For $1,200, Your Band Can Seem 'Popular' on MySpace

Click the link to the full story and read the awesome exchange between Sage Francis' rep and the scammers. I hope that bands don't get suckered into believing a fake number of plays on MySpace will really boost...

Taxi Driver Blogger Clashes With Pop Legend Prince

This raises some interesting questions about fair use. What if a natural disaster or a crime occurred, and you're standing nearby with your video camera. You start rolling, capturing the entire scene - but in the...

Independent Idol: Taylor Hicks Goes It Alone

Too bad for Taylor, but if every other Idol winner's debut goes platinum and scores a big radio single,  the expectation is that he should be able to do it too. With record industry sales plummeting to...

Radiohead Scores Another U.K. No. 1 Album

What's amazing about the Radiohead juggernaut is that, in the midst of confounding conventional industry revenue models and maintaining their status as darlings of the music blogosphere, they've gone ahead and...

David Byrne's look at the future of music is good online journalism

"What is called the music business today, however, is not the business of producing music. At some point it became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But that's not...

Jay-Z to Step Down as President of Def Jam

Formerly retired rapper and current head of Def Jam, Jay-Z, will leave his position as CEO and President of Def Jam Records at the end of this year. He's also signaled an end to his rap retirement, with the...

"Danger: Avoid Death"

I knew I was forgetting to avoid something."DETROIT - Here are some words to live by, from a warning label on a small tractor: "Danger: Avoid Death." That warning is the winner of the 11th annual "Wacky Warning...

Memjet New Color Printing Technology 60 pages per minute

"New Color Printing Technology is the First to Deliver High-Speed, Quality Color at a Breakthrough Price/Performance Page-wide technology, backed by 1,400 U.S. patents, is available for OEMs targeting home, office, photo-kiosk and label markets The new Memjet™ color...

Jay-Z's American Gangster: All or Nothing

Jay-Z is not allowing his latest album, American Gangster, to be sold via the iTunes Music Store. The official word is that AG, a concept album, is meant to be heard in its entirety, though it's also possibly a...

Radiohead's new box set: A plot at the end of In Rainbows?

A new box set of Radiohead's back catalogue is being released by its old label at the same time as the band's new album, In Rainbows. Some say EMI's timing reflects a behind-the-scenes feud between the label and Radiohead."Tension between Radiohead and EMI was highlighted...

Kanye Wests mother dies after cosmetic procedure

"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The mother of hip-hop mogul Kanye West died following a "cosmetic procedure" in Los Angeles this weekend, her publicist told CNN Monday. art.donda.west.ap.jpg Kanye West and his mother, Donda West, in May 2006. But Patricia Green, the...

Provigil Side Effects include Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Warns the FDA

FDA WARNING Provigil which is made by drug manufacturer Cephalon, is used to treat people suffering from narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnea and stops them falling asleep at random times during the day.The FDA...

Madonna And Live Nation Change History

" The music industry has grown accustomed to prophecies of doom over the past few years and news that Madonna and Radiohead have abandoned their former paymasters has bolstered the perception that the end of the major record label is nigh. Madonna - the most successful female...

Britney Spears Album To Be Released 2 Weeks Earlier

" Britney Spears will release her new album later this month, two weeks earlier than planned, because some recordings have already been leaked online, her label has announced. Blackout, Spears' first album of new material in four years, will reach stores on October 31...

Guy Hands: "Embrace digital or die"

This has been coming for a long time. Big Music has been dragged kicking and screaming towards the digital realm. CD sales have been going down hill for years now and Artists are starting to branch out on their...

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