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Amazon Talking to Major Labels About Streaming Music Subscription Service
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I've wondered when Amazon would join Google and Apple in the quest for entry into streaming music. According to Greg Sandoval at The Verge they are now talking to major labels about the possibility of something along the lines of Spotify, a streaming music subscription service like Google's building, as opposed to a web radio approach as Apple is investigating. There's not much to go on yet but now the big three are all moving forward in their own way. ...
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Supreme Court Ruling Paves Way for MP3 Re-Sales
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Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in favor of a student who had friends buy textbooks in Thailand for re-sale in the U.S. is likely to have wide ranging impact on the re-sale of MP3's and other digital goods. Startup ReDigi is already testing the waters, and both Amazon and Apple have filed patents that show strong interest in mp3 re-sales. But until yesterday, the courts have either remained silent or appeared to lean towards banning them. Tuesday's high court ruling, however, ...
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Streaming Music Services Seek to Empower Artists
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By Brenna Ehrlich (@BrennaEhrlich) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. When it comes to artists and digital music services, the common lament among performers nowadays could be equated to Chicago's unofficial motto: “Ubi Est Mea?" Or, if you don't speak Latin, “Where's mine?" In the midst of contention over royalty fees and streaming music's questionable payouts, however, the cadre of companies behind these digital services are looking for new ways to put money and power in the hands ...
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Stereotypes: A Little App with Big Plans
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Guest post by Daniel Turner (@dantrnr) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. While the ideological tug-of-war trudges on between hardline anti-piracy crusaders and digital rights freedom fighters, music tech innovators are focused on the future. This dynamic was on sharp display during the “Streaming Music Business" panel at the recently held California Lawyers for the Arts Music Business Conference. Bookending the panel was former Dead Kennedy guitarist Ray Pepperell and Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Julie Samuels. Sandwiched in between was ...
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Ty Roberts: From Working with David Bowie to CO-Founding Gracenote
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Gracenote CTO and Co-Founder Ty Roberts is one of those tech guys who crosses such divisions as the creation of the World Wide Web and the boundaries between art, music and technology. At a time when programmers are ascendant with a growing pushback from creative types, Roberts is someone whose work back in the days of interactive CD-Roms with artists such as David Bowie and Brian Eno carried over into the creation of music metadata company Gracenote. I spoke yesterday ...
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Musicians Need to Rethink Their Struggle with Piracy
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Tyler Hayes (@thealbumproject). Talking about music piracy has become an exercise in self deprecation, an emotional argument that never seems to end. I understand that music piracy was a real issue, it hurt a lot of people, and it still exists, but we're now at the point where it's been talked to death, and then some. Aimed at musicians, this advice is good for consumers to hear as well. The music industry isn't a goldmine, it isn't a lucrative industry ...
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Sammy Davis Jr.: "Hey There"
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The Pajama Game—an improbable musical love story about two pajama-factory employees—opened on Broadway in May 1954. In the play, Sid (the factory manager) is spurned by Babe (the grievance committee head) and moons his feelings into a Dictaphone. There were three hit covers of the song out that year. [Pictured above: Sammy Davis Jr. and Eartha Kitt in 1954] One of the most popular songs from the Richard Adler and Jerry Ross musical was Hey There, and three artists had ...
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Jazz This Week: Kurt Elling, Ronnie Burrage, Phil Woods, Andre Delano, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's another busy week for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with the return of one of the top male singers in jazz; a rare local appearance by a legendary saxophonist; homecoming gigs featuring three different musicians who grew up in the area, and much more. Let's go the highlights.... Tonight, the St. Louis Jazz Orchestra, directed by bassist Jim Widner and featuring top musicians from all around the metro area, plays the music of Count Basie at the ...
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