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Archive for May 2008

May 31st, 2008

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

LaLa adds 10 cent song streams backed by $20 million from WMG.

Can The Music Industry Save Itself? - Part 3. Build Label Brands, Part 4. Chase The Niches
An insider gives his take on label branding
American Idol totally dominates the US charts. Is this the day the music died?
Study ranks US 8th in music intelligence
Winning Fans [...]

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May 31st, 2008

Time To Say Goodbye…

I’ll be phasing out of both OurDigitalMusic and TheRockDose this week and I’m sure more capable hands will be taking over. I love blogging for b5media and all of the great bloggers on the Music Channel, but I have to admit that my schedule does not permit me to do everything or at least [...]

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May 31st, 2008

Senior Citizens Cover Coldplay’s “Young At Heart”

My grandparents were never this cool. How about yours?

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May 31st, 2008

Around The Music Channel Last Month

52 Bands lists the Be Your Own Pet tour dates.
Austin Sound Check  got a taste of Kanye West’s uber-inflated ego.
Big Apple Music gives you the list of the JVC Jazz Festival.
Brit Music Scene talks about the Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty duet that may never happen.
Christian Music Fan reviewed Scott Wilder ‘All I Need’ Album.
Country [...]

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May 30th, 2008

Free Radiohead This Weekend On Imeem

imeem users can now stream the entire 30-song special edition of Radiohead: The Best Of, as well as every music video from Radiohead: The Best Of DVD for free  days prior to the North American release on June 3.  Until then, the album and DVD are exclusively available on imeem here.  Fans can create custom [...]

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May 30th, 2008

12 Free MP3’s Courtesy Of The Orchard

 
Joan As Police Woman | To Be Lovedfrom To Survive [Cheap Lullaby Records]

The Dodos | Ashley
from Visiter [Frenchkiss Records]

Laura Cantrell | Love
Vigilantes
from Trains and Boats and Planes [Diesel Only]

Les Savy Fav | Sweat
Descendsfrom After The Balls Drop (Live NYE) [Frenchkiss Records]

Testament | The
Formation of Damnationfrom The Formation of Damnation [Nuclear Blast]

April March
& Steve Hanft | [...]

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May 29th, 2008

Create An Online Slide Show Of Your Favorite Band

Check out this example from The Machine Preforms Pink Floyd and create your own to paste on MySpace, Facebook or wherever free via RockYou.com.

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May 29th, 2008

AOL Music Adds Hip Hop & Country Sites

AOL Music has added two new genre sites: The Boot and The Boom Box dedicated exclusively to country and urban (hip hop and R&B). AOL also runs Spinner for indie music and PopEater for fans of pop. AOL Music is the Web’s most trafficked music site according to some charts.
All of these sites offer video [...]

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May 28th, 2008

Top 10 Countries For Music Lovers

Iceland 119   
Japan   112   
Ireland 107   
Spain   106   
Great Britain   106   
New Zealand     104   
Sweden  101   
United States   101   
France  100   
Canada  100   

26,000 music lovers from 25 countries took a Music Intelligence test designed to determine whether they have a well-rounded music collection.  At [...]

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May 27th, 2008

Last Week’s Music Business News & How It Could Effect You…

Napster has switched to all mp3 with 6 million tracks from all 4 majors and many indies for sale. Here’s an interview with Napster COO Christopher Allen.

Can The Music Industry Save Itself? Part I - Intro, Part II - Off With Their Heads.
“A Band With A Plan” takes a fresh approach to the fan [...]

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