GENERAL MUSIC INDUSTRY: The Day Bob Dylan Switched to the Electric Guitar
The history of music, it seems, is replete with rocky transitions. Jac Holzman, who founded Elektra Records 60 years ago and is now back in the swing of things as senior advisor to Warner Music Group’s Chief Executive Edgar Bronfman on the company’s digital strategy, has seen quite a few. For Holzman, one of the most memorable occured in 1965 and involved Bob Dylan. The place was the Newport …
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Music Enthusiasts Disappointed By Apple!
By: Carlos M. Perez/peacerocker September 2, 2010 After Lala was acquired by Apple and shut down 6 months later, music enthusiasts are still without a true music streaming social website. Having the capabilty of taking over the music streaming business, Apple again has ignored consumers. By Introducing the new iTunes feature ‘Ping’ and calling it ‘social,’ Apple has fallen flat on their face and …
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Fab Four brings Beatles music to Billings
BILLINGS – Beatles music will resonate through the Alberta Bair Theater Saturday night, to benefit military and law enforcement personnel as well as firefighters.
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Apple: The King of Digital Music
Behold the King of music, circa 2010. We aren’t talking about Elvis here. Apple’s iPod still reigns supreme. And judging from the impressive new crop of iPods announced this week along with an update to iTunes, Apple ‘s dominance of the digital music world seems solid — at least for now.
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GENERAL MUSIC INDUSTRY: Report: Expect Google Music by Christmas
According to multiple sources, Google is in final stage talks with labels to open a download store and a cloud based song locker that would allow mobile users to play songs wherever they are. Google hopes to open its new music service before Christmas. Some label executives believe that Google Music will become the first real competitor to iTunes…
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