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My Chemical Romance official music video for “Helena” from their album “Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge.” Directed by Marc Webb

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Brand new album A Little Bit Longer available August 12, 2008. Get Burnin’ Up at iTunes on June 24th. Video available now! Click to buy. phobos.apple.com Official music video for Burnin’ Up’. Taken from their self titled CD. In stores now. Find out when the Jonas Brothers are coming to a city near you at www.jonasbrothers.com!

Already on MySpace? Want to get more plays on your songs and rise to the top of the charts? Want to get your music heard by important record label executives and hundreds and possibly millions of people all over? In order to get more plays on your songs on your MySpace music site, you have to do a few things. Just like the top artists at the major record labels, running a consistent promotional campaign is key.

To be successful, you’ll have to maintain consistency to be sure your music gets attention, stands out, gets you the maximum number of listens, and reaches the most people in your MySpace fan base. Most importantly, you have to make sure that anyone who comes to your MySpace music page is listening to your music and telling their friends to come to your page to listen to your music. This shows those big music executives that your music is worth listening to, and that millions of people everywhere are doing just that — listening to it.

To keep new fans coming in on a regular basis, you’ll need to make sure that you are uploading different songs regularly. Keep updating your blog with stories about your music and funny or outrageous adventures, and keep rotating the profile picture on your MySpace music site. It’s something different that is going to get your page noticed over the rest of the musicians out there. Something new will have your fans returning to your page to read your band updates, look at your recently updated pictures, and tell their friends about your most recent awards, tour dates, or concert venues. Don’t be afraid to promote, promote, promote yourself to radio stations, news stations, and other media outlets like magazines or morning shows to get your sound heard. Let them know about how many plays and Views you are getting.  Read more...

Most modern musicians take sheet music for granted. Sheet music abounds in printed form and can even be downloaded from the Internet. It’s a far cry from the days of oral tradition. Centuries ago, there were few ways to pass on music other than to “hum a few bars” until the listener caught on.

The available manuscripts had to be painstakingly marked out by a transcriptionist and were limited in number. In fact, while many songs were known on a wide scale, they were likely spread about by travelling minstrels and troubadours. They were certainly not available in printed form at the local music shop.

Prior to the invention of the printing press in the mid 15th century, very few private citizens owned or had access to sheet music. The ones in existence were owned by a few wealthy noblemen. Because the only way to publish written music was to copy it by hand, it’s little wonder that sheet music was scarce.

The process took long hours and careful copying skills, plus access to the right materials. Before the printing press, the only songs available in written score were sacred songs. Most of these were chants used in liturgical services. Virtually no secular music scores existed prior to the 15th century.

The invention of the printing press in 1439 changed the history of sheet music. This is in spite of the fact that the earliest methods of reproducing musical scores were almost as painstaking as copying music by hand. Italian printer Ottaviano Petrucci may be considered the “father of sheet music.”  Read more...