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THEMUSICALREVOLUTION.COM THIS MONTH: Big RevoWelcome to our newest member: Caroline. Check this out: For this month only, I (Your beloved Mattyy) am off to Africa. Due to this "momentary lapse of reason" you (the faithful revolutionary) may find things a little slow in March. For this reason, I ask that you keep the dialogue flowing. I will try my very best to check in when I can and offer updates on the trip. But. Ghana isn't the most online country in the world so... Wish me luck and see you in April.

EDITORIAL:

Well, it looks like Mr. Jobs is at it again.

In a recent post to his blog, the Apple CEO claims that he is all for scrapping the technology that prevents iTunes from being played on competing mp3 players. In fact, Steve (as I like to call him (among other things ;) claims that he has asked the four major record labels (Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Group) for permission to scrap Digital Rights Management software (DRM to those of us in the know).

It is in fact these very labels that he blames for DRMs in the first place - cue the finger pointing.

Honestly. At this point, I don't see why it's even an issue. Get rid of 'em! I hate to agree with a suit, especially one as transparent as Mr. Stevo, but this is just becoming rediculous. Why are the labels fighting this so vehementy?

I get this picture of 4 old dying men sitting in chairs surrounding a big plasma screen. One say's, "This downloading thingymahjiggy is gonna be the end of usss." Another replies, "What are we to do, a billion just ain't gonna pay the bills!" Still another chimes in, "I knew we shoulda stopped this whole rig-a-ma-role with the printing press." And finally the last says, "Ughhh.. *cough.. choke*..." and roles over and dies. "Nurse!"

LOL!

Bring it on Mr. Steve "Gates" --> Bring it on!
Love,
Mattyy

MUSIC NEWS:

1. ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AL GORE PLANS SERIES OF ALL-STAR CONCERTS: Acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, Bon Jovi, Black Eyed Peas, Kelly Clarkson, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and Snoop Dogg are all slated to perform at an event akin to Live Aid. "Live Earth" will take place on July 7th. Sydney, Shanghai, Johannesburg and London plus other cities in the United States, Brazil and Japan have already committed to be hosts. http://liveearth.org/

2. OZZFEST TO BE FREE OF CHARGE THIS SUMMER: Fans will still have to obtain tickets for shows but it will only cost them their time. Sharon Osbourne (Ozzy's wife and manager) claims that rising ticket prices are the reason for the gesture. Advertising revenue will pay for the tour.

3. SATELLITE RADIO GIANTS XM AND SIRIUS MERGE: The homes of Howard Stern and Bob Dylan are about to become one. The new "super" satellite company looks to improve it's channel selection and technology.

4. RANKING MUSIC BECOMES INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT: With the advent of digital music sales, it has become almost impossible to determine fiscal popularity in today's musical climate. Online juggernaughts such as iTunes and MySpace are wrecking havoc on music rankings worldwide. Experts are looking to merge charts for a more accurate representation of the market.

5. JB SEED PROGRAM AN ARTS GRANT FUND: Australian artist, John Butler, looks to give back to the his homeland's artistic community through this development program. John receives applications at his website and through the Australian Business Arts foundation of Australia chooses artists to foster. http://www.thejbseed.com/contributors.html

6. WARNER MUSIC GROUP LOOKING TO ABSORB EMI: WMG has issued a statement confirming that it has made a bid to takeover EMI. The latter label recently merged it's Capitol and Virgin divisions and in doing so released acts such as Airbourne, The Vines and Fischerspooner from their contracts among others.

7. WHO CARES?: Remember when the key to Grammy success was about writing good music? Now all you have to do is perform for the president, then publicly attack him when he makes bad decisions, then get slandered and threatened, then write an album about it, then shoot a movie about it, then wash Mr. Grammy's SUV,.. The Police - BACK! GENESIS - B.B..BACK!! Van Halen - SUCK!!! It would be really cool if the new label formed by Counting Crowes frontman Adam Duritz were to become anything other than a tax shelter... Hmmmnnnnnn.. Beyonce... Razor"fight"! YEAH! F@#K YEAH!! ..............yeah... Move aside Oscars! The new "Milli Vanilli" movie is in the works. Do I really have to make a joke about this? It kinda just writes itself - then chooses a prettier joke to pretend to tell it. Girl you know it's true... Chris Cornell is done with Audioslave on account of irreconcilable differences. Only he spells that, Z.A.C.K. D.E. L.A. R.O.C.H.A... Bobby Brown - sweet soul singer. Bobby Brown - Washup. Bobby Brown - Drug fiend. Bobby Brown - Dead beat dad... "It's getting better all the time..."

*Collected from a variety of online NEWS sources and summed up here for your enjoyment/enlightenment.*

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