Garageband Records (http://www.garageband.com) demonstrated its support for Internet radio today by announcing a new turnkey service that will provide webcasters with an alternative and more affordable source of music. This announcement is part of the company’s broader plan to promote its independent artists through multiple channels including Internet, college and commercial radio. In addition, as part of the International Webcasting Association’s (IWA) “Campaign to Save Internet Radio,” Garageband announced that its artists will be showcased during a twenty-day live broadcast in Las Vegas. The broadcast begins today at 12:00pm PDT and can be accessedfrom www.SaveInternetRadio.net and www.Webcasters.org. Garageband’s service comes… Read more »
Garageband.com, a music download operation taken off-line Friday after a financing deal fell through, is close to striking another deal that could get it running again as early as March 1, the company’s CEO said Tuesday. While much of the music industry fought tooth-and-nail against free music downloads, the San Francisco-based Garageband.com was embraced by hordes of unsigned musical acts seeking feedback on their songs from other musicians. Almost 50,000 bands and solo acts posted their music on the site since its launch in 1999, Garageband Records CEO Tom Zito said. In order to post a song, musicians had to… Read more »
garageband, the innovative record company that brings music lovers and musicians together on the Internet, today announced “The New Deal,” a marketing and distribution program for aspiring yet unsigned musicians. The New Deal extends the company’s proprietary, patent-pending technology for singling out bands based on the opinions of hundreds of thousands of on-line reviewers to now also gauge real-world commercial appeal. As Napster has proven, the $40 billion record industry is at a crossroads as both artists and the labels wrestle with how to harness the power (and excitement) of the Internet. garageband’s New Deal program sets out to do… Read more »
Lauran Hibberd is not only an internationally-acclaimed alternative pop sensation, but she is also a rising queer icon. Today, Hibberd shared her new double-date-themed music video for her recent single “mary.” The euphoria-inducing garage rock-tinged song is a brilliant, optimistic romantic track that sounds exactly like falling in love. Hibberd shares that the song is her favorite she has ever written and “YES, it’s a true story, and YES, everybody needs a ‘mary’ in their life. After having a particularly rough year, having this song in my back pocket became a breakthrough for me—like a crack in the curtain where… Read more »
Cast your mind back a decade, and think about where you were and what you were doing. Well, for fans of idobi Radio and our charismatic host, Fish, we have the privilege of pinpointing that moment precisely. A decade ago, exactly to the day, Fish embarked on the maiden voyage of his idobi show, Gone Fishkin. What started as an internship with Gunz of The Gunz Show on idobi Radio has, in a remarkable decade of growth and passion, brought Fish to where he is today. In this exclusive interview with Fish to celebrate a decade (not entirely under the… Read more »
When I get a chance to catch up with Pinkshift, a Baltimore-based band full of BIPOC people—including a singer the same color as me—I can’t help but gush for a few minutes.
Jaret and Gary have an in studio guest! The dudes and Boome discuss electronics/cloud storage, forgetting passwords, how Jaret’s mom has an Alexa in every room with a different name, working for apple and helping people, and touring with Machine Gun Kelly/Bone Thugs… but that’s not all!
They also chat Apple Eco System Transition (Logic/GarageBand & iMovie/FinalCutPro), attending Zach’s sports games/coaching and only missing 3 games, the great Bowling For Soup/Mariah Carey Urination Station Bus Story, and recruiting kids for sports at an early age.
For a French/Canadian emerging metal band, they aren’t doing too shabby for their fourth studio release; and their newest album ‘Predilections’ proves it.
In a world where many criticize modern music for being overly artificial, Diamond Youth brings something genuine and refreshing to the table with their latest EP release.
Misser, the new project from Transit’s Tim Landers and This Time Next Year’s Brad Wiseman, have been making waves in the world of pop punk with the release of their debut album Every Day I Tell Myself I’m Going To Be A Better Person. We caught up with Landers to talk about the album, how he balances being in two bands, and more.
