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Ask LH: How Can I Release My Music Online So People Can Easily Find It?
Lifehacker Australia
It's not hard to skip the record labels and sell and distribute music on your own. Let's start by taking a look at how you can skip the labels and get your music online before we move onto making sure music-lovers can find it easily.

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Rudyard Kipling's Poem "If" Inspires Virtue-al Online Literary Magazine
MarketWatch (press release)
27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Soul-searching through books and music created by great minds of the past and present What if there were an online magazine exclusively for people with the desire to change their lives and face the future as the ...

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Detroit Symphony offering series of free webcasts
Palm Beach Post
By AP | Music News | January 27, 2012 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has launched a webcast player that will allow music lovers to enjoy an upcoming performance of Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 and other concerts online for free in the comfort of their ...

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Hot Hardware

Google Music Finally Lets You Download Your Own Tunes [VIDEO]
Mashable
It's been nearly a year since Google Music made it easy for users to add their music to the cloud services for easy streaming. The service didn't make it so easy, however, to retrieve music from your online library should you want to re-download it to ...
Google Music Now Lets You Download All Your Saved MusicLifehacker
Google Music Is Rocking | Free Cloud Storage For Your MP3Techie Insider
Google Music Update Now Available - Download Music From the CloudAndroid Authority

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Lexington Herald Leader

Skrillex's music is a lot of things: good, bad — even elegant
Lexington Herald Leader
Join the online mob by pelting his music with the adjective of your choice. Cartoonish, puerile, indulgent, impatient, bombastic. Pitchfork, the taste-making indie rock site, recently brushed it off as "inelegant." And plenty of words stick to the ...

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Music industry spots light at end of piracy tunnel
Expatica France
News that the industry looks to be emerging from a 10-year crisis and that online music sales are finally proving viable promise to get the four-day MIDEM fair off to an upbeat start. But the estimated 7000 executives from the music, advertising, ...
Global music group isn't backing down on piracyCNET

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NASA Online Radio Station Rocks Smartphones
Scientific Computing
Updates to the NASA App for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android now include a feature to listen to the agency's new online alternative rock radio station. "Now you can listen to great music in the same app that still provides all of NASA's amazing ...

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Mill Town Music Hall to Open Entertainment Venue in West Georgia
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--West Georgia will welcome its largest concert and entertainment venue - Mill Town Music Hall - with grand opening celebration events on February 2 and 3. The facility will be home to quality wholesome entertainment covering ...

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The Guardian

Censorship bills won't solve the problem
The Blue Banner
Would you actually buy music from other vendors or drive to a store to buy a CD at an even higher price? Back in December 2010, when SOPA and PIPA emerged, it may have been difficult to understand how these bills would influence the way the online ...
Music technology faces new challengesThe Independent Florida Alligator
Talisman: Online piracy prevention acts shelved indefinitelymy.hsj.org
The net closes on digital piratesAdelaide Now
Northern Iowan -Baker Orange -North Wind Online
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New Musican Revenue Stream: Teach Music Online
hypebot.com
So Catherine Saint Louis' article about the popularity of online music lessons may be a sign that such teaching is entering the mainstream. Her article looks at music teachers and students using webcam-based systems such as Skype: "Students who used to ...


Boston Globe

Small Worcester group plays large role in online protest
Boston Globe
Backers said tougher laws are needed to halt the illegal downloading of music, movies, and other content. The blackout attracted worldwide attention and had an immediate impact: The antipiracy legislation was promptly shelved, at least temporarily.

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RollingStone.com

Napster Relaunches in UK as Spotify Competitor
Crave Online
The company was then bought by online music subscription service Rhapsody in 2011, and offers paying subscribers access to over 15 million tracks. Rhapsody president, Jon Irwin told the Daily Telegraph: "The acquisition of Napster and its subscriber ...
Rhapsody to keep Napster brand alive in EuropeSan Francisco Chronicle
Rhapsody Acquires Napster to Launch in UK and GermanyThe Next Web
Rhapsody Buys Napster Int'l for European ExpansionDigital Media Wire
411mania.com -Siliconrepublic.com -All Things Digital
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Fast Company

Megaupload Shut down, concern for Online legal content
Daily Nebraskan
Musicians, for example, often make their work available for free online to drum up interest. If they picked Megaupload as their springboard, that work is now gone. "I just want people to hear it, I just want people to listen," said Melvin Hollingsworth ...
Other File-Sharing Sites: 'We're Not Megaupload'WBUR

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Newsday

Ne-Yo wants to integrate music as new Motown VP
Newsday
New York Newsday > News > New York Content Preview Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online ® subscribers click here for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online ® subscriber? Click here Ne-Yo wants to integrate music as new Motown VP Originally published: ...

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VentureBeat

Spotify Hits 3 Million Paid Subscribers, 20% Conversion Rate
hypebot.com
“We say there are about half a billion people who listen to music online today… The vast majority of them don't pay a thing for music. The opportunity there is enormous if you can just get it right,” Parks told the crowd. Read the full notes of a live ...
Spotify now has 3 million paying customersmusicweek.com
Spotify eclipses 3M paid subscribers worldwideFiercemobilecontent
Spotify Hits 3 Million Paid SubscribersGeeky gadgets

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New York Times

For $2 a Star, an Online Retailer Gets 5-Star Product Reviews
New York Times
In the brutal world of online commerce, where a competing product is just a click away, retailers need all the juice they can get to close a sale. Some exalt themselves by anonymously posting their own laudatory reviews. Now there is an even simpler ...
Glowing product reviews, for only $2 a starBend Bulletin
Why Amazon's High P/E Ratio Is MisleadingSeeking Alpha

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Globe and Mail

Global music body says growth in online revenue stuck in single figures ...
Washington Post
Moore blamed music piracy for starving online retailers and music subscription services of custom, saying the legitimate music business was working in an “extremely challenging” environment. “It's very difficult to turn things around overnight,” she ...
Music Group Urges 'Hysterical' SOPA Detractors to Be More FrenchBloomberg

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PumpYouUp.com Is A Safe, Free, Legal Music Download Website
33 KDAF-TV
While lawmakers in Washington DC pulled back on SOPA and PIPA, laws aimed at curtailing online piracy, a Metroplex resident has created a website where people could download music for free and legally. Robert Dede is a computer programmer who worked on ...

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Hollywoodnews.com

Academy of Country Music Awards Annouces Nominees
Hollywoodnews.com
Nominees were announced online via the first-ever ACM digital press conference this morning on the Academy?s Facebook and Twitter pages. Awards co-host Reba participated with a video message to kick things off and entertainment superstars Lionel Richie ...
Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Lady A top list of ACM nomineesReno Gazette Journal
Academy of Country Music Awards roster announcedTulsa World
Kenny Chesney Leads Country Music Awards NomineesNew York Times (blog)

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IBTimes.co.uk

Google and Bing accused of directing users to illegal copies of music
The Guardian
In a confidential document obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, lobbying groups for the major rights holders claimed Google and Microsoft's Bing are making it "much more difficult" for people to find legal music and films online.
Google and Bing Searches Help Us Pirate Music?Mashable
Online Piracy: Google, Bing Accused of Promoting Illegal SitesIBTimes.co.uk
Google, Bing accused of facilitating illegal music downloadsDigital Spy UK

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Music Blogs React to Megaupload Seizure and Cyberlocker Lockdowns
Huffington Post
Fortunately not all of the music on these blogs have been lost; because of the nature of online sharing copies now exist all over the world. Some of the links on Mutant Sounds are still active, too, like this Karen Cooper Complex album.

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E! Online

Nicki Minaj's 'Stupid Hoe' breaks VEVO record for online views
The Grio
By theGrio Whether you love it or hate it, Nicki Minaj's scandalous new music video, "Stupid Hoe", is a hit. The most popular female hip-hop star at the moment broke a VEVO record for views at 4.8 million and counting. AceShowbiz reports: Nicki Minaj ...
Why Nicki Minaj's 'Stupid Hoe' Vid Backfired on Her ImageVIBE Vixen
Nicki Minaj's 'Stupid H*e' Promo Breaks Vevo RecordMTV UK

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Ology

Preview Yet Another New Van Halen Tune, "China Town"
Ology
Van Halen fans think I'm brain-dead for not loving all 90 seconds of new song "Blood And Fire" (see below), but I think we can all agree that the minute and a half of "China Town" that made its way online earlier today is indisputably the most badass ...
ROCK MUSIC MENU: Van Halen is back on top againDelaware County Daily Times
VAN HALEN Gets Heavy With 'China Town' - Jan. 27, 2012Blabbermouth.net

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Pitchfork Media

Shades of Grey: Anti-Piracy Legislation and Independent Labels
Pitchfork Media
By Marc Hogan , January 27, 2012 Millions of people learned about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) House anti-piracy bill and its Senate sibling, the Protect IPA Act (PIPA), through a web-wide protest last week supported by Google, Facebook, Tumblr, ...

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GigaOm

Uberpaper aims to kill the echo chamber of social news
GigaOm
26, 2012, 6:13pm PT 4 Comments Personalized algorithms and social networking sites are great for helping people navigate a lot of things onlinemusic, movies, restaurant recommendations and the like have benefited greatly from high tech curation.
Uberpaper, Headed by Dmitry Shapiro, Takes On News ReadingsocalTech.com

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Go&Do: Portsmouth Community Radio Dance / Poetry Slam / Livingston Taylor ...
Seacoastonline.com
Tickets may be purchased at Exeter Music, Water St. Bookstore, RiverRun Bookstore, at the door, or online at www.cmsmusicboosters.org. HE'LL COME RUNNING Livingston Taylor has been thrilling audiences for decades with his blend of top 40 hits, ...

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DigitalJournal.com

Op-Ed: Big win for music- Online sales beat retail for first time
DigitalJournal.com
Sydney - The death grip of the recording “industry” on musicians and content has finally been broken by online sales. For the first time ever, online sales have overtaken retail market share. Online sales were 50.3% of the gross for 2011.
Digital music sales top physical salesCNN
See Ya, CDs: Digital Music Sales Overtake Physical MediaPCWorld
Online music sales beat CDs for the first time in 2011, says NielsenMemeburn

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Global Music Recording Market to Reach US$32.4 Billion by 2015, According to ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Growth in music recording market will be primarily driven by increasing demand for online music and proliferation of advanced technologies such as Digital Radio, Legitimate P2P, and Podcasting. Follow us on LinkedIn - Music recording industry is ...

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CT Recommends: Tiny Desk Concerts
Campus Times
But, undoubtedly, the best facet of NPR Music online is the series Tiny Desk Concerts. These are 10-minute-long videos of some of the world's best (and sometimes virtually unknown) artists performing acoustic versions of what they consider to be their ...

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Cirque Mechanics heads back to The Music Hall
Seacoastonline.com
Cirque Mechanics Boom Town will appear at The Music Hall's Historic Theater on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 4 pm and 8 pm Tickets are $40; $28 and can be purchased at The Music Hall box office at 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, by phone at 436-2400, or online at ...

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Get in the Super Bowl know
Journal and Courier
Presenting a 10-day music festival on Georgia Street beginning today. Concerts will showcase Patti LaBelle, LMFAO, Bret Michaels and Dierks Bentley, as well as Indianapolis favorites Cynthia Layne, the Max Allen Band, Twin Cats and Living Proof.

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Fresh Like Dougie

Chris Brown Releases 'Turn Up The Music'
RTT News
"Turn Up The Music" follows on from "Strip," the Kevin McCall-produced track which Brown posted online as a buzz track for the album in November. Fortune will be released on Jive in March. Brown has been nominated for Grammy awards for Best R&B Album ...
Chris Brown Shares Fortune Track 'Turn Up The Music' [AUDIO]Fresh Like Dougie
Chris Brown debuts new single 'Turn Up The Music' - listenDigital Spy

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President Obama Sings Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together,' Sales Jump 490%
Huffington Post
With 16000 downloads, the song had its most successful online sales week since Nielsen began keeping track of web transactions in 2003. It's good news for Green's wallet, just as the President's cover was music to his ears. "He nailed it," Green told ...

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USA TODAY

Grateful Dead musicians serve food, music at new clubs
USA TODAY
By Jay Blakesberg Guitarist Bob Weir will open his Sweetwater Music Hall on Friday. Guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Phil Lesh are opening clubs within a few miles of each other and near their respective homes in Marin County, just north of the Golden ...

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Country star Tim McGraw's long-delayed 'Emotional Traffic' finally hits the ...
Winnipeg Free Press
Tim McGraw's long-delayed album "Emotional Traffic" has the attention of Music Row this week as it finally hits the streets. The last album in the long, lucrative but contentious relationship between McGraw and Curb Records arrives more than a year ...

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RollingStone.com (blog)

TuneSat Launches Audio Technology to Detect Unlicensed Streaming
RollingStone.com (blog)
"TuneSat's data tames the Wild Wild West of the Web, pinpointing the use of music online and providing the information needed to… put dollars back into the pocket of musicians," CEO Scott Schreer said in a statement. TuneSat's technology will also be ...


CTV.ca

Nintendo Announces Online Gaming Network
Mashable
Nintendo users will finally soon have an online experience on par with Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. At least that's the message from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who broke the news in a meeting with investors yesterday shortly after the ...
Nintendo boss details network plans, considers retail game downloadsGamasutra
News: Revamped 'Nintendo Network' UnveiledN-Europe
Nintendo Network for Wii U and 3DS revealedEurogamer.net

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Murfie.com Honored To Be Member of TechStars Winter 2012 Boston Program
MarketWatch (press release)
26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Murfie, Inc., an online digital music marketplace that offers music enthusiasts a platform for buying, selling and trading their media collections in physical and digital formats, announced today it was selected to ...

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Ne-Yo says he wants to integrate music as new senior VP of A&R at Motown Records
Washington Post
Even though Motown's legend is rooted in black music, it was music that appealed to everyone, helping to unite a nation in sometimes divisive times. As a top exec at Motown, Ne-Yo wants to unite people musically once again.

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Tom Silverman: 1st Anniversary Of The Resurrection Of The Music Business
hypebot.com
For most of us in the music business, this is probably the first time in a decade where we are feeling a new sense of optimism. Although unauthorized on-line music usage and distribution has not gone away, it is now time that the music industry begins ...


MXP4 Announces the Launch of Two New Social Music Games at Midem
Sacramento Bee
Bubble Gamesisalready the most popular and fastest growing online game available on Facebook andBubble Music is the latest edition to thefamily, with MXP4 bringing its unique twist of music integration to this well loved game.

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CIO Today

Poland Signs Copyright Treaty
CIO Today
ACTA aims to fight the online piracy of movies and music, and those opposed to it fear that it will also lead authorities to block content on the Internet. Critics also say governments have negotiated the agreement in secret and failed to consult with ...
Acta protests break out as EU states sign up to treatyThe Guardian

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BusinessWeek

Computer Coding: Not for Geeks Only
BusinessWeek
By Barrett W. Sheridan and Brendan Greeley The Web-based backlash against the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill aimed at taking down overseas distributors of copyrighted movies and music, was much like the Internet itself: decentralized, anarchic, ...

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Paul McCartney To Compose Music For Video Game
Paste Magazine
Zeit Online has reported the ever-current Paul McCartney is composing music for a video game. McCartney expressed his excitement surrounding the project. He believes the opportunity will introduce his music to a whole new generation.

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Making applicable music connections
Irish Times
The company's product is split between free web applications and upcoming premium applications and integration for music resellers. “Online music discovery is all about social discovery. Yet, this approach has limitations as users often end up ...


University of Miami Frost School of Music Will Feature Craig Carothers as Part ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The University of Miami Frost School of Music presents singer-songwriter Craig Carothers, as part of the 2011-2012 Stamps Family Distinguished Visitors Series. Carothers will give a free master class on February 7, ...

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Music lovers tune in on Stroudsburgs for annual Winterfest
Pocono Record
Tickets may be purchased at the door or online at poconobluegrass.org/winterfest.htm. Both Neil Morris and John Updike said that they are excited about two young groups that will play at Winterfest 2012. Morris is president of the Pocono Bluegrass and ...

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USA TODAY

THQ launches a Margaritaville Online Facebook game
VentureBeat
In a major attempt to diversify, traditional video game publisher THQ is launching its Margaritaville Online social game on Facebook today. Inspired by the Jimmy Buffett song, the game is an escapist fantasy and a major release for Agoura Hills, Calif.
Wasted Away Again Online with Jimmy Buffett-Inspired Margaritaville Video GameBroward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)

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On Online: Kate Johnson
StyleBistro
What music do you like to listen to? My iPod is filled with everything from LMFAO to Frank Sinatra. Music, much like fashion, can be so reflective of my mood, so I like to have plenty of options at my fingertips. If you had an opportunity to travel ...


News outlets, music and social networking
New Jersey Hills
The internet is not all x-rated sites and online shopping. For music alone there are several online blogs that offer in-depth writing with a tremendous amount of content (musically and visually.) Search Brooklyn Vegan, Stereogum and The Fader for all ...


Ology

Watch This: The Making Of The Kills' "The Last Goodbye" Music Video
Ology
You're not the only one—the Samantha Morton (yes, that Samantha Morton) -directed clip (filmed in commemoration of the gritty rock duo's 10th anniversary) is the subject of a newly released Making Of video that made its way online earlier today.

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The Nation, Pakistan

British-based all-star comedy and music benefit concert to debut in NYC
Washington Post
NEW YORK — The Secret Policeman's Ball is letting America in on the party: The British-based music and comedy festival is coming to New York in March. Coldplay, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Mumford & Sons and Russell Brand are among the acts who have ...
Secret Policeman's Ball Returns with star names for 2012ATV Today

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PumpYouUp.com Is A Safe, Free, Legal Music Download Website
33 KDAF-TV
While lawmakers in Washington DC pulled back on SOPA and PIPA, laws aimed at curtailing online piracy, a Metroplex resident has created a website where people could download music for free and legally. Robert Dede is a computer programmer who worked on ...


Baltimore Sun

Musicians group voices support of SOPA, but some members balk
Baltimore Sun
In a statement sent out early Wednesday afternoon, A2IM, the largest trade organization of independent musicians and labels, was the latest to support the Stop Online Piracy and the Protect Intellectual Property acts, despite that some high-profile ...
SOPA won't end online piracyToledo Blade
SOPA and PIPA: What's still at stake for music?Los Angeles Times
Behind the music: What if the culture industry shut down for a day?The Guardian (blog)
WCAX -CBS News
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Industry Report: 2011 State Of Music
Ultimate-Guitar.Com
After recently announcing its landmark of 10 million users this week, Soundcloud continues to be the hottest place to store and share music online. We understand that its user base has pretty much doubled in the last year, and tighter integration with ...

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Macworld

Expo Notes: Creators panel highlights use of Macs, iOS in music, movies
Macworld
Fitz's iPhone is his sole method of keeping in touch with his online presence and managing his business, he explained, so he doesn't need to carry a separate office in a bulky bag. Jeff Castelaz, CEO of Dangerbird Records, agreed with Fitz, ...

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Los Angeles Times

Monster Mash: Dudamel to Carnegie Hall; Charlie Chaplin musical
Los Angeles Times
(New York Times) Summer tradition: The Public Theater in New York said its two Central Park productions this year will be Shakespeare's "As You Like It," starring Lily Rabe, and a revival of the musical "Into the Woods." (Playbill) Movie legend: The ...


Do Efforts To Crack Down On Online Piracy Threaten Artistic Freedom?
Forbes
Because we didn't like that song anyway, we just wanted to hear what it was all about. Because it's all exposure for the company. Because it's, it's, uh, it's complicated. “Ultimately, it's not an economic argument. It's a moral argument.


Contactmusic.com

Lana Del Rey - Lana Del Rey Album Leaks Ahead Of Release
Contactmusic.com
... news that her breakthrough album 'Born To Die' has leaked online ahead of its release. Del Rey has caused a storm among bloggers and the music press alike, many holding the fact that she previously attempted to break into the music mainstream under ...
Lana Del Rey Born to Die Album review: The new Nancy Sinatra or just a fake?Daily Mail
Lana Del Rey – Born to Die ReviewWhatCulture!
Lana Del Rey: The Del Rey systemNew Zealand Herald
Times LIVE -The National -International Business Times
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Kansas City Star

Sundance Film Festival embraces hip-hop artists, themes on stage and screen
Washington Post
“We set out to tell the story of this young woman in music, and it's just like hip-hop is so ingrained in our culture, and a lot of different types of culture, that you really can't tell a youth story without some element of hip-hop.
Ministry of Gossip: Sundance ReportLos Angeles Times
Ice-T leads the dance in the Utah mountainsThe Independent

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Attleboro Filmaker Fundraises Online to Fund Film
Patch.com
Attleboro and Providence film producers launch online fundraiser for new romantic comedy, focused on a college student with low self-esteem. Crosby Tatum of Attleboro, and Jacquin Holland of Providence, RI, are two film producers who have begun a ...


Ghana's First Online TV
Modern Ghana
Then came the internet revolution which saw sites like www.ghanalive.tv springing up daily, offering TV channels online to Ghanaian at a fee. Recently subscribers to this services started complaining calling it a scam. However, a free independent ...


This Beat Goes

Flo Rida and Shaquille O'Neal Will Take the Stage at The Cartoon Network's ...
This Beat Goes
Flo Rida is expected to perform his recent top five hit song 'Good Feeling' during the award show, and American Music Awards Favorite New Artist winners Hot Chelle Rae will take the stage to perform songs off of their recently released album 'WHATEVER.
Cartoon Network Hall of GameTM Awards to Feature Performances by Hot Chelle ...EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)

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RedOrbit

Facebook Launches Social Music Feature 'Listen With Friends'
PC Magazine
By Angela Moscaritolo Facebook on Thursday began rolling out a new feature aimed at ramping up the social experience of listening to music online. The feature, called “Listen With Friends"—lets users listen along with any friend that playing music.
Facebook Just Fired A Cannonball At One Of New York's Hottest StartupsSan Francisco Chronicle
Facebook makes listening to music downright socialLos Angeles Times (blog)
Social Music Sharing Service Coming To FacebookRedOrbit

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Geneva Underground Playhouse to present Hume Cronyn play 'Foxfire'; bluegrass ...
Suburban Life Publications
Because the play revolves around Dillard, a musician, it is about bluegrass music and even features a bit of a bluegrass concert by Dillard and the Stoney Lonesome Boys during the show. The show became famous on Broadway when Hume Cronyn and his wife, ...
Geneva Underground presents 'Foxfire'Kane County Chronicle

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SonicScoop

TuneSat's New Internet Monitoring & Administrative Services To Pursue ...
SonicScoop
These detections could include files just posted moments before, or put online several years ago. Every detection includes a link to both the site where the music is found, and the site where the content is hosted (for example, a website may offer a ...
TuneSat Launches Revolutionary New Internet Monitoring Service Along With ...PR Web (press release)

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The Guardian (blog)

What's your favourite UK music venue, and why?
The Guardian (blog)
But what makes a good music venue for you? What's your favourite in the UK and why? For this Sunday's Observer New Review – and online now with a gallery of pictures – we've asked some of the country's best-loved musicians to nominate their favourite ...


Sci-Tech Today

Web Music Revenue Growth Stuck in Single Figures
Sci-Tech Today
By Raphael Satter The legit music business is working in an "extremely challenging" environment, officials say, blaming music piracy for starving online retailers. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry says music pirates remain the ...
Online music sales still lag: Industry groupiNews880.com
Music sales fall again in 2011, but optimism growsReuters
Music industry attacks delays on piracy lawBBC News
Ars Technica -Music Indistry News Network
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DAWN.com

SOPA can't clean up Internet
Quinnipiac Chronicle
Web protesters fought two controversial bills last week, refusing to relinquish their First Amendment rights to free music and movies, and they succeeded. The Stop Online Piracy Act was a bill introduced in October that would give the federal ...
Cyber Activists Rise up to Derail Proposed Federal Anti-Piracy BillsBetween The Lines
SOPA bill applies to music and movies more than websitesThe Breeze
INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fightFox News
Huffington Post -The Daily Cougar
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Not A Bad Bundle Idea: 'The Sound Supply' Offers 10 Digital Music Albums For $15
TechCrunch
Basically, The Sound Supply bundles 10 DRM-free digital music albums and lets you buy the lot online for a mere $15. According to the website, all participating bands and artists – including the wonderful Sophie Madeleine and Colour Revolt – agreed to ...


Spotlight: Concert listings
Seacoastonline.com
Tickets may be purchased at Exeter Music, Water St. Bookstore, RiverRun Bookstore, at the door, or online at www.cmsmusicboosters.org. jan 27 | Red Sky Mary at The Rep, Red Sky Mary with special guests One Hand Free, 8 pm Tickets $15 and general ...

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The Sun

Of mice and merch: Disney T-shirt rankles rock fans
msnbc.com
By Alexander Smith Since it was first reported in the online music site Pitchfork earlier this week, a certain story has brought together the heretofore incongruous communities of wholesome family entertainment and ferociously-opinionated music geekdom ...
Disney Pulls Joy Division-Inspired Mickey Mouse ShirtTIME
When Disney dreams became a nihilistic nightmareFinancial Times
Joy Division Members Divided over Disney's 'Unknown Pleasures' Mickey TeeExclaim! (blog)

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Mojo 101: COA lecture series explores blues music
The Daily Advance
After all, blues music is the same, isn't it? Well, according to musician and Elizabeth City State University professor of music Chris Palestrant, not all blues sounds are equal. And he and Adam Nixon want to explain that fact to you tonight at College ...

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Village Voice (blog)

D'Angelo Offers Two (Awesome) Peeks At His Long-In-The-Works Third Album
Village Voice (blog)
D'Angelo's getting back in the swing of things with a couple of shows in Europe; last night in Stockholm he played the first, and yes, there are clips of them online, and yes, he threw a couple of new songs onto the set list. And they are really really ...

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'Hairspray' a favorite among fans in WTAs
StarNewsOnline.com
Buy tickets online at WilmingtonTickets.com or ThalianHall.org. Cocktail attire encouraged. Opera House Theatre Company and "Hairspray," the raucous musical it staged at Thalian Hall last summer, scored big in the "fan favorite" voting for the ...

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Stratham Around the Town
Seacoastonline.com
Tickets may be purchased at Exeter Music, Water St. Bookstore, RiverRun Bookstore, at the door, or online at www.cmsmusicboosters.org. Following the success of last year's program on Stratham's agricultural tradition, the Heritage Commission invites ...

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Cars.com Fuels Confidence in Kids with Launch of 'Cars Cares' During Super ...
Sacramento Bee
27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Cars.com, the premier online resource for buying and selling new and used vehicles, announced today that it will be giving the massive audience of Super Bowl XLVI the power to make a big difference in the lives of kids and ...

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Jessica Alba and 10 other celebrities that invested in digital
Econsultancy (blog)
She was also part of a deal with fellow artist Kanye West that invested $7.5m in Turntable.fm - a website that allows users to experience and discover music online with their friends. As of September 2011, Turntable.fm had been used by over 600000 ...


Wine, Women and Song celebrates 10th anniversary at Kerrytown Concert House
AnnArbor.com
734-769-2999, or online at www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com “It was just this absolutely wonderful experience that bonded us together, and we thought, 'Why don't we do something with just women at Concert House?'” said KCH founder and executive director ...


India losing music genres due to Bollywood: Shubha Mudgal
Times of India
Honoured in 2000 with the Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian honours, the singer says the music industry is poised for growth thanks to technology. "Technology has powered the way artists distribute online. Although technology has provided a ...

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Guitar World Magazine

Weekly Music Roundup: January 27, 2012
Guitar World Magazine
This week saw more hype leading up to Van Halen's new album A Different Kind of Truth, with three clips of new songs appearing online (four if you count a preview on Amazon. We also got new tracks from Adrian Smith's Primal Rock Rebellion, Soulfy, ...


Tech Gadgets Web

Top 5 Gadgets for Music Lovers: A Preview
Tech Gadgets Web
Music gadget lovers should use the popular price comparison websites to locate the greatest deals on their gadget of choice. These sites allow users to compare the price of their gadgets at a range of online stores. Music lovers should also check out ...


International Business Times

Protect Children From Internet Pornographers Act: 5 Things to Know About H.R. 1981
International Business Times
But what does tracking every petty thief's online activity have to do with stopping the spread of child porn? The bill, also known by its congressional tracking number HR 1981, is the brainchild of US Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) the author of the ...

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abc13.com

Kenny Chesney leads ACM Awards nominations with 9
abc13.com
Kenny Chesney received nine Academy of Country Music Awards nominations Thursday morning, including the top honor of entertainer of the year.(AP) NASHVILLE, TN -- Kenny Chesney's steamy duet, "You and Tequila" with Grace Potter, continues to radiate ...
Chesney leads the pack with 9 ACM nominationsHouston Chronicle (blog)

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Music: Bands go their own way with Kickstarter
Houston Chronicle
Through Kickstarter - used not just by bands but for indie films, solar energy projects and even food-related projects - people interested in your work, or music, make online pledges to fund it. Does this mean any artist can go online and ask the ...


The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

New shows going on sale: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Black ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Tickets available online at this time, via phones and box office at 10 am (973) 539-8008, mayoarts.org. • Radio City Music Hall, New York. Florence + the Machine, May 8, $35 and $95. • Caesars, Atlantic City. Trans-Siberian Orchestra, May 5, ...


Twitter uncloaks a year's worth of DMCA takedown notices, 4410 in all
Ars Technica
Scrolling through recent takedown notices, you'll see names like Magnolia Pictures, Simon and Schuster, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, among those of many other media companies. A typical takedown notice contains links to tweets that in ...

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A.V. Club

But is Toronto really the best city for music in the world? Really?
A.V. Club
It seems to say more about the way music is disseminated online. And if the goal of being successful in Canada is making it to America, shouldn't we be more protective of our artists, awarding them the opportunities and funding that will allow them to ...


The Next Web

KeepRecipes creates an iTunes for cookbooks
GigaOm
It's uncanny how closely KeepRecipe's is following Apple's music distribution model, all the way down to direct integration with the iPhone. The recipes are bought and stored through KeepRecipe's online portal where they can be sorted and searched, ...
KeepRecipes grows its online cookbook with 'iTunes for Recipes'The Next Web

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Lodi teen the next 'American Idol'?
Stockton Record
Like a turn on the red carpet where she interviewed stars at the American Music Awards. Ask her to share all and she enthusiastically will, but with her rapid-fire description it's a little hard to decipher. Yes, there it is online.

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CMT.com

OFFSTAGE: How David Nail Celebrated His No. 1 Song
CMT.com
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) Normally, David Nail would be celebrating with a pair of reissued Nike Air Jordans. That's how he likes to remember ...


'Rock Of Ages' keep a-rollin'
Alton Telegraph
LOUIS - A classic girl-meets-boy love story takes on an '80s setting with LA's legendary Sunset Strip in the musical "Rock Of Ages." The music, classic in its '80s iconic rocker way, tells the story through the hit songs of Journey, Styx, ...

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13WMAZ

Scene 13: The Sweet Sounds of Song-Filled Entertainment
13WMAZ
To find out where you can grab tickets now and for more event info, get yourselves online to the Tubman Museum. The good times begin at 7pm! Now we head down to Byron, where one incredible night of music awesomeness takes place this Friday!

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RUTHIE FOSTER'S LET IT BURN ALBUM SHIPS NEXT WEEK
Zoiks! Online
The Grammy-nominated, Blues Music Award- and Austin Music Award-winning artist, who calls Texas home, recorded the new album at New Orleans' Piety Street Studios with many of the city's venerable musicians, resulting in an infusion of fresh spices into ...

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Song Premiere: Callers & Delicate Steve, "Further Out"
NPR (blog)
Both bands make inventive music that can seem precise yet enjoyably ramshackle at the same time. A new single pairs Delicate Steve's rainbow-tinged guitars with Callers' nimble instrumentation. It's called Further Out/Perfect Pairs and we are happy to ...

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PRS pan-European initiative royalties exceed £1m
musicweek.com
The initiative, which launched in 2010, worrks on behalf of music publishers to directly licenses mechanical rights for Anglo-American repertoire for online and mobile use both to existing pan-European digital services and those newly launching.


Singer/songwriter to share love of music
Seacoastonline.com
Tickets at Exeter Music, Water Street Bookstore, RiverRun Bookstore, at the door or online at cmsmusicboosters.org Livingston Taylor is an American singer-songwriter who has put out 14 records in his career and has been teaching at the Berklee College ...

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Entertainmentwise

Leona Lewis angry over song leak
Times of India
British singer Leona Lewis is fuming after one of her unreleased songs is leaked online. The "Bleeding Love hitmaker" is set to release her third album, Glassheart, in March this year and was upset to learn a track had been posted online without her ...
Leona Lewis' Album Pushed Back AgainContactmusic.com

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TN Businesses Rally to 'Close Online Tax Loophole'
Missouri News Horizon
Cavender, Ron Shuff of Ron Shuff Music and Lori Elam of My Sister's Closet are among those joining a steering committee of the Alliance for Main Street Fairness to push for a fair online tax policy. Merchants also gathered in Memphis, Chattanooga, ...

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The music business week in five – 27 Jan 2012
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Right, another busy, busy week in music then. But before we get to that, forgive me for doing two quick plugs. First up, don't forget we made our first convention announcement for this year's Great Escape this week, which you can catch up on here.