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April 25, 2006 - SoundTech Professional Audio, a division of US Music Corporation, announced today the release of LightSnake, an intelligent instrument-to-PC cable with embedded analog to digital converter and signal booster. The LightSnake USB's unique design enables anyone to plug their guitar, bass, keyboard or other electronic instrument directly into a PC eliminating the hassle, clutter and learning curve associated with high-quality digital recording. Read more

April 25, 2006 -- House of Blues New Orleans is proud to present its multifaceted performance schedule to coincide with the 2006 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The entertainment venue, located in the heart of the French Quarter, will feature an eclectic group of national acts, ranging from The Blind Boys of Alabama, Etta James and Martin Sexton to local legends like Galactic and The Subdudes. Read more

April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. today announced StudioMOTO, a first of its kind, free online music studio that lets users create their own multimedia for their mobile. Starting today, users can log on to www.hellomoto.com/studio and take mobile communication beyond the ordinary.

StudioMOTO lets mobile users communicate beyond the static text message, with multimedia messages that resemble mobile postcards containing a combination of text, music, video and animation. This innovative new web site provides consumers with pre-selected music, rhythms, video animation and text to design a whole library of personalized multimedia messages that can be sent to a GSM phone or email address. Read more

April 19, 2006 -- Rihanna, the Barbados - born beauty whose 2005 single “Pon De Replay,” the unofficial anthem of this past summer is set to showcase her talents on Xbox Live® in the latest ‘Game with Fame’ session. All Xbox 360® gamers should be on the look out for the gamertag ‘RihannaGWF’ playing Marble Blast Ultra for Xbox 360 Arcade on Saturday, April 22 between 3:00 p.m. EST and 4:00 p.m. EST. Read more

April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bob Dylan's much anticipated XM Satellite Radio music show, "Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan" will make its world premiere on May 3, it was announced today. Each weekly show will feature an eclectic mix of music based around a theme, and host Bob Dylan will offer stories about the music and topics of interest. Dylan also will read and answer select emails sent in by fans. In addition, "Theme Time Radio Hour" will feature contributions from special guests, including Elvis Costello, Charlie Sheen, Penn Jillette, Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel. Read more

April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Studios Home Entertainment today delivered the first of its much anticipated next generation High Definition DVD (HD DVD) titles, marking the official arrival of the superior-quality offerings in stores nationwide.

Futuristic action-adventure "Serenity" is the first in the progressive rollout of flagship titles available in the new format. "Doom" and "Apollo 13" are slated to follow on April 25, 2006, with "Cinderella Man," "Jarhead" and "Assault on Precinct 13" hitting shelves on May 9, 2006. A fourth wave of releases on May 23, 2006 includes "The Chronicles of Riddick," "Van Helsing," "U-571" and "The Bourne Supremacy." Each of the ten releases is priced at $34.98 SRP. Looking ahead, Universal will continue its rolling introduction of HD DVD titles on a monthly basis. Read more

April 18, 2006 - MusicGiants, the leader in HD music downloads, today announced immediate availability of the highest sound quality online music through Microsoft's Windows Media Player 10. MusicGiants provides music from the four major labels, a growing number of independents, and uses Windows Media Audio Lossless exclusively to provide up to seven times the sound quality of ordinary downloads. Read more

April 11, 2006 - SoundTech Professional Audio, a division of US Music Corporation, announced today the patented AMP3 guitar amplifier and computer music center, a versatile speaker system featuring solid wood construction, an input for iPods, other MP3 players and PCs as well as guitar amplifier features including a built in instrument tuner and DSP (Digital Signal Processing) amplifier modeling effects. With an input to connect an MP3 player, CD player or computer, the SoundTech AMP3 is the perfect solution for musicians who want to jam along with their favorite tracks or easily record their own creations. Read more

APRIL 6, 2006 – If music truly is the universal language then millions of music hopefuls are sure to be talking about the new Cingular Mobile Music Studio available exclusively on MySpace. Announced today at CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2006, Cingular’s Mobile Music Studio is a first-of-its-kind platform that offers hundreds of thousands of unsigned artists and bands on MySpace the tools needed to turn their self-produced music into ringtones. Read more

March 2006- Spout, the first online community focused on connecting film lovers with great films and the people who have something to say about them, has announced the official launch of spout.com at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas. The new site offers advanced user-centric tools that give film fans a real community online, and a better experience for discussing, organizing and buying all kinds of films. Read more