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Writers Guild Sings Same Tune as Composers and Lyricists
Source:
Michael Ricci
The quest by Hollywood's composers and lyricists to secure union benefits that their peers on the set enjoy has struck a chord with the Writers Guild of America. At a meeting tonight at the guild's West Coast headquarters in West L.A., guild officials are expected to formally endorse a campaign by composers and lyricists to join the Teamsters. “We're very supportive,” said Writers Guild of America, West spokesman Neal Sacharow. “We consider composers and lyricists our colleagues and we believe ...
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Live Nation Sets up Australia Unit
Source:
All About Jazz
Live Nation is bowing its concert promotion business in Australia, the seventh-largest music market.
Roger Field has been tapped as VP of promotions, Australia and New Zealand. Hong Kong-based Luke Hede has been named VP of promotions for the Pacific Rim. “Over the last decade, Live Nation has been involved with some of the most successful tours throughout Australia and New Zealand, including U2, the Rolling Stones and many others," said Live Nation Intl. CEO Alan Ridgeway. “The time is ...
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"Now in Stores" - 5 Noteworthy Jazz Albums Released This Week (4/11/10-4/17/10)
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Groove Notes
Starting today (and continuing each Friday), we'll recommend five jazz albums that were released over the past week. Here are this weeks five, released between April 11th and April 17th, 2010. 1. Groove Alchemy by Stanton Moore (Telarc, 4/13/2010) The 12-track set is the culmination of Moore's multimedia project that also includes an instructional book and DVD of the same name. All three facets of the project are designed to explore the roots of funk drumming by examining the work ...
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Share Your Favorite Record Store Memories
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HypeBot
Record Store Day is this Saturday April 17th and most stores have lots of great things planned. This year there are signs that with a little help from vinyl and used goods; but mostly by selling more than just music, the downward trend for indie record shops may be finally slowing. But that doesn't mean that they don't need - and deserve - your support this Saturday and every day.
Plan 9 recently closed it's store in my newly adopted ...
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Graphic: How Much Can Musicians Earn Online?
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HypeBot
It's no secret that the amount of money artists are earning from recorded music is declining. But by how much? And as digital sales replace physical and streaming music gains traction do the numbers shift in the artist's favor? You can catch a glimpse of the future above, but the big picture becomes much clearer in the much larger and more in depth graphic after the jump below which was created by David McCandless of Information Is Beautiful from a ...
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EMI Faces Bank Takeover
Source:
All About Jazz
Equity owner must decide whether to bail out 123-year-old music firm
Amid an exodus of artists and execs, the management team at EMI Group is making what many see as a final attempt to secure additional investment from private equity owners Terra Firma this month to stave off repossession by Citigroup. The banking group loaned Terra Firma $3.8 billion to buy EMI in 2007, but despite massive cost cuts and a reorganization that is now generating improved profits, EMI was ...
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Great American Taxi Donate Track to Coal Miners' Relief Fund
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conqueroo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Just in time for Earth Day (April 22), Great American Taxi, whose current album Reckless Habits is climbing the Americana radio airplay charts, has donated a free download of a song, “Appalachian Soul" culled from its debut album Streets of Gold, to raise awareness of the plight of coal miners and their communities in West Virginia. The track is offered free to radio stations that agree to direct listeners to greatamericantaxi.com, which in turn links to West ...
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