Music Industry News

Will Universal Music's New Boss Keep the Hits Coming?

Source: Michael Ricci
March 3, 2010

Lucian Grainge's management style is not short on theatrical flourish. Four years ago, the Briton who is about to become the world's most powerful music industry executive, arrived late to the boardroom of Universal Music Group's international head office in London after the company had suffered a particularly poor sales period.

As he entered, he turned off the lights, leaving his executive team sitting nervously in the dark. He then paced around the room until finally uttering the words: “See ...

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Acid Jazz...Is This a Form of Jazz Music or What? The Debate Continues

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
March 2, 2010

Okay...this subject is an ongoing debate I have had with several of my jazz musician friends...is Acid Jazz just a name given by a radio disc jockey to promote some readily unidentifiable form of pop music or is it a form of jazz music?What is Acid Jazz? you may ask...personally I consider it a sub-genre of the jazz art form...notz.com gives us a little background on Acid Jazz..."Well for one thing it is very difficult to define, the ...

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eMusic Song Payouts Rise

Source: HypeBot
March 2, 2010

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Notes from the Net: Pizzarelli Does Ellington; Don Cheadle on the Miles Movie; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 1, 2010

Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* In this week's Miles Davis news, AllAboutJazz.com is giving readers a chance to win a free copy of the boxed 70-CD set The Complete Columbia Album Collection. (This is a different giveaway than the one mentioned here earlier.) ...

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New Chopin Museum Opens in Warsaw

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2010

Composers 200th birthday will be celebrated all year in his native Poland. A new museum focusing on the life of Frederic Chopin has opened in Warsaw.

The last piano that Frederic Chopin composed on. A death mask made after he succumbed to what was probably tuberculosis. A lock of his brown hair. Those are among objects on display at a new museum dedicated to the life of the Romantic-era composer that opened on his 200th birthday Monday in his native ...

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Music Museum Expands with Archive, Library

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2010

CLEVELAND - There's always been room at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for the exciting, most popular relics, like Michael Jackson's “Thriller" jacket and John Lennon's Sgt. Pepper uniform. But most of the not-so-flashy mementos were tucked away in storage. Visitors will get a chance to see those hidden artifacts beginning later this year, when the museum opens its library and archives in a recently completed high-tech building it shares with Cuyahoga Community College's creative arts ...

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Other Matters: Language, Ya Know?

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
February 28, 2010

The Rifftides Department Of Language Reform (DOLR) has been neglecting its duties. Its members claim that their failure to stop the misuse of “absolutely" and “no problem" (see this archives post) discouraged them. At a staff meeting on the subject, the DOLRers moaned that they despair of succeeding where Fowler, Strunk, White, Bernstein, Ciardi and other titans of proper English usage have failed. They pointed out that people still say, “ya know" every few seconds; still say and write, “they" ...

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The Mozart Effect: How Music Affects Children's Brains

Source: Michael Ricci
February 28, 2010

Playing along with the Mozart effect. If you want music to sharpen your senses, boost your ability to focus and perhaps even improve your memory, you need to be a participant, not just a listener.

Five months after we are conceived, music begins to capture our attention and wire our brains for a lifetime of aural experience. At the other end of life, musical memories can be imprinted on the brain so indelibly that they can be retrieved, perfectly intact, ...

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