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It was easy to scoff two years ago when word leaked out that Amazon was launching its own digital music service. The Seattle-based online retailer wasn’t just mulling an iTunes-like download store - it was supposedly drawing up plans for a branded iPod-like device.

But Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had a much better plan for a digital music offering than his naysayers realized. Ten months after its debut, Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500) has overtaken competitors like Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) and…

The Dave Matthews Band has enough money to purchase the necessary carbon offsets “to make up for the footprint left by each venue, hotel, flight, tour vehicle, and even fan travel” for their upcoming summer tour, according to Billboard, which placed the band at number four on its list of 2008’s “Green Ten” bands. The quintet even got extra points f

Photos, rants, and reviews starring The Cure, Death Cab for Cutie, R.E.M., Modest Mouse, The Hives, and plenty of others.

Paul McGuinness, manager of U2, used his talk at the Music Matters conference in Hong Kong to call on ISPs to “embrace the future.” That future apparently includes handing revenues over to the music business, but leaves out ad-supported music.

But even as he wants to see more payment for artists, McGuiness rejected one model that has worked on the Internet—ad-supported content—because he feels it is beneath musicians. He's quoted as saying he does not…

If you haven’t already, Scopeboy’s Telsa Guitar is a must see video. Click on through for 250,000 volts of axe slinging distortion. Huzzah!

The RFI put off by that must be fairly…interesting.Living near the Dulles landing/takeoff pattern I can just imagine how the various radio-based devices on the over-flying planes would appreciate this! Especially the AM-based…

Benn Jordan (AKA The Flashbulb), a recording artist who uploaded a torrent of his own new album before his fans did, not only outlines the statistics of the donations returning the generocity, but compares them to CD sales after ditching his previous record label deals.

So, did I do good? Is piracy helping my income or hindering it? Well, if you don’t count the cost for gear, hiring musicians, or any of the other expenses that go into making, manufacturing, or shipping an album…I have grossed…

Benn Jordan, aka the flashbulb, posted a lengthy article about the industry which surrounds him and how both online and offline music retailers totally rip them off.

If you can read this, then you’ve more than likely downloaded this album from a peer to peer network or torrent.