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According to Peter Bale, executive producer of MSN, Microsoft has plans to launch a music streaming service by the end of July, one that would be similar to Spotify.  The music streaming industry is a popular and profitable one, as there are many different services such as Pandora, Last.fm, Spotify,… Continue Reading »

Illegal file sharing is down, and streaming is up, at least when it comes to teenagers.  According to new research, teens are changing their ways when it comes to piracy.  There has been a dramatic drop in the number of youth aged 14 to 18 who are illegally sharing music. … Continue Reading »

For a while it was starting to look rather iffy as to whether or not Pandora, as well as internet radio in general, was going to be able to continue, or die a sad death.  The cost of keeping it afloat was simply getting too high in the face of… Continue Reading »

The Tonium Pacemaker is a DJ tool that lets you make mixes using songs on its 60GB internal hard drive using a combination of buttons and a circular touchpad.  Controlling tempos, effects like reverb, audio properties such as treble and bass are done via the circular touchpad through a series… Continue Reading »

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Many of us carry around easily pocketable personal music devices that carry upwards of tens of thousands of songs.  Even the smaller devices can hold a few hundred songs.  You no longer have to worry about variety with these kind of numbers.  Now, what if I told you that someday… Continue Reading »

ReverbNation just announced their plan to have 1000 of their artists to start participating in a new Sponsored Songs program.  This program will actually pay the bands $0.50 each time one of their songs is downloaded for free by a user.  Yup, you get it free and the band gets… Continue Reading »

Napster has just unveiled their latest plans to stay relevant in the subscription based music space.  Putting aside the fact that many, myself included, had long since forgotten about Napster, they may be worth a second chance. Napster will be offering a low-priced monthly deal, and by low priced I… Continue Reading »

If you enjoy going on long bike rides, then you probably bring your iPod or MP3 player along for the ride.  The problem with that is the headphones could get tangled up and that could become dangerous.  Until now, I can’t really think of any MP3 players specifically designed for… Continue Reading »

The current sound formats have been around for quite a while.  It seems we’ve been dealing in MP3 and AAC forever.  Neither are perfect when it comes to representing the original sound recording, though most consumers tend not to worry too much about that.  A new generation is here, though,… Continue Reading »

It seems like a never ending story doesn’t it?  People are downloading music and not paying for it.  Naughty, naughty.  The industry has their panties in a bunch over the fact people are downloading music illegally.  Threats ensue.  “We’re gonna get you all.”  “Oh no you won’t, pirating will live… Continue Reading »