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Coalition Of Top Music Industry Trade Groups Congratulate Trump On Win, Signal Agreement With Piracy Promises
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HypeBot
Despite deep distrust of President- elect Trump within much of the music community, a diverse group of industry trade groups including A2IM, ASCAP, BMI, The RIAA, The Recording Academy and the NMPA have written an open letter congratulating him on his win and signaling support for his campaign pledge to “protect intellectual property rights and preserve freedom of contract rather than create regulatory barriers to creativity, growth, and innovation." Full text of the music industry's letter to President-elect Trump: Dear ...
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Do Dropping Record Sales Signal the Death of the Modern Music Producer?
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Moses Supposes
TweetRecord producer's income has always been based on upfront advances and percentages of sales, which, on a successful record would generate income for many years. With the new model for music revenue, based on licensing and advertising revenue (i.e. money a producer rarely sees) how can a producer still make a living? The following is an excerpt/sample chapter from the revolutionary new book on music business survival, 100 Answers to 50 Questions on the Music Business , by industry veteran, ...
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New Music Sales Reports Send Mixed Signal
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HypeBot
The U.S. single-track download market slipped 0.2% to 597.4 million tracks in the first half of the year according to Nielsen SoundScan. The data may suggest that the digital music singles market has reached a saturation point. Variable pricing, which has set top new releases at $1.29 rather than the more standard $.99, may have also contributed to flat sales.
On a more positive note, download sales of the more profitable album format grew by 12.7% to 42.2 million. ...
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Disney Pulls NY TV Signal on Eve of Oscar's
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Michael Ricci
Walt Disney Co. silences WABC-TV for many New York City-area viewers on the eve of the Oscars, part of an ongoing dispute with Cablevision Systems Corp. over carriage fees.
Potentially leaving millions of New York City-area homes unable to watch Sunday's Oscar telecast, Walt Disney Co. pulled its WABC-TV signal off Cablevision Systems Corp. at midnight Saturday as part of a fight over carriage fees. The action -- coming on the eve of one of television's biggest events and ...
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New Cut Releases: Ellen Fullman + Sean Meehan / Signal Quintet
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All About Jazz
New Cut Releases // May 2007 http://cut.fm cut 022 Ellen Fullman + Sean Meehan Ellen Fullman // long string instrument Sean Meehan // snare drum with cymbals cut 021 Signal Quintet Yamaguchi Jason Kahn // analog synthesizer, percussion Tomas Korber // guitar, electronics Norbert Mslang // cracked everyday electronics Gnter Mller // ipods, electronics Christian Weber // contrabass cut 022 Ellen Fullman + Sean ...
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Signal to Noise #39: coming attractions!
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All About Jazz
SIGNAL to NOISE #39 is slated to hit the mail during the first week in September. We invite you to enjoy a sneak preview of our fall content, including Ed Hazell's in-depth cover story on multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, at our website, www.signaltonoisemagazine.org. SIGNAL to NOISE is the quarterly journal of improvised and experimental music, documenting the confluence of creative jazz, electro-acoustics and experimental, modern rock. Each perfect-bound issue features over 100 pages of detailed feature articles by the field's best ...
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Signal to Noise #37 now available
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All About Jazz
SIGNAL to NOISE #37 is now available. The spring 2005 issue of the journal of improvised & experimental music contains . . . GENESIS P-ORRIDGE Musician, philosopher, poet, gender-bender, provocateur Genesis P-orridge 'engineered' industrial music with Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, rubbed out the word with Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs, and continues to erase borders in the 'story-telling' band Thee Majesty. Interview by John Kruth | photos by Caroline Bell DAVID S. WARE Tenor titan David S. Ware ...
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"The Artist's Role in Waging Peace" Leads Fall Signal to Noise
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All About Jazz
SIGNAL to NOISE: the journal of improvised & experimental music is pleased to announce the publication of our fall 2004 issue. STN #35 is highlighted by “the Artist's Role in Waging Peace", a transcript of a panel discussion held at the Vision Festival in New York City in May, in which William and Patricia Parker, Dave Burrell, David Budbill, Kidd Jordan and others discuss the topic of music and social change ... plus supplementary essays by Eugene Chadbourne, Jack Wright ...
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WGMC Boosts Power To 15,000 Watts New Signal Reaches Entire Greater Rochester Area
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All About Jazz
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Rochester, NY -- Rochester's Jazz Station: 90.1 WGMC has increased its power from 2,000 watts to 15,000 watts. The new signal reaches the entire Greater Rochester area, and at least 40 miles in every direction.
The power increase is the culmination of four years of fundraising as part of the “Take Jazz Futher" capital campaign.
“We're thrilled to be reaching so many new listeners," said Jason Crane, station ...
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Signal to Noise has New Issue, New Website
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All About Jazz
SIGNAL to NOISE, the quarterly journal of improvised & experimental music, is pleased to announce the release of our 32nd issue. The winter 2004 edition is highlighted by Ed Hazell's in-depth article on WILLIAM PARKER's LITTLE HUEY CREATIVE MUSIC ORCHESTRA, with original portrait photos of the band in NYC's East Village by Caroline Bell. We've also got features on guitarist NEIL MICHAEL HAGERTY, Dutch vocalist JAAP BLONK, the collaboration between Phish keyboardist Page McConnell's jazz / funk trio VIDA BLUE ...
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