Music Profiling

Online technology is uniquely suited to help new artists gain an audience, thanks to music-recommendation services offered by the likes of Amazon, iTunes, RealNetworks, and Napster. As consumers shop for albums and songs, the e-tailer recommends selections they might like based on what they buy.
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Xpod – Next Generation?

Mobile music players such as the Apple iPod have changed the face of our industry for good or ill, depending on who you talk to. But one thing’s for sure — people love to listen to these devices during almost every activity, from exercising to relaxing and everything in between.
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Performers Should Be Paid

WASHINGTON (AP) — Musicians who add the guitar riff or bass groove to “bring a song to life” should be paid when their work is played on the radio, four-time Grammy winner Lyle Lovett told a Senate panel on Tuesday.
Lovett, testifying the morning after a local gig, urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider legislation [...]

TUNESQUARE

Tunesquare has popped up to offer indie music flavor for the social music network scene.With a hip look similar to that of Trig and MOG (dark background and rounded, edgy graphic edges, among other attributes), Tunesquare offers a way to find new music by category. They advertise that their site is for unsigned [...]

SONGVEST

Everybody has “that song.” The one that lifts you up – or calms you down. The one that calls for more volume and passionate car singing. The one that floods you with memories of way back when. The one you and your love call “your song.”
What if that song could actually be your song? [...]