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Did God give O.C. woman backstage pass to 'American Idol'?

After so many "Idol" encounters, Leesa is launching a Web site, aiministryresource.com, on Feb. 14, the day after the top 24 are announced, to offer them spiritual encouragement and financial support as they sing for votes and a shot at a life-changing record deal.

A College Band's Unlikely Climb

Spacey rock group MGMT has gone from a daffodil festival to network TV. ...MGMT's accidental path to the spotlight hinged on luck and youthful inspiration

Visualizing Last.fm's Friends Network - ReadWriteWeb

From the resulting visual graph, it was clear that last.fm's user network is actually very strong. Although there are some clusters of close friends, even those people have a lot of interconnectivity

100 best movie soundtracks

From 'A Fistful of Dollars' to 'Some Like it Hot', from Mozart and Wagner to Rodgers & Hammerstein... may we present cinema's greatest scores

Hard graft, not genes, creates musical genius - being-human - 18 February 2008 - New Scientist

Wannabe rock stars: keep practising. Yet more evidence has emerged that musicians are made through training, not born with the gift.

MeeMix Opens Beta To Public, Has Much Work Ahead

Tel Aviv, Israel based MeeMix...is kicking-off the New Year by moving their taste-predicting Internet radio service from closed to open Beta.

Rocking: Guitar Rising for Real Guitar Heroes

I love the idea of Guitar Rising, which can use any real electric guitar, from a Fender Telecaster to a Gibson Les Paul. The software teaches you how to play actual songs, tracking your accuracy much like Guitar Hero would do,

The Pirate Bay Makes Millions Not Spent On Hair Cuts

Here's an interesting clip that features a snippet with one of The Pirate Bay's co-founders, Gottfrid Svartholm. Along with a shot of the corporate HQ (which resides in the same building as Sweden's copyright office)...

Songerize - Listen Now!

Pick a song and artist, and if Songerize finds it, you can "Listen Now."

Music Festival Most Searched On Internet (The Korea Times)

"SBS Music Festival'' topped the nation's No. 1 search engine Naver's most searched keyword list last week.

Click to download: Johnny without the cash

In a bumper version of his regular column, Chris Salmon offers a guide to the best music you can find - for free - on the internet

Badu identifies with Palestinian hip-hop

Sporting a huge, billowing Afro and a T-shirt with an anti-Iraq war slogan, Erykah Badu said she identifies with Palestinian hip-hop and expressed support for Louis Farrakhan before a crowd of Israeli fans and journalists Thursday.

RIAA chief: We don't see a need for mandatory ISP filtering

The RIAA still wants to see a thousand filters bloom, of course, but it holds out hope for a "marketplace solution" to the issue.

The World's Most Popular Music

Therefore, as a public service, I hereby issue "A Perfect Ten Facts of Boléro" so that we may better know our Most Popular Work.

Metallica Metal Wallpaper - Metallica Desktop Wallpapers

Metallica Metal Wallpaper

BeatBearing project weds ball bearings, elegance to make jams

As with most musical things, this truly is better appreciated through video, so do yourself a favor and click on through to see it in action.

Flame Outs

5 Bands That Should Have Been Enormous – But Blew It.

Top 10 Last.fm Mashups - ReadWriteWeb

In this post we list 10 of our favorites, but there are many more of them to explore. We invite you to add your favorites in the comments, along with a note about why you like them.

How To Identifying A Song It 'hears' Through The Computer. Video

Love that song but don't know what it is ? Here is a simple way to identifying a song it 'hears' through my computer.

Rumor-Ridden Singer Most Searched Online (The Korea Times)

A series of rumors surrounding a renowned trot singer took the top spot on the nation's No. 1 online search engine Naver last week.

'Idol' back as TV's most popular series

Fox's ''American Idol'' returned as the nation's most popular TV series, but with 4 million fewer viewers than the 2007 season premiere.

Streaming Media: Songerize is the "I'm Feeling Lucky"...