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National Geographic - Sunday Stills

See photos from the "Day of the Dead" in Mexico. View the email on a web browser. Sunday Stills ISSUE 15 Sunday, May 11, 2014 YOUR SHOT The Power of a Smile Photograph by Steven Chou For this Your Shot assignment, embrace the universal language of a smile. “Avoid the polite, posed, studio smile,” says Marie McGrory, editor of the assignment. Show us “the incredible things and people that make you smile each day, or the fleeting moments that make the sides of your mouth curl upwards ever so slightly.” SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS NEWS Cold War Spy-Satellite Images Unveil Lost Cities PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY INTERNET ARCHAEOLOGY/JESSE CASANA, JACKSON COTHREN, AND TUNA KALAYCI A study of Cold War spy-satellite photos has tripled the number of known archaeological sites across the Middle East, revealing thousands of ancient cities, roads, canals, and other ruins. The new Corona Atlas of the Middle East, unveiled recently at the Society for American Archaeology’s annual meeting, moves spy-satellite science to a new level. Surveying land from Egypt to Iran—and encompassing the Fertile Crescent, the renowned cradle of civilization and location of some of humanity’s earliest cities—the atlas reveals numerous sites that had been lost to history. READ YOUR SHOT Photographing the Day of the Dead Photograph by Daniel Kudish “As an artist, I never feel like I am done growing and am always thirsty to learn something new,” says Your Shot member Daniel Kudish. Last fall, Kudish had the opportunity to photograph the Day of the Dead—or Dia de los Muertos—in Mexico while attending National Geographic photographer David Alan Harvey’s workshop. Take a look at some of his images. LOOK INSTANCE Photographer Brian Skerry A pair of double-bar goatfish (male and female) spawn at dusk in the waters off Millennium Atoll in the central South Pacific. These remote reefs remain largely unspoiled, with healthy fish biomass and coral cover up to 100 percent in most locations. Coverage from an upcoming story in @natgeo about the Southern Line Islands. @thephotosociety @natgeocreative #pristineseas #kiribati #subal READ YOUR SHOT The Beauty of Street Photography photograph by Diogo Pereira “Once I asked a lady if I could take a portrait of her, and she said to me, ‘Ho, no, no way, I’m terrible right now. I don’t have the proper clothing, and I don’t have any makeup,’” says Your Shot contributor Diogo Pereira. “I finally persuaded her and I took a portrait of her. This is why I love taking street portraits; people aren’t expecting that they’ll be photographed that day, so they’re dressed as normal as possible and don’t have any makeup on, [the way they would if] they were about to start a photography session in a studio. People that I photograph are themselves—they don’t add anything that they wouldn’t have or use or wear on a regular day.” READ Show Your Support: SHOP DONATE SUBSCRIBE TRAVEL You are receiving this email because yes@therainbow.com is signed up to receive National Geographic communications. If you prefer not to receive emails from us, please unsubscribe. To ensure that you receive your National Geographic emails, please add ngs@e.nationalgeographic.com to your address book now. Learn how. Contact Us | Privacy Policy | About Us | Customer Service National Geographic | 1145 17th Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036 Copyright © 2014 National Geographic Society. All Rights Reserved.

I love great art, no matter the medium.

DANIEL GLASS

1. Word of the year...RELENTLESS! That's a key to Daniel's success, his unflagging devotion to getting it done.

2. Last year's word...INSPIRATION! You can't create if you've got no inspiration. Keith Richards told Daniel to go to Marrakesh, Daniel did, he's traveled the world to get recharged and inspired. That's where the great music comes from, that's why so many of the great records were cut in unique, out of the way, locations. Whether they be Headley Grange or the Chateau. You mix it up and you get ideas. So get out of the house and experience!

3. The live show is what closes Glassnote on the act.

4. If Daniel can't see the act being on terrestrial radio, he doesn't sign it. He learned this lesson from Jerry Moss. There's a treasure trove of wisdom out there if you mine it.

5. He pays out 50% to the artists on recordings. That may change, a la Martin Mills/Beggars, but Daniel believes in fair deals. If everybody's not happy, it doesn't work. He had one treacherous negotiation, he regrets it.

6. If you want to be on another label, do so. Glassnote is only interested in those who are only interested in them.

7. He doesn't hire anybody from major labels, because he doesn't want to untrain them, to hear the old war stories and how they did it where they used to work.

8. Everybody but his general manager is under thirty, you must be willing to work 7 days a week, or Glassnote is not for you.

9. You must read the Sunday "New York Times." It's a requirement of employment at Glassnote.

10. Terrestrial radio usually doesn't get the new and different. Don't try to find something that fits a slot, discover something unique and bring radio to it. That's why the live show must be so good. So Daniel can bring radio programmers to the gig to be closed.

11. Glassnote wants the merch. They've got an in-house guy who does it. If the act becomes really big, they'll make a deal with a larger company. On big acts, as much as 40% of merch is sold outside the venue, i.e. not at the gig.

12. Glassnote does not require a 360. Does not require you to sign publishing, although they do have a publishing company with six employees focused on syncs.

13. Satellite radio counts. It's where acts get started, get their buzz.

14. Don't be afraid of new technology/ideas. While everybody else decried Spotify, Glassnote embraced it. There's no money in being rooted to the past, and there's a ton of money in the future.

15. Nothing advertises your label more than successful acts. If someone's interested in signing to Glassnote, Daniel says to talk to Phoenix or Mumford or... Treat people right. Karma...it comes back.

I love great art, no matter the medium.