With the arrival of digital downloads in Asia, South Korean media mogul JY Park is turning to human talent to make up for the failing CD market. With megastars Rain, Joon Park, new pop sensations the Wonder Girls and more on the way, JY Park is paving the path for a new movement in the Asian music industry. Read more...
24.1.09
People Power the Music in Asia not CDs
iPod Record Sales, Ubisoft Music Game, Music Biz
Apple iPods hit a new record for sales over the holiday season, Ubisoft announces a new ‘cross-platform music-based game’, and Time magazine gives the lowdown on the music industry crisis. Check out today’s tech round up…
23.1.09
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Lose Founding Member
Mick Harvey, multi-instrumentalist and founding member of Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds, has decided to leave the band forever “personal and professional” reasons and dedicate himself to “new opportunities”. Continue reading...
New York Virgin Megastore Shuts Down
The Times Square Virgin Megastore will shut down in April because the floorspace it occupies would be more profitable to its owners, Related Companies and Vornado, with another tenant. Virgin pays only $54 per square foot in rent while the market rent in the area is $700 per square foot, so the highest volume music store in the U.S. is going to be shut down. Read more...
22.1.09
Massive Attack To Release Sample Collection
Rapster Records will release Protected: Massive Samples on 26 January (UK), a collection of songs sampled by Massive Attack. It’s mostly based on funk and soul, with artists like Al Green, Wally Badarou, James Brown and Isaac Hayes. Continue reading...
Enduring Loud Music with Hearing Intact
You may love the high-decibel rock concerts and ear-splitting club floors, but it’s proven that continued exposure to loud music can harm your ears. Leave it to science to find a solution! By altering the system of the human ear, scientists have discovered a “tweak” that can lower the impact of permanently damaging sounds. Read more...
Pandora Ads, Guitar Hero Denounced, MSN Mobile
Pandora now has ads, Guitar Hero gets slammed, and Microsoft competes with iTunes, all in today’s round up! Continue reading...
LEGO Releases Mp3 Players
Lego blocks are no longer for building little houses. The Danish company LEGO is going to launch itself into the world of Mp3 players (and the world of digital cameras, walkie talkies and alarm clocks), reports Gigwise. The devices will be easy to identify, for they will sport the famous colored blocks in their design. Continue reading...
And the Nominees for the Brit Awards are…
Place your bets! Coldplay and Duffy lead the nominations with 4 each, they will compete directly for the Best British Album and Best British Single awards. The winners of the prestigious British music awards will be announced on 18 February, in a ceremony presented by Kylie Minogue. Read more...
21.1.09
Subscription-Based Unlimited Music on Cell Phones
‘Come With Music’ (CWM) is Nokia’s newest foray into the music business. At this year’s MIDEM, the world’s largest music industry trade fair, Nokia advertised that handset users who subscribe to CWM will have unlimited access to millions of tracks for download. Continue reading...
Isle Of Man to get unlimited legal music Downloads
Citizens of the self-governing Isle of Man might be able to legally download unlimited music from the Internet. The Isle Of Man Government e-Business Division has announced that they are trying to reach an agreement with the major labels that would introduce a compulsory blanket license for music downloads. Read more...
20.1.09
Learning Music Helps Language Skills
Ever wonder why musicians are so fluent and verbose? How they are able to captivate you with their words? There may be an answer, for new research shows that learning musical melodies exercises the linguistic parts of the brain. Continue reading...
Stars perform for Obama’s ‘We Are One’ Concert
The We Are One concert at the Lincoln Memorial pulled crowds with big names performing for the celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama. Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Herbie Hancock, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder, Bono and Garth Brooks took to the stage to sing classics like “This Land Is Your Land”, and “America the Beautiful”. Read more...
RIAA, ISP’s Lead Music Providers, IFPI
The Recording Industry Association of America drops a “John Doe” case, Internet Service Providers are also the top music providers, and the International Federation of Phonographic Industry report reveals more about Internet piracy. All in today’s Tech Round Up! Continue reading...
19.1.09
George Lucas makes Gibson guitar
Star Wars creator George Lucas has fashioned a Gibson Les Paul guitar with Yoda brandishing a Lightsaber for guitar manufacturer Gibson. It will be joined by Seth Green’s robot chicken design and Stan Lee’s Marvel customization for the auction at the Phoenix Guitar Gala in Petaluma (USA) on 28 February. Read more...
18.1.09
Le Dernier Combat Bio
Le Dernier Combat é uma banda criada pelos irmãos Morelli, após a banda algarvia Synead ter ficado pendente devido aos dois terem saído de Portimão para prosseguir com as suas carreiras académicas.
A banda Synead cessou as suas actividades em Janeiro de 2008 e o projecto Le Dernier Combat surge já no fim do mesmo ano como uma banda dentro do rock experimental, com influências dos estilos empreendidos por bandas como The Advantage, Hella, The Mars Volta, Ghosts and Vodka e If Lucy Fell.
Com o lançamento de alguns vídeos recentes, provenientes do único concerto dado até ao momento, a banda pretende continuar o seu projecto através de concertos nos próximos tempos.
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