It was probably only a matter of time before Facebook and Google jumped on board the online music store bandwagon.

Facebook will be adding songs to it’s store, where users have a number of different sharing options. You can either pay a dime for a track, which will allow you to send it to friends, but they can only listen to it online, or pay ninety cents to send a copy that can be downloaded.

Google, in the meantime, looks like it’s going after iTunes.

They’ve teamed up with Lala and iLike, and possibly Imeem, for a project dubbed One Box.

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I had the pleasure of interviewing Brian a few months back, and with the release of his second album, A New Meaning, I figured now’s a good time to publish it!

Brian is unique in that he has self-released two albums under his alias Cyrenic – a one man band and producer. For someone without a live show to spread the word about his music, I was interested in Brain’s thoughts on creating music and using the web to distribute it.

Can you give us a little background on yourself and the Cyrenic project?

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So says grindcore band Berzerker. They recently left their label and like true metal, they gave ‘em the finger and are now on their own. I love this video they put together to announce to the world their departure, not because they are doing anything crazy or revolutionary, but because the guy rips his face off at the end (who doesn’t love that?)

Derek Sivers brings up an interesting point – Should you go digital only? I’m always talking about going digital and how you don’t need the CD and what not, but he does make some valid points about addressing your credibility.

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