Electronic Music NewsMusic sales rise in harmony with game appearances
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- Music sales rise in harmony with game appearances
- Boom in music video games helps original artists
- The Year of the Simpler Gadget
- Sound Affects: Music reviews
- The outlaws of Valley electronica
Music sales rise in harmony with game appearances
The Associated Press
Here’s a sampling of how some songs have fared after appearing in versions of Activision’s “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” from Viacom Inc. ‘s MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts Inc. that were released late last year. Download figures compare the week ending Dec. 30 2007 with the final week of December 2006.
Boom in music video games helps original artists
The Associated Press
“”The kind of exposure that artists can get through the Guitar Hero platform is huge” said Huang who remains Redctane’s president after it and the “Guitar Hero” franchise were taken over by Activision Blizzard Inc. “Rock Band” meanwhile is made by Viacom Inc. ‘s MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts Inc. Though Warner Music Group Corp. Chief Executive Edgar Bronfman Jr. bemoaned the “very paltry” licensing fees record labels get from game makers in August the labels haven’t stopped sending their music to game makers.
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The Year of the Simpler Gadget
New York Times United States
Pure Digital Technologies says it has sold more than 1. 5 million Flips since it unveiled the product line in 2007. This shift in consumer preference to the cheaper electronic device could well be a reaction to the recession. But it isn’t the same as the consumer suddenly and consciously reaching for the house brand of creamed corn instead of the one with the Jolly Green Giant on the label. It is not just the economics of a shopping-fatigued nation at work here. Consumers found the simple devices which don’t need instruction manuals to set up and use more appealing. That shift in consumer preference could be ominous.
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Sound Affects: Music reviews
SunJournal.com ME
“Make My Day” is undeniably the catchiest track on the album thanks to a blithe hook by Cee-Lo. DJ’s production – gamboling syncopated electronic beats – this bestows an obvious Gnarls Barkley sound on the song. The problem with those qualities is that the tune thus revolves around higher-pitched motifs. The only thing balancing the track is a swinging but thin bass line. A rapper like Big Boi would be a great equalizer for this track with his deep rolling baritone flow. But alas Common is at the helm and his center-pitched rhymes get lost in the track.
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The outlaws of Valley electronica
Monitor TX
All of this because of a Game Boy. Acevado joins a burgeoning group of avant-garde musicians in the Valley. Armed with computer programs keyboards and turn tables these composers make electronic music. The genre has existed for years thriving in Europe large cities and nightclubs. It’s gaining traction in the Valley powered largely by the Internet and McAllen’s infant arts district. MEET THE VALLEY’S ELECTRNICA ARTISTS:>>.