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Play-along video game genre amps up music industry
(AP)
AP - Tapping on fake instruments and screeching into microphones connected to video game consoles has become lucrative for both the music and gaming industries. Downloadable tunes for music-based games "Guitar Hero," "Rock Band" and "SingStar" have become as vital as iTunes itself — and one of the last ways to expose youngsters to classic rock.
Otafuku Rex; Mix Them, Mash Them Up
The new band Otafuku Rex has debuted their music video, Do Me, I'm the Best, and is inviting fans to get in on the action and create their own remixes by mashing up the groups video and music, adding in their own music and video, and sending the results to friends.
Just a Minute With: British musician Peter Gabriel
(Reuters)
Reuters - Grammy-winning musician Peter Gabriel
believes the Internet has drowned users with too much choice,
failed to democratize the pop industry as much as was hoped and
eroded the quality of what people listen to.
The Strangest iPod Accessory Ever?
Thanko has introduced a bizarre iPod box speaker that may be the strangest iPoc accessory ever.
Apple Intros New Mac minis; More Expensive, More Powerful
Apple today unveiled two new Mac mini computers with the Intel Core Duo processor. The new models are more powerful, and at $599 and $799, more expensive than ever.
NAMM Update: Denon DJ Intros DN-S3500 Tabletop CD/MP3 Player
Denon DJ introduced the DN-S3500 tabletop CD/MP3 player, featuring a powerful 12-pole Direct Drive motor, 7 on-board effects and intuitive control.
MP3 Tech Commentary
HDTracks Gives Away Free Album Download
The new digital music service, HDtracks.com, is giving visitors to its website the chance to download a free album to promote its new store. All the tracks have been selected...
AT&T Announces iPhone 3G Pricing Plans
AT&T today tied into the new iPhone announcement by detailing some pricing plans related to the 3G model. The company specifically said "unlimited iPhone 3G data plans for consumers will...
Steve Jobs Announces New iPhone
Various blogging outlets, reporting from the Steve Jobs keynote we wrote about earlier, are saying Jobs has now officially unveiled a new iPhone. It is being called the iPhone 3G....
Monster Rolls Out Advanced iPod/iPhone FM Transmitter
Monster Cable , a maker of audio accessories and iPod enhancements, announced today it has made available at retail what it is calling the "world's most advanced FM transmitter for...
New AOL Radio Player Gets a Boost From CBS
AOL radio has announced on its blog that their new browser-based radio player will now be "CBS powered". What this means is that there will now be over 200 free...
The MSN Music DRM Time Bomb
Microsoft has announced to all of its MSN Music Store customers that it will be shutting down its PlayForSure licensing servers on August 31st. What this means for users is...
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