Archive for October, 2006
What’s New Pussycat: Yahoo! Music Jukebox Update
Hey everyone, Yahoo! Music Jukebox 2.0.1 is now live and available for download. This release was focused on improving quality, performance, reliability, and maintainability. It’s the first in a series of steps we’ll be taking to address those areas and bring YMJ to where it needs to be for our millions of music-hungry friends out [...]
Publ.Date : Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:59:19 +0000
Nothing But the Stats
Greetings Yahoo! Music mavens, audio auteurs, and digital divas. James the Yahoo! Butler here, not to serve up with diligence and vim the weekly playlist haps, as that is the domain of the venerable Radish, but to apprise you stat-wise how Yahoo Music Unlimited (YMU sounds so much better than USC and UCLA, isn’t [...]
Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:56:19 +0000
This Week in Playlisting
In playlisting news this week, the San Luis Obispo Times selected the “greatest songs ever inspired by a rumbling stomachâ€. Tegan Quin, half of the Canadian indie outfit Tegan and Sara, talks about tracks that are loaded onto her iPod over at the Onion A.V. Club. Eric Berlin of Blogcritics.org selects his 5 favorite bands [...]
Publ.Date : Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:49:32 +0000
Learning To Play The Bagpipes Posted By : Lee MacRae
Learning to play the Great Highland Bagpipes is not an easy proposition. Here's why.
Publ.Date : Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Lionel Richie Tickets – An R&b Legend Returns Posted By : Jay Nault
Lionel Richie tickets have been in demand for more than 30 years, and this legend of R&B is returning to the stage for another tour. Richie has lived an interesting life, but whats perhaps most interesting is his ability to avoid the controversy that often victimizes other musical stars. A look at this life will help to explain how he has become such an icon in the music world.Early Life Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. was born on June 20, 1949 in Tuskegee, Alabama. It wa…
Publ.Date : Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Music festival underway (Gulf Daily News)
THE 15th Bahrain International Music Festival kicked off last night with classical works by international and local composers and soloists at the Cultural Hall, near Bahrain National Museum. The musicians were from Chamber Orchestra of the Belarussian Music College, Minsk.
Publ.Date : Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:08:51 GMT
Nothing But The Stats
Hello Stat-ernizing bunkmates in the chummery, James the Yahoo Butler here. There are times in the course of the Butler’s diurnal musical perambulations when he just wants to chuck his numbers racket, stop dead still in the manor’s library, drop his feather duster, clasp his head between his palms and holler, just like Eliza Doolittle in [...]
Publ.Date : Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:15:02 +0000
Nothing But The Stats
Good day, Euphonious Ether-nauts. James the Yahoo Butler here again, to dish up another smorgasbord of stats and lists, scoops du jour which you can audibly sample. Today you may notice that today’s servings are a sconce en retard. Yes, it’s still a competitive playing field, and, he reports with glee, AOL, Microsoft, and MySpace will soon [...]
Publ.Date : Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:18:01 +0000
Enjoying a Live Concert Posted By : Naxos
Hearing live music is one of the most pleasurable experiences available to human beings. The music sounds great, it feels great, and you get to watch the musicians as they create it. No matter what kind of music you love, try listening to it live.
Publ.Date : Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Music Makes Life Meaningful Posted By : Bienvenido David
At some point of our life, we normally come to a point where we soul search. After a few years in the corporate world, one would just look at things over and finds out something is missing. After a few years working as an athlete, one still would not feel complete. After putting much focus on being a family man still a father feels something is lacking.
Publ.Date : Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Nothing But The Stats
Passels of pleasure to you paraskavedekatriaphobic pepes, James the Yahoo Butler here, with a ladder-full, oops, that’s bad luck, I mean a larder full of titles to titillate and tantalize you. As a Butler-aside, did you know that people whose names amount to thirteen letters were said to have the devil’s luck? Paul McCartney, with all [...]
Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:44:46 +0000
Y! Music Weekly Music News Recap
Visit Yahoo! Music’s Top Events Page 1. The Greatest Love Of All… – …is apparently not between Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, who are splitting up. 2. It’s A Boy, Y’all! – Britney and K-Fed produce another male heir to the Spederline empire. 3. Rock Star Gets A Dose Of Reality – A judge has ordered Tommy Lee’s [...]
Publ.Date : Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:20:32 +0000
Nothing But The Stats
Passels of pleasure to you paraskavedekatriaphobic pepes, James the Yahoo Butler here, with a ladder-full, oops, that’s bad luck, I mean a larder full of titles to titillate and tantalize you. As a Butler-aside, did you know that people whose names amount to thirteen letters were said to have the devil’s luck? Paul McCartney, with all [...]
Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:44:46 +0000
Nothing But The Stats
Good day, Euphonious Ether-nauts. James the Yahoo Butler here again, to dish up another smorgasbord of stats and lists, scoops du jour which you can audibly sample. Today you may notice that today’s servings are a sconce en retard. Yes, it’s still a competitive playing field, and, he reports with glee, AOL, Microsoft, and MySpace will soon [...]
Publ.Date : Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:18:01 +0000
Online guitar lessons for beginners Posted By : Peter J Finlay
One of the best sources on the internet of how to play guitar is online via Peter J Finlays superb electric guitar lessons for beginners on split screen DVD.
Publ.Date : Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Peirce School to be sold for music academy (The Republican Journal)
BELFAST  A proposal to turn a vacant city school into a music and performing arts academy won a bidding war Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:38:43 GMT
Losing music venue means less culture (The State News)
Earlier this summer we sadly said goodbye to Lansing's premier booking agent Steve Lambert, and now the city to our west is losing another music mainstay. Last week, the early 20th-century church-turned-music venue known as The Temple Club shut its doors for good.
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:11:12 GMT
Myth of the Mainstream? Posted By : One Man Brand
The idea of the 'Mainstream' or Popular music is an outdated misnomer. The concept that all the people, all the time, will like the same thing is an over simplistic and regressive cultural perspective. With a target market of over six billion and increasing, it is becoming increasingly obvious, with the aid of new distributive technologies, that musical taste will diversify further and further, and what was niche will eventually divert more and more attention from the mainstream. We will take a brief historical tour through the emergence and history of the mainstream before considering the future of the popular music markets.
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Locating The Best Place For Song Downloads Posted By :
What is it about song downloads that makes it so much fun to search for them? Is it because virtually every song imaginable is online in some form, typically through music stores, and record company websites? Or is it the fun of sharing music with friends, and family? Whatever the reason, song downloads are as popular now as they have ever been. Finding song downloads can be a difficult task if one does not know where to look. Further, song downloads can cost different amount…
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400
How to Write Music and Where to Begin Posted By : Kenny Auyoung
Musicians, want to know the secrets to writing music? Why are guys like Lennon and McCartney, Page and Plant and Sir Elton and Bernie Taupin so successful? This article explains the necessary steps you need to know in order to become a great music writer.
Publ.Date : Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400





