This is Music Beat. Exploring the music world into which David Archuleta is immersed. Featuring Music Biz, Buzz Board, the Way-Back Machine, and more. Enjoy! Buzz Board Simon Cowell’s X Factor Autotunes Contestants! Wired.com 24 August 2010 Today this Wired.com article, written by Eliot Van Buskirk, will dismay true music lovers, but it isn’t shocking […]

Want to bring people closer to music? It might be easier to bring the music closer to the people. What if someone put a piano on every street? Play me, I’m Yours Touring the globe since March 2008, “Play Me I’m Yours” is an artwork founded and managed by British artist Luke Jerram. Street pianos […]

This is Music Beat. Exploring the music world into which David Archuleta is immersed. Featuring Music Biz, Buzz Board, the Way-Back Machine, and more. Enjoy! Buzz Board “Crazy” Lyrics David Archuleta sings “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley like crazy, man! What if you could display the lyrics while you listen to him sing? TypeStar, a Processing […]

Methinks I hath a midsummer night’s dream. Sirrahs, Mistresses, Cousins, and Hobknockers, gather ye ’round. For I hath an announcement of great import. The city of Murray, Utah, declares a festival in honor of William Shakespeare, whose 446th birthday was observed on April 23. Methinks it a goodsome idea.Wherefore, I beg ye all to hearken […]

This is Music Beat. Exploring the music world into which David Archuleta is immersed. Featuring Music Biz, Buzz Board, the Way-Back Machine, and more. Enjoy! Music Biz Mapping Worldwide Music Sales Counting music sales is difficult, if not impossible. The International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (IFPI) counts total units as album equivalents for […]