Archive for the 'Music Store' Category

The Holy Bible Plays Your MP3s

The first thing that came to my mind when I’ve come across this title was the image of a usual Bible (yep, that little black book) pimped up with speakers and playing today’s (rather unholy) songs. However, the truth of the matter is even stranger than my imagination. Thus, it seems that the Koreans […]

November 27th, 2006 - Posted in Music Gadget, Music Store

Sony Music grabs a slice of Pizza

Atlanta-based pop trio Laughing Pizza has signed a deal with Sony BMG Music to develop children’s recordings, direct-to-DVD titles and TV programming based on the group’s live act.
Laughing Pizza is composed of husband-and-wife duo Billy Schlosser and Lisa Michaelis, and their young daughter, Emily.
Sony BMG’s Epic Records and its children’s arm, Sony Wonder, plan to […]

June 5th, 2006 - Posted in Music News, Music Store

Univision sets up digital shop

Digital music sales have long lagged behind physical sales in the Latin music world. The launch of a digital music store by Univision Communications, the largest Spanish-language media company in the United States, may shift that dynamic.
The retail effort will take root at Univision.com and aims to be live by June 9, to benefit from […]

June 5th, 2006 - Posted in Music News, Music Store

Emmis stations add iTunes stores to their websites

Listeners to hip-hop bastions WQHT New York and KPWR Los Angeles have a new way to enjoy music — at 99 cents a pop.
The two Emmis Communications stations recently introduced the first radio-branded iTunes music stores on their Web sites. Jay-Z handled the ribbon-cutting duties, announcing the store openings on-air. Busta Rhymes welcomes store visitors […]

June 5th, 2006 - Posted in Music Download, Music News, Music Store

SONY BMG merges Nashville labels

RCA Label Group Nashville and Sony Music Nashville are separate operations no longer. In a delayed aftershock of the Sony-BMG merger, the company has restructured its country efforts, moving all its Music Row labels under a single umbrella called Sony BMG Nashville.
Joe Galante, the highly successful label kingpin who previously served as chairman of RLG […]

April 23rd, 2006 - Posted in Music News, Music Store

Royalty Free Music.com Offers Comprehensive Music Programs

Professionals involved in film, television and media production have become increasingly more reliant on inexpensive royalty free music to enhance their various productions. For the past ten years, the company RoyaltyFreeMusic.com has provided affordable, high quality royalty free music to professionals across every industry that can be used as production music for films and television […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Music Download, Music News, Music Store

Download free videos at iTunes

The iTunes Music Store has offered weekly, free song downloads for some time now.
Recently they added free, limited-time video downloads as well — but we never seem to get over there to check out what’s available every week.
Happily, the Free iTunes Downloads blog does all the work for you. Says the creator:
It was a hassle […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Music Download, Music News, Music Store

Sprint Music Store hits milestone

Sprint announced its Sprint Music Store has reached the milestone of two million song downloads. The Sprint Music Store was first launched on October 24, 2005. Sprint reached the one million download mark back in February of this year.
Songs purchased through the service come with two copies–one copy can be played on the customer’s phone, […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Music Download, Music News, Music Store

Musica’s download sales rise steadily

Music download sales at Musica had grown month-on-month since the offering was launched a year ago but still made up a small part of sales, said Paul Watson, the New Clicks Holdings-owned chain’s technology executive.
Watson said the legal online service was introduced to counter the threat posed by online rivals but also to take advantage […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Music Download, Music News, Music Store, Music Video

FINALE: ACT I AND ACT II - DONALD LAWRENCE PRESENTS THE TRI-CITY SINGERS

Lawrence concludes his 15-year, hit-filled collaboration with the 35-voice Tri-City Singers with this live collection, reprising a formidable portion of the group’s classic repertoire (”Seasons,” “Never Seen the Righteous,” “I Am God,” “When Sunday Comes”). The set offers an equal helping of strong, stirring new material, led by “The Blessing of Abraham,” which is […]

April 10th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews, Music Store, Music Video

Destiny’s Child’s ‘Live In Atlanta’ is Nation’s #1 Best-Selling Music DVD

World’s Top-Selling Female Vocal Group Delivers Sizzling Live Performances Of Greatest Hits & More
Fans of Destiny’s Child have put the world’s top-selling female vocal group back at the top of the charts as “Live In Atlanta” becomes the nation’s best-selling music DVD this week, debuting at #1.
Immortalized on DVD, Destiny’s Child’s spectacular concert performance, “Live […]

April 8th, 2006 - Posted in Live Music, Music News, Music Store, Music Video