Blog: The Noise Bazaar

While doing my daily music blog browsing (normally in some class that I really don't care about) I came across a cool list on Idolator that was taken from British music magazine The Word . A couple of things caught my eye. First, the acoustic guitar is listed as the #1 worst instrument ever. Interesting call, I must say. But what excited me the most and prompted me to write this entry was that the #5 best instrument ever is the sousaphone. Confession: Andy and I were band geeks in high [...]

As a part of their payola (the practice of bribing radio stations to play certain songs) investigation, the FCC has helped form an agreement between the station groups and the American Association of Independent Music that would set aside "8,400 half-hour blocks of time for independent music." Via Reuters : Peter Gordon, founder of Thirsty Ear Recordings and A2IM's chief negotiator, said in an interview that the "agreement in principle" is a way to get independent music on the air that also avoids undue government interference. [...]