Congress passes a higher ed funding bill that requires colleges & universities to deal with the illegal downloading on campuses. (webware via future of music blog).

John Mellencamp demands John McCain stop using his songs for campaign events. (WTOP via future of music blog).

Gerd Leonhard (MediaFuturist Blog) recommends a book predicting what the future holds for the music industry.

Hometracked shares some Vocal EQ Tips.

Protooler shares a link where you can get PDF files to make your own ProTools shortcut stickers.

Guitarflame asks “where do you find your music?”.

Listenerd shares a link to a company that has used pitch to MIDI conversion to create a version of Guitar Hero that is usable with real guitars  Plus, it also offers a teaching mode to help you learn new songs.  Cool!

Music Row reports that Warner Music Group’s head is under investigation by French authorities for insider trading.  Bad, Edgar, Bad!

Musicthing has posted the strangest accordian equipment review ever. (I’ve never seen an accordian do anything like that!).

Seth Godin’s post on deciding what to make could speak to musicians.  Rewrite it yourself only with a focus on making music. 

Good Musician shares tips on how to get young children interested in playing an instrument.

I’m not originally an Erykah Badu fan, but after seeing her on Before the Music Dies (a great video!!), I had to catch this review of her new music video on Killed by the Video Star’s site.  As I watched it, my grins turned to guffaws…she’s probably one of the most intelligent artists out there today!  I won’t give away the cool stuff, but it’s a real trip down memory lane in the spirit of RHCP’s Dani California vid.