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Archive for December 2007

December 31st, 2007

b5media Music Bloggers Share Their Top Of 2007 Lists

OurDigitalMusic’s own list of Top 10 Digital Music Stories of 2007
Big Apple Music Scene’s Top 30 Albums Of 2007
Metal Martyr has his own Best And Worst Of ‘07
Earsucker has a 50 Song List 2007 Extravaganza complete with an imeem player mix of the tracks
Toronto Unplugged says 2007 Shapes The Music Industry plus Top Albums […]

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December 30th, 2007

Top 10 Digital Music Stories Of 2007

Music sales dropped 15% or more over 2006.  Sales were down 21% in the week before Christmas alone. But 2007 was the year that fans regained control of the music.

Three of the four top label groups (EMI, Universal, and and last week WMG) stopped adding restrictive software to their downloads. This means 80% […]

By bhoughton -- 9 comments

December 29th, 2007

Last Week’s Music Industry News And How It Could Effect You…

This may have been a holiday week, but it didn’t stop a few major music industry stories from breaking that could effect the music you love and enjoy…

GREAT NEWS FOR CONSUMERS: The Warner Music family of labels (Warner, Elektra, Atlantic, Rhino and Nonesuch) started selling its catalog as DRM free mp3’s on Amazon.com leaving Sony […]

By bhoughton -- 3 comments

December 28th, 2007

Beware Of The Music You Put In Your New iPod Or Zune

Got a new iPod, Zune or other music player and can’t wait to fill it up with great music?  A quick Google search for the best download opr mp3 sites will show some deals that seem too good to be true.   Well, they probably are…
You want to steer clear of web sites that claim to […]

By bhoughton -- 3 comments

December 27th, 2007

Amazon Adds DRM Free MP3 Downloads From Warner Music

Today Amazon.com announced that DRM-free music downloads from Warner Music Group of record labels (Warner, Elektra, Atlantic and more) are available (exclusively for now) on Amazon MP3. This means that acts like The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rob Thomas, Diddy, The Eagles, Green Day, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Metallica and man others […]

By bhoughton -- 1 comment

December 26th, 2007

TheOneLove.org - Blogging For Good Instead Of Ego

There are literally millions of blogs out there with hundreds of thousands focused on music. Here at OurDigitalMusic.com, I like to spotlight a few music blogs that are actually worth your time and energy. TheOneLove.org deserves your attention on many levels.
First, the site is both by and for people that love music. […]

By bhoughton -- 2 comments

December 24th, 2007

Digital Music Makes Great Last Minute Christmas Gifts

Don’t have time to run crowded store to crowded store to grab you last minute Christmas gifts? Digital music bought and delivered over the internet may be the answer.  Here are some of our favorite last minute digital music gifts:

A three month subscripition to eMusic.  The can pick 90 downloads of their choice. Price: $30
A […]

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December 22nd, 2007

Last Week’s Music Industry News And How It Could Effect You…

Hypebot announced the winners of its 2007 Best Music Blogs contest.
Concert giant Live Nation shared details of its plan to move its ticketing from Ticketmaster; a move that should be good for fans.
Warner Music Group settled its lawsuit with XM over the Pioneer Inno radio. This year-end deal followed a similar settlement between Universal Music […]

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December 20th, 2007

5 More Great Indie Bands You’ll Want To Know About

Lucky Soul – Lips Are Unhappy, Lonely This Christmas
In an effort to bring do-it-yourself culture to the UK Charts this Christmas – Lucky Soul are in a bid to make it to number one for the Christmas Charts this year. Their single is ‘Lips Are Unhappy,’ backed with their cover of festive favourite ‘Lonely This […]

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December 19th, 2007

All Downloads Are Not Created Equal

When you pay for a download, don’t you expect it to sound as good as if you’d bought a CD?
Different download services sell downloads at different qualities. Lower kbps (kilobits per second) means the track will take up less space on your portable player. But the higher the kbps, the better it will sound. […]

By bhoughton -- 2 comments

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