We’re hearing rumors of major shakeups at MySpace Records, if not a complete shutdown of the label altogether. Information is scarce on the joint venture between the News Corp-owned social network and Interscope Records, but TechCrunch reports multiple sources confirm the release of a large chunk of the label’s team, as well as GM Jay [...]
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Digital distribution company TuneCore, which helps musicians get on services like iTunes, has signed a deal with MySpace letting artists share in revenue when their music is streamed on the social media network.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Last month, MySpace did the music world a favor and disabled autoplay on their profiles, saving the world from crimes against music being commited by bored 16 year-olds that have Garage Band and an Attack Attack! album. Although it hasn’t even been a month, the number of plays on MySpace has dropped dramatically. Media tracking company Big [...]
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
MySpace has disabled music from autoplaying on its profiles, most likely to save money on bandwith by efficiently limiting streaming to users who request it. They also claim it will provide more accurate listening data, since the play counts will represent the people who actually wanted to listen the songs. But we’ll be nice and [...]
Otep has released a new video for the song “Rise, Rebel, Resist.”
You can hear some 30 second clips of the new Slash album over at Metal Sucks.
1349 has posted a new song called “Atomic Chapel” on their MySpace page.
Amazon is joining the celebration of “March Is Metal Month” by offering many metal titles at just $6.99
Brooklyn Vegan has posted their guide to SXSW metal events.
Monday, January 18, 2010
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