Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash of OK Go and author Neil Gaiman will write and record eight songs in eight hours at Berklee College of Music on April 25. They’ll release the songs 10 hours later during the Rethink Music conference in Boston and the collaboration will be broadcast live. Damian Kulash, Can the album cycle actually be reduced to a single day? If the recording industry is supposed to be a means of connecting musicians to music listeners, well, then, here it is — spontaneous and circular. They send us ideas and a day later we have an[Read More…]

OK Go have announced that they’ve parted ways with EMI and that they have created their own company  Paracadute. A statement released on behalf of the band reads, “Just as the band saw an opportunity to do something different with their homemade videos, OK Go see untapped potential in the sea change that the music industry is experiencing and believe there are tremendous opportunities for artists capable of managing their own promotion and distribution. The band, who have always controlled their publishing, merchandise, touring, and all other non-recording rights, are parting by mutual agreement with EMI Music.”