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Tapping on fake instruments and screeching into microphones connected to video game consoles has become lucrative for both the music and gaming industries. Downloadable tunes for music-based games “Guitar Hero,” “Rock Band” and “SingStar” have become as vital as iTunes itself – and one of the last ways to expose youngsters to classic rock. The genre will evolve again later this month when game publisher Activision and developer Neversoft release “Guitar Hero: Aerosmith,” the first such play-along rhythm game pegged to one music group, instead of featuring a multi-artist compilation more akin to one of those “Now That’s What I… Read more »

Panic at the Disco recently filmed the video for ‘That Green Gentleman’ in L.A., which finds the band turned Russian dolls that shrink in size. The video also featured a number of extras, who won the chance to hang with Panic and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz after they submitted their best lip-synching videos, filmed on their Nokia N95 phones, to ‘I Write Sins, Not Tragedies.’ “We all saw the ones that won and then a few other ones that were right up there with it,” Panic’s Spencer Smith tells PopEater. “That was pretty funny. It’s always a good laugh… Read more »

Michael Jackson appeared in a video to thank fans for the success of “Thriller,” the landmark record the reclusive singer is marking with a 25th anniversary edition. Jackson will release the new version of the blockbuster album Tuesday, featuring new collaborations with Kanye West, Akon, Fergie and will.i.am. “It’s hard to believe that 25 years ago Quincy Jones and I embarked on an album named `Thriller,’” Jackson said in a video message to fans released Monday by his record company, Sony-BMG. It was not immediately clear exactly when Jackson had made the video, or where it was recorded. He also… Read more »

By all accounts, 2007 was a great year for the video game industry, driven largely by the rising popularity of music-based titles. Total video game sales (hardware and software) through October was $10.5 billion, compared with $7 billion for the same period last year, according to data from NPD Group. Much of the growth can be attributed to a more stable market for the new-generation game consoles: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. But another factor is the “casual game,” a segment that includes significant music-based titles. The rise of casual games — those that virtually anyone can pick up… Read more »

Cover bands and tribute bands have been a mainstay of the music scene for decades. When a company licenses a composition, it may find that licensing the original master recording is outside the budget or unavailable for licensing. Hiring the original band members to rerecord the song may not be an alternative because of contractual rerecording restrictions in the band’s record deal, the members no longer sound like they once did or they may be dead. So when someone wants to record a cover version of a song, when does it violate the original artist’s rights? Michael Novak, the Detroit-based… Read more »

VH1 is resurrecting back its “Pop Up Video” series in a mobile-only format starting Monday, the music cable network said. The original “Pop,” which stopped airing in 2002 on the Viacom-owned channel, featured music videos with informational bubbles that popped up with facts and trivia about the artists, song or related subject matter. The new installment of original videos, “Pop Up Video to Go,” will be offered cross carrier exclusively on VH1’s mobile network and will be updated weekly. The content will be made specifically for mobile devices and feature a similar format with trivia in larger fonts and appearing… Read more »

Brad Paisley will return to his West Virginia hometown to shoot his latest video. “He’s proud of his West Virginia roots,” his father, Doug Paisley, told West Virginia Public Broadcasting. The video is for the song “Letter to Me,” from the 34-year-old country singer’s new album, “5th Gear.” It’s about what Paisley would write to himself if he could send a letter back in time to when he was 17. It includes advice on romantic relationships, dating, studying and driving. Paisley is inviting some of his classmates from John Marshall High School to be in the video. He graduated in… Read more »

I thought about being nicer in the title of the article, but it is simply the truth. MTV tried to re-invent the awards show this year and managed to make it worse. The VMAs were moved to Las Vegas this year to try to add some new flavor to the beleaguered show. The idea was to have bands hosting parties in different rooms at the Palms. The show would cut between the main stage where presentations were made and the party rooms. Fall Out Boy, Kanye West, Foofighters and others performed from the parties. That was the best part of… Read more »