Usually, when I’m working I prefer quiet to noise. If the TV is on, I get sucked in to old episodes of Full House. Radio isn’t much better, especially because the DJs in my area are hilarious.
The one thing I will have as background noise, occasionally, is music. I thought it would be fun today to share your favorite work playlist! I have a special list of songs that are my favorites as I’m writing. Yours might change daily. In any case, leave a comment telling us what makes your “I’m hard at work” playlist right now! Here’s mine:

“Use Somebody” …read more

Despite its humble beginnings as an English drinking song, the music accompanying the Star Spangled Banner has evolved into something that sounds quite inspiring. I enjoyed this straightforward rendition from the United States Marine Band.
Another rendition of the Star Spangled Banner is this, which includes words highlighted so that you can learn them — and where they go.
Have a very Happy 4th of July!

Michael Jackson does the moonwalk for the first time.

MySpace, which was once the king of social networking sites, is now turning to their thriving musician profile option in hopes of raising some money. The new MySpace Music homepage allows users to download songs inexpensively from Amazon – and the networking site takes a cut of the profits.
Facebook overtook the #1 spot a year ago with over 200 million users around the world. MySpace is still a respectable second, and they still lead Facebook in active users per month, but some believe that they’re losing steam. Since buying MySpace in 2005, billionaire Rupert Murdoch hasn’t seen much of a …read more

According to reports, the US music industry is seeing a growing popularity with UK artists. The BPI says that 1 in 10 albums bought n the United States are by British stars, giving UK music a 10% share of the American music market.
In 2007, UK music only represented about 8.5% of the US market. Established artists like Coldplay and Radiohead have released new albums, bumping sales, and new artists like Leona Lewis and Duffy have also helped with the jump in popularity of UK music.
Unfortunately, the music industry as a whole isn’t growing in the United States, so UK artists …read more

Although most of the readers here are writing words, my hunch is at least some of you are also writing words for music or even the tunes themselves. Shai Coggins, who blogs at Just Make Money Online (http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com) has a post called: Make Money from Online Music Sharing with Grooveshark.. As a listener you can download music for .99 or thereabouts; as a creator you get a piece of the action.
There are places where writers have what seems to be the same opportunity, except the audience is supposed to be the print media. Is there anything similar to downloading music …read more