Music Industry News

Notes from the Net: Phil Perry Recovering; the Continuing Legend of Miles Davis; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 13, 2009

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.* Starting, as we usually do, with some Miles Davis items, it seems that the impending release of Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection, the upcoming book The Blue Moment by Richard Williams, and the exhibit “We Want ...

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What Will Fans Pay For?

Source: HypeBot
November 13, 2009

This guest post first appeared on Debbie Chachra's blog zed equals zee. Debbie is a Cambridge, MA based academic, music fan, and geek, not always in that order. You can also follow her on Twitter.

I know that there is ideology on both sides: people who feel that all music should be free, and people who feel that downloading any music you didn't pay for is theft. But how you feel about the issue doesn't change the facts: listeners have ...

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Discovering New Music Artists in the Digital Age: Interscope Digital Distribution Reaches Beyond DIY

Source: Michael Ricci
November 11, 2009

Deal With TuneCore Connects Musicians With Interscope A&R Executives SANTA MONICA, CA - The promise of the digital revolution in the music industry takes another step forward with the creation today of Interscope Digital Distribution (IDD), by Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records. Through interscopedigitaldistribution.com, IDD will work in conjunction with TuneCore to distribute new and independent artists' original music for sale on such leading retailers as the iTunes Store, Rhapsody, Amazon MP3, Shockhound, eMusic, and Napster, among many others worldwide. IDD adds a ...

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Master of the Mutable, in an Idiom All His Own

Source: Michael Ricci
November 8, 2009

On a recent Sunday, in the home stretch of a concert at Roulette, a new-music institution in SoHo, Henry Threadgill shut his eyes and flashed an enigmatic smile. His longtime ensemble, Zooid, was nearing the end of a labyrinthine, nearly hourlong world premiere, and the atmosphere in the room packed beyond capacity, with people crowded in the aisles had become humid and heady. Mr. Threadgill swayed to the musics layered pulse before picking up his alto saxophone. Then, as if ...

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Hamsa Lila, Airto Moreira: S.F. Green Fest After Party

Source: JamBase
November 8, 2009

CHART-TOPPING WORLD MUSIC BAND HAMSA LILA TO PERFORM WITH AIRTO MORIERA FOR OFFICIAL GREEN FESTIVAL AFTER PARTY BENEFITING COMMON VISION

Hamsa Lila

World music band Hamsa Lila will be returning to the San Francisco Bay area after a three year hiatus to headline a gala event benefiting Common Vision and featuring the legendary Brazilian drum master Airto Moreira. The event is an official Green Festival SF After-Dark event at the renowned Regency Ballroom on Saturday, November 14, 2009. ...

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IFPI: "Illegal File-Sharing Reduces Legitimate Sales" What Do You Think?

Source: HypeBot
November 6, 2009

Global recording industry trade group the IFPI predictably responded to a new UK study that downloaders of unauthorized music also spend more money than average adding to their music collections legally.

“The net effect of illegal file-sharing in the UK and elsewhere has been to reduce legitimate sales. This is why spending on recorded music has fallen every year since illegal file-sharing began to become widespread."

There have been dozens of studies that prove both sides of this debate. ...

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A Graphic Look at the Rise of Digital Music

Source: HypeBot
November 5, 2009

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Playing for Change: Music Making a Difference

Source: JamBase
November 5, 2009

By: Tim Dwenger

Grandpa Elliott :: New Orleans, LA How many times have you been walking down the street or through a bus, subway or train station and heard music that pulled your mind out from the everyday thoughts and made you stop and listen? It might have been a mournful sax tune, deft fingers plucking out a familiar melody on the strings of a nylon guitar, or a kid drumming on the bottom of a plaster bucket, but whatever ...

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