Music web piracy does not harm legitimate sales, a new report published by the European Commission Joint Research Committee claims. The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies examined the online habits of 16,000 Europeans. They also found that freely streamed music provided a small boost to sales figures. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said the research…
te custom radio stations and is meant to compete with the web’s most popular online music service (Pandora). The beta site launched September 8. BlackBerry, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, and iPod Touch, Android, webOS (Palm Pre/HP TouchPad), Windows Phone 7 are devices that support it. At the iHeartRadio Music Festival more than 53% of ticket buyers live more than 1,…
…in 1997 – earning the title Sir. Sir Paul said afterwards: “It is such an honor to be awarded this.” He recently performed to a global audience at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Legion of Honour was created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, and comes in five grades – Knight, Officer, Commander, Grand Officer and Grand Cross. Paul McCartney, 70, has…
Unsound Festival 2011, an original week-long avant-garde music event, starts on October 9 in Kraków, Poland. Unsound Festival started in 2003 as an underground event of advanced music, and its importance has grown over the years. The annual event is produced by Fundacja Tone, a not-for-profit organization. Unsound has created smaller events in Prague, Warsaw, Bratslava, Kiev, and Minsk, th…
iPad 2′s is 10.1 inches. Kindle Fire has 8Gb built-in storage – iPad 2 has from 16Gb to 64Gb. Kindle Fire’s maximum battery life is 8 hours, iPad 2′s is 10. Kindle Fire weighs 414g, iPad 2 601g….
ted Orchestre Symphonique de Paris. Yehudi Menuhin was among his pupils. He was a composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher. He was born in 19 August 1881 in Liveni, Romania and died on May 4, 1955 in Paris, France, where he is known as Georges Enesco. Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A Major, Concert Overture on a theme in Romanian folk character in A Major, Oedipe opera are some of his com…
f the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department and no more details were released up to now. The American virtuoso guitarist was a musical pioneer who explored a vast range of cultures in more than 30 albums, the fruit of trailblazing research and recordings in Hawaii, India, Africa, Japan, Australia, Greece, Papua New Guinea and Reunion Island. Bob Brozman was born in New York on March 8, 1954…
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…spy – sent to identify and keep tabs on young men like Tamerlan Tsarnaev who are at risk of turning to militant Islam. To date all that is known about Misha is that he is an Armenian man in his 30s with distinctive red beard and that he has disappeared – no longer living in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area. However, family members have been telling reporters that in the years before…
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u can’t get your music in front of people in the retail outlet, then you have no choice but to embrace digital sales.” AC/DC has just released their first live album in 20 years and have a 40th anniversary tour planned for 2013. But Alice Enders pointed out the band’s recordings were still not available on Spotify. “It’s not embraced access services yet,” she sa…
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The International Pop Music Festival for Children and Youth “Crystal Star” begins registrations! Starting on March 15, 2012, talented children and young singers, aged between 6 and 25 can apply online on the website www.steauadecristal.ro for participation in the International Pop Music Festival for Children and Youth “Crystal Star “. The festival will take place f…
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This was the longest music weekend in Thuringia ever, SonneMondSterne 2011 electronic music festival will be held in Germany from August, 12 to August, 14. SonneMondSterne 2009 attracted 100,000 people. Will SonneMondSterne 2011 beat this number? In the Saalburg-Ebersdorf of the Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen) on Saalburg Beach the fans will listen to the music, will watch the…
…d include Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett. Among the 10 awards given out on the night, Emerson, Lake and Palmer drummer Carl Palmer was given the Virtuoso Award celebrating a career spanning more than 40 years. The Guiding Light Award, for an inspirational musician who is “pushing the boundaries”, went to Steven Wilson, best known as founder member of Grammy-nominated British band Porc…
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…es, adding it was “very sorry for any inconvenience”. Police boarded one train, although the purpose of their presence was unclear. The journey between London and Paris usually takes about 2 hours and 15 minutes. Eurostar later said all delayed trains heading for St. Pancras station in London had arrived. The first scheduled service to Paris – at 05:40 GMT – is expected to…
The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards are set to go live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Thursday, September 6, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The videos have been reviewed, the list has been narrowed and you are now looking at the full list of nominees for the 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards. Rihanna and Drake lead the pack with five nominations each, followed by VMA darling Katy Perry with four and a bump…
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Madonna hits back at DJ Deadmau5’s claims that she glamorized drug use during her performance at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami over the weekend. DJ Deadmau5, the world-famous music guru, 31, branded the Madonna a “f****g idiot” after she asked the crowd how many of them had “met molly” as she introduced Swedish DJ Avicii to the stage at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami on Saturday. While “mo…
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American classical composer Elliott Carter has died at the age of 103. Known for his challenging and complex pieces, Elliott Carter won two Pulitzer Prizes and was also honored with the US National Medal of Arts. While not widely known by the general public, Elliott Carter was hugely respected by critics and musicians. In 2002, The New York Times said Elliott Carter’s string quartets were a…
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Pregnant Beyoncé at the MTV Video Music Awards. Tyler, the Creator won “Best New Artist” at VMA 2011 VMA 2011: tribute to Amy Winehouse. The 28th Annual MTV Video Music Awards 2011 (VMA 2011), was held in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday August 28. Adele's Rolling in the Deep was the biggest winner at MTV Video Music Awards 2011 Adele, 23, English singer-songwriter…
MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2012 WINNERS Video of the Year: Rihanna, “We Found Love” Best New Artist: One Direction Best Female Video: Nicki Minaj, “Starships” Best Male Video: Chris Brown, “Turn Up The Music” Video With a Message: Demi Lovato, “Skyscraper” Best Hip-Hop Video: Drake feat. Lil Wayne, “HYFR” Rihanna won Video of the Yea…
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Adele was the clear winner at last tonight’s Billboard Music Awards as she scooped a whopping 12 gongs. Unfortunately, Adele wasn’t present at the Las Vegas event to collect her trophies. However there were plenty of other winners on hand to celebrate their achievements at the bash, including Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. LMFAO came second top with 6 awards, and opened the show with…
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…o determine the source. Child Protection Services officers visited the home of Kris and Bruce Jenner on Friday after allegations their teen daughters Kendall and Kylie were being abused Kylie Jenner, 15, was in the Philippines at the time where she walked a fashion show. She tweeted pictures of herself enjoying karaoke, watching the sunset from an idyllic beach and eating a gourmet meal. Kylie an…
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…s closely connected to a brand’s engagement with users and can often be quantified by the number of Likes a page earns. In a crushing blow to the company before its highly anticipated IPO on May 18, General Motors pulled its $10 million advertising campaign on Facebook. The auto-maker said they were reassessing how their marketing dollars were being spent and decided to make necessary adjust…
gave a moving eulogy. The BBC issued a statement in a lengthy defense of its decision to show extensive coverage of Whitney Houston’s funeral The BBC, which is also understood to have received about 35 complaints that it had interrupted coverage of the service, said the decision to air the funeral had been made “very carefully”. BBC statement said: “We know from our audiences across the BBC as a…
ct and got overtaken by the burgeoning hip-hop movement as the 1980s wore on. But Chuck Brown’s influence was felt more widely, with samples of Bustin’ Loose used in rap star Nelly’s 2002 chart-topping single Hot in Herre, while rapper Eve sampled Chuck Brown’s song Blow Your Whistle in her single Tambourine. In the ’90s, Chuck Brown helped launch the career of singer…
ania, Russia, Spain, Austria, Poland, Korea, Sweden, Finland, Italy, under the leadership of Ioan Holender. George Enescu International Competition gathered 183 competitors: 55 at Piano, 51 at Violin, 45 at Cello, and 32 works at Composition. The Grand Award of the The International Competition “George Enescu” went to Cello Section. Tian Bonian won the Grand Prize at Cello Section of Geor…
George Enescu Festival 2011 online George Enescu Festival 2011: prestigious european classical music event George Enescu International Competition 2011 George Enescu Festival 2011 celebrates George Enescu 130th birthday anniversary The 20th edition of one of the most appreciated classical music events in Europe, George Enescu Festival 2011, starts on September 1, in Bucharest, Romania. &…
