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|  Microsoft
and MTV Announce Music Partnership
Microsoft and MTV have agreed on
a partnership to enter the digital music market.
Microsoft has been really busy
this week, already announcing a partnership with
MCI, but now it's also MTV. The two companies are
teaming up to enter the digital music market.
The new service provided by Mircosoft
and MTV is called URGE and debuts next year with
an arsenal of some 2 million songs from major and
smaller independent labels.
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|  Eminem
to Quit?
If he really is retiring, then Eminem is going out
with a bang.
The rapper's greatest hits collection, the possibly
prophetically titled Curtain Call, bowed on top
of the US Billboard album charts, selling 441,000
copies for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen
SoundScan.
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|  Prince
back on the road with Universal Music
Rock 'n' roll iconoclast Prince,
who spent years clashing with the music establishment,
has signed a recording deal with the world's largest
record company, proudly noting on Tuesday that he
wrote up his own agreement without legal advice.
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You
Raise My Blood Pressure |
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 TWO
Swedish Brothers are feeling down and all because
of You Raise Me Up.
The
brothers TOMMI and KARRI RINNE claim they penned
the tune to the 2005’s Record Of The Year
made famous by Westlife - 10 years ago.
They called their
track Rakastakaa (Don’t Forget To Love in
Finnish — they were born in Finland) and recorded
it in Peer Music Studio in Stockholm.
 The
Rinne brothers claim they gave their recording to
the Peer Music studio manager who said he would
enter it in a Eurovision Song Contest preliminary
competition - but they heard nothing more about
their track until they heard US singer Josh Groban's
recording of You Raise Me Up two years ago.
Norwegian composer
ROLF LOVLAND and Irish songwriter BRENDAN GRAHAM
are credited with creating the song which has been
recorded by Josh Groban, Russell Watson, Daniel
O’Donnell and now Westlife. Tommi adds, "We
are furious and want to get credit where credit
is due."
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Real
web-based music service debuts in UK
 RealNetworks
has launched its web-based RealMusic service in
the UK for PCs and Macs.
The subscription-based
service offers a variety of features, including
music, radio, music videos, downloads, ringtones
and user-generated content. It offers over 300 CD-quality,
ad-free radio stations, including shows from Ministry
of Sound, Carl Cox and GMG Radio (SmoothFM, Real
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Five
Grammy Nomination for the Boss |
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 Song
of the Year: "Devils & Dust"
Best Rock Song: "Devils
& Dust"
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
"Devils & Dust"
Best Contemporary Folk Album:
"Devils & Dust"
Best Long Form Music Video: "Devils
& Dust" (DualDisc DVD Content), Danny
Clinch (video director) and Lindha Narvaez (video
producer)
The 48th Annual Grammy Awards will be presented
on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2007, at the Staples Center
in L.A.
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Clubbers
urged to protect hearing |
The
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) fears
changes to licensing laws will mean party-goers
over the festive period will be exposed to loud
music for longer periods of time and are in danger
of causing permanent damage to their hearing.
Charity staff polled 1,400 people
aged between 16 and 30-years-old and found that
55% visited pubs and bars where they needed to
shout to be heard more than once a week, with
75% of these there for up to four hours at a time.
The survey showed 44% of young
people had experienced ringing in the ears on
at least one occasion, and 34% reported ringing
or buzzing in the ears on a regular or occasional
basis after a night out.
The RNID, which works to support
nine million deaf and hard of hearing people in
the UK, said that in some bar and club venues,
music as loud as an aircraft taking off had been
recorded.
Charity chiefs today said they
were concerned that unless people took steps to
protect their hearing, many could start 2007 with
tinnitus, which causes a permanent ringing or
buzzing sensation in the ears, or even hearing
loss. |
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