Game soundtracks are often ideal accompaniments for the working day, particularly those where providing sweeping orchestral music has been lifted to an artform. Below are a pick of five of the best soundtracks that you may wish to add to your working life. FULL STORY >

An artist's life is not an easy one, they must work hard to be good at what they do to gain some sort of recognition. This forms part of the central theme for this week's anime series - Beck. FULL STORY >

Get ready for the music video selfie, as StarMaker 3.0 has been launched, allowing users to watch themselves creating their own music video. FULL STORY >

The sound of music, walking like apes and toxin removing nanosponge, all in this months SciNews. FULL STORY >

Twitter makes its music discovery service available to general users within select countries. FULL STORY >

Nokia Music+ is now available in South Africa for R25 a month. FULL STORY >

Nokia announces a new subscription-based upgrade to Mix Radio called Music+. FULL STORY >

Apple has announced that the full version of its music section of the iTunes Store has been made available to South African users. FULL STORY >

Fender has launched The Squier by Fender Strat guitar, which plays nice with amps and electronic devices alike. FULL STORY >

If you're looking for a way to boost your audio whilst on the go, iFrogz Boost near-field amplifying speaker is right up your alley. FULL STORY >

RIM opts for 7digital as its official music partner for BlackBerry 10 running smartphones. FULL STORY >

Microsoft has unveiled, and is set to launch, its new Xbox Music service, which will begin rolling out worldwide from today. FULL STORY >

For the price of half a CD (R60 per month), you have over 18 million tracks available to stream from Simfy Africa. We talked to Davin Mole, CEO of Simfy Africa. FULL STORY >

With Apple users having access to the quite awesome GarageBand, Magix's Music Maker MX helps PC users create beats of their own. FULL STORY >

Beats Electronics has acquired digital music service MOG. FULL STORY >