Posted by Simon Perry on 12 October 2007 | Tagged as: BT, Music
All of you culture vultures and sophisticate wannabes, here’s a chance to fill your boots.
We’ve teamed up with BT and the Philharmonia Orchestra to offer two lucky readers the chance to win a BT Internet Radio and a pair of tickets to see the Philharmonia Orchestra perform Bartok, Ravel and Debussy on Thursday, 18 October, […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 11 October 2007 | Tagged as: Business, Content Deals, Music
The WSJ is reporting that the ever-innovative Madonna has been in negotiations with a number of parties about her forthcoming years in the music industry.
She’s going to be exiting her Warner Brothers contract soon, and it’s understood that Live Nation, a concert promoter, is trying to woo her with a 10-year / $120 million deal […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 10 October 2007 | Tagged as: Privacy, Content, UK, Music
Those krazy kids, The Pet Shop Boys, have released their new single.
Why are we interested? Two reasons, it’s drawing attention to UK ID Card - which we think are are serious blow for the future of civil liberties in the UK - plus the video has also got QR codes in it - letting people […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 5 October 2007 | Tagged as: Gadgets, Germany, Content, Open Source, Input devices, Music, Control Devices
We’ve all see Wii-motes being used for all sort of strange purposes, well this one is useful.
A bunch of students at University of Potsdam, Germany have written a programme that lets you use your Wiimote and nunchuck to trigger sounds, such as drums and cymbals on a Mac. It’s not just drums that can be […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 5 October 2007 | Tagged as: Music, Video piece
As you know, we love the mashup.
We’ve just stumbled across a great track/video that’s been created using the shooting sound effects from the video game Counter strike. You won’t be surprised to hear that it’s a track dominated by rhythm.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 4 October 2007 | Tagged as: Business, Shift to Web delivery, UK, Music, Industry Trends
The Charlatans plan to give away their forthcoming single.
If the news from earlier in the week about Radiohead letting their fans choose how much to pay for their next album didn’t make you sit up, you could well spit out your coffee when you hear what Alan McGee and the Charlatans are planning to do.
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Posted by Mike Slocombe on 1 October 2007 | Tagged as: Business, Revenue raising, Shift to Web delivery, UK, Music, Industry Trends
Oxford’s superstars break new ground with self released album.
Posted by Simon Perry on 4 September 2007 | Tagged as: Sony, Analysis, Music
Rick Rubin, he of Def Jam records, has been running Colombia Records, owned by Sony.
Yesterday, there was a 12 page piece in the IHT about Rubin and his attempt to change Colombia Records
Beyond the “‘You might never see me, I may never wear shoes, you’re not the boss of me,” demand that Rubin was […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 3 September 2007 | Tagged as: Sony, Music, Audio Hardware
We’ve been digging deep into our Sony contact book in an effort to find out more details about the now-seen Sony Rolly.
Cards are being held very close to the chest about it all over at Sony. As we know Engadget have been through the video with a fine tooth comb in a desperate attempt to […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 29 August 2007 | Tagged as: Platforms, Personal Media Player (PMP), Music, Audio Hardware
We were privileged to get our hands on the Pacemaker a while back - something we’d had a burning desire to do since we first heard about what the Pacemaker might be.
It’s a handheld DJ unit that packs a considerable punch - sufficient to make it realistic to play a whole DJ set using […]
