Latest Music Updates

• If Music DRM is Dead, the RIAA Expects its Resurrection: Despite widespread declarations of the death of DRM in music, the Recording Industry Association of America insists that it's far from dead. At the Digital Hollywood conference taking place in Los Angeles this week, the organization argued that DRM is still used in the large majority of music distribution methods. Read More
• John Mayer's Music Making Process [produced by Apatow]: How about something everyone can relate to? Like when you're fucking one supermodel and you make the other ones jealous. Read More
• The 11 Best Songs from Geek-Movie Soundtracks: Armed only with fond memories, refined taste, and that sweet YouTube extension for the Firefox search bar, we've selected the finest tunes ever to grace any movie about extraordinary, gaudily dressed individuals solving problems through violence. So feast your ears on the eleven songs listed below: They're really freaking good. Read More
• RIAA: piracy fight more important than 'Net neutrality bill: As the House Committee on Energy and Commerce considers the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, testimony from the interested parties reveals that opinions on 'Net neutrality may tell us more about those doing the testifying than what a neutral 'Net entails. For the ISPs, at least, it appears that neutrality is a threat to their ability to innovate Read More
• Flobots - Handlebars: Music video for Denver hip hop band the Flobots. Read More
• Ian Rogers, Topspin CEO, Former Yahoo Music VP:Thanks, Trent: From one of the most qualified people in the field of online digital music distribution comes this great summary blog post: "What he’s doing doesn’t just take balls, it takes awareness and intelligence. Congrats, man. Keep it comin’." Read More
• Amazing Machine Makes Music Loop from Citizen Cane: Simple automatic instruments are constructed from local materials and objects on site. The system learns the sounds it can make by trying out its instruments, and then uses its range of sounds to try to reproduce the rhythmic and melodic qualities of sounds such as the voices of visitors Read More
• NIN Gives Away New Full Length Album - the slip: as a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new nine inch nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com.the music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. Read More
• Bands are getting into bed with consumer brands: From boutique favourites such as Agent Provocateur and Joe Bloggs to icons of the global hyper-mall such as Diesel, Yahoo!, Audi and Coca-Cola, brands have awoken to music’s potential as a powerful communication tool, and a content gold rush is on. Under the “lifestyle” umbrella, household names are seeking out, signing and promoting music. Read More
• Nine Inch Nails release new song : Echoplex: The second of NIN's new free releases has come out, through a FaceBook program. As with the previous song, "Discipline", the song file contains full lyrics, a cryptic image to accompany the song and the message "Go to www.nin.com on May 5th" Read More
• How to synchronize five metronomes: It's a little hypnotic. Read More
• 10 Ways People Are Ruining Concerts For Everyone: At concerts these days you have to brace yourself for an experience easily ruined by the fans themselves, who have become a rude and unruly lot entirely unaware of everyone else's personal space. Here are the ten rules of concerts that people blatantly disobey. Read More
• Will Ferrell and Shaq Sing a Beautiful Duet: Classic SNL. Read More
• Paula Abdul Completely Drunk on American Idol [vid]: This is Paula Abdul drunk on American Idol, reviewing a performance that didn't happen yet. Read More
• Radiohead won't repeat 'In Rainbows' giveaway: Radiohead made it official: the band won't be giving away music like it did with the album In Rainbows. "I think it was a one-off situation" said Thom Yorke. "I don't think it would have the same significance now anyway, if we chose to give something away again. It was a moment in time." Read More
• Musician 'duped' into anti-piracy video: An artist featured in a new campaign pushed by the Australian music industry to discourage illegal file sharing and change the public's perception that musicians live like royalty says he was duped into joining an anti-piracy "witch hunt". Read More
• Madonna Can Still Lure Fans With Candy: It is not yet time to stick a fork in Madonna. The grande dame of pop isn't done just yet. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has succeeded for so long, with more than 200 million records sold worldwide since 1982, in large measure because she's always had a knack for identifying interesting trends and adopting them as her own. Read More
• Intelligence And Rhythmic Accuracy Go Hand In Hand: People who score high on intelligence tests are also good at keeping time, new Swedish research shows. The team that carried out the study also suspect that accuracy in timing is important to the brain processes responsible for problem solving and reasoning. Read More
• Record companies sue Project Playlist on copyright: Nine major record labels filed suit against an online music provider on Monday, accusing Project Playlist Inc of a "massive infringement" of their copyrights to the songs of artists such as U2 and Gwen Stefani. Project Playlist (http;//www.projectplaylist.com) enables its users to easily find, play and share music with others for free. Read More
• Top 10 Music Acts who are going Green: Going green has become a focus in recent years for many artists who are trying to help save the environment with everything from carbon offsets, to giving away autographed compost bins, to philanthropy. Read More
• Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros: Flight of the Conchords Read More
• Metallica Now Embraces File-Sharing?: New interview says that they've been "observing Radiohead and Trent Reznor," and that it for its next album fans can expect "everything in terms of possibilities with the Internet. Read More
• Snoop and Willie Nelson Sing a Surprise Duet in Amsterdam: The first few seconds of the video are blank but its a great video. Willie and Snoop are two of the most adaptable singers in modern music. The fact that these two can pair up and have fun is awesome to see. Read More
• Bizarre Beat Machine : This beat machine produces it sounds via weight sensors, metal ball bearings and light pulses.... very interesting Read More
• Free New Nine Inch Nails Song, "Discipline": Trent Reznor is an amazing man, just put your email address in to get the download link and check your email to download Discipline, the new single Read More
• EMI Says You Can't Store Your Music Files Online: EMI believes that consumers aren't allowed to store their music files online, and that MP3tunes is violating copyright law by providing a backup service. Read More
• DRM sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke MSN Music DRM keys: Microsoft plans to turn off its MSN Music authorization servers at the end of this summer, according to an e-mail sent out to customers today. It's another reminder that DRM means you don't fully own the media you bought. Read More
• Stone Temple Pilots Reunited In Hopes Of Opening For Led Zep: There are a number of reasons why Stone Temple Pilots decided to reunite after nearly five years apart — some are obvious, and others, not so much. Read More
• The 11 Most Unintentionally Gay Rap Lyrics Ever: As a journalistic institution built on a foundation of honesty and integrity, we would never stoop to such lows. But take those lyrics out of context to make them sound gay? We're on it. Read More
• Nine Inch Nails releases new single, Discipline, to radio: A new song by Nine Inch Nails (with lyrics and everything) was sent to radio stations around the country, and debuted at the same time around the US. The song, Discipline, was only mastered yesterday. Follow The NIN Hotline for more info... Read More
• RIAA spent $2 million lobbying for tougher IP laws in 2007: All groups lobbying Congress and the executive branch are required to disclose how much they spent on the task each year. During 2007, the RIAA spent $2.08 million lobbying lawmakers for tougher copyright laws, among other things. Read More
• How rock stars got their stage names: From Billy Idol to Bono to Marilyn Manson. Read More
• The 25 Worst Rappers of all time!: Can you guess #1? Read More
• In the US, 58% of music isn't paid for: In 2007, there was an increase in the volume of music acquired for nothing and a sharp decline in the amount paid for, according to NPD's annual survey of Internet users. Although more people paid for digital downloads -- that market grew from 7% to 10% -- it wasn't enough to cover the fall in CD sales -- down from 41% to 32%. Read More
• Chuck Berry Remembers Call About White Kid Playing Guitar: "I'll never forget that night back in 1955 when I got the call from [cousin] Marvin [Berry] saying, 'Chuck, this is that sound you've been looking for!'" Read More
• Miraculous Direct Note Access can completely change music: Music recording software just took another giant leap, now able to do what was thought to be impossible. Read More
• Travis Barker's Remix of Flo Rida's - Low: The official video of Travis Barker Recording Flo Rida - Low.... This is just Insane! Read More
• The 125+ People, Places and Things Ruling the Rock Universe: Rolling Stone's 125-plus picks, from Best Festival Band Radiohead to Best Producer Danger Mouse to Best MC Lil Wayne, plus books, venues, Beatles remasters and more. Read More
• Hip-Hop Artist Refuses To Stand Against The Pirate Bay: A Swedish hip-hop artist who the IFPI used as leverage in their legal battle against The Pirate Bay, wants nothing to do with the case. Without consultation, the IFPI were claiming damages on his behalf from The Pirate Bay, even though they don’t even own the rights to his music. Read More
• Hundreds Of Music Videos, On Demand.: "Enjoy broadcast-quality music videos anytime from your browser!" Read More