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The Used have just release a new video for their first single off their new album "Artwork" The song is titled "Blood on my hands" and is "really gross" according to their lead singer. The Orem UT band has expressed a lot of anticipation for this new album, and this new video just proves that fact. Check out this in detail review on the new Blood On My Hands Video

With the upcoming release of their 4th studio album right around the corner, The Used are gearing up for the album drop with their first single, "Blood on My Hands." “Blood on My Hands” is now circulating and the music video premiere’s next week on their MySpace on and TheUsed.net on July 28th. Their new album, "Artwork" hits the streets on September 1st, 2009. Here's the making of their video for their new single: Blood On My Hands Trailer

Apple announced today that they would begin shipping the latest version of Logic Studio, which includes Logic 9 . Its been about 4 years since the last update, so this comes as a very anticipated release. Apple did not promote the heck out of it ahead of time, so it will be interesting to hear what the engineers, producers, and logic 8 users have to say about it. Hopefully it wont be quite as buggy as previous version. Apple made the announcement here - http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/whats-new/ The music world is sure to be shaken by this, and at the very least I know of a few design firms , and new york pr firms , that will be using the new version for all of their upcoming projects! Provided its not buggy as hell! Though on second thought we could probably get by with my macbook pro and garageband for most audio recording!

Reverend Al Sharpton is campaigning with NAACP board member Willis Edwards for a commemorative Michael Jackson U.S. Postal Service Stamp. The USPS traditionally waits 5 years before issuing a commemorative stamp but Sharpton and Edwards are working hard to get the stamp committee to make an exception. The 1993 Elvis Presley commemorative stamp is the best selling U.S. stamp with 124.1 million sold. Jackson's stamp could very well beat this record. In a news conference outside of the First AME Church Edwards stated, "It's going to work out with the reverend in a meeting soon. It's going to start soon, I think we have to find out all of the procedures" in regards to the commemorative stamp campaign. Rev Sharpton said he befriended MJ over the years as Jackson would visit his mentor the late James Brown. "Down the years, Michael would always come to visit Mr. Brown and we got to know each other better because James Brown was one of his idols," Sharpton said

A music industry law that has been overlooked by many in the NYC scene is that a venue cannot play a copy written song without having the secured licenses from the performance rights group (ie: ASCAP, BMI,) who represent the songwriter. BMI is now focusing their attention of Lower East Side music venue Pianos, who have according to BMI "caused great and incalculable damage" after illegally playing hit songs like Europe's "Final Countdown" The Rolling Stone's "Paint It Black", and Weezer's "Say It Ain't So". Check out the lawsuit documents below courtesy of Cityfile 070109_pianos

On June 25th 2009 we said goodbye to the King of Pop who died in the hospital after suffering from a cardiac arrest at his home in Holmby Hills. When the paramedics arrived, they found MJ without a pulse, not breathing. As they rushed to UCLA hospital paramedics tried to revive Michael but were unable to. Upon arrival at the hospital, medics attempted to resuscitate him but he was unresponsive. Michael Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:25PM PT Thursday. The following day, Jackson's music dominated iTunes, Amazon, music television stations, and the radio. On iTunes, 8 of the 10 top selling albums for download were Michael Jackson's, while on Amazon 10 of the 25 top selling albums were MJ's as well. The internet rush of people following the Michael Jackson news temporarily shut down major entertainment news sites like TMZ and Perez Hilton. Twitter, Google, and AOL Instant messenger were all dominated by MJ conversation. According to AT&T Wireless spokeswoman Jeannie Horn