DRM-free MP3 Downloads Surge By 300%
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 8 July 2008 | Tagged as: UK, Music
UK-based online music sales firm 7Digital report huge rise in MP3 downloads
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Motorola S9 Review: Stereo Bluetooth Headset pt 2 (Score 72%)
Posted by Simon Perry on 3 July 2008 | Tagged as: Music, Gadgets, Platforms, Mobile, Bluetooth, Control Devices, Portable, Reviews, Audio Hardware
This is the second part of the review. Yesterday we introduced the Motorola S9 review of the wireless headphones and covered the remote media controls.
Use as a phone headset
Pressing the call button when you’re listening to music automatically pauses the track and any voice-dialling commands that you utter are passed over to the handset, dialling […]
Motorola S9 Review: Stereo Bluetooth Headset
Posted by Simon Perry on 2 July 2008 | Tagged as: Gadgets, Platforms, Music, Mobile, Control Devices, Industry Trends, Audio Hardware
We’ve been using the S9 stereo bluetooth headset from Motorola for quite a long time now.
The concept behind them is intriguing - being able to enjoy music without having to deal with the wires that normally get caught up between headphones and the music player - but they’re more than that. You can step backwards […]
British Music Rights Survey On Teenage Kicks
Posted by Simon Perry on 18 June 2008 | Tagged as: Business, UK, Music
It looks like someone in the music business has taken a hard swallow and commissioned some research giving the true view of UK 14-24 year olds. Potentially refreshing.
Not only that, but it appears that they’ve swallowed even harder and decided to actually listen to what those surveyed are actually saying - perhaps a first in […]
Warner Music And Last.FM Part Company: Brief Analysis
Posted by Simon Perry on 11 June 2008 | Tagged as: Shift to Web delivery, Content Deals, Music
Friday saw the news that Warner Music and Last.FM had ended their arrangement to have Warner’s music play on the free on-demand music streaming service that Last.FM runs.
It’s unclear if Warner’s dropped Last.FM or if Warner’s were themselves dropped.
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Paul McGuinness Of U2 Fame: Our Comments
Posted by Simon Perry on 6 June 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Music
Paul McGuinness, the manager of U2, has been speaking at a conference, Music Matters conference in Asia, addressing what he thinks is wrong with the music business and who is to blame for its reduced ability to make money.
Broadly — to save you having to read the 12 pages of it — he thinks the […]
Second iTunes Festival London Announced
Posted by Simon Perry on 2 June 2008 | Tagged as: Apple, Music, Events
Apple are ‘keeping it real’ again this year, with the second iTunes Music Festival. It’s an opportunity to actually see the people who normally just trickle out of your iPod headphones for speakers.
This year’s event will be at Koko in Camden (nee the Camden Palace), between 1 - 31 July. It’s all opening with N*E*R*D […]
Radiohead Pay-What-You-Want Album, A ‘One Off’
Posted by Simon Perry on 2 May 2008 | Tagged as: Content Deals, Music
Thom Yorke has said that the ‘In rainbows’ album that surprised the world — and frankly gave them a near incalculable amount of free publicity — was a ‘one off.’
Yorke went on to say “I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation,” which we read as, our contract came to an end […]
EMI Legal Threats Over eBay Kylie Single
Posted by Simon Perry on 30 April 2008 | Tagged as: UK, Music, Legal
The EMI Group has sent a legal letter to a UK user selling a promotional copy of the soon to be released Kylie single,’ In My Arms’ on eBay
Although most people are aware of the litigious actions of the music business, particularly in the US where they took legal action against their customers, accusing them […]
UK Mobiles: Texting Up, IM Up, Ringtones Down
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 28 April 2008 | Tagged as: UK, Music, Mobile, Cellular
Smarter phones mean that punters are downloading full tunes.
