10 Year Celebration

the gap, Vienna’s leading music magazine, is celebrating it’s 10th anniversy on the March 15th. There’s gonna be huge party at the WUK in Vienna, datenschmutz knows more.

Spotback Launches “The Music Project”

Personalized news portal Spotback’s team of experts managed to map a huge amount of music resources. As a result you can get a personalized fix of music news and MP3’s. Think Pandora for music news.

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Top 10 Forgotten Rock Bands of the 90’s

They may have not been the greatest bands in the world, but they gave us some great songs. I have no idea what the hell any of these bands are doing now but I liked most of them when they were out.

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RIAA Boycott, Day 1: ‘Music Theft’ Settlements Offered by Record Industry

The RIAA says it’s going to offer a special deal to certain college students, letting them off easy instead of suing them for hundreds of thousands of dollars for illegally downloading music. The recording industry Gestapo said letters were going out offering “discounted settlements” to 400 students at 13 universities across the United States.

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Save Our Internet Radio - The View from Paradise

Don
’t let the RIAA silence your favorite Internet radio station!

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Amie Street signs major artists to sell DRM-free music

Ars takes a look at Amie Street, a new DRM-free music service that carries music from popular acts like the Barenaked Ladies and Emma Burgess. Is their new variable-pricing model worth watching?

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Technorati Verification

Mick Taylor: The Stone who rolled away…

When the Rolling Stones were revealed last week to be music
’s biggest current earners, making £77million a year, one man who played a key part in their success could be forgiven for not joining in any celebrations. Mick Taylor, guitarist on some of the Stones’ best albums, now has a lifestyle far removed from the excesses of the rock circuit…

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Rock Star Supernova Implodes

Band alert: How to avoid the “Rock Star” crash and burn.

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Artists Aren’t Starving Because of Piracy

In the age of digital media, piracy runs rampant. It is now as easy to share music or a movie as it is to share an idea. So in recent years, we’ve been fed (dis)information about copyright laws. “Think of the artists” we’re told. If you download music, somewhere there is a poor, struggling artist who can’t feed his kids. It’s all hogwash.

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