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Rock stars get chauffeured around in fancy cars, wear ridiculous outfits, sing in front of screaming crowds and throw parties that people talk about for years. Sounds like a pretty good way to celebrate getting married, right?

And the best part is that you already have your band. Your best friends are ready to join you, even if half of them cannot sing and one will pro...

Finishing your first original track feels like a major achievement. Then comes a surprisingly difficult question. Where should you upload it so people actually listen?

SoundCloud and YouTube are two popular options for independent music producers, but they serve different purposes. SoundCloud makes it easy to share tracks, connect with other musicians and collect feedb...

In 1982, Queen released a music video featuring Freddie Mercury in a steam room surrounded by people wearing very little clothing. MTV decided American viewers could not handle it. A few years later, the same network was happily broadcasting Michael Jackson dancing with a graveyard full of zombies.

Welcome to the wonderfully inconsistent history of music video censorsh...

David Gilmour bought his famous black Fender Stratocaster in 1970. More than half a century later, someone paid $14.55 million for it at an auction in New York. By then, the guitar had survived decades of Pink Floyd concerts, studio sessions, modifications and repairs. The original instrument had become far more valuable than anyone buying a new Stratocaster in 1970 could hav...

A small business owner has an idea for a new product. It might be a phone accessory, a custom guitar stand or a clever kitchen tool. The design looks promising on paper, but paying a manufacturer to produce hundreds of units before anyone has tested it is a considerable financial risk.

3D printing offers another approach. Businesses can turn digital designs into physic...