Nickelback singer eager to play to the game world
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Game designers are often called the rock stars of the digital world, but that&#39;s a load of hooey. Rock stars are pop gods and they transcend all bounds of genre to find success in the mainstream.
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Retirement at age 31? Of course, Gabe Kapler said, he expects he'll feel the urge to play when he shows up in Fort Myers next spring.
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It looks like MTV's "Rock Band"  video game is the new jukebox hero.
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Over on Microsoft&#39;s Xbox campus today, the &quot;Halo 2&quot; fans chosen to take part in a Backstage Pass event were given some time to speak with the Xbox bigwigs -- Robbie Bach, senior vice president of Microsoft&#39;s Home &amp; Entertainment division, J Allard and
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The software maker hopes more than just gamers want to hear the notes from Halo; an arm of Warner Music will handle licensing duties.
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A number cruncher wants to use the cost of in-world oral gratification to compare virtual worlds' economies. In Game|Life.
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Stars from the worlds of rock and pop  have united on an album to be released Friday to raise funds  for the people of the Darfur region of western Sudan.
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The game console is expected to appeal to a wider variety of consumers.
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'The horse has bolted' Major record labels are still fighting the piracy battles of 1997 according to a leading rock musician and digital rights activist.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Ever wanted to hang out with The Beastie Boys or Korn? Members of teen-friendly virtual world There.com will soon be able to virtually get up close and personal with those musicians and others through a deal the world's creator Makena Technologies has struck with Capitol Music Group. The companies announced the first phase of what they expect to be a significant, long-term partnership between Makena and the EMI Group business unit on Thursday. They didn't reveal any financial details about the deal. As record companies search for new ways to make money while protecting their intellectual property, they're becoming more interested in the possibilities of virtual worlds, according to Ben Richardson, vice president of business development at There.com. Over the next few months, specially created avatars of Capitol Music Group artists including The Beastie Boys, Korn, Lily Allen, MIMS, and Yellowcard will come into There.com to meet and be quizzed by their fans. All of the musicians have new albums coming out and have also been chosen to appeal to the virtual world's inhabitants. There.com has aroundÂ 1 million members, 70 percent of whom are aged between 13 and 26 years old, according to Richardson. About 46 percent of the user base is female, he added. Rap artist MIMS will be the first to make a There.com appearance on July 10. Members of the virtual world will receive an invitation to the meet-and-greets, which will take place at a particular time. Makena is buildingÂ 10 virtual nightclubs in There.com, each able to hold a maximum of 50 fans, Richardson said. The bands' avatars will teleport between the nightclubs over the course of an hour to an hour and half so that fans can ask them questions and view their videos. Makena is also creating interactive kiosks throughout There.com where fans can buy both real world CDs and DVDs by the musicians as well as virtual band merchandise, including T-shirts and posters. Any object created for There.com has to be approved by a product submission review board, according to Richardson. The board checks that the object is appropriate for a PG-13 audience, that it doesn't infringe on any copyright, and that it works correctly. In the case of a virtual T-shirt, the clothing would contain no objectionable words or imagesÂ or pirated logos, and itÂ would fit avatars properly. Initially, the meetings between fans and bands will be conducted through text messaging, Richardson said. In future, There.com might use the world's voice chat feature and the bands may perform live music as well, he added. Being a PG-13 world, There.com has already some measures in place that it can call upon to avoid any band and fan interchanges getting out of hand. For instance, there are controls on extreme language so that if you try to type an obscenity into the world's text chat, it shows up as asterisks. There.com also doesn't allow nudity or porn and is able to eject any member who's causing trouble. Makena has the ability to block the hardware ID on a troublesome member's computer so that, once ejected from the virtual world, they can't re-enter under a different identity. Through an earlier partnership with MTV Networks, which resulted in the creation of the Virtual Hills and Virtual Laguna Beach worlds, Makena has already been involved in hosting meet-and-greets with some actors and musicians. Members of the band Korn were able to take time out from rehearsing and log onto four laptops to meet fans virtually recently in one of the MTV worlds, Richardson said. Looking ahead, as well as bringing in more musicians, There.com may well host actors and other celebrities for virtual meet-and-greets, even U.S presidential hopefuls eager to garner the youth vote, he added.
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Somebody wants to be starting something with Michael Jackson.
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Eliot Spitzer, scourge of corporate America, has turned his sights on to the music industry. The New York state attorney general is investigating the music industry&#39;s practices for influencing which songs are played on the radio.
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The Nine Inch Nails rocker talks to News.com about the future of music on the Internet, about leaving the record labels behind and about convincing performer Saul Williams to give away his latest album.
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Even if Illinois makes it a crime to sell graphic video games to minors, 16-year-old Rick Baki doesn&#39;t plan to stop playing favorites like the much-maligned &quot;Grand Theft Auto&quot; series.
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Napster founder Shawn Fanning is back in the music-downloading game, this time with a legal service that has the blessing of at least some significant members of the music industry.
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Al Thornton calls himself a "gamer," the kind who enjoys testing his skills with PlayStation 3 controls in hand. Sometimes it's NBA 2K7. Sometimes College Hoops 2K7.
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As the lead guitarist of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, Tom Morello played loud arena rock &#151; and loved it. Once back home, going through his record collection, he realized there was more to music than volume.