Recent iTunes updates are about 80 megabytes in size.  Many have complained that iTunes is becoming (or has been for a while) major bloatware.  Then again, iTunes software is the official intermediary between an iPod owner’s mp3 player (the iPod, of course) and his/her music collection.  Sometimes iTunes won’t let you purchase and download new [...]

For a limited time (until November 30th), you can get a $3 credit at AmazonMP3.  Just go to the informational page linked, and follow the outlined instructions.  Find some good DRM-free music, download it instantly, and save some money!  (Hat tip:  @amazonmp3 on Twitter.)

This recent Wired article highlights an impending legal event that could finally destroy the old recording and publishing companies of the 20th Century.  It will be a good day when the copyrights of art revert back to the respective artists/creators, and when business entities are owned by the artists, and not the other way around.
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Italian classical/avant-garde pianist Alessandra Celletti will make it stateside in December to play three shows: In New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. For the West Coast shows, tickets are available through Amoeba Music for about $20 each. You can get more information at Amoeba’s website, as well as [...]

Increasingly, in this post-major record company musical landscape, the buzzword “independent” and the epithet “corporate” are no longer mutually exclusive terms.  (Heck, even in the same old, same old realm of Music Industry 1.0, lots of so-called “indie bands” – bands with that stereotypical “indie band” sound – are the property of the big four [...]