Making music for modern video games is a lot more complex today than it was when Pac-Man ruled the arcades. courtesy of Namco hide caption
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The gold record for Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock". the prodigal untitled13/flickr.com hide caption
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Do 360 deals help or hurt musicians and record labels? CP Cheah/flickr.com hide caption
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Kanye West (from left) on stage at the MTV Video Music Award; at a rehearsal for the Macy's Thanksgiving parade in New York; on the red carpet the ACE awards; in a tuxedo; at the premiere of his film Runaway in October. Ken Winter/Getty Images, Ben Hider/Getty Images, Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images, Fabien Montique, Michael Loccisano/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix's new anthology, West Coast Seattle Boy, is finally seeing release after years of legal battles between family members. Hulton Archive/courtesy of the Hulton Archive hide caption
Unreleased Material From Jimi Hendrix Reflects A Life Of Music And Money Woes
Members of New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys at the American Music Awards Rick Rowell/ABC hide caption
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Our other idea for a tribute to the Technics was to bake a cake -- but someone beat us to the punch. Scott Schiller/flickr.com hide caption
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Erin McKeown says that while MySpace was once an essential tool for connecting to fans, it's now just one of many websites that offer similar utility. Nancy Palmieri/MySpace hide caption
Way before the Internet: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon (1940 - 1980) and George Harrison (1943 - 2001) of British pop group the Beatles, in January of 1964. Terry Disney/Express/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
On The Field With Football's Oldest Marching Band
Notorious B.I.G. rolls a cigar outside his mother's house in Brooklyn in 1995. Clarence Davis/Getty Images hide caption
