CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) -- Singer Sean Levert, a third of the 1980s R&B trio LeVert and son of lead O'Jays singer Eddie Levert, has died after falling ill while serving a jail term. He was 39.

....and you want to sell ringtones too?

Allowing all music creators "in" is both exciting and frightening. Some argue that we need subjective gatekeepers as filters. No matter which way you feel about it, there are a few indisputable facts -- control has been taken away from the "four major labels" and the traditional media outlets. We, the "masses," now have access t...

Recently, the Colombian National Planning Department (DNP) submitted a document on intellectual property for approval by the National Council for Social and Economic Politics (CONPES). The DNP's document builds upon Captain Copyright's idea of protection and enforcement of copyright. As with Captain Copyright, this document emph...

With the eclectic concept album 'REFLECTIONS AT EVERY CORNER', veteran guitarist, musician, singer, songwriter Jeff Wyatt presents a clever mix of Blues, Pop, Rock, Folk, Jazz, Ethnic, World and Classical music influences in his original and unique acoustic and electric song stylings.

The Montreal indie band Plants and Animals has been described by some people (a few on eMusic, for example) as a "jam band". I have listened to Parc Avenue on a continuous loop since its release last week and found very little to justify this label. The band's experimental approach to music is evident on certain tracks wh...

I would be the first to admit that some of my musical tastes fall into the sad-sack category. The term can burden some artists with trying to be too somber, angry or politically active just because they dislike major labels. The label cuts both ways with fans sometimes expecting plodding instruments and deliberate vocals from s...

As of March 29, 2008, Press Release documents on their music page on the Internet confirmed the official disbanding of San Francisco rock band Band of Asians. Inside story here.

50 Cent has more than 1 million friends on MySpace, but if the rapper ever decides to leave the social network, he'll be leaving behind those friends, too. So like a growing number of artists, he's started his own social networking site.

Free Press's Ben Scott Faces Down Titans, Regulators in Battle Over Internet Control

George and I have gotten into a friendly debate over details of his proposal. For fun I have added a little poll.

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Jim Griffin will lead Warner Music's fight to tame the Web's lawless music frontier.

A wonderful article by our friend George Ziemann from his "Musician's Only" series at AzOz.

Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison - 1860!!!

Sony BMG developing online music service. Wow. What an original idea for 1998.

The Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether exonerated RIAA defendants should automatically be awarded attorneys' fees.

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Blu-ray is the reigning HD disc champion having recently beaten out HD DVD in a bloody war for High Definition supremacy. Yet, in a surprise to no one who follows the music industry, the record industry is basically doing nothing about Blu-ray as a media for the future

Enter Music Publishing, publishers of diverse, hip drum/percussion magazine worldwide, has made available its January 2008 Issue of DRUM! In its interactive edition at drumdigital.com. The January Issue features the second-line strut of New Orleans drummer, Stanton Moore.