Author Archive for Sarah Skates

Web site Pitchfork weighs in on today’s country music.

The new game Grand Theft Auto IV lets players download the tracks at the push of a button. Read more.

The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) 2008 Convention will feature a two-day digital conference on May 6-7 in San Francisco. Digital NARM is designed to improve the bottom line for industry professionals who market or sell music in this rapidly-evolving marketplace.
Digital NARM will create discussion around the convergence of physical, digital, and mobile music [...]

ShowClix (www.showclix.com), a Pittsburgh-based live event search engine and online ticketing company, has released the latest version of its online ticketing solution, which now includes an innovative mobile ticketing service. ShowClix has partnered with bCODE (www.bcode.com), a developer of mobile technologies, to deliver event tickets to buyers’ cell phones as SMS (Short Message Service) [...]

A new documentary, which is now available on DVD, tells the story of the five decade competition to decide the guitar sound that will dominate rock music. Starting with their conception and design in the early fifties, “Solidbodies, The 50 Year Guitar War” focuses on the competitive influences that have made the Fender Stratocaster and [...]

SpiralFrog, the free, ad-supported music Web site, announced its Top Ten Most Downloaded Songs for the month of March.
1. Timbaland - “Apologize”
2. Soulja Boy Tell’em - “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”
3. Rihanna - “Don’t Stop the Music”
4. Snoop Dogg - “Sensual Seduction”
5. [...]

The Washington Post profiles the music industry’s most opinionated blogger.

Some musicians don’t want their music defined by album reviews or first week sales. The Los Angeles Times takes a look.

The New York Times sees Starbucks moving away from lesser known artists.

This blogger thinks it is bad news that only 25% of the top touring acts of 2007 were under 30.