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Yoshi's engineer goes on rampage at the Oakland location
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Michael Ricci
OAKLAND _ A Yoshi's sound engineer is in custody this morning after he entered the jazz club on Embarcadero at 8:45 a.m. and destroyed equipment with a baseball bat, Oakland police said. Yoshi's will reopen tonight. But the employee, Dan Pettit, was arrested for felony vandalism, police said. He took a bat to dressing rooms, as well as an office and performance areas, police said. He damaged computers and pictures, and turned over tables and chairs. Police estimated the damage ...
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A Look at the Gigsby Momentum Reports
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We All Make Music
The electronic music networking site Gigsby is essentially designed to facilitate collaboration.
The recent debut of its Momentum Charts ought to do that very thing.
Just like in most genres of music, finding business partners can be difficult. There is a lot of nosing around, a lot of vetting, occasionally a lot of guesswork. Gigsby is designed to get rid of that.
“[A Gigsby profile] shows all key elements that speaks to the professional achievements of the profile owner," explains ...
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Breaking: Muzak Acquired for $345 Million...
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Digital Music News
If Muzak had an elevator pitch, it took about 77 years to deliver. But now, the exit has arrived, thanks to a monstrous $345 million acquisition by Canadian rival Mood Media Corporation. According to Mood, the combined company will have 470,000 commercial locations across 39 countries, with a combined library of 1.7 million tracks and 30,000 original recordings. And in fairness, only some of that will involve elevators. Muzak—started in 1934—made the concept famous, but these days, its business spans ...
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The Music Piracy News Roundup
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We All Make Music
It's been an unusually busy week in the great cultural, legal, and ideological battle otherwise known as the file-sharing debate. Market research firm NPD issued a press release this week stating that the shutdown of Limewire significantly curtailed the overall amount of file-sharing. A whopping 56% of all people engaged in music file-sharing were using Limewire as recently as the third quarter of 2010. In (possibly) related news, the percentage of U.S. internet users that acquires music via file-sharing has ...
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25 Companies That Cracked the SXSW Noise Floor...
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Digital Music News
When it comes to 'noise floors,' SXSW practically has one glued to the ceiling. There are thousands of bands, companies, people, and events clamoring for attention, and yes—this is literally noise in many situations.
Which makes it so incredibly hard to cut through, and raises serious questions about marketing strategy and investment. But who pulled it off? Here's a list of (mostly) music-related companies that managed to cut through the clutter at SXSW Music.
The yardstick? We first collected a ...
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Why Superstars Can't Fill Venues Anymore...
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Digital Music News
We've been hearing about this problem for some time, and now it's getting worse.Simply stated, top-heavy superstars are having serious problems filling venues, and sometimes even clubs. Now, it looks like Rihanna may cancel a string of upcoming US tour dates, based on very weak pre-sales. “The ticket sales in big US cities like Boston are so bad, they will barely cover basics like the lighting and other arena costs," one source told the New York Post. “Tour managers are ...
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Most Consumers Still Unaware, Disinterested in Streaming Services...
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Digital Music News
Let's step away from the industry bubble for a second, shall we? Because a recently-released report by Nielsen shows that most consumers are either unaware or disinterested in audio streaming services, whether paid or free. In fact, amongst all age groups and across both genders, a minority expressed both awareness and interest (and that doesn't count actual usage or subscription commitments).
In fact, outside of twenty-somethings, more than 30 percent of consumers were unaware that these services even existed. And, ...
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Joe Jackson: Live Music
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JamBase
JOE JACKSON ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF LIVE MUSIC ON JUNE 7; CONFIRMED TO PERFORM WITH THE ROOTS ON JIMMY FALLON JUNE 8; Razor & Tie is excited to announce the release of Joe Jackson's Live Music on June 7, 2011. The record is a document of the fantastic European tour from 2010. While 2003's Volume 4 and the seven-month tour that followed that brilliant record featured the reunion of the entire original, iconic Joe Jackson Band from the late 70s, ...
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