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Coming to Terms

As it becomes more and more apparent that digital sales are the present and future of music sales, a number of artists are accepting that reality and taking steps to add their music to the digital world. The addition of … Continue reading

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Interactive Apps: The Future of Record Albums?

955 Dreams, a company that specializes in mobile devices, has recently created two apps exclusively for the iPad. “The History of Jazz: An Interactive Timeline” (YouTube) and “On the Way to Woodstock: The Story of a Generation”(YouTube), are interactive apps … Continue reading

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Record Labels Slow Google Down

Google’s new digital music service, Music Beta, was recently introduced at the Google I/O Conference in San Francisco. The buzzed about service will provide a substantial music storage system and access to a central music “jukebox”. It hopes to rival … Continue reading

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The Civil Wars-New Music Spotlight

Today’s post is the first in what I hope will be an ongoing series of new artist spotlights. Most of our royalty free music customers are creative types, and therefore fans of music as well. Once in a while I … Continue reading

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Cloud Based Music Storage From Apple

For several months now, rumors and speculation have been that Apple and iTunes would be moving to some type of subscription based music service. After all, they did by Lala, a cloud based music service a little over a year … Continue reading

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Music Industry Spins Again on Court Ruling

In 2009 FBT Productions, Eminem’s former production company, filed a lawsuit against his label Aftermath Records and its parent company Universal Music Group. The suit sought damages for songs and ringtones sold through iTunes and other online music services. The … Continue reading

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Apple Pulls The Plug on Lala

In December of 2009, Apple acquired Lala, the digital music start up for a rumored $85 million.  Speculation ran high about what Apple was going to do with the site.  Would there be a Lala application optimized for the iPhone?  … Continue reading

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Pink Floyd and the Changing Landscape

The changing landscape of the music world doesn’t come without a few unexpected wrinkles. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon has sold over 35 million copies. While the songs on Dark Side of the Moon certainly hold up on … Continue reading

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Where is iTunes headed?

Where is iTunes headed you ask? It’s all speculation at this point, but the answer might just be The Cloud. Apple has purchased the music streaming website Lala.com. While Apple’s plans for Lala are not clear at this time, it … Continue reading

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