In this post-Justin Bieber era, seeing artists shoot from YouTube buzz to international stardom is nothing new. Now, a UK-based website called Rock Control wants to put control over the creation, development and launch of a “world-class rock band” right into the hands of the “global public.” [click to continue…]
Charlie Crist, John McCain, and Chuck DeVore have all been sued for copyright infringement
In this week’s musicians-bringing-lawsuits-against-current-or-former-Republican-candidates news, Don Henley of The Eagles scored a tentative win against California Senate candidate Chuck DeVore for appropriating two songs to use in his campaign: “All She Wants to Do Is Dance,” rewritten as “All She Wants To Do Is Tax,” and “The Boys of Summer,” which mocked Henley’s support of Obama. [click to continue…]
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From www.clubdevo.com
Last week, Devo Inc. announced via YouTube the results of the Devo Song Study, in which fans listened to 30-second snippets of 17 new Devo songs and determined which 12 will be included on Something For Everybody, the band’s first new album in 20 years .
And by announced, we mean uploaded video of a mock press conference in which Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh read the song titles off the back of a stuffed wallaby via satellite. [click to continue…]
image from muzic.com
All the recent foul-mouthed talk about the death of music criticism at the hands of a certain music blog aggregator proved one thing: The Hype Machine is a powerful tool that’s here to stay.
And as we could have guessed, it wasn’t long until some competition came along. Introducing the Great Hype’s newest opponent, muzic.com:
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