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Well, another year is about to leave its muddled footprint in the sands of time, and now it’s time to determine whether or not it sucked, musically. Every blogger in the known universe is posting their Top Ten list and self-consciously fellating whoever Pitchfork has deemed artistically relevant, so let’s try something a little different.

[... and Pitchfork, we kid because we love.]

She’s done it. Julie Moffitt is FameCast’s “Season 3 Singer/Songwriter Fenom,” winning first place after a furious round of voting the past few days.

In response to the news that Iran has made rap illegal, Koch Records founder Michael Koch has announced that a benefit single will be recorded featuring the Koch stable of stars.

New music uploaded to our catalog of production music at Burst Labs over the weekend : a collection of organic chill tracks, The Artifacts Of Hope.

The Holiday Gift Guide from NOTCOT features a music player loaded with tracks from our very own catalog of licensed music here at Burst Labs.

8 songs from our holiday collection, Naughty + Nice, are available for shoppers and browsers while perusing the new tastemakers website.

Dear Mr. Dupri,

I just finished reading your exhausting treatise on The Huffington Post for the third time, trying desperately to glean some sort of insight on how you could be so agonizingly out of touch. If ever someone needed to be told to shut up and make music, it is you. Listed below are some of the most embarrassing passages from your diatribe.

We’re just not that worried about showcasing creative work that we had no part in. There are some fantastic artists, composers and companies doing good work way under the radar these days, and we figure what comes around goes around. Well, we hope, anyway. It’s a karmic thing, I guess… like if karma were less religious and more of a secular ethic of reciprocity. But I digress.

Browsing some of my favorite inspirational feeds and blogs last night I happened across this trailer for OFFF 2007

I occasionally get asked about the gear I use for composing. While Burst HQ does have some expensive goodies (of course we spare no expense for YOU, our friends and fans), and I’ve already mentioned my beloved toys, some of my favorite things are free plug-ins. Because I’m a cheap bastard, I love to troll KVR Audio looking for that ever-elusive “free” tag.

I’ve compiled here my 8 favorite free plug-ins.

Everybody loves music for movie trailers, right?! Well we’ve been hiding away in the Lab trying to come up with something a little unique for you, our dear friends, and methinks we’ve succeeded.

Not only are there soundtracks designed to ramp up the suspense and provide dramatic mood shifts throughout, but each track is available in construction kit form… each segment or mood section of a song is provided as an additional version to use separately.

Check it out :

Naughty + Nice, our collection of irreverent music for the holidays, is ready for downloading and licensing at Burst Labs.

Favorites from the Naughty side :