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Apple iTunes Store: Great “Christian & Gospel” Speed Metal Band

I was looking for Exodus, the Metal band on iTunes Store the other day. I found it and I laughed so hard.

Apparently there is another band with the name of “The Exodus” on iTunes. Both of them shares the same iTunes URL.

Exodus

I love this “Christian & Gospel” band Exodus, with albums such as:

Good one, iTunes Store…

Other records from Exodus, the “Christian & Gospel” band:

The URL @ iTunes Store here.

Exodus Official Homepage
http://www.exodusattack.com/

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Dream Theater: “Chaos in Motion” Word Tour 2007/2008

Dream Theater will be embarking in world tour promoting “Systematic Chaos” throughout 2007 and 2008. The tour is dubbed “Chaos in Motion” reflecting “Systematic Chaos” (the album title) and “Constant Motion” (the first single off the album).

“Chaos in Motion” World Tour 2007/2008 will feature Redemption and Into Eternity as supporting acts.

Mike Portnoy’s forum has posted the “Chaos in Motion” promotional poster.

Currently Dream Theater is shooting the video for “Constant Motion”, the first single off “Sysmatic Chaos” in the week of April 16.

http://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/
http://www.dreamtheater.net/

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Dream Theater: “Systematic Chaos” Special Edition CD/DVD

Dream Theater’s “Systematic Chaos” will be released in two formats. The Regular Edition CD and the Special Editon CD & DVD.

First single off the album is “Constant Motion”. The band will be shooting the video in the week of April 16-22, 2007.

Dream Theater - Dream Theater -

The Special Edition DVD will include:

  • The entire album mixed in 5.1 surround sound
  • “Chaos in Progress – The Making of Systematic Chaos” (a 90-minute documentary directed by Mike Portnoy)

The CD’s track listing for both editions is:

  1. In The Presence of Enemies Pt.1 (9:00)
  2. Forsaken (5:36)
  3. Constant Motion (6:55)
  4. The Dark Eternal Night (8:51)
  5. Repentance (10:43)
  6. Prophets Of War (6:01)
  7. The Ministry of Lost Souls (14:57)
  8. In The Presence of Enemies Pt.2 (16:38)

Source:
http://dreamtheater.net/news_dreamtheater.php#releaseinfo

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Megadeth: “A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)” Digital Single on April 17th, 2007

Roadrunner Records New Release page says Megadeth: “A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)” digital single will be on sale on April 14th.

Megadeth - Set Me Free (A Tout Le Monde) Digital Single 04.17.2007

Megadeth’s first single off “United Abominations” CD will be released on April 17th as digital single. It is currently unclear if “A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)” digital single will be released worldwide. The single might appear on iTunes Store, Napster, Zune Store, etc.

Megadeth - Set Me Free (A Tout Le Monde)

Streaming audio of “A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)” can be found here.
http://roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Megadeth/music.aspx

Previously Roadrunner Records UK reported that the digital single would be released on April 23rd.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/news/sendto.aspx?newsitemID=15562

Pre-order Megadeth‘s “United Abominations” @Amazon.com

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Apple: 100 Million iPods Sold

Apple announces today that the 100 millionth iPod® has been sold.

The first iPod was introduced back in November 2001 with a $399 retail price. As a matter of fact I still have a working first generation iPod that I pre-ordered the day it was announced (what was I thinking?).

From Apple PR:

CUPERTINO, California—April 9, 2007—Apple® today announced that the 100 millionth iPod® has been sold, making the iPod the fastest selling music player in history. The first iPod was sold five and a half years ago, in November 2001, and since then Apple has introduced more than 10 new iPod models, including five generations of iPod, two generations of iPod mini, two generations of iPod nano and two generations of iPod shuffle. Along with iTunes® and the iTunes online music store, the iPod has transformed how tens of millions of music lovers acquire, manage and listen to their music.

http://www.apple.com/
http://www.apple.com/ipod/
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/09ipod.html

As usual, I’ll update this post……. maybe…….. for sure…….

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EMI Music and Apple Offers DRM-Free Digital Music Download

London, 2 April 2007

EMI Music today announces that it is making all of its music catalogue at a higher quality (higher bitrate) and free of Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions. EMI Music is giving an option to online music retailer to sell the DRM-free music in the format of their choice. EMI Music group is giving customers the option to purchase music with DRM at a lower price with lower bitrate or to purchase DRM-free music at higher bitrate.

Apple‘s iTunes Store is the first online music store to bring EMI’s offering to the consumer. The pricing and offers are good only for tracks by EMI Artists:

  • Individual track encoded in 128 kbps AAC with Apple FairPlay DRM costs $0.99/€0.99/£0.79
  • Individual track encoded in DRM-free 256 kbps AAC costs $0.99/€0.99/£0.79
  • iTunes customers can upgrade their previoulsly purchased 128 kbps AAC with DRM to DRM-free 256 kbps AAC for only $0.30/€0.30/£0.20 per track
  • Complete album purchased on iTunes is automatically sold as DRM-free 256 kbps AAC at no extra costs

EMI Music will still employ DRM on digital music subscriptions, due to the nature of the service itself.

In addition to the deal with Apple, EMI also states that such deal will be made available to other online music store. EMI has given online music stores the options to encode the songs in the format of their choice (AAC, MP3, WMA, or any other unprotected format).

On February 6th, 2007, Apple published Steve Jobs’ open letter on Music and Digital Rights Management (DRM). In the letter, Steve Jobs calls for the removal of DRM from online music store, noting that music has been sold without any digital restrictions for years in the forms of records, tapes, and CD. EMI Music then contacted Apple to offer DRM-free digital music download.

EMI Music Group Press Release:
http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press18.htm

Related:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/

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