http://musicleech.com/blog we live and breathe music Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:32:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Toorgle.com - Google torrent search For everything: ThePirateBay.org For everything: Demonoid.com For everything: MiniNova.org For textbooks: TextbookTorrents.com (need a BitTorrent client? Musicleech recommends uTorrent) http://musicleech.com/blog/all/list-of-the-best-public-bittorrent-sites Two members of Evanescence have exited the band, which leaves room for question about the future of the band. Guitarist John LeCompt was fired from the band and drummer Rocky Gray had quit. LeCompt said: "I'm done and I'm pretty upset about it.(Singer) Amy [Lee] called and fired me today. There's absolutely ... http://musicleech.com/blog/all/evanescense-2-members-leave-band Andy Mckee's inventiveness and creativeness is what leads him to be one of the greatest fingerstyle guitarists of all time. The finalist of several fingerstyle competitions, Mckee has been playing guitar for over 25 years. Although there are no words in any of Andy's songs, they speak for ... http://musicleech.com/blog/all/new-fingerstyle-guitar-playing-in-action The Police and Smashing Pumpkins are headlining the 2007 Virgin Festival on August 4th and 5th at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore, MD but who else will be playing?  Only some of the premiere names in rock, hip-hop and electronica.  A few of the most noteworthy acts include 311, Wu Tang Clan, Chris Cornell, ... http://musicleech.com/blog/rap-hip-hop/virgin-festival-lineup-announced Ex-Smashing Pumpkins guitarist, James Iha, has announced that he has no intention of touring with the band this spring/summer. Iha claims he is too busy writing music for his solo project and working on his indie record label, Scratchie Records. He even told Rolling Stone, "I haven't spoken to Billy ... http://musicleech.com/blog/all/smashing-pumpkins-reunion-not-so-much Do you remember Jin and Poster Boy - the legends from the Freestyle Friday Hall of Fame? I can remember them going from obscurity to sensations as people tuned in week after week to see who they would face next. After each victory they would get closer to ... http://musicleech.com/blog/rap-hip-hop/jin-poster-boy-where-are-they-now Chris Cornell has announced his first UK concert, which will be in support of his forthcoming solo album 'Carry On' due in stores April 30 (May 21 in UK). The concert is on May 16 at London's Astoria, and you can buy tickets here, on ents24.com What songs he will ... http://musicleech.com/blog/all/chris-cornell-tickets-available-now The guy doesn't necessarily *look* the part of a beatboxin bboy. But when you check this out you'll be wowed. The beats get progressively more intricate as he intertwines the sound of a gremlin into the mouth made symphony. Come to think of it... this guy kind ... http://musicleech.com/blog/rap-hip-hop/gremlin-beatbox Apple has always been known for going through movements to prevent *piracy*, so again they tried to prevent it here. They do not want you to be able to copy songs from iPod to PC, but there is a quick and easy way. This 2 minute tutorial will ... http://musicleech.com/blog/all/how-to-transfer-songs-from-ipod-to-computer-in-2-minutes Petra Nemcova recently dumped star singer James Blunt after he was apparently caught cheating.  Russell Simmons and his longtime wife Kimora recently split as well.  It didn't take the two long to get their love lives going again - they were seen hand in hand at a recent Masquerade Ball ... http://musicleech.com/blog/rap-hip-hop/russell-simmons-on-the-rebound