Grading Pono: How is Neil Young's new music concept faring?

Neil Young’s career has spanned nearly half a century, from songwriting to rocking, to filmmaking and environmental causes. Now he is trying his hand at technology, and in doing so, he is taking on the music industry as we know it.

Inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame not once but twice, Neil Young is a cultural force. As the visionary of Pono he took his star power, connections, and money to get the product off the ground. His passion seems real. Now he serves as the leader of the movement, with a business behind him.

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Jammio - An Online Community For Music Collaboration and Marketing.

(Dallas, TX) June 20, 2012 - Jammio, LLC. is launching Jammio.com (Beta): An online collaboration tool for musicians to both market their services and securely request the services of other like-minded artists.

Jammio.com provides community profiles and a marketplace that showcases artists’ current works and helps them to develop unique future works. The social website provides a basis for artists to collaborate free of political borders and financial hindrances. No matter the vision of the artist, there is a place for them on Jammio.com.

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New Facebook App Lights The Fuse For A Full-blown Music Revolution

Most of all, we need artists and fans to really take ownership of this community, and take advantage of the free options we’re putting out there. This really does need to be a team effort, and I think we have the strength and the ability as indie artists to build something huge, so we can have the kind of impact that we need in order to benefit all of the incredibly talented independent artists out there that are struggling right now, and also to impact the fans that are missing out on a lot of great music because of it. We’ve had a great response from artists so far, and we’re confident that these solutions will bring some big changes to the way the music industry operates in the coming years. The best is yet to come!”

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