Saturday, October 31, 2009

First Music-Oriented Nokia X-Series Phones Announced

The wraps have just been taken off the Nokia X6 and Nokia X3, the first in a new series of music-oriented featurephones. The X6 breaks new ground in another way too, as it will be the first Symbian S40 device with a touchscreen.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Music Thread

Another bleg to our music nerd readers: please suggest the best, relaxing music that you can think of. Life and work is a little hectic at the moment. Left to my own devices I would listen to an infinite loop of Yo Yo Ma playing Bach's ...

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Vodaphone ringtone music commercial - Hack a Day

They actually sent text messages to all the phones in correct timing to play the music. In the video after the break, you can see some details on how they pulled it off. They had to perform this during non peak usage hours to ensure ...

Friday, October 23, 2009

C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Miike Snow | Late Nite Music Club

This song by Swedish/American triumvirate Miike Snow (it's the name of the band, and yes there are two I's in Miike) is all the rage with the kids these days and I feel like much less of a coot than I did in my last post for merely ...

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Rumor: Google Launching Music Service - AppScout

Happy CMJ Music Marathon week! What better way to celebrate than with a rumor about a Google music service launch? Not a whole heck of a lot of information here, but apparently Google has been speaking with a number of major labels for ...

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Xbox 360 update to add Music Games Store, news section

The Music Games Store will take a big step toward dealing with the clutter on Xbox Live, offering a one-stop shop for all Rock Band, Guitar Hero and Lips DLC. Aside from the convenience of a single destination for all music game DLC ...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Copyright vs. folk music - Boing Boing

"We are enclosing our music copy of I AIN'T GOT NO HOME," they wrote, "and request that you use the "words and music" from the enclosed copy in your book." The following page contained a photocopy of the melody line of Woody's lyric ...

Monday, October 19, 2009

On Tonight: 'Latin Music USA,' DJ AM - Roger Catlin | TV Eye

The seeds of Latin music are all over pop music, the engaging new series "Latin Music USA" (CPTV, 9 p.m.) argues, from the structure of "Ticket to Ride" by the Beatles to "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones and the Kingsmen's "Louie ...

Sunday, October 18, 2009

The Future Of Music: A Video Interview With Gerd Leonhard

What is the future of music? A recent report quoted by the RIIA, says that global music piracy causes $12.5 billion of economic losses every year. How can the music business change to survive? In the future of music there will.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

C&L's Late Nite Music Club with The Hellacopters | Late Nite Music ...

I'm in Stockholm, Sweden for a couple of days on a guitar gig, and am having a blast. I had no idea of the fact that Sweden exports the third-most amount of music (behind the US and the UK) until today, but it's not surprising when you ...

Friday, October 16, 2009

10 Los Angeles Music Venues Worth a Visit : Blisstree - Family ...

Los Angeles is a hotbed of creative juices, and that includes the music scene. Nearly every national act will book at least one play date in LA, and the local music scene is equally vibrant and exciting, so including a live music venue ...

Thursday, October 15, 2009

C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Har Mar Superstar | Late Nite ...

Last night a group that I'm playing in opened for Har Mar Superstar, and I had no idea what a treat I was in for. Har Mar wears his paunch and Krusty the Clown hair (sorry dude, it's true!) like a goddamn sex symbol and takes an ...

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Warner Music Hands Over Video Ad Sales To Outrigger | paidContent

Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) has a vision for how it's going to make money with digital content this time aroundâ€"and it includes a few key tech platforms and sales partners. On the sales end in the U.S., the company is giving the ...

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

MTV drops 'music television' from logo after 28 years

'Dropping the 'Music Television' from under the logo is a big symbolic statement and finally closes the loop on the repositioning exercise MTV kicked off two years back. We were born of music, inspired by music, driven by music â€" but ...

Monday, October 12, 2009

Outrigger Media to Sell Ads for Warner Music Group Videos on ...

Last month, Warner Music Group won the right to sell ads on its YouTube videos. Next step: Getting someone to sell ads on its YouTube videos, since the music label doesn't have its own sales team. The plan: Hand those duties over to ...

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Music Copyright Myths - Susan Boyle Fansite Forum

Ever downloaded music from the Internet? Perhaps you wanted to use it in the classroom, or needed it for your website, or to add to a flash movie, or maybe to jazz up a multimedia project… Whatever the end use, more and more of us are ...