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In Music, Others' Tastes May Help Shape Your...

“More troubling for Farnsworth than those who downloaded...”
— Digital download model puts...

Buffetlibre's 80s cover project, Rewind, is...

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musiclab project

“I think the bottom line for me was that I wanted to try...”
— Chatting with James Miao of...

Updated the muxtape... midyear favorites

sierracolfer: My music myspace. I wrote three of the songs...

“Markets long squandered by the music cartel will open as...”
— Steve Gillmor - Independence...

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marco: (via fredseibert)

MasterCard Campaign Offers Free UMG Downloads...

SeeqPod takes on Muxtape with `PodLists’ (via...

tychomusic

iso50

Who's laughing now?

Sock, Vol. 3: High Life - matt

wesharemusic: Just in time for the 4th of July I’ve served you up another hearty bowl of...

Recorded Music Market Share By Label

aprilini: 31.2% (down .3%) Universal Music Group 20.8% (up.8%) Warner Music Group 24.8% (down .5%)...

“I think when you, the listener, get to the point that you’re...”
— Scott from Pretty Goes with...

“At MP3tunes we hate the game (EMI suits are suing MP3tunes...”
— MP3Tunes Founder Michael...

Streamzy: Clean And Simple On-Demand Music

Virgin defends file-sharing campaign

“Young let slip that he was now talking to record companies...”
— Richard Waters

“Because across-the-board, the recording is becoming a...”
— Paul Resnikoff - Resnikoff’s...

“Will music fans suddenly flock to DRM-free downloads from...”
— Paul Resnikoff -...

Nokia Tries Apple's Tunes

thetapeleader: Great stuff tumbled just...

“Our cultural consumption exists on a spectrum from...”
— Daniel Hall (from Indie rock...

“The article is indicative of a common misunderstanding about...”
— Coolfer from the blog post...

aprilini: Feast your eyes on the World’s First Album Cover

“Curatorship: the big job of the next century.”
— Jason Kottke This is something...

craig: from Scott Hansen’s site via makenosound

adambarrett: The Bruce Stickersteen Set Version 1.0 3/5

adambarrett: The Bruce Stickersteen Set Version 1.0 2/5

newspeedwayboogie: “I made up a lot of the songs I sing....

Last.fm releases new API. The new API introduces a user...

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FriendFeed Supports MP3 Feeds

joelaz: FriendFeed just launched an awesome feature that I was hoping we might get for Tumblr.  You...

Rhapsody’s new MP3 store offers full song...

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Sound Opinions (via ian)

Rhapsody Agrees DRM Is Dead; Launches MP3 Store From ...

dtybywl: vhudy6tx4dik9ol: Some Stuff from around 1984 (via...

Updated the muxtape... current favorites

Musings of The Brain: Music Service Reviews

EMI Music Sues Hi5, VideoEgg and Ten Defendants To Be Named...

Under the iPlayer hood for radio

The RZA's muxtape

New York Magazine's Summer Muxtapes

yvynyl: cakeface: Battin has just updated his site. Battin...

Bjork + Sigur Ros will be livecasting their...

“I’ve always felt the debate between labels, artists...”
— Dan Rua - The Many Models of...

From Wired (Issue 16.01): What is called the music business...

BLOG FRESH RADIO

Jogli’s Music Search Streams 500M Songs, 12M Albums From...

yvynyl: Topspin » NIN’s “The Slip” Downloads Visualized...

Urban Music Outfit Goes International

“Yeah, I love it. I think it’s brilliant and I’ll tell you...”
— Joss Stone - Piracy is...

Judge upholds $107,834 in attorneys’ fees award...

How To Make Your Own Music Site in 10 Minutes (via joe...

“An even bigger, harder slap on the ass goes to Topspin, for...”
— Aaron North of Jubilee

“There’s this whole “war on terror” thing...”
— Techdirt - Doesn’t The...

Meemix Gives Customization And Widgets To Musicians From...

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Mog

hitherehoney: Mog is a website similar to last.fm, but you can make your page more personal and the...

newspeedwayboogie: “I believe in his genius. He is an...

Prince Sues to Obliterate Tribute Album From the Listening...

Big Cartel Featured Store: The Hype Machine

newspeedwayboogie: “I listened to my record recently and...

“The fictional app called LOCOBEAT makes social media and...”
— Sarah Perez - Bored With Web...

Amie Street Lands Big Content Deal With The Orchard Amie...

johnthomas: I remember when, for me, Guitar Center was akin...

Pearl Jam Showcase Rarities, Politics, Dylan and Who Covers...

MPAA Says No Proof Needed in P2P Copyright...

Recording Industry Decries AM-FM Broadcasting...

Secrets about the internet

marco: The most common word in search queries is “photos”. Number two? “Fotos.” The associated...

Famecast About: FameCast is the leading artist discovery...

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“At any instant, KaZaA users are likely to have thousands of...”
— The Eff is attacking  the...

Ticketmaster spun off from IAC with lots of...

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musingsofthebrain: Summary: Slicethepie is a website for...

Federal Judge: College must turn over student...

Pearl Jam: Best of Live (via troubledsoulsunite) Acoustic...

“Men differ in their perceptive capacity chiefly in their...”
— H. N. Brailsford, a leading...

The dream team — Peter Gotcher, Shamal Ranasinghe and...

Expect BIG things from TopSpin. That’s Ian Rogers, the...

“The Topspin platform is flexible in terms of how an artist...”
— Topspin » Unveiling...

A Brief History of the Album's Recent Decline...

Confused & Music

aaronwhite: I just downloaded the new “Girl Talk” album, which consists entirely of illegally...

QBox - “a social network music player” By...

CD Sales Fall Faster Than Digital Music Sales...

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TuneCore Opens Digital Aggregator Platform

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iTunes Store Tops Over Five Billion Songs...

France to ban illegal downloaders from using...

Microsoft does 180, will continue to support...

Free music service Qtrax is back with......

jeffjewiss: herosquad: New Girl Talk out today in a tiered...

Reason #294850294 Why Hypem is awesome. (VH1)

“Back in the day, we all know the stories of the Otis...”
— Kid Rock - BBC: Kid Rock...

This Is The New EMI? Trying To Personally...

eMusic has posted its free Pitchfork Music...

Hey bands, what’s your plan for becoming...

thenextbigsound: It’s tough for unsigned bands out there. We’re building a better way. Imagine a...

DJ Arrested For Selling Pre-Release Promo CDs...

‘Oldest’ computer music unveiled “I think...

mascarah: Buddy Guy with JM’s #1 guitar. I love this man....

Pearl Jam fans have another way to purchase its wares,...

Study: 80 Percent of P2P Users Would Pay For...

“Respondents value the music in their possession enormously....”
— Music Experience and Behaviour...

“Cohen and Stone say Fortune 500 companies are waking up to...”
— Fortune - Music blogs’...

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Recording Industry Now Making Up Facts To...

Music Experience and Behaviour in Young...

“This is yet another indication that the major labels of the...”
— Eliot Van Buskirk (EMI Artists...

Polaris Music Prize

“In a confidential business plan showed to investors last...”
— NYTimes

“I remember back when “Yellow” was a big hit for some reason,...”
— buddyhead records blog

“It was 30 years later that a man named Brian Epstein walked...”
— NYTimes - EMI’s New Boss Sees...

“It has been almost 10 months since Mr. Hands, through his...”
— NYTimes - EMI’s New Boss Sees...

Average teenager's iPod has 800 illegal music...

Sentric Music on The Guardian blog

“The original ‘bad’ Napster was sued by a consortium of...”
— Music :) Ally ps. All those...

3 Smart Things About Music

whitneymcn: via hypem: Music :) Ally’s Reader Survey

buzzsuggest: Tunes and politics mix at Bonnaroo (AP)

EMI Situation Continues; Jason Flom Also...

Universal To Appeal Promo CD Ruling

(via bigfun)

Advertising Age - Songs For Soap

Metallica Changes Its Mind (Again), Allows...

LIVE WEBCAST OF THE BONNAROO MUSIC + ARTS...

“Unfortunately, due to requirements from the songwriters,...”
— Mog Press Release on their...

100 Free Sources for (Good) Downloadable...

WellMixed is a startup company dedicated to helping ...

A new generation of music blogs

“Merlin’s indie labels were able to grab as much US market...”
— Indies: The Fifth Major Label?...

“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a...”
— Hunter S. Thompson (via...