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Thursday: Zubatto Syndicate Plans to Jazz up Seattle's Crocodile Nightclub

Source: Michael Ricci
April 15, 2010

There are no chairs to sit in when you listen to music at the Crocodile. An open floor has always worked best for the kind of music and audiences the famous rock club is known for. Since opening in 1991 the Belltown club closed late in 2007 and reopened under new owners in early 2009 the Crocodile, an integral part of Seattle's music history, has hosted the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Cheap Trick, R.E.M., Mudhoney, Yoko Ono and, last ...

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Bandsintown Partners with Emi, Shazam and Reverbnation

Source: HypeBot
April 15, 2010

Ticket aggregator and event notification platform Bandsintown has added music discovery app Shazam, EMI and ReverbNation to its partner network. The company has also added former Warner Music Group EVP and former Ticketmaster UK Director, Paul Vidich to its board of advisers.

Bandsintown gathers info from more than 100 different ticketing companies in 160 countries, and currently lists more than 150,000 events. With the deal, the company now exposes its concert data to more than 50 million monthly. ...

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Rounder Records Sold to Concord Music Group

Source: HypeBot
April 15, 2010

The Concord Music Group has acquired the legendary independent label group Rounder Records.

The acquisition of Rounder's 3,000 masters combined with Concord Music Group's catalog of more than 10,000 master recordings strengthens the labels status as one of the world's most significant independent record companies. Rounder's creative and marketing functions will continue to be based in Boston and its founders Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton Levy will remain eith the company in a ...

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Concord Aquires Rounder Records

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2010

Terms of the purchase were not revealed

Beverly Hills-based Concord Music Group has acquired Boston-based roots music label Rounder Records. Terms of the purchase were not revealed. Rounder, which is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary, issued one of the biggest roots releases of recent years, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' “Raising Sand," winner of the album of the year Grammy in 2009. Its 3,000-title catalog covers the breadth of American roots music; labels acts include Krauss, country luminary Willie Nelson, ...

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Support Your Local Record Store . . . or Open One!

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
April 14, 2010

This Saturday, April 17, is Independent Record Store Day worldwide. Many's the happy hour I spent in Record World, Tower Records, Dayton's, Happy Tunes, and more... perusing, considering, talking, hanging out, pouncing on something Id never seen, wondering whether to spend twenty dollars (1972 dollars!) for BUCK MEETS RUBY or EASY NOW. I grew up in suburbia, where every department store had a record section. Those days are mostly gone, although I live near enough to Mr. Cheapo's to visit, ...

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PRS for Music Partners with Myspace

Source: HypeBot
April 14, 2010

The UK's PRS for Music which represents 65,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers has partnered with MySpace. The three main components are:

Driving PRS Membership - using the MySpace service to communicate to new writers and musicians the importance of PRS for Music membership Benefits to PRS for Members - exclusive offers including songwriting master classes, competitions, and cross promotional activities. Driving MySpace Usage - demonstrating to existing PRS for Music members the value of using MySpace to engage ...

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Indie Labels March on Washington This Week

Source: HypeBot
April 14, 2010

The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), as a part of The Recording Academy's “Grammys On The Hill" event, will lead a delegation to Capitol Hill this week to advocate for a slate of issues of crucial importance to the independent music community.

A2IM President Rich Bengloff and Vice President Jim Mahoney will be joined by a group including A2IM board member Portia Sabin of Kill Rock Stars ( Please tell me it will say that on her name tag! ...

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A2IM Goes to Washington

Source: Michael Ricci
April 13, 2010

The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), as a part of The Recording Academy's “Grammys On The Hill" event, will lead a delegation to Capitol Hill this week to advocate for a slate of issues of crucial importance to the independent music community. Taking place April 14 and 15, and including meetings and a dinner with congressional leaders, the event is one of the most important advocacy events for the music community as a whole. Says A2IM President Rich Bengloff: ...

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