Google has made the decision to begin selling music online, similar to the way the iTunes Store works. The announcement came during their Google Music event last Wednesday. Instead of referring customers to content partners, they will begin allowing musicians to upload and sell their music to customers. Google Music went into beta earlier this [...]
Have you ever heard that the music industries would suffer if we didn’t get rid of piracy? I sure have, and piracy is talked about by nearly every artist and record company in the United States (and elsewhere I’m sure). Well, have you ever wondered just how big the “industry” of pirating is? The following [...]
Later this month, it has been said by Ubisoft that they will release Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood for the PC. For this release to the PC, they are including a few extra features that weren’t included on the console version, including the following: A copy of the game’s soundtrack. Two new single-player maps Two new multiplayer [...]
Now, this is quite a bit better than Beats by Dr. Dre, Diddybeats, and the Lady Gaga Heart Beats (still love you Lady Gaga!). AKG has announced a line of headphones endorsed by a true legend, Quincy Jones, known for working with Frank Sinatra on song arrangements in the 60s, but his true claim to [...]
As part of Apple’s grand unveiling of the new iPods, Steve Jobs announced a new version of iTunes. Not surprising in and of itself, but what it has is pretty surprising. Apple has included a new social network called Ping. Meant to compete with Facebook, Last.fm, MySpace, etc, Ping is a social network centered around [...]
Indie band Arcade Fire recently put out a fantastic album called The Suburbs. If you haven’t heard it, go buy it now. It’s one of the the best I’ve heard in quite some time. To promote it they’ve done some TV appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, some summer festival appearances, and an [...]
Uh, what? I guess the RIAA still thinks it’s 1985 and just like LL Cool J, we can’t live without our radio. That or it’s the latest in many misguided attempts to keep profits up. As the Consumer Electronics Association said “Rather than adapt to the digital marketplace, NAB and RIAA act like buggy-whip industries [...]
This doesn’t fall within the normal realm of geekdom I usually write about, but since, I’m a music geek, it fits. I just watched a video of a high school boy ask his date to the prom. No big deal, right? Well, he got three of his friends to dress in tuxedos like himself and [...]
This came from inhabitat.com. There’s an artist by the name of Luke Jerram who is working on a project which is best described as a walk-in wind chime. Tubes of various lengths surround a small chamber and each tube has strings in it that will resonate when the wind blows into it. So, change the [...]
We all remember the treats of legal action from Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich after he found out people were downloading his music for free on Napster? Well, apparently now that everyone has started to download legally Lars has decided to download his own Music for free! Yes, lars has admitted to downloading music for free…at [...]
