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U2’s concert at the Rose Bowl (Sunday, October 25th, 2009) – How to download the YouTube video file

Alas, it is not a HD video. It is a normal MP4 file.
How to download U2’s YouTube concert at the Rose Bowl (Sunday, October 25th, 2009)

An open letter to Lily Allen

Spendid.
Dan Bull’s song:

The list of British artists I will stop listening to and never buy music from

The Featured Artists Coalition’s AIR statement:
We the undersigned wish to express our support for Lily Allen in her campaign to alert music lovers to the threat that illegal downloading presents to our industry and to condemn the vitriol that has been directed at her in recent days.
Our meeting also voted overwhelmingly to support a three-strike [...]

“We are featured artists who believe we need to take control of our destiny and our music, so that we can make the most of the opportunities presented by digital technology.”

“Our interests are represented by the Board of the Featured Artists Coalition, which consists only of artists.”

Moby on the music business

Moby on music business

Organ virtuoso Qi Zhang plays her electric rendering of “Ridiculous Fellows” from Prokofiev’s “The Love for Three Oranges” orchestral suite. This exhilarating performance from TEDx USC features the Yamaha Electone Stagea, a rare, imported instrument specially programmed by Qi herself.

Organ virtuoso Qi Zhang plays her electric rendering of “Ridiculous Fellows” from Prokofiev’s “The Love for Three Oranges” orchestral suite. This exhilarating performance from TEDx USC features the Yamaha Electone Stagea, a rare, imported instrument specially programmed by Qi herself.

Let’s boycott U2.

I will never buy another CD from U2.
I will never buy another concert ticket from U2.
The have lost my business forever. Mike Masnik is doing a great job debunking their flawed views about music on the Internet.

Musician Brian Eno on the new Internet business models for living off music creation

What he says is so spot on that I re-publish it here in its entirety:
The record business is in the doldrums because sales are plummeting. Digital technology has made music easier to make and copy, with the result that recorded music is about as readily available as water, and not a whole lot more exciting.
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