Music Industry News

Live Nation-Ticketmaster Merger Wrinkle in U.K.

Source: All About Jazz
February 12, 2010

In a move setting up possible future concessions in the European market, an English appellate body has instructed the U.K.'s Competition Commission to mount a new review of the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal on Thursday set aside the independent review body's unconditional Dec. 22 approval of the splicing of the concert promotion giant and the top ticketing-management firm. The matter was referred back to the Competition Commission, and a new decision is expected within three months. In ...

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Dumb Labels, Laws (Not Google) to Blame for Music Blog Deletions

Source: All About Jazz
February 12, 2010

Googles deletion of music blogs accused of distributing music without permission has proven to be a controversial topic this week, as one might expect.

Some are calling it Musicblogocide 2010, according to The Guardian, whose in-depth article on the topic is titled: Google shuts down music blogs without warning. Nobody likes to hear that music bloggers who tend to write with infectious enthusiasm benefiting both fans and copyright holders lost years of work when they may not so much have ...

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Other Places: Jazzhouse Update

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
February 12, 2010

Author Nick Catalano recently had occasion to revisit the JazzHouse in Copenhagen. The club is the successor to the Montmartre, which presented dozens of the world's best jazz artists in the 1950s and '60s. Rifftides pieces about Bud Powell and the Montmartre's masks stimulated considerable comment. The staff thought you'd be interested in Nick's observations about the JazzHouse.

Copyright Law vs. Art as a Shared Experience

Source: HypeBot
February 11, 2010

Mike Masnick of Techdirt writes," ...While people sit back and claim that remixing is “stealing" or “lazy" or “not art" at all, that's totally missing the point. Art is not about just the creator. Without the shared experience, it's a lot less valuable - and what we've done with copyright laws is make it that much more difficult to share that experience through our own eyes and our own cultural views. And if you don't see the shame in that, ...

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Monk and Mingus in Seattle

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
February 11, 2010

Once in a great while, I encounter a photograph so good that it is necessary to dream up a reason to use it. In the case of this one, no dreaming was necessary. The lighting, sharpness and definition are so right, the shot looks like 3-D. The tenor saxophonist is Hadley Caliman. The conductor is Michael Brockman of the Seattle Jazz Repertory Orchestra. The SRJO is preparing for two concerts called Big Band Monk and Mingus, in early March.

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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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