Posts Tagged ‘artist’

Nominate Rick Astley for Best Act Ever for The EMA

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Go to the bottom of the screen and nominate Rick Astley as Best Act Ever. Every vote counts and this could make history.

Coldplays latest album is characterised by loss & uncertainty, travel & time, happiness & regrets.

What Would the Perfect Streaming Music Service Look Like?

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Pandora’s on the ropes, Imeem is taking off, Grooveshark relaunched today with recommendations and a long list of cool features, Blip.fm threatens to make Muxtape look like old news - the streaming music market online is expanding and contracting faster than a stadium rocker’s pupils.

We want to love IdioMag more than anyone for this. This little service grabs your publicly available musical taste data from other services, like Last.fm and Pandora, and then builds a “personalized music magazine” for you. For whatever…

11 Things We Just Learned About Prince

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Pretty much everyone alive in the 90s knows about Princes infamous name change. Heres 11 things you might not have known about the artist currently known as Prince.

In 1987, Prince was due to release The Black Album.? However, mere days before it was scheduled to drop, Prince scrapped the whole thing, calling it dark and immortal.? (Its supposedly also really terrible.) The musician…

Jamendo : Open your ears

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

All the music produced here is under the Creative Commons license. They have a moderately sized library. Great alternative if you are A: Tired of the crap coming out of big name studios and B: Looknig for free and good alterntiaves. C: You can post your own music if you are a musician. Can't get much better than that. This is the future of music.

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MuxFind: Search for Muxtapes

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Muxtape music search engine. Search for any artist or song title in all the Muxtapes. Includes discovery of similar Muxtapes and finds matching tapes for any given artist.

Find an artist or song on muxtape.com Try it: Radiohead, The Beatles, MGMT - Time To Pretend, Remix, Wake Up

Crystal Castles’ Creative Commons Controversy

Monday, May 19th, 2008

I wonder if Trent from NIN will kick them off the tour.

If people want more exact limitations placed on their creations, use the CC license as a jumping off point, and write in your own rules and create your own license. Look at the wording of a CC license; it really isn't all that hard. To say…

Download Two ‘Flight of the Concords’ Songs for Free!

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Pick up “Ladies of the World” and “Business Time” at CNET.

Unlike some comedians who sing (and singers who act funny), this New Zealand duo's humor is just as entertaining as their infectious music. With just two guitars and a microphone they've reached rockstar status on YouTube, MySpace…

Nine Inch Nails Sells Out Of $300 Deluxe Edition in 2 Days

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Looks very encouraging.

@Mike, it’s true that they won’t be “large format” prints. I think we essentially agree, Trent Reznor is going to make some really nice bank. The problem, however, is that this ficticious $750K number is…

What bands demand when they play a concert.

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

A long list of bands/singers and the requests they make on their riders. A rider is a document from the band to the concert organiser stating what they would like backstage. The demands can vary from having plenty of booze all the way to having dinner prepared for 75 people (50 cent must have a large entourage.)

The contract rider includes specifications on stage design, sound systems, lighting rigs, as well as an artist’s wish list–from transportation and billing to dressing room accommodations and meals. In some cases, a promoter will…

Apple being sued - artists not receiving suitable royalties

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

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.