Music Industry News

To Appeal to a Younger, Hipper Clientelle, Motel 6 is Offering Free Rooms to Three Touring Rock Bands

Source: Just Roots PR
August 28, 2009

Rock bands trashing hotel rooms? Some of the stories are legend. But in a world turned upside down by both the recession and the explosion of online social media, Motel 6 on Wednesday unveiled plans to reward rooms to a handful of up-and-coming touring rock bands as a marketing tool to attract a younger clientele–and here we are talking sixteen to twenty four year olds.

According to Jeff Palmer, vice president of marketing at Motel 6″If the bands place our ...

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Third Annual Musicemissions Indie of the Year Competition

Source: Just Roots PR
August 28, 2009

Independent music webzine MusicEmissions.com will be running its third annual Indie Of The Year competition beginning September 1st. The contest is a chance for unsigned artists to gain recognition and win over $10,000 in prizes to help advance their careers. Bands can currently pre-register to qualify for voting on day one, at which time they may begin to rally their friends, fans and families to help push them to the top. The 2009 IOTY competition will reward finalists with prizes ...

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Jackson's Death Officially a Homicide

Source: All About Jazz
August 28, 2009

Michael Jackson's death has officially been ruled a homicide, as the Los Angeles County Coroner has released their report on the King of Pop's death.

The report cites “acute propofol intoxication" as the main cause of Jackson's death, officially linking the powerful anesthetic to his demise.

The report also lists “benzodiazepine effect" as another factor that contributed to his death, due to the drugs midazolam, diazepam, lidocaine and ephedrine being found in his system as well.

In unsealed warrant documents ...

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Why We Steal Music

Source: Michael Ricci
August 25, 2009

By Moses Avalon You don’t have to scratch your head too much to recall that Jim Carrey or Schwarzenegger got about $25 million to perform in their movies, or to remember the $280 million dollars it cost to make Titanic. I’d like you to ask yourself a question: why in the hell do you know these facts? They are not important to your day-to-day survival, yet they are part of pop common knowledge. Now ask yourself this: How much did ...

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Michael Jackson Died of Lethal Levels of Propofol

Source: Michael Ricci
August 24, 2009

L.A. County coroner's officials found lethal levels of the powerful anesthetic propofol after examining Michael Jackson's body, according to a search warrant affidavit unsealed today in Houston.

According to the search warrant, Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, told LAPD detectives that he had been treating Jackson for insomnia for about six weeks. He had been giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol every night using an intravenous line, according to the court records.

But Murray told detectives that he feared Jackson was ...

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Universal Music Australia to Distribute Savoy Label Group

Source: Michael Ricci
August 23, 2009

Universal Music Australia has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with the US based Savoy Label Group which includes Denon Classics, SLG Records, 429 Records and Savoy Jazz. UMA is Australia's leading music company and SLG is home to many of the greatest recordings in contemporary jazz by artists such as Charles Mingus, Milt Jackson, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Denon Classics is one of the world's most respected labels. SLG President Steve Vining said, “SLG is thrilled to be associated ...

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What Myspace Buying iLike Means for Musicians

Source: HypeBot
August 22, 2009

You've spent countless hours tweaking your iLike profile. You're using iLike widgets to spread the word across other sites and particularly on Facebook where its the most popular music app available. But now MySpace has bought iLike and things are going to change. Facebook is going to kick iLike widgets off their site because that it's owned by it's top competitor MySpace. Fortunately, for now at least, there's no need for alarm. ...

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James Blackshaw:the Glass Bead Game

Source: JamBase
August 20, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

Meditative but never somnambulant, James Blackshaw's latest merges the the comforting acoustic layering of early, excellent Windham Hill albums with the more highfalutin' fingerpicked guitar machinations of Sandy Bull and Robbie Basho. The Glass Bead Game (released May 26 on Young God Records) builds from the tintinnabulous base of Blackshaw's exquisite 12-string guitar, adding empathetic strings, wordless vocals, splashes of piano and other subtle touches. He's joined by Current 93 members John Contreras (cello) and Joolie Wood ...

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