InfoWorld - AT&T made its first foray into over-the-air music downloads in a deal with independent music seller eMusic.com that excludes iPhone users.

NewsFactor - Social networking is not only changing the face of Internet communication; it is also changing the way people access digital music. But as social media boosts digital music, piracy and concerns over copy protection are hindering its growth.

NewsFactor - In its first deal with a mobile network, eMusic announced on Tuesday that it will sell its independent-label music through AT&T Mobile Music.

Okay, calling anything “Web 2.0″ is about as cool as casually slipping in the word “synergy.” Generally meaningless; definitely faux pas. But splicemusic.com was already tending that direction, with a website that allowed users to remix each other’s music live on the Web, and share and network with other community members in that process. Now, Splice itself has reached its own 2.0 release, and things are heating up fast. It’s not so much the typical Web community features that set it apart (blogging, becoming “fans” or friends of other users, bright, Web 2.0-y colors, and community-based ranking). Instead, it’s the fact that Splice can do things previously only possible in dedicated, offline software:

• Online arrangements: as before, remix and arrange tracks without leaving your Web browser
• Real-time effects — yep, you read that right. You can actually apply common effects like flanger, delay, and distortion via the Web interface.
• Online virtual instruments in the Web interface
• Store drafts online privately, until a track is finished
• Collect samples from around the site to use in your song

Splice

Real-time effects and instruments in a Web browser? That’s a surprise. Java has made that possible for some time, but it’s new to Flash, and even in Java actual implementations have been few — let alone integrated in a full-blown community site open to the public and ready to use.

Best of all, we hear that Bram de Jong, famed as the gifted plug-in developer in the Smartelectronix collective, engineered the new plug-in system. There’s even a Web version of his SupaTrigger plug-in. If you don’t know Bram’s work already, check out his cross-platform, donationware plugs:

Bram @ Smartelectronix

We’ll be talking to Splice more about what’s new, where it’s going, how it was developed, and what this means for music making on the Web; stay tuned.

In the meantime, I’ll say it again — don’t assume you’ll be throwing away your non-Web music software anytime soon.

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Reverb Rick writes to tell us he’s got various synthesized samples free for your use:

Sample Giveaway

There’s an interesting idea behind it: people can only use the sample once. Once it’s been used, it’s removed. So you run zero risk of hearing the sample in someone else’s song. This could be a fun way to get a song going if you’re stuck for ideas. Let us know if you do anything with them.

composing, free, open source, Sampling, Sound design, soundware, synthesis

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Reuters - AT&T Inc on Tuesday launched a service with eMusic, a retailer of music from independent labels, that allows customers to download songs directly to their mobile phones.

Reuters - Apple Inc. said on Tuesday sales at its online music store iTunes have topped 3 billion songs.

Reuters - Make-way cutesy animals and sugary pop songs -- Chinese mobile phone users can now download film clips of the Korean War and stirring military anthems to celebrate the founding of the People's Liberation Army.

PC Magazine - The new partnership opens up a catalog of 2.7 million tracks that AT&T subscribers can purchase over-the-air from their cell phones, but with a weird twist.

InfoWorld - Microsoft hasn't divulged detailed plans for the next release of its Zune music player, but a company executive last week offered hints that seem to support reports that a flash memory-based Zune and an 80GB device could be in the works.