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Listen and Rate Music at TheSixtyOne
If you love music like I do, than you need to give this site a try. TheSixtyOne site provides original work by artists who want your opinion. TheSixtyOne – A unique site where artists upload their work for review and you rate them to decide what’s good. The top songs display on the homepage where [...]
Full StoryThe Real Guitar Hero – Simon Says
Guitar Hero has a lot in common with a game called Simon Says that was out in 1978. A player is challenged to match the pattern Simon Says plays to test their memory using 4 colored lights. Once a player matches the pattern that Simon plays they advance to the next level of even harder [...]
Full StoryGet Free Music using Google
There are many web sites such as Limewire, Napster, and Kazaa. that provide you with a way to get popular mp3 songs for free. But there are those risks that come with using these web sites. And what if you don’t want to add another computer application? There’s a better way and it’s easy using [...]
Full StoryPearl Jam Ten for Rock Band
Pearl Jam gets ready for “Rock Band” on March 24, the same date its 1991 debut album, “Ten,” will be reissued in expanded form. The entire album will be available for download through “Rock Band”; the “Ten” track “Alive was previously released on the “Rock Band 2″ game disc. Seattle grunge band’s complete debut album [...]
Full StoryColdplay Calls it Coincidental
I am no music engineer or virtuoso but the song ‘Viva la Vida’ written and performed by Coldplay is no coincidence. The two songs are just too close in melody as proven by this video here. Coldplay statement: “With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we have now unfortunately found it necessary to respond [...]
Full StoryJohn Lennon Remembered
On the night of 8 December 1980 Mark David Chapman shot Lennon in the back four times (the fifth shot missed) in the entrance hallway of the Dakota. Lennon had autographed a copy of Double Fantasy for Chapman earlier that same night. The Beatles: Lennon started The Quarrymen in March 1957. On 6 July 1957, [...]
Full StoryColdplay Served with Copyright Infringement
A day after winning seven Grammy nominations, the members of Coldplay were served with a copyright infringement lawsuit Thursday that claims they ripped off guitarist Joe Satriani to write one of their biggest hits, “Viva La Vida.” There’s no doubt that Coldplay ripped off Joe Satriani’s 2004 instrumental “If I Could Fly.” You be the [...]
Full StoryJoe Satriani Files Suit Against Coldplay
Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated stars of plagiarizing one of his songs. Satriani’s copyright infringement suit, filed on Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, claims the Coldplay song “Viva La Vida” incorporates “substantial original portions” of his 2004 instrumental “If I Could Fly.” The 52-year-old guitar virtuoso is [...]
Full StoryYouTube Vows for Less Sex
In the internet arena, sex sells and sex attracts the masses, but YouTube is going to change their image and reputation. There’s a more appealing “Tube” for men than the one we all know called YouTube.com. I will not keep you guessing on this one, but it’s called YouPorn. YouTube is offering up “YouTube Symphony [...]
Full StoryLed Zeppelin Releases Rare Bootleg Videos
One of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time “Led Zeppelin” is releasing a series of rare bootleg videos and 16mm concert films onto the Internet. The band, which has been in the rumor spotlight about a possible reunion tour, is starting to post new concert clips onto its official YouTube channel. Some [...]
Full StoryFirst Jukebox Appeared On This Day
In 1889, the first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. The immediate ancestor of the jukebox, called the “Coin-slot phonograph”, was the first medium of sound recording encountered by the general public, before mass produced home audio equipment became common. These machines were mass produced back in 1889, using [...]
Full StoryLed Zeppelin Flashback
I was bored yesterday and decided to hook up my spare PC to my big screen LCD TV to stream Netflix movies. I had everything set up within an hour and decided to browse through the “Watch Now” movies. I came across a classic movie from Led Zeppelin called “The Song Remains the Same”. I [...]
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