Since the iTunes platform has been out on the market, a lot of people have fallen in love with it since it has made their listening experience more convenient and enjoyable. Most people consider iTunes the best music management system to date. It could have dominated the media center to an even greater extent but for one thing—you could not find any Beatle song in their inventory. Until recently, the Beatles were completely absent from the iTunes lineup; this was due to the clash between the two “apples”: Apple and Apple Corps, which began in the sixties, decades before the iTunes was even manufactured for commercial use. Mid-November of this year, it was announced that The Beatles could be found in the iTunes Store (finally). So let’s dig deeper into the events of the past 50 years to understand how this happened. 
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Beatles on iTunes (Finally)
New Music by Top Artists for October
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Usher | Hot Tottie (feat. Jay Z) |  |
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Sean Kingston | Letting Go (Dutty Love) | |
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Tim McGraw | Felt Good On My Lips | |
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Keith Urban | Put You In A Song | |
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Linkin Park | Waiting For The End | |
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Five For Fighting | Slice | |
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Pink | Raise Your Glass | |
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Jesse McCartney | Shake | |
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Toby Keith | Bullet In The Gun | |
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Lady Antebellum | Hello World | |
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Billy Currington | Let Me Down Easy | |
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My Chemical Romance | Na Na Na | |
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Cake | Sick of You | |
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Apocalyptica | End Of Me (Gavin Rossdale) | |
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10 Advantages of Streaming Radio
Streaming technology is a means of allowing certain media such as video, audio and other multimedia to be transmitted via the Internet. Among all the music delivery technology around us—satellite radio, CDs, cassettes…8-tracks (maybe we’ve gone a little too far with that one)—streaming Internet Radio has become the choice of many music consumers. 977music.com was created to embrace streaming technology because of the benefits that streaming radio offers to users.
What Are The Benefits?
1. It can be viewed in real time- Media streaming allows the user to listen to music on the Internet in real time. As opposed to the conventional method of obtaining music online—downloading files from the Internet to your desktop, the music can be actually listened to instantly without using up your hard drive storing all the mp3’s.
2. You can listen to the music of your choice- Among its biggest advantages over conventional radio is the wide array of choices to select from. Internet radio offers all kinds of music genres; there’s something for every generation.
977music.com Player App for Facebook
We’ve been busy making updates and developing new features and are pleased to announce the arrival of our Facebook Application! Add it to your Facebook profile to share your music with your friends!
The 977music.com Facebook Application
Attention Facebook Addicts: now you can share your 977music playlist with your friends.The new 977music.com Facebook Application allows you to add a 977music tab to your Facebook profile page.
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So, what does the 977music.com Player Application Let You Do?
Share Your Playlist
You’ve probably already started a playlist on 977music.com – if not, login to start one now! Your playlist can hold up to 1,000 songs – think of it as your own personal radio station – that you can play anytime, in any order with no skip limits! The Facebook App allows you to share this playlist with your friends with a 977music tab on your profile page.
Share 977′s Stations and Artist Playlists
If your friends want more than the 50 hours of music in your playlist, the 977music.com Player app lets them tab over and choose their favorite type of music from 977′s 11 Internet Radio Stations or load any artist’s playlist to enjoy.
What’s New at 977?
Thanks for checking in to see what’s new at 977Music.com. We’ve back this month after making some major updates so grab a set of headphones and tune in to your favorite 977Music radio station and we’ll kick it off.
Request Your Music - Add Your Favorite Songs to 977!
At 977Music, we play all of the greatest hits for your listening enjoyment. However, sometimes we may not have every song from your favorite artist, or perhaps we’re missing new music from an up-and-coming band you heard last week.
To help you find the music you’re looking for, we’ve just launched Request Your Music. Now you can request your favorite songs which aren’t on 977Music and we’ll try to add it to the site for you to enjoy!
Invite A Friend – Share the Fun and Earn 500 Points
It’s more fun with your friends, so let them know you’re listening to great music on 977Music & earn an extra 500 points per referral. Each point gets you closer to great prizes. Let others know where all the good tunes are at, by posting a link to your Twitter, Facebook, Linked In or Google Buzz. Visit our Share the Music Rewards page to learn more and get your links.
Droid Does 977 - Have an Android Phone? Get the App!
Hey Android Fans, we got something good for you. 977Music just released an 977Music player for Android which lets you listen in to your favorite music stations while on the move. Download the 977Music player for Android.
Don’t have an Android? We have 977Music music players for many cellphone brands, including the iPhone / iTouch, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and Palm webOS, which you can download from our Mobile Links page.
Choosing Workout Music
Workout Music
It is natural that you have some favourite songs that you listen to when you work out or exercise. Music can be good for relaxation, but by choosing songs with the proper tempo and beat characteristics, it also makes your heart beat faster and makes your body more willing to undergo the physical stress of exercise. Exercise is pretty much like dancing; who would like to groove without music? The same principle applies when you work out.
If you are a music lover, music is connected to every aspect in your life. You might have a favourite song for whatever activity you’re doing: waking up, cooking song, dropping off to sleep, driving and so on and so forth. If you love exercising and working out, then it just follows that you have a song or two for that as well.
3 “Top 40” Songs for Exercising
- Keri Hilson & Lil Wayne – Turnin Me On
- Hey Monday – Homecoming
- Benny Benassi & Channing – Come Fly Away
These are all relatively new songs with a common characteristic: their upbeat tunes (which is the reason why a lot of people are choosing these songs as their favorites for working out). These songs help them to keep on moving and give them the push and motivation that they needed. But aside from these things, these songs offer something more which will be beneficial for their health.
The biggest advantage of mixing music with your workout is that up-tempo music helps to stimulate cardiovascular activity; if the music is good, it will not only stimulate you to do the workout but it will also stimulate your rate. Your blood circulation will be better and your workout will be more effective, resulting in enhanced weight loss.
For best results, note that the speed of the music should be from 118 to 122 bpm, or Beats Per Minute. Your workout playlist should also be designed to accommodate a full workout, starting slowly and allowing your body to adjust and adapt to the activity before increasing in intensity. After a warm-up period, the beat will increase and encourage quicker movements. After the workout is complete, the music should slow down again for a cool-down period to allow the body to relax.
Music has a lot of uses in our lives. We can listen to music if we want to relax. If a person wants to be energized and to be encouraged to keep on moving, music can be used as a cardiovascular stimulant. It helps when the gym that you are a member of always has good music playing in the background…if not, fire up your iPod Touch or iPhone and use 977music’s app to play your workout music. Your mood will immediately be set. Adding music to an otherwise tiresome activity of working out and exercising will make a more worthwhile experience…it might even become fun.
3 Things We Love about Alternative Music
Tired of the same kind of music that is being played on the airwaves? Want to hear something new? If this is what you have been wishing for, then alternative music is for you.
Alternative music has garnered a large following over the past few years. But if you are new to this kind of music and need some convincing, here are three things that you will love about alternative music.
It offers something new.
Well, just like the name implies, it is an alternative to the typical music that is played on the airwaves. It is not technically a whole new kind of music; what it does is it combines a lot of music genres into one, creating a new sound and a new genre. So you might hear traces of your favourite genre here and there, but no one genre is completely dominant. It gives you something new to listen to, but it still has a connection to the kind of music that you like. If you are getting tired of the same old music routine, then alternative music is the answer. You will get to listen to something new and free your ears from typical mainstream music.
It has been a venue for new artists to emerge.
As it is something entirely different, a lot of artists want to dabble with alternative music. Many have succeeded in their dabbling and really produced worthwhile and all-around good music. Just like the music, the artists who are into alternative music are also not the conventional music artists: they won’t look cultivated by members of certain boy bands, but they tend not to favor the crazy, punked-out look either. So alternative music does not only offer new music, it also offers new artists. You never know…you might find the right band or artist for you tastes.
Its lyrics will make you socially aware.
Alternative in a way is similar to rap music. If you are not a fun of rap music, you might be shaking your head now and changing your mind about trying out alternative music. But the similarity is not with the sound but rather, with the lyrics. We all know that a lot of the lyrics written or created for rap music have a deeper meaning. It usually deals with social issues which are not normally being tackled in any other genres of music. You get to hear about oppression, loss of life and the negative impacts of violence. The lyrics for alternative music are basically the same in that they also deal with social issues. So if you have not been listening to the news lately, then try listening to an alternative music.
There are definitely many things that you will love about alternative music. But in the end, you will be the judge, so fire up the Alternative channel by clicking on the icon in the Station box in the right column and listen to a song or two – you may just become a fan of alternative music.
What Will You Hear?
The 977music.com Alternative station plays music from artists like Evanescence, 3 Doors Down, Sponge and hundreds of others!
