Posted by admin on 22 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: gadgets, news
One of the most interesting meetings at this year’s Midem music conference in Cannes was a panel devoted to lyrics as a business. As regular readers of A-Lyric.com probably know by now, music lyrics are frequently in the top 10 search terms. The interest in song lyrics is phenomenal, and shows no signs of abating. [...]
Posted by admin on 17 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: gadgets, news
I just came across an article in The Guardian about a company called Lyrics Culture (follow the link so I don’t have to quote the whole thing). Their idea is simply to stick lyrics on T-shirts and clothes and sell them. So? So not much, except for one thing. They have come to an agreement [...]
Posted by admin on 04 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: gadgets, news
Here’s something that I have basically been saying for a good while: the lyric sites are by and large spam. You’ve probably checked sites for lyrics and noticed that they often same very basic level of information, a few words. There is very rarely any information about who wrote the songs, nor who the publisher [...]
Posted by admin on 12 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: gadgets, news
UK band Massive Attack produced the music for the upcoming PlayStation game “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune”. The title refers to a mythical treasure stashed away by Sir Francis Drake.
Posted by admin on 26 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: gadgets, news
From experience, I can tell you that finding accurate lyrics on the web is actually quite hard. The vast majority of lyrics you find seem to be submitted by listeners. I don’t think I have ever come across lyrics of mine that are 100% accurate. Someone making a mistake is no big deal. But many [...]
Posted by admin on 02 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: gadgets, news
Here’s a good one. EMI Music Publishing have teamed up with UK game developer Player X to create a phone-based game that will test your knowledge of lyrics from their catalogue, which includes the Rolling Stones, Queen and Sting. Lyric EMI will throw questions at you that you must answer within a given time. They [...]
Posted by admin on 08 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: RIP, awards, gadgets, meanings, politics
Thanks for dropping by. As you can see, we have moved – and I’m still in the process of unpacking virtual boxes. The new design is easier to use, and faster. Plus you can now navigate by Tags such as Tribute, RIP, Awards and Meanings. I’ve put a few in on this article for you [...]
Posted by admin on 07 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: gadgets
I just read a “report” about Bryan Ferry using a prompter at a show in Chamonix, France recently. Well yes, it is a bit embarrassing. But less embarrassing than standing in front of a microphone with your mouth open, I’d say. Quick to jump onto a tasty rumour, there was speculation that Ferry is losing [...]
Posted by admin on 01 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: gadgets
Mac users might remember (or still be running) a funky little application called pearLyrics that goes out and finds the lyrics of songs playing on your iTunes. Over a year ago, its creator, Walter Ritter, fell foul of the industry’s crackdown on lyric sites. Citing infringement of copyright, the US publisher Warner-Chappell sent out a [...]
Posted by admin on 03 Jul 2006 | Tagged as: gadgets
As reported several months ago on A-Lyric, the music business and web companies have been searching for ways to do business with song lyrics. In an interesting deal, the music database company Gracenote has signed deals with hundreds of publishers and will start integrating approved lyrics into a range of services. The idea is to [...]