Topic: MUSIK - on August 17, 2004 at 7:09:00 PM CEST
Real Bites Apple on Downloads
RealNetworks will slash its song and album prices in half Tuesday in an attempt to lure music fans to buy its music downloads, which play on a slew of portable music players, including Apple iPods.
At 50 cents a song and $5 an album, the prices are the lowest yet offered by a mainstream digital music service. The bargain prices will last for "multiple weeks," according to Dan Sheeran, a senior vice president at RealNetworks.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 17, 2004 at 5:17:00 PM CEST
Mercedes-Benz released Mixed Tape 02
Mixed Tape presents an exciting blend of exclusive MP3s by new, international artists. The second instalment has just been released, featuring 15 brand new tracks as part of a free download compilation.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 17, 2004 at 2:49:00 PM CEST
Jugendliche verprügelten Musiker Stefan Mross
Wie erst heute bekannt wurde, ist der bayerische Volksmusik-Star <a href="www.stadtbroschuere.de"target="_blank">Stefan Mross vergangene Woche auf dem Hanuschplatz in Salzburg von zwei Jugendlichen verprügelt worden. G
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 15, 2004 at 10:46:00 AM CEST
Thirty-five years after, Woodstock lingers in popular imagination
Even as the hippies of Woodstock become eligible for A-A-R-P cards and Social Security, tourists still flock to the former hay field where a concert 35 years ago helped define a generation. Today marks its anniversary. The steady dribble of nostalgic baby boomers and curious Gen-Xers to the remote field shows how Woodstock still reverberates in the popular imagination. The concert remains a symbol to many of the transcendent power of music.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 13, 2004 at 11:07:00 AM CEST
Norwegian hacker cracks Apple's music streaming technology
The Norwegian hacker famous for defeating anti-copying software on Hollywood D-V-D's has apparently struck again. This time Jon Johansen (yon yoh-HAN'-son) has unlocked Apple Computer's AirPort Express. His software allows use of the wireless music streaming technology outside the Apple corporate family.
wkbn aftenposten So Sue Me Johansen blog
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 9, 2004 at 3:32:00 PM CEST
Vote For Change tour
Musicians reveal anti-Bush dates
A group of musicians campaigning against President George W Bush in the forthcoming US election race have announced the dates of their tour. The collective - including Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, and REM - are all taking part in the Vote For Change tour from 1-10 October.
They will play around 34 concerts, in 28 cities across nine US states.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 9, 2004 at 2:37:00 PM CEST
Taiwan gathers world's largest drum ensemble
Taiwan beat the world record for the largest drum ensemble by gathering 1 899 drummers to perform for 30 minutes, the Guinness World Records group said on Sunday.
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 31, 2004 at 1:33:00 PM CEST
Halakahiki Records Proudly Presents
Jewish Beach Music on TV? Go Meshugga!
Traditional Jewish folk songs... Instrumental Surf Music... WHO KNEW?
Ask any big Hollywood macher, and they'll tell you - it's the latest craze with the boychiks and maydeles. The parting of the Red Sea and the curl of the Banzai Pipeline. The sands of the Sinai and the waves at Waikiki. The Diamond District and Diamond Head. The songs of the Jews and the sound of the surf guitar!
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 28, 2004 at 9:25:00 AM CEST
Cracking The Case Of The Stolen U2 CD
Is it at all possible that this whole mysteriously stolen U2 CD incident is simply a publicity hoax perpetrated by the artists themselves?
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 26, 2004 at 1:13:00 PM CEST
MP3 creator returns with 3D sound
One of the inventors of the MP3 format is back with a new technology that he hopes will revolutionize audio, creating superrealistic sound for theaters, theme parks and eventually even living rooms.
Karlheinz Brandenburg, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Media Technology, along with a team of co-developers, is in Los Angeles this week showing off his new "Iosono" technology to representatives of Hollywood studios and giants including Disney. Brandenburg is credited with much of the work leading to the MP3 format, also developed at Fraunhofer.
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 26, 2004 at 1:12:00 PM CEST
RealNetworks knackt Online-Musikformate
RealNetworks will ab dieser Woche eine Software anbieten, die der Inkompabilität zwischen den Musik-Playern und den Download-Services verschiedener Anbieter ein Ende setzen soll.
Somit wird der Betreiber des Online-Musikservices Rhapsody auch der erste sein, der Musik anbietet, die auch auf Apples iPod abspielbar ist. Real betritt hier allerdings eine rechtliche Grauzone, die noch nicht zur Gänze ausjudiziert ist.
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 26, 2004 at 1:11:00 PM CEST
RealNetworks Says Files Can Play on iPod
RealNetworks Inc. says it has created technology that allows songs purchased through its online music services to be played on Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iPod player, just a few months after complaining that Apple was rebuffing attempts to form an alliance.
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