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Save big on music gear with these coupon codes

It looks like a few of the big name online musical instrument retailers are going to greater lengths to attract your business. If you’re in the market for some new music gear this means that you can pick up some decent savings.
Here are some exclusive offers available from GuitarCenter.com. To redeem these offers make [...]

Download a free album from Tasmin Little

It seems to be becoming more common for music artists to release entire albums for free download. There’s no doubt that it is a good way to introduce your music to the masses but does it pay off in the long term? And does it devalue your work in the short term? All very deep [...]

AT&T’s Pearl Jam censorship

If you haven’t yet caught any of the AT&T vs Pearl Jam censorship story then you may want to start following it. Has some potentially damaging ramifications for the music industry, and free speech as a whole. What do you think? Did AT&T do the right thing?

Smashing Pumpkins return to kick your ass

Billy Corgan, where the f**k have you been? Zeitgeist is an album that rocks hard and clearly justifies the return of the Smashing Pumpkins. Cynics be damned, Zeitgeist bursts from the speakers and thumps you over the head.
All the classic hallmarks of the Pumpkins are present. The pounding kick drum of Jimmy Chamberlin, the Billy [...]

Apple slug users for higher bit rates

It looks like Apple and iTunes are now offering tracks at twice the bit rate of the iTunes standard.
Apple’s iTunes store—in partnership with EMI—is now hawking DRM-free music at twice the bit rate of its standard fare (256Kb/s vs. 128Kb/s) and charging a $0.30-per-track premium for it. We’re all for DRM-free music, but 256Kb/s still [...]

Trent Reznor rips into Record Label

Well I was lucky enough to catch Nine Inch Nails playing the Metro in Melbourne on Sunday night. Awesome gig, marred by an ugly incident at the end involving drunken ass hat’s, coupled with a couple of canceled shows in Sydney, it doesn’t seem like Trent Reznor will remember this tour fondly.
Here’s an article from [...]

Create your own NIN remix - “Survivalism”

The new Nine Inch Nails album is getting closer to release. As he did with a couple of the tracks from With Teeth, Trent Reznor has released “Survivalism” in Garage Band format for people to create their own remixes. Personally I had a lot of fun playing around with “Only” in Acid Pro, and I’m [...]

Trent Reznor With Teeth era Interview

For the audiophile and NIN fan, an invitation to visit Nothing Studios and sit down with Trent Reznor to get an insight into the recording process, would be the absolute dream gig. Unfortunately for me, this interview with Reznor posted on Audiohead.net will probably be the closest I get to living the dream!
The interview was [...]