Royalty Free Music.com Offers Comprehensive Music Programs

April 11th, 2006

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 […]

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Download free videos at iTunes

April 11th, 2006

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 […]

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Sprint Music Store hits milestone

April 11th, 2006

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, […]

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Musica’s download sales rise steadily

April 11th, 2006

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 […]

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I’m Not Dead - Pink

April 11th, 2006

Some music is celebrated for its elegant subtlety; Pink’s slams you over the head. Four albums in, she’s not changing her formula. I’m Not Dead touches on bulimia (”Stupid Girls”), war-mongering politicians (”Dear Mr. President”), teen angst (”Conversations With My 13 Year Old Self,” “Runaway”), overheated pickup artists (”U + Ur Hand”), and gross […]

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Both Sides of the Gun - Ben Harper

April 11th, 2006

Split onto two discs, these 18 songs could have fit on one. It’s a testament to Harper’s aesthetic sensibilities that it is so configured, thereby both avoiding the scourge of the overly long album and dividing the raw, pummeling rockers from the ballads. With his band, the Innocent Criminals, he tears into such songs […]

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3121 - Prince

April 11th, 2006

Add 3121 to the mounting pile of evidence: Prince is the black Beck. He’s a whole lot sexier, no doubt, but there’s more to both musicians than image. All-out weirdness for one. Edginess for another. And a fine-tuned sense of how to combine the two to create some of the decade’s most vital music […]

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On An Island - David Gilmour

April 11th, 2006

David Gilmour’s solo career hasn’t exactly been creatively restless; this is but the third album by the Pink Floyd guitarist, and first in 18 years. But that seemingly lackadaisical career ethos hasn’t prevented Gilmour from producing some of his finest work here, an album whose soaring, lyrical guitar lines will be familiar to Floyd […]

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S.O.S. - Rihanna

April 11th, 2006

Produced by Jason Rotem, the sizzling ‘S.O.S.’ is bringing the summer heat early this year. With its hypnotic beat and enticing melody, ‘S.O.S.’ utilizes the electro-funk of Soft Cell’s ’80s classic ‘Tainted Love’ to create a soulful anthem of young love. Title track is backed by the instrumental version, music video and the track […]

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I Pledge Allegiance to Myself - Lizzie West & The White Buffalo

April 11th, 2006

Lizzie West and her songs are going places, have been places, and are here right now. “I Pledge Allegiance to Myself,” the Brooklyn-based cross-country gypsy’s first CD for Appleseed, recounts her latest adventures on what she calls “the holy road” – the open-minded path to experience, ideas, honesty, and living life in the moment.
Lizzie’s […]

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Painting the Day: The Angelic Psychedelia of the - Cowsills

April 11th, 2006

Compilation from the ultimate American teen act of sunshine pop psych, possibly only rivaled by the Monkees in terms of popularity in the genre. And they didn’t even come from California!! The difference is the Cowsills were a real family band, formed by their father Bud Cowsill at the time of Beatlemania, and featuring […]

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A Mother’s Gift: Lullabies From the Heart - Carnie Wilson

April 11th, 2006

Carnie WilsonCarnie Wilson, daughter of legendary Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson, has a varied career as a singer, songwriter, actress, author, and TV talk show host. As a member of Wilson Phillips she enjoyed unparalleled debut album success, selling ten million copies with three number one hit singles including the song “Hold On.” The […]

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Christ. O - Vanden Plas

April 11th, 2006

If you want to do justice to the significance of prog metal act Vanden Plas from Kaiserslautern, it doesn’t really make sense to restrict yourself to their accomplishments in Germany alone. The band surrounding vocalist Andreas Kuntz have succeeded in making a name for themselves on an international level, enjoy almost cult status in […]

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Reintarnation - K. D. Lang

April 11th, 2006

Some k.d. lang fans argue that the Alberta-born crooner released her best work during the first 10 years of her career. Dressed in layers of thrift store finery, with stage moves that recalled the Tasmanian Devil, lang’s quirky ‘cow-punk’ style made an unforgettable first impression. Sassy antics aside, her appeal was cross-generational, blowing audiences […]

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