Music on one’s mobile phone is nothing surprising. Downloading it for free is a different matter; both Verizon and Sprint’s service directs to a proprietary store and charges up to $2.50 per song. Cingular plans on another route: they are gearing up to offer free music downloads to compatible phones.
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In a tirade riddled with expletives, Kanye said he should have won the prize for Best Video for “Touch The Sky,” because it “cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it. I was jumping across canyons.” … “If I don’t win, the awards show loses credibility,” Kanye said.
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The new Guns N’ Roses album, Chinese Democracy, has received the seal of approval from former Skid Row man Sebastian Bach. And he knows a thing or two ’bout The Rock.
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Since the early days of Experiments in Musical Intelligence, many audiences have heard its output in the styles of classical composers. The works have delighted, angered, provoked, and terrified those who have heard them. Ultimately, the computer is just a tool with which we extend our minds.
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Since the RIAA began filing lawsuits against suspected file sharers in 2003, not a single one has gone all the way to trial. It appears that the RIAA is dropping cases to avoid the possibility of losing and thus set a precedent against their witchhunt!
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Mediaservices is convinced that its business model is legitimate and that it maximizes demand for music and spurs consumers to buy more music. The company believes that everyone wins, record labels, artists and distribution companies when the market is broader and deeper. Relying on a handful of artists for the majority of sales is an outdated …
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Over the past year or so, BitTorrent as a medium for independent artists and labels to distribute content has grown immensely. It’s good to see that BitTorrent.com, the ‘official’ BT site is spearheading this movement.
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Ok.. this is pretty weird..
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An excellent reference site to satisfy that itch of yours. Classiccat.net doesn’t host any files directly, but links to multiple sources with the songs you want. From Bach to Wagner, this site has their music, performed by actual ensembles, for free.
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