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By admin • September 3rd, 2010

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For the milestone 10th season of American Idol, we just couldn’t stay away from Idol’s hometown, Los Angeles, CA. In fact, this is the show’s sixth time holding hometown auditions in L.A. The goal during hometown auditions is to get a ticket Hollywood, and successful singers in L.A. won’t have to travel very far [...]

reuters

Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc , according to people familiar with the matter. Google’s Andy Rubin, the brains behind [...]

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HARMAN International Industries Incorporated , today announced the arrival of the Quincy Jones Signature Line by AKG. The premium headphone collection represents a momentous partnership between AKG and one of the most accomplished musicians of the 20th century – Quincy Jones.
Musician, artist, humanitarian – Quincy Jones is an American icon. His productions, which include [...]

starpulse

Snoop Dogg is joining the war on cyber crime - he’s signed up to front a campaign to crack down on internet fraud. The rapper is teaming up with anti-virus company Norton to launch a promotional competition called ‘Hack is Wack’. Fans and hip-hop wannabes can submit videos of their own anti-cyber crime raps [...]

musicrooms

Janet Jackson is considering signing a deal with an independent record label because she wants to be able to “call the shots”. The 44-year-old singer ended her contract with Island Def Jam in September 2008, after just 14 months with the label. Janet terminated her deal with the label after her tenth studio album Discipline [...]

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Sonicbids, the website that helps bands discover and book gigs, announced today that its Founder and CEO, Panos Panay, has been selected for two industry awards. Panay is the Internet category winner for the Mass High Tech’s All-Star Awards and 2010 honoree for the Boston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Award.
Panay, 38, was selected [...]

The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last. The country music duo closed out a 20-year career at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night with their 1991 debut single, “Brand New Man,” during the encore. The sold-out show was the final stop on their Last Rodeo Tour and doubled as [...]

musicrow

The SOURCE Awards, an annual celebration honoring women in the Nashville music industry for their tireless work and contributions to the business, took place this past Thursday, August 26 at the Noah Liff Opera Center. Celia Froehlig, Carol Phillips, Sherytha Scaife, Liz Thiels and Ruth White were celebrated and thanked for contributing their knowledge and [...]

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Music is as diverse as the people who listen to it. With this in mind, Ultimate Ears, a product unit of Logitech, today introduced the Ultimate Ears 100 Noise-Isolating Earphones in five music genre-inspired designs. Whether your MP3 player is filled with electro beats or urban funk, the Ultimate Ears 100 allows you to [...]

hitfix

For one hot minute, the collective internet cocked an eyebrow at a claim from Zaptunes, a new music service, and it’s claim this week to offer “100% legal” downloads of mp3s for a mere $25 per month for up to 2,500 downloads. And, wouldn’t you know it, it’s running a promotion now which enables users [...]

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Today, The Echo Nest and 7digital announced a partnership that brings together The Echo Nest’s intelligent music application development platform with 7digital’s open API, extensive MP3 catalogue and comprehensive international rights. The combined offering will give developers instant access to The Echo Nest’s one-of-a-kind music intelligence APIs based on 7digital’s catalog and the [...]

reuters

MSG Media’s Fuse and MySpace Music have joined forces to cross-promote their respective services via an initiative dedicated to introducing users to artists on the rise. Per terms of the agreement, Fuse and MySpace will handpick four emerging artists to be profiled on the “Introducing…” site for a duration of two months. Along with securing [...]

indiemusictech

Like.fm is a new music tech startup created by Chris Chen that allows users to seamlessly keep historical track of what they’re listening to on sites like YouTube and Pandora (many more sites coming soon), recommend/rank artists and songs from iTunes, and create and share playlists from music sites with friends. Like.FM even summarizes [...]

news.cnet

A trade group representing music publishers and songwriters informed Apple on Tuesday that the company could not go ahead with a plan to extend the length of iTunes song samples without the publishers permission. On Monday, CNET reported Apple had plans to boost the amount of time iTunes users would be given to sample a [...]

readwriteweb

Billboard is best known for charts that rank the most popular music and musicians, which the weekly industry magazine started publishing in 1913 as a list of the most popular sheet music. Since then, topping the Billboard Hot 100 has become a coveted milestone for musicians, but the Billboard brand has lost some of [...]

sohh

An ex-Bad Boy Records employee has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Diddy for terminating her over age discrimination. Details on the lawsuit hit the Internet Wednesday (September 1) night. Fifty-one-year-old Francesca Spero filed the age discrimination lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan. The lawsuit says the Malverne resident introduced Combs to hip-hop mogul Russell [...]

press release

Today Paste Media Group announces, with deepest sadness, the suspension of the Paste magazine print product. Struggles with mounting debt were made public last year when our readers responded with generosity to save the magazine. But the prolonged downturn of the ad market has forced a hiatus. All subscribers have access to the digital [...]

press release

If you ever wanted to sign up for CdBaby, they are now offering coupon code: SEPDISC.
The offer is valid for valid 9/2 & 9/3 only. CD Baby is the largest online distributor of independent music
Current Stat Numbers:
278,510 albums being sold on CD Baby
5,339,025 CDs sold online to customers
$107,769,092 paid directly to the artists
http://www.cdbaby.com

cmj

So, we’ve told you about over a thousand artists that will perform. We’ve told you about how to register for your badges. We’ve even told you about our new music/gaming initative, CMJ Play. But the time has come to tell you about some of the panels you can look forward to at this year’s CMJ [...]

billboard.biz

The music industry’s recent challenges are well documented at this point – sales are down, piracy abounds and the business models of tomorrow are still being developed. But, amidst these challenges are new opportunities to develop fresh talent, new products and services, and provide a deeper connection with music consumers. Here are four key strategies [...]

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Livewire Mobile, Inc. introduces MediadromeTM, a new online and mobile service that allows recording artists and record labels to sell digital media including full-track music, ringtones, graphics, and videos – as well as physical merchandise – to their fans.
Mediadrome’s first launch is planned for legendary recording artist Guided By Voices in conjunction with [...]

fastcompany

Talk about poor timing. Just as Apple is gearing up for its much-anticipated, music industry-shaking announcement (Streaming? Social iTunes? iPod Nano Touch?), Sony decided to launch its rival to iTunes. Announced today at Berlin’s IFA technology show, Sony unveiled its new digital media service on Qriocity (pronounced “curiosity” — who knew?), an on-demand video and [...]

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Starting today and continuing for four weeks, artists of all genres can use tools provided by Indaba Music to submit their tracks for inclusion in Booyah’s Nightclub City, a new but already popular Facebook game. Nightclub City is looking for the hottest upbeat tracks to feature in a special Indaba playlist. Submit an original [...]

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John A. LoFrumento, CEO of ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), today announced the launch of ASCAP Mobile, a new app for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch®. The app provides ASCAP’s songwriter, composer and publisher members with 24/7 access to their membership, catalog, performance and royalty information via ASCAP’s secure Member [...]

allfacebook

Apple announced a massive new service today called Ping. It appears to be a direct replacement of iLike, and it combines many of the technologies developed by Facebook, combined with Last.fm and Twitter. Most significant is that it doesn’t have any Facebook integration yet. As far as I’m concerned, Apple has also just become a [...]

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Former G-Unit member Young Buck has been in the news a lot in August. At the beginning of the month, he made headlines when his Tennessee home was raided by the IRS who seized a bunch of his assets, and now, the latest is that he’s filed bankruptcy. Court docs show that Buck proposed [...]

arstechnica

Eagles drummer and singer Don Henley has a world of trouble on his mind, and he hopes that Congress will lighten his load… by gutting the best part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Defending his copyrights in the digital age is just too hard for Henley and his labels, because it requires constant [...]

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Alter Bridge have announced a new record deal. The band have signed to Roadrunner in worldwide deal for everywhere, except in North America. Grammy-winning songwriter/guitarist Mark Tremonti comments, “There is a real sense of excitement in the Alter Bridge camp to be able to partner-up with Roadrunner. With their proven track record worldwide and [...]

techeye

Apple and the music industry are all in a flutter about the slowing of iPod sales. While the two were at odds for a long time over Steve Jobs telling them how much to sell music for, they are both a bit concerned that iPod sales are starting to slow taking digital sales of music [...]

statesman

Whole Foods Market Inc. is dipping its toe into the online album-streaming world.The natural foods grocer will offer “Be My Thrill,” the new album from folk-pop band the Weepies on Saturday on its Whole Story blog (http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com ). Soon after, the album will be available for sale at Whole Foods stores nationwide.
This is the first [...]

techdirt

It’s no secret that US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke is quite confused over intellectual property issues. There has yet to be a case where he’s actually questioned a highly biased or debunked industry study on the issue, and he seems to enjoy celebrating with the entertainment industry, even as the government has debunked the [...]

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uPlaya is looking for a band to play at FutureMedia Fest 2010, a three-day event hosted by Georgia Tech to highlight technology advancements in the state of Georgia. The band will play in the Music Mix portion of the event, which will be held in downtown Atlanta on Tuesday, October 5, beginning around 6 [...]

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iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Aug. 30, 2010:
Singles:
1. “Teenage Dream,” Katy Perry
2. “Dynamite,” Taio Cruz
3. “Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars
4. “Love the Way You Lie,” Eminem
5. “I Like It,” Enrique Iglesias
6. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love,” Usher
7. “Just a Dream,” Nelly
8. “Magic (feat. Rivers Cuomo),” [...]

billboard.biz

Over the next three years, BMG Rights Management will be receiving equity injections of €200 million ($254 million) from each of its shareholders - investment group KKR and media group Bertelsmann - to be used for further acquisitions. It means the company has at least €400 million ($508 million) to spend - and perhaps even [...]

sohh

Young Money CEO Cortez Bryant has explained why he believes Drake’s highly-anticipated Thank Me Later debut album was unable to sell over a million copies its first-week in stores last June. From Bryant’s perspective, Drizzy lacked a solid hit single to help push record-breaking sales.”The first week was great but [Drake] still need that big [...]

starpulse

Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has fired back at reports he is using backing tracks on the road. The allegations were aimed at the rocker after he tumbled off the stage during a show in Ohio last week and appeared to keep singing. Fans at the concert were stunned when Weiland continued singing seconds [...]

latimesblogs.latimes

Tickets never went on sale and promotions were never staged, but a planned headlining concert by electronic artist Tiësto is the center of a seven-figure civil suit filed against the city of Los Angeles on Friday. Local dance promoter Insomniac Inc. claims the city breached its contract when it canceled what would have been an [...]

news.yahoo

Antoine Dodson’s angry, head-shaking TV interview about an attempted rape against his younger sister in her bed has turned into a chart-topping iTunes song and YouTube hit and made the 24-year-old Alabama college student an Internet sensation. “So y’all need to hide your kids, hide your wife and hide your husband, ’cause they [...]

wired

We don’t know exactly what to call the online collaboration between Arcade Fire and Google that launched Monday morning, but it sure is neat. This “Chrome Experience,” as Google calls it, unfolds in multiple browser windows to the tune of Arcade Fire’s “We Used To Wait,” incorporating a viewer’s childhood address and allowing the viewer [...]

musiciancoaching

Nikki Hirsch is the Director of Music Strategy and Alliances at Translation, LLC – a branding and advertising agency that handles clients such as McDonalds, Target, State Farm, HP and Wrigley’s among others. Prior to being at Translation Nikki was a product manager at Atlantic Records and the Capitol Music Group where she [...]

allkpop

A group of 21 Korean music industry experts recently came together and participated in a survey that picked the best of the best idols in a variety of categories.
With idol groups taking over the music market, it’s an unending battle on the internet, between netizens in deciding which idol has the best vocal talents [...]

businessweek

Universal Music Group spent $840,000 in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on issues including a proposal to pay recording artists and labels royalties for song play on traditional radio stations, according to a disclosure report.
That’s up from the $700,000 that Universal spent in the….

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theunsignedguide

With the ease and low-cost inherent to digital distribution, are the remaining capital’s record stores still willing to take unsolicited material from unsigned artists and should the latter still push for their material to be in these stores? Many record stores have had to close down in the past few years, fortunately a numerous amount [...]

futureofmusicbook

In order to find your audience you must consider several details. The first is to accept the fact that you cannot market to the majority; you can’t afford it, and even if you could you would fail because of issues related to frequency of contact with these gatekeepers (i.e. radio/press).Take the Mavens and Early Adopters [...]

antimusic

Gama Bomb frontman Philly Byrne knows first hand about file-sharing’s impact on record sales. His band did a little experiment with their latest album, offering it as a free download (and it still is, go grab it at the link which follows this article). The funny thing is that this didn’t hurt their CDs sales; [...]