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Google Signs Universal, Sony for On-Demand Music Service
Google Inc. has landed licensing deals with Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group to introduce an on-demand music streaming service that would compete with Spotify, Rhapsody and others, according to executives knowledgeable with the contracts. Warner Music Group was the first major record company to sign on to Google's proposed music service in March. Now, with all three major labels agreeing to license their catalogs to Google, the Mountain View, Calif., technology giant is set to launch its service as soon as this week, sources said.MusicRadar.com presents In Conversation, a new podcast interview series in which Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith sits down for wide-ranging, one-on-one chats with some of the most inspirational musicians of all time. Multiple award winning and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee, Smith hasn't lost sight of what it's like to be a fan and last month, a few days before the legendary Canadian trio Rush were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, he indulged his inner prog rocker and joined iconic guitarist Alex Lifeson for a laugh-filled, leisurely dinner at the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood, California.
Consumer Electronics Daily News: New Podcast Series With Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith
Marketers size up Asia's "nerd" population: Opinion - Politics & Society
From home-loving zhai in China to manga-obsessed otaku in Japan, the region’s geeks offer an intriguing, mainly youthful, niche demographic for marketers to tap.Marketers size up Asia's "nerd" population: Opinion - Politics & Society
From home-loving zhai in China to manga-obsessed otaku in Japan, the region’s geeks offer an intriguing, mainly youthful, niche demographic for marketers to tap.
The Curse that Flew Right by You... Of all the progressive rock groups that have come and/or gone over the last several decades, few—if any—have been as idiosyncratic and audacious as the Mars Volta.
De-Loused in the Discography: A Look Back at the Mars Volta
After a week of teasing, Twitter has unveiled Twitter #Music, its new music discovery and streaming app. The new service is focusing on a recommendation engine that pulls in trending data from across Twitter and your followers to offer up music recommendations from the vast catalogs of iTunes, Spotify, and Rdio. The app will be available on iOS starting today, but there's no Android app quite yet.
Twitter #Music for iPhone and web now available
Five days after it was released, Twitter #Music is the most popular free music app in Apple’s iTunes app store.
Twitter #Music Is Already Most Popular Music App in iTunes
Last week Twitter launched Twitter #Music , its new stand-alone music service. A mobile app as well as a web service, Twitter Music helps music lovers discover new tunes, and with the help of Rdio and Spotify listen to those new discoveries instantly. All in all the service is fairly simple to understand and use.
Getting Started With Twitter #Music
"I'm just a video game music fanboy from Kuwait," Mohammed Taher tells The Verge .
Super music bros: 'World 1-2' is an all-star collection of gaming's best musicians
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Smarty Pass Is A Simple And Efficient Way To Print Badges And Tour Passes
Ben Folds is a singer-songwriter, and in many ways is sort of a bridge between the first generation who bore the title from decades ago by virtue of his innate knack for killer pop hooks and contemporary music fans who value a quick wit as part of the big picture. Folds, a celebrated lyricist, took time out of his busy schedule to chat with PopMatters about Lonely Avenue , a collaboration between himself and author Nick Hornby.