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If you’re anything like me you spend a little too much time scouring the internet for music news and new bands. Music industry insider blog Hypebot is running a contest to find out which blogs fans read to get their music news and to discover new bands.
Late next week they’ll put it to a vote (check back and we’ll tell you exactly when), but for starters they need nominations for blogs (and they use the term broadly) in these four categories:

Best Music News Blog
Best Music Discovery Blog
Best Niche Music Blog
Best Band Or Fan Blog

You can visit Hypebot and and …read more

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Do you love discovering great new bands before your friends do? If so, the net makes it a whole lot easier. Here is a list of our favorite online music discovery sites:

AudioLunchbox – Try this one only if you have lots of time. Over 2 million licensed and DRM free song downloads. Many from unknown indie acts.
Epitonic – Explore new music and create playlists with some free downloads
Hypster – Allows you to upload your music, create a playlist and share it with others, even on social networking sites. Let people see & hear the bands …read more

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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour is giving away 3 tracks from his new DVD “Remember That Night-Live At The Royal Albert Hall” to Verizon Wireless users. The live versions of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Comfortably Numb” can be downloaded for free from the VCast Music store via either a wireless phone or via the PC for a limited time. Verizon will begin charging for them early next year. Ringtones and ringbacks tone are also available for sale.
PS: We saw that Amazon had the DVD (which lists for $24.98) for sale for $17.99.
PPS: Since Pink Floyd …read more

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The popular Guitar Hero video game is leading to increased download song sales for the acts featured.
GREAT NEWS: Free downloads supported  by ads is expanding and MySpace has plans to join the experiment.
An exclusive interview with band empowerment and music discovery site ReverbNation’s Michael Dorenberg.
Is the march by record labels to drop restrictive copy protection and offer only DRM free music stalled?
Like indie music? Check out this week’s Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 sellers.
More @ Hypebot.com

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Saving you money on CD’s, downloads and the players you use to enjoy them is a large part of what OurDigitalMusic is all about.  Here are some recent articles we’ve published to help you make the most of your Christmas cash:

Save Up To 80% on iPods, Zen And Other Top Portable Players
Find The Best Prices On CD’s & Downloads With Biggerboat
5 Best Places To Buy MP3’s
Save Money On Concert Tickets
Amazon Opens MP3 Download Store With Lower Prices
iTunes Lowers Prices On DRM Free Tracks & Adds Indie Product

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Rue Melo – Fallen  A tri-lingual beauty who sings in English, French and Spanish, Melo has a level of soul rarely seen in today’s artists. In addition to her vocal and songwriting capabilities Melo is also backed by one heck of an impressive band. I was hooked within the first 90 seconds of this album and look forward to keeping it in my player for a very long time. The music of Rue Melo and her band is like Joss Stone on a whole other level making her eponymous debut a definite album of the year candidate. (via 60Second Review)
Gemma …read more

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OK we admit that is kind of a misleading headline and photo. But we wanted to get your attention to encourage you to visit our sister music blogs:

TheRockDose offers a daily dose of wisdom from our favorite artists.
Hypebot covers music, technology and the new music industry.
The B5 Music Channel is a collection of almost 30 great music blogs.

Our sisters thank you.

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In no particular order…

“Alice’s Restaurant” – Arlo Guthrie
“Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” – Sly & The Family Stone
“Thank You” – Dido
“The Thanksgiving Song” – Adam Sandler
“Thank You For The Music“- Abba
“Thank You Lord” – Bob Marley
“Thank You” – Led Zeppelin
“We Are Family” – Sister Sledge
“Thank U” Alanis Morissette
“Thank You Girl” – The Beatles

Check out the 52Bands blog’s fun list of Thanksgiving songs here.

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If having 10 or 20,000 songs on your iPod isn’t enough; you may already be a fan of Rhapsody or Napster’s music subscription services that allow you to listen to more than a million tracks on demand.  Now Rhapsody has taken things even further with the ibiza.
This Wi-Fi-enabled portable media player that connects directly to RealNetworks’  Rhapsody digital music service and stream user-generated videos from AOL Video. A 30GB model is available now for about $329, while 8GB ($249) and 4GB ($229) models before the Christmas shopping season.  Shop for discounts.

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Information is power when it comes to saving money and the internet provides lots of it when it comes to concert tickets.

Save on those high ticketing fees by calling the venue direct.  Sometimes you can save on fees by buying direct (on the web or phone) and picking them up at the box office.
Go direct: band web sites sometimes offer cheaper fees and better seats through fan ticketing.
Ninja Tickets is a special search engine that helps you find the best prices available for sold out shows.
If you still haven’t saved enough,  here are three creative ways to get concert tickets …read more

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