Tunetrader Launches Promotional Service for Independent Artists Online
NEW
YORK (Tunetrader) Independent artists looking to promote their music
will now have the opportunity to gain unique exposure and earn money by
registering their tracks with Tunetrader at www.tunetrader.com.
The UK-based company in Portsmouth is open to receiving demo
submissions online or by ...
| Ecma Standardizes Holographic Information Storage
GENEVA,
Switzerland (Ecma) Ecma has created Technical Committee 44 (TC44) to
develop a standardization strategy for Holographic Information Storage
(HIS) systems, initially based upon the Collinear Technologies of
Optware Corporation, a leading developer of Holographic Versatile Disc
(HVD) storage ...
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iTunes Music Store downloads top 250 million songs
SAETTLE, WA. (Apple INC PR) - Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 200 million songs from the iTunes Music Store. The 200 millionth song was part of "The Complete U2" and was purchased by Ryan Alekman from Belchertown, MA. iTunes has made it easy to give the ...
| Coveted tracks by Bjork, Frank Zappa, The Hives, Beck, Soul Asylum, Fleetwood Mac and more available now on eMusic
NEW YORK (eMusic/ www.emusic.com) - eMusic, the world's No. 2 digital download service selling nearly two million tracks monthly, today announced the addition of hundreds of leading indie labels and artists to its rapidly expanding catalog. The addition of these sought-after tracks reinforces eMusic's ...
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First iPod under $100: Apple introduces iPod shuffle!
MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO (Apple PR) - Apple today introduced iPod shuffle, a breakthrough digital music player based on iPod's legendary shuffle feature which lets users experience their music in a million different ways. Smaller and lighter than a pack of gum, iPod shuffle comes with its own lanyard ...
| MSN Music adds historic songs: archive includes nearly 35,000 Songs from Legends such as Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Pete Seeger, Doc Watson, Ella Jenkins and more
REDMOND, WA. (Microsoft Corp./ www.microsoft.com) - An alliance announced today between MSN Music and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings will make tens of thousand of historic songs from legendary performers of folk, blues, jazz and world music available online for the first time, allowing music fans to ...
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Download two free cover songs by Stereotype Records artist Rick Stone - cover versions of Echo & the Bunnymen's Never Stop and Roxy Music's In Every Dream Home a Heartache - and enter to win CDs of entire Stereotype Records Catalog
NEW YORK (Stereotype Records/ www.stereotyperecords.com) - Stereotype Records announced today a promotional campaign to entice anyone in its demographic - basically, music fans looking for a little substance in their adult post punk - to submit email addresses and enter a contest. This is pretty standard ...
| Nero's new update, Version 6.6 hits shelves with new applications, new features and a 14 Day Trial MusicNow subscription
LAS VEGAS, NV. (Giles Communications LLC/ www.giles.com/ www.nero.com) - Nero Inc., leaders in digital media technology, announced today the release of Nero 6 Ultra Edition Version 6.6 to retail customers. The award winning Nero 6 Ultra Edition introduces several new applications and new features with ...
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Gracenote reaches 1 Million Unit Milestone as Market for 'Intelligent' Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Automobile Devices Explodes
LAS VEGAS, NV. (Gracenote, Inc/ www.gracenote.com) - International Consumer Electronics Show -- Gracenote®, the global leader in digital entertainment technology, today announced that the Gracenote Music Management System, winner of a CES Innovations Award for embedded technologies, has been shipped ...
| MPAA Studios take actions against BitTorrent, eDonkey and DirectConnect P2P Server operators to stem global Movie Piracy
WASHINGTON, DC. (Motion Picture Association of America/ www.mpaa.org/ www.respectcopyrights.org) - The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. today announced that its member companies have filed suit against individuals operating servers that index millions of illegal copies of movies and TV programs ...
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newsboys/iTunes: exclusive FREE Song w/ devotion Download
BRENTWOOD, TN. (Sparrow Records) - newsboys have partnered with iTunes.com to offer an exclusive, brand new bonus song for free with the download purchase of the band's acclaimed new worship album, devotion. The exclusive bonus track, 'isaiah,' is described as a rock song, and is surely one that will ...
| eMusic, the largest Independent music service, reports 3 million downloads since September relaunch
LOS ANGELES (eMusic/ www.emusic.com) - eMusic, the world's largest independent music service, today reported that it has sold more than three million downloads since its September 22nd re-launch. With more than 1.5 million downloads per month, this marks 50% growth over its pre-launch levels. "These ...
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Mark Doyon song catalog now live online
CLIFTON, VA. (WAMPUS MULTIMEDIA/ www.markdoyon.com) - Singer-songwriter Mark Doyon, founder of the Virginia-based music collective Arms of Kismet (www.armsofkismet.com), is making his song catalog available online through Wampus Multimedia. The collection of 95 compositions written and released since ...
| Rock into the Holiday Season with Rhapsody Online Music Gift Subscriptions
SEATTLE, WA. (RealNetworks/ www.realnetworks.com) - The annual holiday season marks the time of the year for gift giving and merrymaking with family and friends. So, enjoy the season by giving the gift of music with pre-paid gift cards from hapsody, the award-winning Internet jukebox service from RealNetworks, ...
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UMe Digital, World's First All-Digital Download Label from a Major Music Company, set for debut
SANTA MONICA, CA. (UMe Records) - The evolution of digital downloads marks another milestone on November 23, 2004, with the debut of UMe Digital, the world's first all-digital download label from a major music company. UMe Digital product - individual songs, EPs, and full-length albums - will be distributed ...
| Ecast serves 100 millionth digital song
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Ecast, Inc./ www.ecastinc.com) - Ecast Inc., which owns and operates a Location-Based Broadband Entertainment Network that combines a proprietary digital media delivery platform, a US-wide broadband network and pay-per-use devices such as digital jukeboxes, announced today that it ...
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Castella and Vazquez reach 300,000 Music Downloads
PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Bliss Entertainment PR) - Bliss Entertainment LLC (www.blissentco.com) announced today that the slow pop remix of an original dance version, "Russ Castella featuring Karen Vazquez - Angel Eyes" has jumped to No 2 as the most downloaded song on the Internet, according to mp3search.com. ...
| Napster Mobile launched on Wireless Phones
LOS ANGELES (Napster PR) - Napster, a division of Roxio, today announced that Napster To Go, the world's first portable music subscription service, is available for users of the new AT&T Wireless-based Audiovox SMT5600 Smartphone. The Napster To Go / Audiovox SMT5600 compatibility enables the only mobile ...
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U2, Apple in iPod deal
NEW YORK (Think Secret/ www.thinksecret.com) - Apple is going to churn out a special edition U2iPod. Bono is already booked to pump up an upcoming iTunes / iPod adfest, and U2 is releasing its new single initially through iTunes alone, as well as starring in an Apple commercial. Now, "while Think Secret ...
| Apple iTunes remains dominant in paid digital music downloads; NPD also notes ancillary increase in P2P downloads over the past few months
PORT WASHINGTON, NY (www.npd.com) - More and more companies are working to gain a foothold in the paid music download category; however, according to new data released today by The NPD Group, Inc., early entry Apple iTunes continues to dominate this market. Nearly 70 percent of music files downloaded ...
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