peer downloading of copyrighted music have continued to hammer...
Very Impotent People

Are VIP rooms the scourge of South Florida clubland?

By Leah Gliniewicz
Sep 11, 2003

The days of underground, grungy, basement-like minimalist clubs are long gone. In the mid- to late '90s, Miami Beach pioneered the high-profile über-clubs that soon became standard South Florida fare. Shortly after the much-hyped opening of Amnesia (now Opium Garden), preferred customer passes fetched about $400, unless you knew someone...
Computer Booty

Electro-duo Jackal & Hyde splits from the peninsular pack

By Leah Gliniewicz
Jun 26, 2003

Scott Weiser and Todd Walker never agree about what to call their music. But the Jackal & Hyde duo from Palm Beach Gardens is certain of what it is not. Their Sunshine State of mind is just a geographical happenstance, not a musical one. Try to peg their sound as...
Slammin' Truth

Richard Negri can handle the truth -- and a mic

By Leah Gliniewicz
May 8, 2003

From love poems to memoir-fueled writings, Richard Negri loves to tell a good story. His spoken-word songs don't imitate life; they mirror it. The 35-year-old Coral Springs native behind the Abstract Truth started writing in elementary school and performing at 17. Negri's unadulterated poetry-slammer delivery amplifies his raw connection to...
Infinite Justice

Moody by nature, electronica maven Infiniti travels an endless loop

By Leah Gliniewicz
Mar 13, 2003

In the driveway of the Port St. Lucie house Infiniti shares with his fiancée, 19-month-old son, and stepfather sits a '57 Chrysler Imperial once owned by singer Karen Carpenter. Infiniti's studio is lined with pillowy fabric columns and acoustic tiles, providing him a dead-neutral sound environment. The preproduction outfit was...

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