As we previously reported in January, Warp Records shut down its web store and started selling music on Bleep.com. Now, to celebrate Bleep’s 5th anniversary, the online store is polling big names for the best tracks the service has available. Mr. Oizo, Four Tet, Holy Fuck, and Thom Yorke submitted top 5 lists, check them out here. Read more...
14.2.09
Thom Yorke Chooses Favorite Tracks on Bleep.com
The Pirate Bay Stands Trial On Monday
The Pirate Bay operators Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström stand trial on Monday in Stockholm. The four defendants are accused of “promoting other people’s infringements of copyright laws” and face up to two years in prison and SEK 1.2 million in fines. Read more...
Blur Studio Footage of ‘Parklife’ Recording
Studio footage of Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree recording Blur’s pivotal album Parklife in 1994 has been released online at producer Stephen Street’s web site. The footage shows the band recording songs ‘London Loves‘ and ‘Magic America‘. Continue reading...
New Music Sharing Tool For Twitter
Mixmatchmusic has launched the URL address shortener ‘tra.kz’, which is designed for users to link music related content on Twitter. The biggest feature is Tra.kz’s own music player, which can stream songs hosted by labels and bands. Read more...
13.2.09
Rockstar Switches from Amazon to iTunes for GTA IV Music
Grand Theft Auto IV developer Rockstar Games has changed from Amazon’s mp3 store to Apple’s iTunes for their ZiT service, a feature that allows players to purchase songs from the game’s seventeen in-game radio stations. Read more...
12.2.09
UK Cinemas get 3D Projection
Odeon, the largest chain of cinemas based in Britain, is installing 3D projection technology in its UK theaters. The new projectors can display images at a resolution of 2K, (2,048×1,080 pixels), roughly twice the resolution of a movie on a Blu-ray disc. Continue reading...
High-tech Gloves Help to Learn Piano
Kevin Huang, from the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, has conceived a glove that vibrates to prompt which fingers to play a song in real time, with the objective to train a piano student’s muscle memory along with the music. Continue reading...
iTouch Becomes iPhone with a Download
If you have an iPod Touch, you can turn it into a mobile phone using downloadable applications Truphone and Jahjah, two Voice over IP (VoIP) providers. Now your mp3 player can be a phone with web-activated telephony, which uses VoIP to connect traditional phones. It can be cheaper than normal rates or even free, provided you have a wireless connection to your iPod. Read more...
Bob Marley’s Music and Image Sold in License Deal
Bob Marley’s family has struck a deal with private equity firm Hilco to license the reggae legend’s name, lyrics and image for merchandising. The family (including Ziggy and Damian) is ready to put Marley’s name on shoes, hotels, beer, coffee, video games, and musical instruments, among other products. Read more...
Editorial: Major Labels Struggle to Survive
It is a fact that the music industry is in recession. In the aftermath of 2008, when miserable record sales and widespread file-sharing destroyed profits for major labels, the music industry is now scrambling for new ways to get their hands on your hard-earned cash. Competing with “free” isn’t easy, and the industry has shown it’s ready to adopt creative attitudes toward music consumers and free distribution, while simultaneously trying to implement new business models that force money into their pockets via taxes or subscriptions. It’s time to take a closer look at these schemes. Continue reading...
11.2.09
Grammys Recover TV Audience
After last year’s dismal TV audiences, the 2009 Grammy Awards captured 19.05 million households, up from 17.18 million in 2009. With a variety of artists, spanning decades of music, the 3 ½ hour CBS broadcast was able to appeal to all ages and galvanize the failing industry. Read more...
University Tax, Google Deletes Posts from Blogs
Ruckus‘ closure of leaves room for other companies to target universities, get mobile remixing with Touch Mix, and Google adopts a new policy towards music sharing blogs. Here’s the newest in technology: Continue reading...
10.2.09
‘The Most Unwanted Song’ Scientifically Composed
Composer Dave Soldier and artists Komar & Melamid took an online poll on their website, and then used the data to scientifically compose “The Most Unwanted Song” of all time. Listen here...
Madlib Collection Available for Download
Hip Hop producer Madlib has his extensive collection available over at the Stones Throw Records website. Tracks are a dollar, and albums start at $10, making it the perfect opportunity to dive into the history of the talented producer. Continue reading...
Auto-Tune: The Science of Perfect Pitch
Auto-tune, a voice-tuning music software plugin created by Andy Hildebrand, made its commercial debut in 1998 with Cher’s pop hit “Believe”. Since, it has become an integral part of studio music production and recording, a trick producers use to correct their singer’s voices. Read more...
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