Tag: Music
Enter Shikari partner with Xbox for Blue Dragon soundtrack
Not one to follow the music charts, when I heard Enter Shikari were working in partnership with Xbox, my initial reaction was “Enter what!? What’s a curry take-away got to do with the Xbox?!” Nevertheless, when I bunny-hopped over to their Myspace and joined the millions of others who’d downloaded their tracks, I became rather keen to see exactly why…
Recreating album art for the digital age
WIRED magazine has an interesting article about how the advent of music downloads are changing not only how we play and store tracks, but also how the concept of the album cover is changing. No longer can artists assume that…
SonyBMG turn to the power of blogs for music demos
It seems that the humble demo tape – even the demo CD – is on its last legs. SonyBMG has said that from Monday it will no longer accept music demos in hard copy formats. Instead, musicians hoping to grab…
EMI boss: mobile industry can learn from Apple
EMI's CEO, Eric Nicoli, said that the mobile phone industry could learn a thing or two from Apple about mobile music sales, who "makes stuff that people love to own." "They love the simplicity and user-friendliness of the iPod and…
Video Review: Finger Beats musical gadget
Rawk bands make all sorts of M&M-related demands for their backstage riders, while Kiss frontman Gene Simmons has a super-long tongue. Meanwhile, according to the video below, Shiny Media's Susi Weaser eats red sweets, and so has a pink tongue….
Real droogs use Roth's audio music cocoon amplifier in the milk bar
5px; float: left;"/>Anyone else just look at that picture and think 'wow, it's an iPod dock and a bar?! Brilliant, I can combine my two favourite past-times"? Or maybe it's time for me to quit drinking…Nah… Sadly those aren't…
US recording industry asks students not to pirate music
In what sounds like a rather futile exercise, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sent 400 letters out to 13 US universities advising of potential copyright infringement lawsuits against students who are using computer networks to illegally download music….
3GSM 2007: Samsung F300 music phone
Still hovering around the Samsung stand at 3GSM like a hobo 'round The Ivy's garbage cans, Ashley has his mitts firmly clamped on the F300 music phone from Samsung. This hybrid of a mobile phone, and music player on the…
Sony to launch iPod docking station
Sony, who lost their dominant position in the portable music player market to Apple, are about to launch an iPod docking station. Though there's nothing particularly unique about the system (compared to any of the other docking stations out there)…
NAMM 2007: Line6 unveil Floor POD Plus guitar effects unit
Line6 have added to their POD range with the Floor POD Plus, which they say unites the timeless sounds of the POD 2.0 with a greatly expanded set of premium effects. The road-ready package has 32 amp models, 16…