artists

Photos: 'Amazing Creations' take digital shape

News Graphics chipmaker Nvidia and the Society of Digital Artists on Monday announced the winners of the NVArt digital art challenge, the first in a series of global contests scheduled for 2008. The theme of the inaugural challenge was "Amazing...

Tags: fire, art, san, ceo

6 February 2008, 9:46

Photos: Art of the video game

News Into the Pixel is a juried exhibition that recognises videogame artists for their creative achievements. The jury's 16 selections this year showcased game artists' work from the US, UK, Japan, Poland, Germany, France and Canada.

16 May 2006, 12:03

High-def music for the MP3 generation

News After four decades producing some of the recording industry's biggest artists, everyone from Janice Joplin to Switchfoot, Mazer has developed his own test. Otherwise, what good does it do for artists to toil on producing the best sound?

16 May 2006, 15:09

News.blog: Last.fm tries out original video series

News The series consists of interviews with popular and rising bands and artists; among the first artists featured are techno legend Moby, rising alternative-pop singer Santogold and popular indie band Spoon.

Tags: pop, europe, expand, myspace

12 May 2008, 8:51

Warner Music and Skype ring up deal

News US customers of VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) provider Skype will be able to download ring tones culled from songs by Warner artists such as Madonna, Green Day, Led Zeppelin and Linkin Park. We are excited that more than 70 million Skype...

31 January 2006, 9:40

Sony Music gives bloggers free videos

News The music conglomerate is promoting a new site, called Musicbox Video, that showcases videos, artist interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and other material from a broad portfolio of its artists. Individuals thus could create sites focused around...

19 June 2006, 9:15

Warner Music readies CD-free 'e-label'

News Warner Music's chairman and CEO, said on Monday that the new mechanism will be called an 'e-label', in which artists will release music in clusters of three songs every few months rather than a CD every few years.

23 August 2005, 9:00

News.blog: MySpace meets MTV

News Members of the social network, which initially gained traction as a way for independent music artists to gain buzz, will vote on select music videos each week that will then be showcased in the hour-long MTV show.

Tags: networking, chart, myspace, artists

4 March 2008, 9:12

UK police in truce with cybervigilantes

News This includes Artists Against 419, whose activities include consuming the bandwidth of fraudulant banking and lottery sites in an attempt to take them off the Internet. We have good relationships with groups like Artists Against 419, and Data Wales...

18 January 2007, 9:31

Photos: Wearable tech at 2nd Skin show

News The artists' works will be on display at the museum for five months, as will the "Clothesline Project", which will feature wearable art made by visitors. A selection of artists will be using other recycled materials such as soda cans and ping pong...

Tags: body, art, air, designs

28 April 2008, 9:24

Skype to sell ring tones

News Skype's new licence agreements allow the company to distribute ring tones from Warner Music Group artists. In January, the company struck a deal with Warner Music Group, which distributes music from artists such as Madonna, Green Day and Red Hot...

26 April 2006, 9:02

Sundance festival sees scope in new tech

News The possibilities and permutations of distribution are expanding so rapidly.these developments are good things for artists. Film artists have always had to contend with new technologies -- TV, VCRs, DVRs and now mobile video players, to name a few...

18 January 2007, 10:25

MTV has first crack at Windows' new music

News Urge offers a new way for artists like myself to specifically reach music fans with a tonne of options. After all, Microsoft's rival Apple has tapped artists from U2 to Wynton Marsalis for its events.

6 January 2006, 9:09

Chuck D sets the record straight on DRM

News You've got artists who are just starting out who are understanding that DRM is a way of life," Chuck D said, adding that musicians "understand it doesn't have to be the Pirates of Penzance as it was," a reference to the free-for-all early days of...

20 September 2006, 9:39

Musicians attempt to harness the Net

News The way I look at it, any exposure is beneficial to artists. That trend could one day reduce the percentage of music sales currently controlled by a handful of heavily promoted acts and boost recognition for a greater number of less-popular artists.

28 June 2004, 10:25