On Sunday, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer proposed a law that would give ticket buyers a two-day waiting period before ticket resellers, like TicketsNow, can buy everything up and raise the prices. After an outburst from fans and artists against fraudulent practices in the resale market, it appears as though the government is responding to consumer worries. Read more...
8.4.09
U.S. Senator Proposes Ticket Law Against Resellers
Justice Remixes U2’s Get On Your Boots
U2 has requested the services of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, a.k.a. Justice, to remix the lead single, “Get On Your Boots”, off their recent album No Line on the Horizon. Justice has already remixed the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and MGMT, and now U2 is getting the † treatment.
Justice makes good use of supplementary piano tracks and string section, while cutting the beat in half and adding their traditional bass line. The song is practically unrecognizable, with a completely different chord progression and, suddenly, Bono’s singing is tolerable. Listen to the track after the cut, and compare with the original: Continue...
5.4.09
Noripcord News: EU File Sharing, Music Streaming, Ed O'Brien, Cover Art
The EU make a decision about the "3 Strikes" law, how music streaming is evolving, Ed O'Brien talks about money, and an online Cover Art Exposition. Read the news at Noripcord...
4.4.09
Diplo’s Mad Decent Partners with Downtown Records
Indie label Mad Decent, created by Philadelphia-based DJ and producer Diplo, has made a partnership deal with another indie, Downtown Records.
Home to artists such as Bonde do Role, Brick Bandits, and DJ Blaqstarr, Mad Decent will join acts like Gnarls Barkley, Justice, Eagles of Death Metal and Santigold at Downtown, which already partners with A-Trak and Kid Sister’s Fool’s Gold Records. Dance music seems to be congregating under the same banner. Continue reading...
Verizon Sells Mp3s Online
Telecommunications giant Verizon Wireless has announced today that it is adding more than 5 million mp3s to its online media store. The mp3s will be playable on any device, and therefore without digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. Read more...
Wireless Mics for Guitar Hero and Rock Band 2
The wireless-capable microphones that shipped with Microsoft’s singing video game, Lips, will be compatible with Guitar Hero: Metallica, and Rock Band 2. Being hooked up to a video game console by a short cord impedes many of the more enthusiastic vocalist moves, so singers can revel in this forthcoming freedom. Read more...
Swedish Anti-Piracy Law Causes Internet Traffic Drop
On Wednesday, a new anti-piracy law was implemented in Sweden that will allow courts to order Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to reveal the identities of suspected file sharers. On its first day, the law provoked a 30 percent drop in the country’s Internet traffic, from 120 gigabits of data passing over the network every second, down to 80Gbps. Continue reading...
3.4.09
Obama Gives Queen Elizabeth an iPod
Barack Obama’s aide has reported that the president gave the Queen of England an iPod, containing video and photos of her 2007 trip to Virginia and Washington, DC, in 2007, as well as some Broadway show tunes and accessories. Read more...
2.4.09
Dubstep in the US with Rusko, Tour Dates
For those who appreciate the electronic genre, Rusko is currently touring in the US, and will end the tour with performances in New York and Los Angeles on 10-11 April. The track in the background is “Marco Del Horno ‘Samurai’ - Rusko ‘Safe Sex’ mix”, available on 12″ at Bullet Train Records.
The 23 year old from Leeds has remixed artists such as Adele, A-Trak featuring Kid Sister, and Leon Jean-Marie, and over the past years has gained popularity with other artists, having been remixed by Buraka Som Sistema, Diplo, Drop the Lime and the Scratch Perverts. Check out another track and more US tour dates after the jump: Continue reading...Study: Teens Stream Music Instead of Purchasing
A new report from the NPD Group says that teens (age 13 to 17) bought 19 percent less music in 2008 than they did in the previous year. CD purchases also declined 26 percent, and paid digital downloads fell 13 percent compared to 2007. Russ Crupnick, entertainment industry analyst for The NPD Group, says in the report:
Continue reading...“With popular music sites like Pandora, imeem, and MySpaceMusic complementing offerings by terrestrial and satellite radio, more teens may be getting their fill of music and feeling less compelled to buy music or share it with others.”
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