Recording Industry in Even Deeper Shit Than We Thought

In the December issue of Wired, Seth Mnookin sits down with Universal Music Group CEO/supervillain Doug Morris for a pretty excellent profile. In it, Mnookin paints the 68-year old Morris as a crotchety executive who's upset that he can't focus more on simple product and artist development because he's too busy worrying about iPods, MP3s, etc

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More Christmas Spirit with The Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Wizards In Winter

This is a very retarded but fun Christmas music video - check out the dancing lights to the music. You are getting very sleepy. Very Sleepy. Now get into the holiday spirit, go to the mall and buy, consume, shop and spend! hahaha!

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS: "Village Lanterne" Music Video by Blackmore's Night

Many of you may know Richie Blackmore as the iconic guitarist in Deep Purple and then later as the founding member of Rainbow but perhaps you’ve never heard of Blackmore’s Night. Here is a cool music video in the classical Renaissance style this project has come to be known for

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra: "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" Video

It’s Black Friday! Happy shopping everyone. It also means the Holiday season is now officially on so we’ll kick it off with some Christmas holiday spirit music video by The Trans-Siberian Orchestra!

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Underground Video Television TV Show Promo Clip

What is UVTV? Maybe this will answer some of your questions. Go to the website for Metal, Hardcore & Hard Rock LIVE videos & music videos. Here are some random clips to checkout including live videos of Shadows Fall, In Flames, Mastodon, Devildriver, & more. If you like metal & hard rock look no further than the best weekly music podcast & website.

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TOOL Frontman Sounds Off On Illegal Downloading

During an interview with Australia's Beat magazine, Maynard James Keenan of TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE and PUSCIFER sounded off on illegal downloading, but not for selfish reasons.

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TOOL Frontman Sounds Off On Illegal Downloading

During an interview with Australia's Beat magazine, Maynard James Keenan of TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE and PUSCIFER sounded off on illegal downloading, but not for selfish reasons.

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Gene Simmons Finds A Way to Get Publicity: Talking Shit About College Kids

Gene Simmons is smart. He’s writing a book, and needs to get his name out there again even though people are tired of him. Best plan? Just go after someone.. anyone! Get blogs to write about it, yahoo to put it in their news and make a headline … then I wrote about it too… :::sigh

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Shadows Fall’s Sober “Another Hero Lost” Music Video

New music video from Atlantic recording artist Shadows Fall - a slower tune from their latest release 'Threads Of Life'.

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Music lessons pay off in higher earnings: poll

Those hours practicing piano scales or singing with a choral group weren't for nothing because people with a background in music tend to have a higher education and earn more, according to a new survey.

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Bands Need To Quit Doing Crappy Covers!

Hinder & Godsmack offer nothing new in their recent covers of clasic songs. What was the point? Get a quick easy hit? Obviously. Someone make it stop. Hey I have an idea! Someone should remake ‘Psycho’ and ‘Halloween’!!!!!

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You Can Take The Dog Out Of The White Trash But You Can’t . . .

. . . Take The White Trash Out Of The Dog! It was just a matter of time before Duane “Dog”Chapman imploded. He needed to just shut the f*** up. Who gets hurt the most in this situation? How about Ozzy Osbourne!

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One-Third of Popular Songs Refer to Substance Abuse

Researchers who looked at the bestselling songs in several genres from 2005 found that 37 percent of top country songs featured references to drugs or alcohol, compared to just 14 percent of rock songs.

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Music for Relief Auctioning Items to Help the California Wildfire Victims

Music for Relief will be auctioning items on ebay and will donate all funds raised to the California Community Foundation’s Southern California Wildfire Relief Fund.

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'N Sync Reunites - New Musical Direction & New Music Video

‘N Sync has reunited with all the original members and have announced a new musical direction and have released their first music video for their upcoming album. Actually it's an 'N Sync Death Metal parody video. Enjoy.

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Playing 'Simon Says' With Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie says take two steps forward. Rob Zombie says jump up and down 3 times. Rob Zombie says lift your left foot. Crowd Surf! Hey you’re out! I didn’t say ‘Rob Zombie Says’! Picture of a funny sign at a recent Rob Zombie concert

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Ozzy's Understandably Pissed About the Sting in Fargo

When Ozzy’s tour came through Fargo, a few people got special invites to a meet n greet. It was actually a sting operation by local police to nab a bunch of dead beat dads. This just screams of a wanna be big time sherriff in Fargo looking for some attention like that asshat down in Phoenix.

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UVTV - Underground Video Television - Live Video Sampler #2

samples of just some of the videos you'll see at UVTV which features exclusive metal & hardcore live videos & music videos:http://uvtv.info. If you like this checkout & digg the Weekly UVTV Podcast which is available on i-Tunes.

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Uncle Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne's Guitarist) Makes A Kid's Day

Zakk Wylde takes a break from an autograph session to crash a guitar lesson then not only proceeds to show some kid some licks and tricks but buys him a new guitar to boot! Thanks for keeping it real Zakk. You rule. More rock stars should do cool things like this to connect with their fans.

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REVIEW: The Umbrella Academy Apocalypse Suite Comic Book by Gerard Way

Gerard Way and My Chemical Romance. Admit it, just seeing the name immediately brought to your mind some kind of reaction. These days it seems like almost anyone with any interest in the rockier side of things either has a vehement dislike or a passionate love for the band. Regardless, give the comic book a chance. Here is an in depth review.

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Live Photos Of Taking Back Sunday At Projekt Revolution

a collection of some original live photos of Taking Back Sunday performing live at NYS Fairgrouns during Projekt Revolution

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