Things happening in the music business. Industry news, trends, etc.
Remember last month when I told you about the ? Well, turns out they’re even more awesome than originally thought. They announced that they are donating 100% of their profits to the cleanup efforts of the BP oil spill. How fantastic is that? Very. Here’s the official press release: Hangout Concert For...
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Oh dear lord. I almost didn’t post this because I don’t want to give this woman any more “air” time than she already gets, but I’m too tempted to hear your input. Seems Tila Tequila is starting her own record company. *sigh*. I thought she was just an airhead who has a terrible TV...
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Lilith Fair teamed up with ABC in an interesting way…. read the Article on Maybe this means we’ll get to see footage from whatever city we want! As much as I love my Sarah I just don’t think I can do the 15 hours in the hot sun with $9 waters and 3...
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I’ve been hearing rumors and such but nothing official until now. And I’m very excited that Minneapolis is on the list for the first round of cities! Here’s the list so far: Calgary, AB Chicago, IL Dallas, TX Denver, CO Los Angeles, CA Minneapolis, MN Montreal, QC New York, NY Philadelphia, PA Portland, OR...
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Just found the track listing for the new Twilight movie. I don’t have a lot of high hopes for the film, but the soundtrack looks pretty good!! 1. Death Cab For Cutie – “Meet Me on the Equinox” 2. Band of Skulls – “Friends” 3. Thom Yorke – “Hearing Damage 4. Lykke Li –...
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Please do this for Pandora and all the musicians we know and love: From Tim the founder of Pandora: There is a new effort in Congress to fix the broader issue of how musical artists are compensated across all forms of radio. The system as it stands today is fundamentally unfair both to Internet...
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I am a child of the late 70s-early 80s so Michael Jackson was a hug part of my musical discoveries. He put out an amazing album (Thriller) which was the soundtrack to at least two of my high school years. I was sad to see him change (both musically and physically/personally) and it’s a...
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At least I think this was the way it was intended…not to let your friends know you had poppyseed muffin for breakfast.* Really, if you’re interested in her or her music, you really ought to follow her on Twitter. She posts secret...
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Sadly, Performing Songwriter is packing it in. Performing Songwriter’s June 2009 issue, sent to subscribers and newsstands this week and featuring Pink on the cover, will be the final edition of the 16-year-old publication, Editor & Publisher Lydia Hutchinson announced today. Share on Facebook
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Emusic announced that they’re now adding some major label stuff to their catalog. From the website: We are excited to announce that in early July eMusic will begin rolling out a major addition to our music catalog. The change will add nearly 200,000 tracks to the catalog, including many of the most loved names...
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