'Rock Band' pumps up music sales
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The success of the video game Rock Band  is drumming up revenue for the music industry.\
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Rock bands have long prospered by living - and selling - images of hard living and brash poses. But sex, drugs and rock &#39;n&#39; roll are no longer enough. The definition of cool for some acts now includes mobile phone ringtones.
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In the two months since MTV Networks  and Harmonix released the music-based videogame "Rock Band,"  players have purchased and downloaded more than 2.5 million  additional songs made available after the game's initial  distribution. Activision, meanwhile, said it has sold more than  5 million new songs via download for "Guitar Hero III: Legends  of Rock" since it began adding downloadable content in early  November.
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CANNES, France  - Away from the headlines of job  losses, grumbling artists and falling global sales, the music  industry is trying new business models to boost digital sales  and offset the fall in CD sales.
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Away from the headlines of job  losses, grumbling artists and falling global sales, the music  industry is trying new business models to boost digital sales  and offset the decline in CDs.
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Sales of legally downloaded songs shot up more than tenfold in 2004, a music industry report says.
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Radiohead's offer inspires musician, who wants classical music to reach a new audience.
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Sales of the clip outnumber those of the tune or the disc, giving a new boost to the artist.
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At a time when acts from Radiohead  to Madonna to the Eagles are pushing the boundaries of the  standard record-release model, rock band Big Head Todd & the  Monsters are trying a new business model as well -- and they're  making sure radio is part of the plan.
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In one measure of their success,  chart-topping rockers The Darkness have sold enough song  downloads, T-shirts and thongs on their official Web site  http://www.TheDarknessRock.com to nearly finance their next  recording.
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By one measure of their success,  chart-topping rockers The Darkness have sold enough song  downloads, T-shirts and thongs on their official Web site  http://www.TheDarknessRock.com to nearly finance their next  recording.
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MySpaceÂs online music store will allow bands and labels of any size to sell songs for whatever price they want.
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When a band sells 3 million copies of its first album, its members might expect to celebrate with a few drinks.
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According to a survey, Mac users are much more likely to have purchased a song online in recent months than their Windows counterparts, but does that really mean Apple's growing market show will translate into booming business for music companies?
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Tickets for Bruce Springsteen's concert in Belfast were up on sale on eBay less than half an hour after it sold out.
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The music industry reversed a four-year decline as album sales rose slightly in 2004 while overall music sales spiked thanks to a huge increase in digital track sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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Online music stores broke into the  mainstream in 2004, with more than 200 million tracks sold in  the United States and Europe, a tenfold increase from the  previous year, according to data released on Wednesday.