" Lil Wayne is a commercially successful rapper and major sports fan." This we know. It's the source of the quote that's surprising: It's Lil Wayne's byline over at ESPN The Mag Daily , the ESPN The Magazine blog that just ran Wayne's f

EDITOR'S NOTE: On magazine asked veteran music writer Doug Ramsey (pictured) to write about the musicians in The Seasons' upcoming Fall Side-by-Side Music Festival on Oct. 10-18.

Second of Three Parts Alex Zhang opines on his blog about music and movies and, most recently, learning to drive on Beijing's congested roads. The 25-year-old sends instant messages to friends on his computer and cell phone, hangs out at social-networkin

Steve Jobs decreed the price of digital music to be 99 cents per download over five years ago, but competing with free has been difficult -- Jobs himself admitted that only three percent of the music on iPods was purchased from the iTunes music store. Cou

LIVE music streams direct from pubs and clubs, albums released over digital radio as recordable MP3s, and newspapers making the latest singles available through their websites are the future of music marketing.