Music Industry News

More Music Industry News: Spotify Adds Concerts, We7, Bowie, Court Denies 3 Strikes, HFA and More

Source: HypeBot
October 12, 2010

(UPDATED) This is a semi-holiday in the U.S., but we're here posting stories including breaking news.  I also wanted to share with you the loss of a client and great friend, the legendary Solomon Burke. This Grammy winner, member of the Rock 'n Roll Hall Of Fame and “The King of Rock & Soul" left us while on the way to a gig in Amsterdam. As the family wrote: “He was on his way to spread his message of love ...

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An Inspiring Story of Indie Music Success

Source: HypeBot
October 12, 2010

This guest post is by Bob Baker of the music marketing blog The Buzz Factor. Last week I received an email from a Canadian named John Ioannou. The message opened this way: “Hi Bob. Here's a true story about a musician, his dream, and proof that opportunity knocks!" I was on the verge of closing the email to read later, but something prompted me to continue. And I'm glad I did. I've often reminded aspiring musicians over the years that ...

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DGM LTD. announces The Free Punk Sanderson Campaign

Source: Lori Hehr Public Relations
October 12, 2010

In a bizarre feat of online dexterity, Punk Sanderson, creator of The Vicar Chronicles, has locked himself in his FACEBOOK page, ranting about his boss, the enigmatic record producer, The Vicar, and trying to escape. The Vicar Chronicles—"whodunits about the music industry"—encompass Videoblogs, Novels, Audiobooks, Graphic novels and music, based on the adventures of the mysterious, English record producer, The Vicar—"Sherlock Holmes meets Spinal Tap." Surreal tales of lip-syncing singers, concert sabotage, villains with Orange Eyebrows, groupies with ghosts in ...

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Does Your Music Always Come Out the Way You Want It To?

Source: We All Make Music
October 8, 2010

Creativity is as much a sickness as it is a gift. On the one hand, creators are blessed with a lifetime of opportunities to bring their visions into the real world. On the other, most of them are tormented by insecurity, doubts, and the never-ending struggle of trying to create the ideal things their imaginations conjure up. The latter is one of the subjects in an editorial, “Found in Translation," that the Pulitzer Prize (and PEN/Faulkner Award)-winning author Michael Cunningham ...

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Jazz Around Town: Autumn Leaves ... Now There's a Song

Source: Jazz@Rochester
October 7, 2010

They are turning and falling and you know what will start falling soon. Our local jazz station, WGMC Jazz 90.1 is starting up their Fall pledge campaign soon and if you pledge early you get a special CD gift (more here). A little light later in the week, but here are the jazz listings for the next seven days.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Mike Allen AKOS' Avatars @ Beale Street Cafe, 7:00 pm ...

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Music Lovers Can Vote For More Smooth Jazz In Southern New Jersey

Source: Smooth Jazz 4 South Jersey
October 3, 2010

The “Smooth Jazz 4 South Jersey" project has been accepted into the running for a “Pepsi Refresh" grant, and Smooth Jazz aficionados are being asked to vote on-line at refresheverything.com starting on November 1st, 2010 and ending on November 30th. SJ4SJ Founder and President Dorian Gilmer explains, “Sometimes we have to do what needs to be done ourselves, and that's why I am asking music lovers who want to see and hear more Smooth Jazz in South Jersey to vote ...

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Jazz Poetry - "Copacetic Mingus"

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson
October 2, 2010

Copacetic Mingus by Yusef Komunyakaa “Mingus One, Two and Three. Which is the image you want the world to see?" —Charles Mingus, Beneath the Underdog Heartstring. Blessed wood & every moment the thing's made of: ball of fatbacklicked by fingers of fire. Hard love, it's hard love. Running big hands down the upright's wide hips, rocking his moon-eyed mistress with gold in her teeth. Art & life bleed into each other as he works the bow. But tonight we're both ...

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The Scary Situation Surrounding Our Recording Legacy...

Source: Digital Music News
October 1, 2010

The following issues were outlined in a detailed report by the National Recording Preservation Board, part of US Library of Congress. The report followed a “comprehensive, national-level study of the state of sound recording preservation."Many important recordings have been lost or have become unplayable since the introduction of recorded sound in the late-nineteenth century. Many others are at risk of becoming lost. Public institutions, libraries, and archives hold an estimated46 million recordings, but few institutions know the full extent of ...

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