Blog Category: Announcements

I thought I'd let you know what the top sellers of all time were on mTraks. Lifter Puller has a pretty solid lead.

Check out the top 10 song download charts below.

Top Song Sales
Sale Count Product
#1 Double Straps
by Lifter Puller
#2 Plymouth Rock
by Lifter Puller
#3 Let's Get Incredible
by Lifter Puller
#4 Sangre de Stephanie
by Lifter Puller
#5 Roaming the Foam
by Lifter Puller
#6 The Candy Machine and My Girlfriend
by Lifter Puller
#7 Bloomington
by Lifter Puller
#8 Star Wars Hips
by Lifter Puller
#9 Rental
by Lifter Puller
#10 The Mezzanine Gypoff
by Lifter Puller

Hey there kiddies! Illegal file sharing is potentially costly for mommy and daddy! Read this before you fire up your favorite P2P free site today:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/07/judge-tenenbaum-guilty-of-copyright-infringement.ars

We promise we won't sue you for millions if you use mTraks. :-)

mTraks operates under a similar model to eMusic® with the main difference being our a la carte purchase option at check out. Now in a strange turn of events, mTraks is seeing many upset disaffected eMusic® customers sign up with us after they raised their credit prices through the roof. Is mTraks a good eMusic alternative? We think so. :-)

If you want to save off of the high prices charged by eMusic®, then come to where the flavor is... mTraks is just $19.99 for 75 songs per month which is a hell of a lot less than what eMusic® is charging now. Get started today - our starter pack is only $9.99 for 30 tracks and you get 30 free songs just for trying out the service. Really? Yup.

Check this techdirt® article about eMusic® titled: "Even More eMusic Features Disabled?"

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090702/0346555437.shtml

Check this gamerswithjobs® article about eMusic® titled: Emusic adds Sony tracks, betrays customer base

http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/45322

Sony Music Entertainment and IODA Partner to Create Leading Digital Distribution and Services Network for Independent Rights Holders

see the full article in Earth Times here: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/sony-music-entertainment-and-ioda,880282.shtml

Hey good people of mp3 downloady land! mTraks now has music videos and we'll soon be implementing a righteous video search feature. Check it out and download lots of music. Ok?

Hey everyone,
On Thursday 5/7/09 mTraks attempted to implement major site wide changes and improvements that were to include video search and other very cool stuff. Unfortunately, the changes did not roll out smoothly and resulted in the site going down on and off. Yesterday, Friday, around 8:15PM the website crashed again and was down for 12 hours approx. Please rest assured that the site remains secure. We have rolled back the changes to a previous saved version until we can iron out what is causing the site to go down when video search is implemented.

We'll keep you posted here in this blog area.

Sincerely,

mTraks support

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There is a concerted effort underway by music labels, film companies and publishers to hold ISPs responsible for cutting off Internet access to those that are doing illegal downloading of music files over P2P networks. Free speech advocates who object to government intrusion into the Internet oppose the measures.

Under the French plan, citizens accused of making illegal downloads three times in 12 months would have their Internet service severed by a new administrative agency. Individuals who had their service cut off would have to resort to the French court system to challenge the move.

Could US government action be next?

The New York Times article below is an important read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/internet/21net.html

On Friday at 10:30am the mTraks main drive crashed which took the site down for six hours. We were able to restor many functions including shopping cart purchases. Music downloads after purchase are still being worked on and are not working at this time. We will honor all music purchases or provide a refund.

mTraks Support

UPDATE Sunday 7:56PM PST
Purchased tracks download system malfunction has been fixed.

mTraks Support

Looking for great Christmas music? mTraks has what you're looking for. To browse through our collection of Christmas music simply type "Christmas songs" into the search box (above right) by ALBUMS (click on ARTISTS to see the drop down menu, then select ALBUMS). You'll find a diverse collection from Bing Crosby to Nat King Cole. Just to make it really easy, click here to browse our christmas music collection:
http://www.mtraks.com/search?x=0&y=0&search_category=album&search_query=christmas+music

Have yourself a merry little Christmas!

Happy holidays!

mTraks staff

CMJ was this week October 21 - 25. Check out all of the after party haps click here:

mTraks is celebrating Lollapalooza this week! We have searched our archives and located hard to find releases by many of the artists on the Lollapalooza play bill. Follow these links to some of our favorite titles:

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/black_lips/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/the_go_team/ lolla comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/the_black_keys/music austin city comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/cat_power/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/holy_fuck/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/james_curd/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/junior_bloomsday/release/79377-marygold_7_single/ Cadence Weapon is featured on track 2 on this Junior Bloomsday EP

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/rogue_wave/ benefit

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/tiny_masters_of_today/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/grizzly_bear/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/bang_camaro/ comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/mates_of_state/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/stephen_malkmus/music one song on comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/gogol_bordello/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/bloc_party/ austin city comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/white_lies/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/iron_wine/ lolla comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/office/ lollapa comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/the_weakerthans/ 2 songs on comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/amadou_mariam/ comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/wild_sweet_orange/ comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/the_jimmies/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/peter_distefano/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/the_blakes/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/saul_williams/ comp contribute

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/girl_talk/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/octopus_project/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/blues_traveler/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/kanye_west/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/broken_social_scene/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/wilco/ comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/devotchka/ comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/okkervil_river/comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/sharon_jones_the_dap_kings/ comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/krista/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/witchcraft/

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/foals/ comp

http://www.mtraks.com/artist/spank_rock/ comp

The 2008 Nationwide Mercury Prize Nominees have been announced. The November 2007 release 'Untrue' by Darkwave, Electronic, DUB artist Burial has been nominated and is one of our top selling albums on mTraks. Get it here: http://www.mtraks.com/artist/burial/release/59997-untrue

You'll also find a fine cut by nominees British Sea Power on this Pixies tribute album 'Dig For Fire: A Tribute to the Pixies'
http://www.mtraks.com/artist/various_artists/release/80371dig_for_fire_a_tribute_to_pixies
you'll also find Mogwai, Ok Go and They Might be Giants cuts on this American Laundromat Records Various Artists compilation.

Go to http://www.nationwidemercurys.com/ for a complete listing of the nominees.

Yeeehaw! mTraks has added the ability for Listeners to post comments on albums. To make a comment, just hit the thumbs-up, or thumbs-down icon then enter your text into the pop-up box. Your comment will be posted adjacent to the release with your picture on the left side of the page. Go to-it mighty warriors!