Great news for all Sing It Loud fans - they are in the studio right now and recording a full-length album! (With none other than Josh Cain of Motion City Soundtrack.)
Check out Sing It Loud’s latest video which takes you inside Flowers Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota:
And be sure to subscribe to Sing It Loud on Youtube for more of their great videos.
Earlier today Guitar World launched a new section of their website filled with free (and legal) guitar tabs that you can view online and/or print out. Well, some are free. And some you can download. But some you can only view online in their special flash player, and downloads can cost 99 cents or more. (Think iTunes for guitar tabs.)
Whether you are looking for the premium tabs or guitar lessons that you have to pay for, or just some text-based tabs submitted by fellow members, this could be the place for you.
(Of course, Ultimate Guitar could also be the place for you, as they seem to have established a large guitar tab collection already.)
[Via Mashable]
The latest word on the street is that Universal is banning full-length tracks from being used on Myspace. All Universal artists are now required to switch to 90 second song samples instead.
The news came from a message sent by Colbie Caillat to her fans:
Hey everyone…bad news. Due to circumstances beyond my control I have to swap the songs out on my page for 90 second versions instead of full length versions. In fact some of the songs have already been swapped as I write this.
Every artist signed to a Universal label has to comply immediately.
You can listen to full versions of some of my songs on my personal webpage www.colbiecaillatmusic.com. I will make sure that the songs that were available here are available there as soon as possible.
I apologize to everyone for the inconvenience especially those that use my songs for personal profiles. Hopefully the politics involved here gets worked out soon and we can return to full length songs as soon as possible. Thank you everyone for your continued support!!
Now I understand copyright policies and illegal downloads, but we’re talking a few songs in a streaming player on Myspace. Streaming full songs brings in more visitors, and the average Myspace user won’t be illegally downloading these songs off of Myspace’s servers. (Although it’s certainly possible.) So what’s the big deal?
I’m betting the “politics involved here” deal with some disagreement between Universal and News Corp over some corporate crap.
But if not, could this be the beginning of the end for Universal? Or worse, the end of free music on Myspace?
It looks like Science Records is kicking off their website launch by offering a free 10-song digital download. Artists include Blessthefall, The Confession, Covette, Greeley Estates, and The Dear and Departed.
To get a copy for yourself, just click here and then click on the “Click here to download” link.
And if this journey was chronicled on film, would you want to see it?
You can bet I would, which is why I’m exited to check out National Lampoon presents Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo before it hits theaters on November 9th.
I wasn’t sure what to think when I heard about this, because the National Lampoon title (think Animal House, Van Wilder, etc.) doesn’t seem to fit with mockumentaries (and especially not documentaries.) Is it a documentary, or a big-budget film shot in the style of a documentary?
It turns out this is a real documentary from Les Claypool, and National Lampoon must have thought it was funny enough to acquire the rights and release it across the nation. Let’s hope they made the right choice!
If you want to see the trailer, you can see it at the official Electric Apricot website, or play it below:
Stay tuned for my review in a few days!
If you’re a big fan of “Hey There Delilah” by the Plain White Ts, but think it was overplayed on the radio, this acoustic version may be just what you need to get back into it:
The stuff you can find on YouTube…
The Confession will be touring with Megadeth from now into October, and they’re going to post daily updates on their Myspace blog.
I checked out yesterday’s entry and it’s pretty sweet, complete with photos from backstage and some funny antics. You’ll have to take a look at the pics to find out 
If you didn’t catch this on their PureVolume page yesterday, Daphne Loves Derby has some tour updates.
They will be doing some shows with Spill Canvas before their own headlining tour, featuring This Providence, The Higher, and The Reign of Kindo (ex This Day and Age). The tour will be in late October into November, and dates should be announced shortly. (Spill Canvas dates are posted already.)
Oh, want some free music?
Take a look at Wolftron on PureVolume for a special FREE EP from Kenny (with 9 songs, all free for downloading.)
Daphne Loves Derby has issued a big update:
As a way of saying thank you for playing our songs over 10 Million times between Purevolume and Myspace, we are putting up a special Alternate version of Stranger, You And I for download. It will be available as a free download at www.purevolume.com/daphnelovesderby for a limited time. We hope you enjoy it and look for the video for this song to be out soon!
So head over to their PureVolume page to get it before it’s gone!
Today is the first day of Sherwood’s tour with The Academy Is.
All the dates, through November, are listed on Sherwood’s myspace page.
And while we’re talking about Sherwood, take a look at AltPress.com where you can stream Sherwood’s “The Best In Me (Electro Mix)” right now.
