New Stream: Well it’s about time! Here is a new song from the forthcoming Guns N Roses album ‘Chinese Democracy’. We need to give it a couple of listens…

Ad Supported Companies: In yesterdays post “Lala: A Music Revolution“, we discussed that advertising based sites want to give away music in return for ‘eyeballs’, yet the music business continues to shrink and the advertising market is growing larger. Of course it’s only time when the ad supported model collapses. Yahoo! which relies on advertising for most of its profits plans to fire at least 1,500 workers after a 64 percent drop in its third-quarter profit. What will Myspace look like in the future?

Canada’s unsigned Female band Scarlet Sins has been placed on the Official entry ballot for the 2009 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album, Best Hard Rock Performance, and Best Rock Song. The band recorded their debut self-titled album with producer/engineer Richard Chycki who has worked with Rush, Aerosmith and Simple Plan. “Anyone that hears the Sins CD can’t believe it’s a bunch of girls,” says Bravewords and Bloody Knuckles writer Carl Begai.

A Lean Music Biz? Coolfer spotted a comment on Twitter, “Seriously shrunken swag at convention. CMJ bag nearly empty and few exhibitors. Lean music biz indeed.

Game Wars: CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr. said he’ll yank music from Guitar Hero if Activision doesn’t agree to pay more for the label’s songs used in the game. Activision CEO Robert Kotick said the labels should feel priviliged that games like Guitar Hero are providing songs exposure that lead into sales spikes. Kotick says,”The bulk of our consumers will tell you they’re not purchasing the products based on the songs that are included, they’re purchasing based on how fun the songs are to play when they’re playing them.” Should labels should pay developers for their music’s inclusion in the games?