Here's an interesting music service for emerging artists and interested listeners: TastyAudio

Cubase has announced the next version of its flagship music production system which boasts "stunning innovations and additional enhancements that boost productivity and performance". (And just as I was getting comfortable with Studio4!)

Microsoft Research has an interesting tool called SongSmith which generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice.

We received 204 pounds of CDs today (that's 1000).