Online Music School WorkshopLive Receives Cash Infusion

WorkshopLive somehow secured a $3.25 million round of funding from GIV Venture Partners. WorkshopLive is a poorly designed website that provides online music instruction. A unique aspect of WorkshopLive is their ability to develop a customized curriculum and utilize multiple teachers for each lesson. Currently the school offers instruction in Guitar and Keyboards in various genres. The Massachusetts-based company will hopefully use...

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Digital Album Sales Soar

Representing still only about 5 percent of total album sales, digital albums sold 14.7 million units so far this year, doubling the total of 2005. Digital single sales also continued to increase, rising 77 percent to 281 million units. Unfortunately CD sales dropped 4.2 percent during the first two quarters, landing at 270.6 million units, according to figures released by Nielsen Soundscan.

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