Indaba Music Launches Social Contest Suite Amplifying Music Marketing for Brands and Record Labels
Indaba Music, the leading online community of musicians and marketplace for music opportunities, today launched its Social Contest Suite, an end-to-end music marketing platform that connects its more than 700,000 independent musicians with fans via a socially integrated music discovery product.
http://finance.yahoo.co...

Teens' Love of Loud Music Tied to Drinking, Drug Abuse
MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- In a new study, teens who loved listening to music blasting at high decibels on their MP3 players were also more likely than others to smoke marijuana, while those who listened to loud music at concerts and clubs were more likely to drink heavily and have sex without a condom.
http://news.yahoo.com/t...

The Echo Nest and Discogs Deliver Crowdsourced Music Data to Apps
SOMERVILLE, Mass. and PORTLAND, Ore., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Echo Nest, a music intelligence platform powering smarter apps across the web and devices, has incorporated Discogs into its Rosetta ...
http://finance.yahoo.co...

Sunnyvale to Bangalore, Dhingana rides India’s music cloud
Music servlces like Spotify and Rdio are expanding around the world, but they should take heed in India - a slick, Silicon Valley-built service is already proving a draw with Bollywood fans.
http://finance.yahoo.co...

Blasting music tied to drinking and drugs: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors know that drinking, drugs and risky sex go together in young people -- and a new study suggests loud music should be added to that list. In the report from The Netherlands, researchers found that teens and young adults who spent a lot of time listening to loud music -- already risky because of the long-term chance of hearing loss -- were also more likely to ...
http://news.yahoo.com/b...

Ronnie Dunn and Cracker Barrel Ready to Serve New Music Offering
Country music icon Ronnie Dunn’s newest solo CD debuts today through the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® exclusive music program. The CD, Ronnie Dunn – Special Edition, is a powerful collection of 12 songs that Dunn first released in 2011, and includes an additional two previously unreleased bonus tracks.
http://finance.yahoo.co...

Billboard Music Awards: A few observations
The 2012 Billboard Music Awards, aired from the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, earned the right to be called the most awkwardly awesome three hours (yes, three?!) of music to hit TV this year. A few observations.
http://latimesblogs.lat...

New era in music arrives in NZ
Online music streaming is set to take off with the entry of Spotify into the New Zealand market and its partnership with wireless music manufacturer Sonos.
http://nz.news.yahoo.co...

Universal Music to Rock Boston at EuraMedia 2012 With Newest, Hottest Russian Artists, US Stars in Universal Catalogue
  MOSCOW , May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music announced today that it will be sponsoring the EuraMedia 2012 Summit, where its Director, Dmitry Konnov, has been nominated for a key prize at the ...
http://finance.yahoo.co...

Billboard Music Awards: Perry's Night
The red carpet at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, held Sunday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, was tinged with sadness — while it was in progress, word came that Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees had passed away. But most...
http://abcnews.go.com/b...