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Trent Reznor Understands Why Fans File-Share Music; Why? Because He Does It Too.

Source: HypeBot
October 13, 2010

In an interview with Drowned In Sound, Trent Reznor talks about his role in the movie The Social Network. Further into the talk, he gave an interesting insight into file-sharing and his understanding of it. He grasps what motivates fans to file-share music, because he does it himself. Rather than considering himself above the topic and ignoring the conversations that his fans are having; he became a part of them. While he doesn't agree with some their conclusions, he's in ...

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The Future of the Paid Download, in :140 or Less...

Source: Digital Music News
October 12, 2010

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Pledgemusic and Sonicbids Partner, Intregrating Tools

Source: HypeBot
October 12, 2010

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Soundcloud Users Can Now Distribute Music Instantly Through Tunecore

Source: HypeBot
October 9, 2010

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Spotify Coming to Windows Phone... in the U.S.?

Source: HypeBot
October 7, 2010

In what may be an early clue that Spotify is coming to the U.S. before the end of the year as promised, the streaming music service will available on the new Windows Phone 7.  The handsets will be available in Europe on October 21st  and the U.S. November 8th according to the Spotify blog.   Since there will be no app store for Windows Phone 7, it is believed that Spotify will come pre-loaded. Premium subscribers will be able to use ...

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Sony Launches Ariama Classical Retail Site with Some Features Others Should Copy

Source: HypeBot
October 7, 2010

Sony Music Entertainment continues its campaign to drive purchases back to its own branded retail outlets with the launch in public beta for Ariama.com, their new classical music online store. 50 major and independent labels are selling CDs, MP3s and lossless digital downloads.  In addition to offering a mix of physical and digital goods in one place, what sets Ariama apart are powerful each and discovery tools designed specifically for the needs of classical music shoppers. A rich search function ...

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The Echo Nest Raises $7 Million in Venture Financing

Source: HypeBot
October 6, 2010

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The Basics of Remixing, Part Two: Staying Ahead, with Multiple Personalities

Source: We All Make Music
October 5, 2010

Welcome to the latest installment of Production Tips, our new monthly feature offering, well, production tips, hosted by Simon Langford.

We can look back and music and very often classify it by its decade. The 1950's were defined by very definite sounds, as were the 1960's, the 1970's and the 1980's.

But since then, things have started to move more swiftly, and now in 2010, things are changing more quickly than ever. How, as a remixer (or producer) can we ...

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