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Pink Floyd triumphs in battle with EMI over downloads

Pink Floyd have won their lawsuit over the matter of single-song downloads against EMI, which now puts an end to the digital sale of the group's individual tracks.
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Beeple Visual Animation IV.7

beeple:IV.7 (annoyingly small mix) visual animation
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3 Pill Morning Kicks Off Midwest Tour

The Minneapolis-based rock band, 3 Pill Morning kicks off its Midwest tour dates on Feb 5. The band is playing show dates in support of its recently released EP, Singles. The album was engineered by heavyweight production team Corey Lowery and Brian Virtue (Chevelle, Deftones, Sevendust). The band is currently working on its third album with the same team.
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SoundExchange and MySpace to Identify and Register Thousands of Artists with Unclaimed Royalties

In a surprise announcement today at MIDEM, SoundExchange, the non-profit performance rights organization charged with the task of collecting and distributing digital performance royalties, and MySpace unveiled a partnership to identify and register thousands of artists and indie labels with unclaimed digital royalties.
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The Dead Pirates “Wood” video by McBess and Simon

Get the Dead Pirates track here : music.dirtymelody.com and get the mcbess book with a free 7″ from the dead pirates here : www.nobrow.net/nobrow-press Music video created by mcbess & simon , produced by the Mill , for the band Dead Pirates
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Jam Session 2.0 virtual collaboration video

We put together a virtual "jam session" with musicians from all over the world! Music was inspired by Galt MacDermot's amazing "Coffee Cold". Handsome Boy Modeling School (Prince Paul and Dan the Automator ) flipped that song with J-Live and Roisin Murphy from Moloko and called it "The Truth".
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The Death of MySpace

The Death of MySpace
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We’ve Got A Long Way To Go by Joe Perry – Free MP3 Download (limited time)

We've Got A Long Way To Go by Joe Perry from the album Have Guitar, Will Travel (FREE MP3 download for a limited time)
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How To Book a Show For Your Band

Before approaching a club about getting your band a gig, there are several things that must be taken into consideration, the most important being the appropriateness of your band to play that particular venue. Trying to book your metal band or your hip-hop group at the popular indie venue doesn't do you or the venue any good. Make sure the music you play fits, at least vaguely, with the music that is being featured regularly at the club.
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How To Kill Your Recording Studio Session

If you are booking time in a pro facility soon, the guys behind the glass will thank you to mind these 7 Deadly Session Sins, each of which is nearly guaranteed to drive a recording engineer absolutely batty.
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