Lawsuit Filed Against Project Playlist: The major music labels have filed a lawsuit against a popular music site called Project Playlist. The labels accuse Project Playlist of massive copyright infringement since it does not have a license for any of its content. Once again, this is another example of a music site that profits from artists without giving anything back.
Grand Theft Auto 4 Breaks Record: The newest installment of the controversial video game Grand Theft Auto 4 goes on sale today. The sales expectations are humongous. “The video game industry estimates “GTA 4″ will sell about 6 million copies and make about $400 million in sales worldwide in its first week alone.”
Buzzing: The Canadian band, Age Of Daze has been making some noise with their independent release titled Hollywood Ending. The track ‘Afflicted‘ has been #1 on Sirius Octane for over 8 weeks. The track is also #18 on the Canadian Rock BDS chart.
Miley Takes A Bite of the Forbidden Fruit: Miley Cyrus who is a multi million dollar brand took on a tremendous risk by engaging in a racy photo session that will appear in Vanity Affair. The fact that Miley doesn’t even need Vanity Affair makes this ordeal more shocking. This is an extremely poor business move and will somewhat tarnish her brand. These girls just can’t keep their clothes on.
New Music: Run Kid Run is a 4 piece pop rock band that comes from Illinois. The new record titled ‘Love At The Core’ will be released TODAY through Tooth and Nail Records. The record was produced by James Paul Wisner (Dashboard Confessional, Further Seems Forever, New Found Glory). Listen to the song ‘Love At the Core‘.
32 Leaves who hails from Arizona just came off of tour dates w/ Theory Of a Deadman and Airbourne. Their track ‘All Is Numb‘ is starting to happen at radio.
A Lonely Woman’s Fight Against the Music Biz: The suggested reading for today is an article that can found in Business Week titled ‘Does She Look Like A Music Pirate?‘ After being accused for stealing songs, Tanya Andersen has decided to take the record industry to court for conspiracy laws.