Hello from Inside!  Long time no blogging.  Sorry about that.

Winter has been very cold around the globe.  A friend who lives in Finland wrote to Insider that she has been experiencing -25 Celsius these days.  Another friend from Sweden blogged that at her house the thermometer marked -28 degrees.  Japan has been cold but maybe we shouldn’t complain… although Insider caught cold.  Everyone be careful!

By the way, last week was Grammy Week so Insider picked up some music-oriented videos and audio files from the iUniv classes. 

Stanford University
Stanford Technology Ventures Program - Tracks
Music Artists Go Entrepreneurial - Tony Perkins (AlwaysOn Panel)
http://iuniv.tv/top/episode/eid/46761/pid/3183#
This audio file features the great Quincy Jones III!  With a groovy talking style, he talks about the effect of YouTube, UStream, MySpace etc…  He mentions that it has become easy for everyone to become an artist or a blogger, but that does not necessarily contribute to the actual quality of music (he does not ‘quote’ so, but Insider thinks that’s what he implies).  A very interesting 60+ minutes.

Berklee College of Music
Music Lessons- IV
Inside SXSW with Berkleemusic
http://iuniv.tv/top/episode/eid/1088/pid/87
Although Internet has made the music world smaller, seeing the artists and business people live is always the best way to connect with one another.  SXSW has played a very important role in this sense, and Berklee reports the inside of this huge event.