Are College Students Spending Money on Music?
College Students and Digital Downloads Digital downloads are hot! College students spend money on music because it’s very important to them. Most of their digital music is shared from other students’ music CDs, but even so, they spend around $242 million annually (not as individuals! as a whole group of course!) on digital music and pressed copies of CDs. They also spend a lot on music related electronics such as mp3 players and headphones. College students are more likely to buy music than food, some studies suggest. I’m not sure I believe that, but next to beer...
read moreBig Boi’s Big Problems
After waiting for nearly an hour, the crowd at Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco, CA, was definitely more than irritated. Due to apparent “technical difficulties”, Outkast’s Big Boi did not perform his scheduled set at the California alternative music festival, despite the fact that he was there. He was, apparently, back stage having dinner with comedian Dave Chappelle for two hours, waiting on his tech crew to give him the go ahead. But instead the rapper forced his friend to go out on stage and tell some jokes to appease the angry and frustrated fans who had...
read moreAshanti’s Legendary Breakthrough
When you think of the top female R&B artists in recent history, Ashanti isn’t a name that readily comes to mind. Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, and even Brandy may pop up before Ashanti. Despite the fact that she only has one Grammy win, less than her contemporaries, her debut back in 2002 was unlike any other female R&B singer’s known to date, breaking Billboard Chart history and sales records left and right. Her self-titled debut album outsold debut records of Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill to break the record for biggest opening week sales for...
read moreSpotify Music Quality In Question
After several years of major success in Europe, Swedish music streaming service Spotify opened up shop in the US July 15th. But several changes the company has rolled out recently has made the service quite different than it used to be. Starting just recently, free users are now limited to a certain number of free songs streamed per month to try and convince them to switch over the Spotify’s ad-free premium service. The premium service also allows the user to play their playlists and other songs in their library while offline AND through their mobile phones (iPod, anyone?). The final...
read moreUmphrey’s to Release New Album
Funk-jam band extraordinaries Umphrey’s McGee have announced that their latest compilation, Death By Stereo will be released on September 13th, their first album since 2009′s Mantis. The sextet has been on the road a lot since their last release, which might have contributed to the reason why this new album has taken so long. But there is still no doubt that this is one of their most highly anticipated albums ever, after having gained a much stronger following than ever before, selling out 12 consecutive shows last fall/winter, a new record for the band. Umphrey’s plans to...
read moreElbow Makes SPIN’s Top 25 Albums
For the British dream pop band’s fifth studio album, Elbow stays true to their original sound while still re-working different themes to incorporate more uplifting beats and melodies. Elbow’s front man Guy Garvey still lends a trance-y lyrical voice to the tracks that exemplifies casual listening with a twist of hypnotic pop. The more upbeat moments on their latest album, Build a Rocket Boys!, include a few psychedelic hooks to get the casual listener more involved. One of the best parts of their latest is that you can tell the boys have paid more attention to detail with every...
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