I thought I was seeing things when I read that Lil Wayne had been accused of boosting the numbers on his nearly Platinum selling record Tha Carter IV (iTunes). But it appears the haters are out in full force trying to cut Weezy down. The chorus got so loud that Birdman, Lil Waynes most trusted [...]
Let me go on record saying that I RESPECT Chad Kroeger for how good he is at writing hit “songs” that are smashed into your head with the ferocity and subtleness of a jackhammer, but I still don’t “like” his music. Apparently I’m not the only one. The Winnipeg Jets, Canada’s newest (returning) Hockey franchise [...]
As a teenager growing up in Canada, HMV was always a CD store you could count on to have a decent selection of music. I haven’t bought music there for a long time, but DVD sales seemed to have kept the store alive. But it appears that times have been hard on all physical formats because after [...]
In case you missed any of our top shelf articles this week, here’s the top 5 that you need to read: How To Take Your Local Band National: After catching an article about a restaurant going from the local to the national level, I noted how bands can use these ideas. Pretty self explanatory; Keep it fresh, keep [...]
Web awards are becoming more popular. YouTube, Mashable, TechCrunch, and various other big sites are all in on the online awards game. Yet no one has stepped into the world of digital music. So MTV creating an entire awards show based on digital music isn’t that out of line, in fact, it’s about time. The [...]
Best news ever! Bob Dylan, the greatest songwriter of the 20th century, has signed a 6 book deal with Simon & Schuster. This means we will have more wisdom like his great 2004 memoir: Chronicles: Volume One. He’s said that he will be committed to make at least one more Chronicle out of these 6 books. The focus [...]
Torrent Freak sheds some light on the 2010 stats provided by the British Recording Industry (BPI). The BPI stats show how the industry has sufferd through another slump in sales in 2010. Yet digging further into the data Torrent Freak shows how 2010 was actually a banner year for music sold. …the BPI reports that there [...]
Justice prevails! Well kinda… You see, over the years record labels have made a habit of using artists’ songs without securing the appropriate rights. The idea was that because Major Labels are such large companies with lots of cash, they would of course someday secure the rights to the songs, just not now, they’re too [...]
Yay for Vinyl! After a slide in sales last year, vinyl record sales are up in a big way. Thanks to big selling records from Arcade Fire, Black Keys, and The Beatles, 2010 was the biggest year for vinyl since 1991 (when Soundscan first started tracking vinyl sales). Rolling Stone reports that vinyl sales were [...]
I visited Japan in May of 2010 and had an amazing time. The food, the people, the music, and of course the technology. So why is the news of Sony starting a streaming music service so impressive? Sony already has a huge music empire and with the proliferation for PS3‘s they have a solid start as the [...]
