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Warrel Dane announces solo album details2 months of silenceThe Agony Scene: new album "Get Damned" out in January 2008!Sworn Enemy post a new track & album artwork of "Maniacal"; on tour in Nov/Dec 2007!Fu Manchu posts a new video clip; live in Oct./Nov. 2007
Two latest interviews:
Featured music software review:
EZDrummer - Multi Layer Drum Sampler [November 9th, 2006]
NEWS-feeds:
Metal news by Blabbermouth:
EXCLUSIVE PODCAST WITH MIKAEL AKERFELDT - In this Headbangers Ball Blog Opeth interview podcast, Åkerfeldt talks about his musical goals for Watershed, his personal approach to the lyrics and how having children has made him more angry and aware. He also addressed the musical changes Åkesson has brought to the band, the impact The Zombies and The Hollies had on the new disc and why he chose to cover songs by Pat Travers and Alice in Chains. Click below to listen to this podcast!
 DAVE MUSTAINE VIDEO INTERVIEW - Hey Megadeth fans!
Megadeth front-man Dave Mustaine opens up to Iann Robinson in an exclusive 10 Minute video interview now viewable on the main page of Nonelouder.com, the world's first social network for heavy music.
Nonelouder is proud to present an in depth interview with one of the most influential people in the heavy music world. Go check out Dave's opinion on digital music, modern bands, politics, how to write songs and much-much more.
Nonelouder is the home to the video blogs of Vinnie Paul, Scott Ian, Jose Mangin, Jennifer Arroyo, and Mistress Juliya. Check out all the exciting exclusive content on Nonelouder now!
Check out the interview of Dave by clicking on the picture below!
 PROGRESSIVE NATION TOUR BLOG! - Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater blogs about the first ever Progressive Nation Tour.
"I am so very proud of this bill. I had such a strange reaction on Opening Night in LA....sitting on the side of the stage watching all three of the opening bands, grinning ear to ear like a proud father!!"
Read it in full here or by clicking below.
The Progressive Nation Tour features Dream Theater, Opeth, Three, and Between the Buried and Me.
Find out if the tour will be hitting up your city!
 3 INCHES OF BLOOD WANTS TO CHAT WITH YOU! - Hey Goatriders!
Members of 3 Inches of Blood will be doing a live chat exclusively with members of the Goatriders Horde (3 Inches of Blood's seriously awesome fan club) on Thursday, May 8th at 6 PM Eastern.
Members can log in to http://goatridershorde.com to chat with the guys, and if you're not yet a member..sign up and become one!
 THROUGH THE FIRE AND FLAMES - MARIO PAINT - Yep you read it right, up now on YouTube is a really cool Mario Paint version of Dragonforce's hit single "Through the Fire and Flames"! It's the full song and the guitar solo is awesome!
Click on the pic to check it out!
 Pop & Rock news by RollingStone:
Are They For Real? -
Why MTV's 'The Hills' is the Show You Love to Hate - or Hate to Love
• Video: Behind the scenes at the cover shoot
• Photos: Behind the scenes at the cover shoot
• The Hills Universe: A guide to who's who on TV's hottest show
It's a chilly spring night in Los Angeles when I arrive at Don Antonio's Mexican restaurant to join the End of Western Civilization for nachos and chicken enchiladas. The EOWC, of course, is Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, a.k.a. Speidi, the fabulously toxic power couple of...
Meet the Guys Who Make "The Hills" Rock -
The series' music gurus talk breaking bands, that inescapable theme song and whether Heidi's tunes will make the show
Though The Hills is synonymous with Lauren and Heidi, it's Joe Cuello and Jon Ernst who really make the show worth watching. Cuello, MTV's Vice President of Music Integration, and Ernst, the series' Music Supervisor, spend each week expertly pairing songs with footage in order to convey love, loss and cheerful vacancy. Here, they talk to Rolling Stone about the show's patron saint Natasha Bedingfield, breaking new bands on the program and whether we can expect a Heidi Montag tune to pop up in an...
The 15 Greatest Music Moments on "The Hills" -
LC and Heidi's breakup (set to "Apologize"), plus Frente, Sara Bareilles, James Blunt and more
The Hills may be the show you love to hate (or hate to love), but there's nothing detestable about the show's soundtrack, which is meticulously selected by Joe Cuello and Jon Ernst, the music gurus who painstakingly combine footage of Lauren, Heidi and Co. with tracks from Carolina Liar, Ashlee Simpson and a thousand other bands you?ve probably never even heard of yet. Here's a countdown of the show's 15 most memorable music moments:
Jazz, Funk, Soul and Hip-Hop: The Best of the Roots -
DO YOU WANT MORE?!!!??! [1995]
As on their self-released 1993 debut, Organix, the Roots' first
major-label album fuses jazzy live jams and rap. Original keyboardist
Scott Storch's Rhodes organ and ?uestlove's funk drums blend seamlessly
with verses from Black Thought and Malik B. [LISTEN] Key Track: "Swept
Away" is a minor-key highlight, featuring silky vocals from Cassandra
Wilson. ...
Emmanuel Jal: Behind the Warchild -
Mining his life as a child soldier in Sudan, the MC reveals his unique perspective on battle and 50 Cent
In Issue 1052, Evan Serpick profiled Emmanuel Jal, an MC who grew up in Sudan and became a soldier in the country's vicious civil war at age seven. After escaping five years of battle and unimaginable atrocities, he trekked to Kenya, where he began to channel his emotions and experiences into rhymes. Jal, the subject of new documentary War Child, also spoke about African rap battles and his unique perspective on 50 Cent. Watch Jal's video for his album's title track "Warchild" and listen to two...
General music news by Yahoo:
Group urges U.S. to open cultural exchange with Cuba
(Reuters)
-  Reuters - Cuban pianist Chuchito Valdes would
very much like for his famed jazz musician father to be allowed
to perform again stateside.
Steve Miller Band celebrates 40 years with DVD set
(Reuters)
-  Reuters - As the Steve Miller Band marks the
40th anniversary of the release of its first two albums, it
will release its first DVD, "Live From Chicago," a three-disc
set due May 20.
The Wight stuff: UK island to host 4 music events
(Reuters)
- Reuters - In 1970, it was described as "a
psychedelic concentration camp." But this summer, the United
Kingdom's Isle of Wight Festival tops a series of events that
will turn the 150-square-mile island into the sold-out
epicenter of the UK festival scene.Gospel singer Dottie Rambo dies in tour bus wreck in Mo.
(AP)
- AP - Joyce "Dottie" Rambo, an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday when her tour bus ran off the highway and struck an embankment. She was 74.Neil Young gets new honor -- his own spider
(Reuters)
-  Reuters - Iconic singer and songwriter Neil
Young has had an honor bestowed upon him that is not received
by many musicians -- his own spider.
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[July, 2006]
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[April, 2006]
We've launched a new section where we feature reviews of music software (mainly plugins, VST, VSTi, DX, DXi) every now and then. We'll usually provide sample mp3 files available for download so you can audition the software. We've also formed a section where all the contests and their respective winners are announced (participation to these giveaways is naturally free).
[February, 2005]
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[Updated on June, 2006/February, 2005]
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[Miscellaneous Music Industry News]
If you want to download and listen to songs in full length for free prelistening, check out the new electronic music store where you can listen to any song 3 times in full length. In addition to compressed OGG format, you can buy music also in lossless FLAC format there. You have to register to be able to download the prelistening versions (which are free), and to be able to buy songs/albums... It's at Mindawn.com. Please, use rc2f9f3k as a referral code, if you register there as an artist. |
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