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It’s a new craze sweeping the globe, big named signed artists are giving away tracks for free all over the internet to help promote their music, bands such Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead are at it, but so what!

Millions of unsigned artists have been doing this for years for their loyal fans, so it’s nothing new, some of the press seem to think that it’s never been done before, yeah right!

We can quite honestly say that a lot of the unsigned artists/bands out there are far better than some of the big named signed bands and they haven’t given in to the fat cats quite yet

Good News for fans of Remergence and POP, Remegence have decided to release the new album as a limited FREE download on our POP page, it will be limited to so many free downloads after which it will go up for sale!

Remergence have had a delay on the album as they scrapped most of the tracks as they just didn’t think they made the Remergence grade, so they have started re-working tracks and creating new tracks, so it may take a little longer for the release, but we will keep you posted

The popular Atom Sounds Indie Music forums have been updated today to the latest version of the PHPBB forums software.

All previous posts and users information has been transferred/upgraded and is now live, we have some great sections in the forums including music resources, OMD sites, CD Retail services, DIY Promotion tips and more, as well as the usual places for artists to introduce themselves and their music.

Please stop by and join in with the new upgraded Indie Music Forums, the more the merrier

Electronica duo Remergence have released their album The Remixes as an exclusive free download at Project Overseer Productions, the album features a collection of remixes of tracks taken from the previous albums by Remergence over the years, but, remixed to give the tracks a new twist, some are extended tracks while others are new mixes or even the original mixes that didn’t make it on the original albums.

The album is limited to a 50 downloads so if you want to get your hands on a copy then we recommend that you get on over there quick to download your copy today!

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SKY News reports the body of 31-year-old Jason Rae was found around 3:15 PM Saturday, a victim of an apparent drug overdose. Cops reportedly arrested a 32-year-old man for “supplying controlled substances.” He was then released on bail. No word on if his wife was at home.

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Make your own techno songs with big beats, storming bases. Go on, make your own hits.

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I’m losing my religion over the record industry, and it seems like everybody hurts. But R.E.M. reaches into the great beyond, streaming its upcoming album for free a week prior to its release and inking a deal to get more of its music into video games. The band’s manager talks to Ars about R.E.M.’s plans.

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CDs are fine things for listening to and archiving, but they’re bulky. Think of all the shelf space you could free up if that digital music resided on one little hard drive rather than hundreds of boxed-up plastic discs. It’s a commitment, but putting all your music on a computer has advantages besides space savings…

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From turning down the Beatles to stomping Napster
— the most ill-advised, foolhardy and downright idiotic decisions ever made by The Man.


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