Music Industry News

Alfonzo Blackwell is in the Studio Working on His Eight CD on Utopia Records

Source: One Creative Publicist & Management
February 11, 2010

Saxman/Songwriter/Producer, Alfonzo Blackwell is busy, busy, busy working hard in the studio on his 8th CD project on Utopia Records.

His current release “Dance To This" brought listeners to the dance floor and his approach for his next project is to bring listeners the sophistication, style, class and fire that comes from the freedom that has embodied his music for 15 years now. The multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire reclines in his black leather console chair in his state-of-the-art digital recording ...

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Further Details of Jackson's Cornor Report

Source: All About Jazz
February 11, 2010

Michael Jackson's full autopsy report was released following the filing of involuntary manslaughter charges on Monday against the singer's personal doctor. Following are some notable or new highlights of the Los Angeles County Coroner's report into Jackson's June 25 death.

--Jackson died of “acute propofol intoxication" administered at a level equivalent to that used during anesthesia for “major surgery". A consultant anesthesiologist said there were “no reports of its use in insomnia relief."

--None of the recommended monitoring, precision dosing ...

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MTV Drops 'Music Television' from the Network Logo

Source: Michael Ricci
February 11, 2010

Is it a surprise to anyone actually watching MTV that the network on Monday quietly dropped “Music Television" from its logo? Probably not. It's a wonder that anyone even noticed the difference.

But a difference there is. For the first time in the network's 29-year history, MTV has decided to give the channel's iconic logo a face-lift. “The people who watch it today, they don't refer to MTV as music television. They don't have the same emotional connection that, say, ...

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Putting Jimi Hendrix's House in Order

Source: Michael Ricci
February 11, 2010

Janie Hendrix hopes that 'Valleys of Neptune' and other official releases help restore her guitar hero stepbrother's recording legacy.

The keepers of Jimi Hendrix's flame are calling the new album of long-buried recordings by the proto-rock guitar hero Valleys of Neptune. The obvious explanation is that it's the title of one of the cornerstone songs that emerged during a fertile, albeit transitional, period in Hendrix's career: the early months of 1969, when the original Jimi Hendrix Experience was dissolving and ...

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Compatible Quotes: Youth

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
February 10, 2010

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.--Friedrich Nietzsche It is all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.--George Bernard Shaw For God's sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself!--Robert Louis Stevenson The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they ...

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Universal Music Group Names Successor to CEO Doug Morris

Source: Michael Ricci
February 10, 2010

The head of Universal Music Group's international operations has been named chief executive of the world's largest music company, succeeding Doug Morris.

Lucian Grainge, Morris' hand-picked successor, will take over as CEO on Jan. 1, 2011, sharing responsibility with Morris until that time. The 71-year-old Morris, who has headed Universal Music since 1995, announced his plans to step down in November. He will remain chairman of the label. Grainge, 49, for the last five years has run the international group, ...

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The Popdose Guide to the Steve Miller Band, Part 2

Source: Pop Dose
February 10, 2010

As stated at the end of last weeks part one of our Steve Miller Band Guide, 1972 and 1973 represented a transitional period for Steve Miller. His upcoming eighth album would be the last under his groundbreaking contract with Capitol Records, and disappointing sales for his last two releases made it fairly clear that he was in danger of being dropped. In addition, Miller was in a bad car accident that kept him off his feet for several months and ...

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Topspin Shares Impressive Music Marketing Study

Source: HypeBot
February 9, 2010

Perhaps more than any existing modern music marketing and sales platform Topspin is based on data.  They collected it from the beginning, have done enough diverse campaigns to see the trends and have a team to understand the patterns.  At a recent MidemNat presentation Topspin co-founder Shamal Ranasinghe shared the most in depth overview of their findings to date.

Some of the important and perhaps surprising trends that Topspin has discovered include the importance of physical goods to many fans ...

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