Apple may start selling digital music through the iTunes Store across all 27 European Union nations, so long as it can obtain the required licensing rights from publishers and music royalty collecting societies.
Posted May 26th, 2009 by Jonny
Posted May 21st, 2009 by Jonny
Oasis, Snow Patrol & Flo Rida will star as part of Apple’s third ever iTunes Festival this year, set to take place at the legendary Camden Roundhouse.
The festival takes place every night of July 2009 at the venue. Additional acts will include Kasabian, Paolo Nutini, Snow and The Saturdays, with more acts to be announced in the weeks to come.
Posted May 18th, 2009 by Jonny
Leeds-based electronic trio, Heads We Dance, will be the world’s first ever act to stream the entirety of their album – pre-release – on a dedicated iPhone application, the band revealed this afternoon.
The album, ‘Love Technology’ becomes available to hear through the band’s new app today, a full two weeks ahead of its digital release. It will be made available through iTunes and other online music stores on June 1, and ships physically on June 18.
Posted May 18th, 2009 by Jonny
The BPI has released fresh figures showing huge development in the digital music industry in the UK.
In the 30th of the organisation’s annually produced BPI Statistical handbook a spotlight on the UK digital music market reveals 10 per cent of the population bought some form of digital music in 2008, up from 5 per cent in 2007.
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Posted May 6th, 2009 by Jonny
Now EMI has put together its very own iTunes competitor, though it’s a limited implementation mainly available to guests of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has partnered with EMI Music on a new branded music scheme which offers hotel guests exclusive access to a catalogue of digital music which is being made available through The Fairmont Music Store.
Posted May 1st, 2009 by Jonny
A message from Jarvis Cocker
“Back in October 2006, when I was asked to edit The Observer Music Monthly in the UK, I asked the question “What is Music for?”. Two & a half years on I would like to shorten that question to: WHAT IS MUSIC?
ALSO
I have lost count of the number of articles proclaiming the imminent or actual death of the music industry. Does this mean that music can now go back to being an art form again? & If so, is it the first art form to begin adapting itself to the post-capitalist society we now find ourselves living in? Or is it just something you get free when you buy a mobile phone? Digital content.
Posted May 1st, 2009 by Jonny
