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Houlihans Help VH1 Comcast Donate $60,000 Worth of New Instruments

Jersey City, NJ (October 7, 2009) The VH1 Save The Music Foundation, with the help of Houlihan

Mint Chicks have music awards covered (Stuff)

Forty-five years after its release, She's a Mod by Ray Columbus and The Invaders has been revamped and will be performed at tonight's New Zealand Music Awards.

Can Device Integration Save Music Journalism (MalaysiaNews.net)

Lester Bangs and other professional music critics could find refuge in device integration. As music has become ubiquitous, music critics, and the magazines they write for, have become collateral damag...

Digital Music Store Amie Street Raises $3.9 Million

Digital music retailer Amie Street has raised $3.9 million in a round of funding, according to an SEC filing. Amie Street prices its catalog of more than one million songs based on their popularity; tracks start out free and then cap out at 98 cents as more Amie Street users download them.

Interview: RCA/Jive's Sean Rosenberg: Labels Are The Scapegoat For Mobile Music's Woes (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

So why are mobile music—and digital music startups overall, for that matter—having such a hard time turning hype into real revenues? There's plenty of finger-pointing: some say the carriers made it too hard to get music services on-deck in the past, others say people really just don't want to pay for music on their phones.

Warner Music Group appoints Cavallo to new post (San Francisco Chronicle)

Warner Music Group Corp. said Tuesday that it named music producer Rob Cavallo to the newly created role of chief creative officer. The Grammy-winning Cavallo, who has worked with artists including Green Day and Paramore, will serve as a producer as well as... Sponsored Topics: Warner Music Group - Music - Business - Arts and Entertainment - Labels

Warner Music Group appoints Cavallo to new post (AP via Yahoo! News)

Warner Music Group Corp. said Tuesday that it named music producer Rob Cavallo to the newly created role of chief creative officer.

Music Review: Gossip add dance tunes to rock mix (AP via Yahoo! News)

Gossip, "Music for Men" (Columbia)

Fans help rock stars write music (CNN Money)

One of the bright spots in the troubled record industry has been licensing songs to videogames like "Guitar Hero" that enable users to play along with the classics. Now music-networking sites are looking to jump on the trend by letting fans contribute to rock stars' albums.

Africa-led music extravanganza to kick off World Cup (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Next June's World Cup in South Africa will kick off with a live music spectacular featuring mainly African artists, along with a clutch of world stars, organisers said Wednesday.

Music, food highlight Lamoille Harvest Fest (Elko Daily Free Press)

LAMOILLE — The old Lamoille School House was filled with art and pastries Saturday afternoon for the 15th annual Lamoille Harvest Festival. Outside the schoolhouse, smells of funnel cakes filled the air while live folk music played from the porch. Children gawked at llamas while adults perused artwork, jams, and baked goods.

Ogden Music Scene (Standard-Examiner)

Linda East Brady, Ogden resident and music writer for the Standard-Examiner, will be a guest on "Radio West," a KUER interview and call-in program on Wednesday. The episode focuses on the Ogden music scene, past and present, and will also feature Brad Wheeler and Dan Weldon of the Ogden band, the Legendary Porch Pounders. read more

[Theater] Believe The Pop Musical will fuse film, theater, and music - Posted on: 2009-10-05 18:22:37 (Philippine Entertainment Portal)

This production will be staged at the Music Museum tomorrow, October 6.

Gospel music weekend called success (Louisville Courier-Journal)

The last notes of Sunday's gospel music concert at Indianapolis' Madame Walker Theatre Center have barely subsided, and Circle City Classic organizers will begin planning for 2010.

Austin Music fest creates stink (Jam! Showbiz)

Music fans who attended the third and final day of this weekend's Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas were left filthy and smelly when heavy rain obliterated the Zilker Park site, and brought sewage to the surface.

Gift of music takes on new meaning in Clark County (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Musical instruments being donated for Clark County School District music students can be dropped off between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the Public Education Foundation’s office at 3360 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 160, near South Valley View Boulevard.

Genachowski Pitches Net Neutrality At Music Summit (Broadcasting and Cable)

Said artists, songwriters and independent music producers "know betterthan most" why it is...

Music in Review (New York Times)

Reviews of Dave Bruebeck and João Carlos Martins, the Del Sol String Quartet and the Perlman Music Program.

Sen. Al Franken weighs in on net neutrality at music summit (Chicago Tribune)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Big day Monday for the Future of Music Coalition summit, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski both scheduled as featured speakers.

Norway's biggest music festival bankrupt, again (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

The organizers of Norway's biggest summer music festival have declared bankruptcy for the second time in two years. District Court records show Quart Festival organizers filed for bankruptcy Monday in the southern coastal town of Kristiansand where the festival is held.

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