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December 23, 2006

Warner Music Group to Acquire Roadrunner Music Group

Earlier this week Warner Music Group announced that they are going to acquire Roadrunner Music Group.
http://www.wmg.com/news/article/?id=8a0af8120f88d9f4010f956206405504

12/18/2006

Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 73.5 percent of Roadrunner Music Group B.V., which includes Roadrunner Records, one of the leading hard rock and heavy metal labels, for $73.5 million in purchase price and other considerations.

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The company has enjoyed strong momentum over the past several years. This year alone, Roadrunner has increased its SoundScan market share in the Hard Music genre (which includes both Hard Rock and Heavy Metal) by more than two percentage points. The label’s multi-Platinum, Grammy-nominated artist, Nickelback, is responsible for the No. 1 Hard Music album for 2005 and year-to-date 2006 in the U.S.

In addition to Nickelback, Roadrunner’s roster includes multi-Platinum Grammy winner Slipknot, Grammy-nominated Stone Sour, Killswitch Engage, Theory of a Deadman, Megadeth, Black Label Society and Trivium, among others.

For more information about Roadrunner, visit: www.roadrunnerrecords.com

Roadrunner Records was the home of many influential Metal bands back in the 80’s and early 90’s. Sadly, for the past few years Nickleback was one of their best sellers. Nickleback sold lots of records, but WHY?

I took a little bit of interest in this acquisition since the band I’m sorta working with just recently signed with Roadrunner Records.

December 22, 2006

iPod shuffle Reset Utility 1.0.1

About iPod shuffle Reset Utility 1.0.1

The iPod shuffle Reset Utility restores First Generation iPod shuffle. The restore process completely erases all music and data on iPod shuffle and reinstalls software version 1.1.5.

Note:
iPod shuffle Reset Utility is only for First Generation 512MB and 1GB iPod shuffle. Any other iPod, including Second Generation iPod shuffle is not supported. If you are not sure which iPod you have, see Apple Support document 61688: Identifying different iPod models

iPod shuffle Reset Utility 1.0.1 for Mac – download (2.1MB)
iPod shuffle Reset Utility 1.0.1 for Windows – download (1.5MB)

Use the iPod shuffle Reset Utility to fix the following issues:

With the iPod shuffle switched on, pressing the Play button will cause amber and green LEDs to flash for a few seconds, and the unit will not play any music, nor can you sync music to it from iTunes.
On a Windows PC, iPod shuffle will appear in My Computer as a “Removable Disk,” however the iPod shuffle volume will not mount correctly. The unit is listed in Device Manager under “Disk Drives” as “Apple iPod USB Device.”
On a Mac, the unit will only be recognized in Apple System Profiler under Hardware -> USB and will not appear or mount in the Finder.
When attempting to restore, the unit may not be recognized at all. However, if it is recognized, the restore may fail with an error dialog “Firmware update failure. Disk write error” or another error. It may take 3 restore attempts before the error appears. Note: iPod shuffle may take several minutes to be recognized.

December 6, 2006

Dave Mustaine Parts Way with ESP Guitars

After weeks of speculations, Dave Mustaine confirms his departure from ESP Guitars.

DEC 6 2006

After two successful years, I have decided to leave ESP guitars. This was a business decision and had nothing to do with the guitars or the manufacturing of the guitars, and I wish the staff of ESP, both in the USA and in Japan and Korea the very best of health and prosperity.

Read the Press Release here:
http://www.megadeth.com/news/pr/espdeparture.html

http://www.megadeth.com/

November 23, 2006

Megadeth: “Gears of War” Lyrics

Gears of War
Music and Lyrics Dave Mustaine

Ethnic cleansing with no defending
These acts of genocide
A fatal ending with no surrendering
To cover up the crimes and lie

Smart bombs, precision guided armament
A more sophisticated way to end up dead
Still we search and invent such intelligent weapons
That kill each other like the Gears of War
Hoo-rah!!!

If you ride with thieves, then you die with thieves
Cross my heart and hope that you die, that you die!
When the smoke has cleared, the devil’s in the mirror
And you see his warheads paint the sky, now you die!

Smart bombs, precision guided armament
A more sophisticated way to end up dead
Still we search and invent such intelligent weapons
That kill each other like the Gears of War
Hoo-rah!!!

http://www.megadeth.com/
http://www.megadeth.com/news/gowlyrics.html

November 23, 2006

Download “Gears of War” MP3 from Megadeth.com

Download “Gears of War” MP3 from Megadeth.com and no string attached.

Megadeth’s “Gears of War” demo was first made available on MTV Music download page in WMA (Windows Media Audio) format.

Megadeth.com steps up in offering the studio demo for download in a more common mp3 format.

Download it here:
http://www.megadeth.com/gow/gears_of_war.mp3

http://www.megadeth.com/

November 22, 2006

Megadeth “Gears of War” Demo is Available for Download

UPDATE:
If you’re looking for Megadeth’s Gears of War (Demo) MP3, it might still be here.

MTV has provided Megadeth’s “Gears of War” for download in WMA (Windows Media Audio) format. Free registration required.

Get it here (link expires 12.18.2006):
http://www.mtv.com/music/downloads/#/music/downloads/?trackId=106384&view=detail

Megadeth is currently working on to finish “United Abominations”, scheduled for release sometimes in March 2007.

“United Abominations” is the first collection of new studio recordings featuring Glen Drover, Shawn Drover, and James LoMenzo alongside Megadeth founder and mainman Dave Mustaine.

Known song titles off “United Abominations”: