Category: Music Industry
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Justin Beiber to give part of sales from new album to charity
Canadian teen heart throb Justin Beiber is to donate part of the earning from the sale of his new Christmas album “under the mistletoe” to charity. He is the first artist from universal studios to donate earnings to charity. Proceeds from the sale of the album which will be released on November 1 will benefit…
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Records Are a Fun and Profitable Hobby
There is so much to do in the world of collecting albums. It seems that everyone is trading and buying artist from days long gone. But few people know the value of some of the more niche groups of record collecting. For instance you don’t have to spend thousands on old Elvis albums to have…
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Lady Gaga: Rolling Stone’s Queen of Pop
Article by Avetis Vartanian of Starstruck Extreme Rolling Stone, the number 1 music magazine in the US and the world has named the music industry’s Queen of Pop. Based on album sales, digital tracks, YouTube views of music videos, airplay, billboard top 100, social networking fame, tours, awards and album reviews, Rolling Stone has finally…
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Top 5 Songs in the Music Charts
Article by Raymond Kevorkian of RBI Music Music is a universal language and people express themselves through this form of art. Here are a couple of songs that are worth checking out and have made the recent top music charts. Sorry for the Party Rocking (Deluxe Version) by the LMFAO – The number 1 song…
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New American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery
Season 10 of American Idol has a new winner. It is 17-year-old country singer Scotty McCreery. This year’s show had several good contestants and it was really hard to tell who would win, specially when it came down to the top 10. Pia Toscano, a viewers’ favorite, was eliminated at the 7th position, but got…
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British Singer Adele Cancels North America Tour
Article by Chris Gevork of RBI-Music British singer Adele who crooned to the popular song Chasing Pavements has recently cancelled all of her remaining North America tours. Adele still had five concert dates scheduled but was forced to cancel these shows after being diagnosed with Laryngitis. She was she scheduled for a performance in Minneapolis…
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Will Amazon’s New Services Change The Music Industry Forever?
It was only last week that Amazon launched two new services namely, Cloud Drive and Cloud Player, and while providing this ‘locker’ service might not be anything new, the combination of streaming music and online storage provided to its customers might just be the next best thing. While this allows users to stream any music…
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Reasons Why a Day Job Will Not Help if You Want to be a Professional Musician
If you want to make it big as a professional musician, most people suggest that you deal with the practicalities first, such as getting a day job which will help you transition into your professional music career gradually. Unfortunately, this does not work in most cases, and here are a few reasons why: Reason #1:…
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How to Prepare For a Live Concert
There is no doubt that while you play music in the studio, one is allowed to have several retakes whereas when playing live, there is absolutely no room for error when you are on stage. And one has to be well-prepared to not only keep the crowd entertained while also playing their music correctly as…
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How Has Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Changed the Music Industry
The music industry has been constantly changing and evolving since it all started. MP3’s replaced CD’s, which replaced cassette tapes, which replaced vinyl records. How has the constant evolving of musical medium changed the music industry? Peer to peer file sharing has led to MP3 files getting more and more popular. The widespread digitization of…