Poets of the Fall are an independent rock band from Helsinki, Finland that was founded by Marko Saaresto and Olli Tukiainen in 2003. The members are Marko “Mark” Saaresto, (lead vocals/guitar), Olli Tukiainen (guitar), and Markus “Captain” Kaarlonen (producer/keyboards); during concerts, they are accompanied by a bassist, a rhythm guitarist and a drummer.

The Poets released the singles Late Goodbye and Lift before releasing their full-length debut album Signs of Life in Finland. Read the rest of this entry

Aliaune Damala Dakha Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam, often going by the shorter Aliaune Thiam, is best known by his fans simply as Akon. With his unique blend of West African musical influences, Southern beats and East Coast inflections along with a dazzling presence that attracts those who watch music videos by the singer, Akon has gone from an unknown alleged convict to a music star in just a few short years.

Born to Mor Thiam, a jazz percussionist, and his wife, in St. Louis, Akon was raised in Senegal until the age of seven. At that point, his father returned to the US and brought the family with him. Until he was 15, Akon spent time in both countries. Read the rest of this entry

Playing the guitar is fun. However, because of its size, you may not be able to bring it with you at all times. That would have been okay if the place you’re going is already entertaining or not too boring. But if not, for sure, you could have wished that your guitar is handy enough so you can counter boredom.

Thankfully, ThinkGeek is around to rescue guitarists like you from being stuck in boring places – introducing the Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt.

Yes, you read it right! Indeed, there’s a guitar shirt that you can wear and play at the same time. As its name implies, the Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt is a t-shirt based real playable electric guitar that produces great rock sound. Read the rest of this entry

Portable digital audio players, more commonly referred to as MP3 players, have taken the world by storm since Apple released their original 1.8” 5 GB iPod in 2001. The iPod wasn’t the first MP3 player, though.

The first of the modern successors to portable tape and CD players was produced in 1997 by SaeHan Information Systems. Their MPMan, later licensed to Eiger Labs for distribution in North America, held only 32 MB of music.

Since then, MP3 players have become as ubiquitous as cell phones—and they’re status symbols in the same way cell phones are, as well. Read the rest of this entry

Eminem and Slim Shady are both stage names for the same artist, and fans from around the world often download his music videos.

Whether you are looking to download music videos for free or would be willing to pay for videos from your favorite artist, you will enjoy them much more if you know more about the performer.

Before you watch music videos by Eminem or anyone else, take some time to learn about the musician himself. Read the rest of this entry

You’re driving to work, listening to your favorite radio station, when on comes Britney Spears’ “Baby One More Time.” By the time you pull into your office parking lot, you have, “Oh baby, baby” running through your head.

You hum it at your desk. You sing it on your way to the restroom. You tap it out on the conference table during your morning meeting. When five o’clock finally rolls around, your coworkers are shooting you the evil eye and you’re ready to pull your hair out.

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Bored with your music and want to discover some new bands or singers? There are two main ways you can do that online. You can use services which create music maps, allowing you to explore artists similar in genre to the artists you already listen to. Or you can use music blogs and websites that showcase independent or up-and-coming artists, whether the music is being reviewed, or posted by the musicians themselves.

Some of these websites have a community built around them, which gives fans the opportunity to interact directly with these new talents. Here is a list of 10 free sites to discover new music. Read the rest of this entry

There’s a reason why every new iPod comes labeled with the commandment the stealing music is wrong. That’s also why the road between iTunes and the iPod is (at least in theory) a one-way street. You can load up your iPod with new music from iTunes till the cows come home. But dumping the music from your iPod onto iTunes or a computer hard drive isn’t as rote.

Despite what some record industry bigwigs may believe, not everyone is desperately seeking free music. And Apple realizes that accidents happen. Hard drives crash. Computers end up at the bottom of swimming pools, in the hands of thieves or in deserted hotel rooms thousands of miles from home. Indeed, there are plenty of law-abiding, upright reasons to want to retrieve music from your iPod.

In that glorious light of openness and honesty, i-Core -with plenty of help from Apple & other Tech blogs - offers a few avenues for transferring music that is rightfully, legally yours from an iPod onto your computer. Read the rest of this entry

The geek have officially inherited the Earth, as was prophesied in Psalms 37:7 (more or less) so many bearded men ago. It’s a fairly recent thing, having happened somewhere between Google’s ascent to ubiquity, the second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the eyebrow-raising popularity of Weird Al’s White & Nerdy. And since history is told by the victor, I figured I should try rounding up the soundtrack to geeks’ most epic of victories.

Music videos are made to appeal to non-geek masses, but some were made by some bigtime nerds—while others are just are unmistakeably nerdy. You already know where we’re going with this, so let’s just move. Read the rest of this entry

“Blackie”, Eric Clapton’s favorite mid-career modified Strat has been surpassed in value and is no longer the most expensive guitar ever, despite that it was bought for $950,000 USD in 2004 by a guitar archaeologist.

The latest most expensive electric guitar in the world dethroned its predecessor at an auction in Doha, Qatar on November 16th, 2005. The Strat was signed by several rock musicians to benefit a tsunami charity, ‘Reach out to Asia’. It was bought one year ago by Qatar’s royal family for a million dollars and donated back to the Asia Program, bringing in $2.7 million USD Read the rest of this entry