Video / DVD News

If You're a Soundexchange Label, You've Probably Received This Letter...

Source: Digital Music News
November 18, 2011

This is Exhibit A in the ongoing battle between Sirius XM Radio and SoundExchange. It's a letter being sent to SoundExchange member labels, and part of an increasingly aggressive move towards direct licensing relationships. According to one label speaking with Digital Music News this week, Sirius XM partner Music Reports, Inc. has been calling multiple times to forge a direct agreement. Sirius, alongside Pandora, dwarf most other SoundExchange revenue sources.

The shift away from SoundExchange and into a direct Sirius ...

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Ian Rogers Interviews MOG CEO David Hyman [video]

Source: HypeBot
November 15, 2011

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Rale Micic "Serbology" Jazz Music Video Now Available

Source: Rale Micic
November 15, 2011

CTA Records is proud to announce the YouTube release of the jazz music video for guitarist Rale Micic's song “Serbology." Almost a year in the making, this project breaks new ground in that it was financed directly by fans using crowdfunding and may be seen as both a music video and a short film. Founded by Creatives for Creatives, NY-based crowdfunder RocketHub selected Micic's project to inaugurate its Music Video category and his campaign reached its goal in less than ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Through the Gate with Kurt Elling

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 13, 2011

When singer Kurt Elling last visited St. Louis in December 2009 to perform at Jazz at the Bistro, he was touring in support of his then-recent CD Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane & Hartman. Elling will be back again next week to play the Bistro from Wednesday, November 16 through Saturday, November 19, and this time he'll no doubt include material from The Gate, his most recent album ...

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Weekend Extra: Peterson and Cavett

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
November 13, 2011

Not that I'd dream of turning Rifftides into an educational institution, but here's a chance to learn from a great pianist as he plays and talks about his music. Over the years, Dick Cavett has hosted his show on six networks. These two clips come from his period with the Public Broadcasting Service, 1977-1982, long before PBS began dumbing down its prime time programming with vapid fund-raising specials. But I digress. Here, Cavett's guest was Oscar Peterson (1925-2007). The first ...

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"Brittni Paiva - Living Ukulele" DVD Debuts December 1

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
November 12, 2011

Brittni Paiva, Hawaii's 23-year-old ukulele phenomenon, announces the release of Brittni Paiva—Living Ukulele (Talmidim Productions, TPDVD-0611, NTSC) This one-hour, 20-minute DVD features live performances, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, a music video, and a section with ukulele lessons. Brittni takes the viewer on tour with her across the islands of Hawaii as well as to Australia (the Cairns Ukulele Festival). Her non-musical passions are featured as well, sharing her love for the ocean (she goes from fishing in Hilo and surfs at ...

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Miles Davis at Montreux: 1973-91

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
November 9, 2011

It's impossible to overstate the importance of Miles Davis—although lately it has been a lot easier to do so. In recent years, the market has been inundated with Davis recordings in the form of double-CDs, box sets and steamer trunks of calbums. All have forced jazz consumers to discriminate between what they purchase and what they leave behind. By default, the consumer has had to separate Davis' periods into those that matter and those that matter less. For example, I've ...

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And Don't Forget João Gilberto

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
November 9, 2011

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