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Robotic Guitar tunes itself to save musicians time and money
published 34 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes ago, posted by kazimanzurrashid 88 days, 23 minutes ago
Cool video showing the use of the Gibson Guitar, which tunes itself. This type of guitar is useful for the real musician who would normally need to switch guitars during a show. Instead, this guitar simply re tunes itself, allowing a performer to ide... (more)
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New Study, Musicians Like to Sing About Drugs and Sex
published 89 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes ago, posted by kazimanzurrashid 90 days, 14 hours, 40 minutes ago
According to a new study conducted by medical researchers, thirty-three percent of popular songs contain explicit content and forty-two percent of songs hint at substance abuse. (more)
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Record Label Quits, Uploads Albums onto The Pirate Bay
published 89 days, 14 hours, 20 minutes ago, posted by kazimanzurrashid 90 days, 14 hours, 40 minutes ago
Dependent Records, an independent record label from Germany recently decided to shut its doors and upload all its albums onto The Pirate Bay. Interestingly, a year ago the the CEO of the label mentioned piracy as one of the main reasons why they decide... (more)
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Free & Legal P2P Music from Major Labels
published 90 days, 15 minutes ago, posted by admin 92 days, 17 minutes ago
Here's the catch:"All of the songs will be wrapped in Microsoft's Windows Media subscription DRM." (more)
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Gibson Screws Musician Out Of $10,000 Worth Of Equipment
published 90 days, 15 minutes ago, posted by admin 92 days, 17 minutes ago
A musician named Tonedeff won the Lolapalooza Last Band Standing contest in 2006. Part of the prize package was "$10,000 worth of equipment from our friends at Gibson. (yes, believe it!)." Well, Tonedeff believed it, and he's spent the last year and a ... (more)
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A brave new world: the music biz at the dawn of 2008
published 90 days, 15 minutes ago, posted by admin 92 days, 17 minutes ago
Distinguished guests, fellow readers: As we gather tonight, CD sales are down, major label revenues are sliding, and the music industry looks to be in recession. But music isn't dying; it's changing. (more)
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Trent Reznor Does NOT support an ISP tax
published 90 days, 15 minutes ago, posted by admin 92 days, 17 minutes ago
"I left the conversation thinking I'd cleared up the misconception that I thought the entire release of "niggytardust" was a failure. Well, it appears the story was written before I was involved, and I woke up the next day to find out I'm a supporter o... (more)
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Music Industry Gets An Injunction Against Rapidshare
published 90 days, 16 minutes ago, posted by admin 92 days, 17 minutes ago
In March 2007, a court ruled that Rapidshare could be held responsible for copyright violations committed by users who uploaded copyrighted material to their servers. Now, a body that administers many copyrights for the music industry has obtained an i... (more)
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Are "American Idol" Stars for Real, or Just for Reality TV?
published 90 days, 16 minutes ago, posted by admin 92 days, 16 minutes ago
Poor album sales got three "Idol" stars booted from their record labels: Season two winner Ruben Studdard, season five winner Taylor Hicks and season five runner up Katharine McPhee. Is "American Idol," one of the highest-rated programs on TV, losing i... (more)
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5 Peculiar Instruments (and what they sound like)
published 90 days, 16 minutes ago, posted by admin 92 days, 16 minutes ago
My interest in musical oddities dates back to high school, when I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to invent an original instrument. Here are 5 weird ones that not only work, they’ve also passed the test of time. (more)
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