Cambridge-educated economist-... (Pink Floyd, The Clash, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Billy Bragg) Peter Jenner put a figure on how much each music fan who buys music would have to pay in order for access to every song ever recorded while maintaining or increasing music sales. picked by charbarred 3 years ago

Amazon.com, the internet retailer, wants to launch an online music store next month to challenge Apple and is working on plans to sell music with reduced protection against copyright infringement. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Led Zep, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Britney Spears may have hidden secret backwards messages in their music, but beardy grinning weirdo music man Richard D James (or rather Aphex Twin) went one further and hid pictures in his music. Presumably just because he's clever enough to do it.

A chap who may or may not go by the name of Bastwood goes one further by finding the things. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Music could one day be used as a therapeutic tool for blood pressure control and heart patient rehabilitation, according to a new study.

Previous studies have shown that music with faster tempos resulted in increased breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Where has all the elevator music gone?
Like so many other cultural reference points, the elevator-music has faded away. And barely anybody noticed.

The breaking point came in February, when Muzak, the company that introduced us to elevator music, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Deerhoof has released "Friend Opportunity" to critical acclaim and updated their tour schedule. picked by monkeyman 3 years ago

Due to launch later today, Qtrax signifies that the music business is finally coming to accept the reality of free music downloads. Instead of charging you for the music, Qtrax will feed you adverts while you download, but without spyware or any other malicious software required (at least they claim). What makes this really significant is that it has the backing of the major labels and they are... read full post picked by Pocksucket 2 years ago

Want to read and talk better - practice music. A new study found that music exercises improve verbal communication skills. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Categories include Internet radio, music discovery, social networks, music sharing applications and widgets, mobile music services, music marketplaces and charts, lyric and chart databases, music search engines and audio conversion tools. picked by holdtheonion 2 years ago

Pandora is a music discovery service designed to help you find and enjoy music that you'll love. Submit one of your favorite songs or artists and we'll launch a streaming station to explore that part of the music universe. picked by thetick 3 years ago

The new Copyright Royalty Board ruling increases fees for all internet radio. The founder of Pandora asks for help. picked by Fascha 3 years ago

Definitely something for all music fans. The sound clip links don't work on this site, but you can hear the samples here or on iTunes. Everyone should own this. picked by kxmk 3 years ago

Personalized news portal Spotback's team of experts managed to map a huge amount of music resources. As a result you can get a personalized fix of music news and MP3's. Think Pandora for music news. picked by charbarred 3 years ago

HAL's inspiration is the last track from Bell Labs in 1963. picked by suebe 3 years ago

A collection of links to web-based interactive works that allow you to explore the nature of sound, music creation and the history of music. The list of sound toys includes music games, music remixing tools, virtual instruments, music discovery and lots more. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Hospitals that play music to premature babies help them grow and thrive, mounting evidence suggests. picked by Ankabout 6 months ago

Up to 60% of stroke patients develop impaired visual awareness - a condition known as "visual neglect".

Listening to pleasant music can help restore that vision according to scientists picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

Download lots of albums free for listening to on your computer with their music player. Best of all it is legal. picked by ashleygv 2 years ago

Listening to music in the early stages after a stroke can improve a patient's recovery, research suggests. picked by keroberos32 2 years ago

Andrew Vactor was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo in July. But a judge offered to reduce that to $35 if Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin. picked by smarty1052 1 year ago