Music Industry News

Tamela D'Amico Named Myspace's Celebrity Rising Star

Source: Michael Ricci
August 17, 2009

Tamela's Road to Stardom Mix equal parts of Billie Holiday and Barbra Streisand, a teaspoon of Ella Fitzgerald and a dash of Peggy Lee and you’ve got a hot fresh talent named Tamela D'Amico. It’s no surprise that television star, Peter Krause, a v eteran of groundbreaking quality projects himself (Six Feet Under, Dirty Sexy Money), rushed onboard to executive produce her album 'Got A Little Story' after seeing Ms. D’Amico perform live at a club in Los Angeles. You ...

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Boosey & Hawkes Lands Global Synch Deal with Savoy Label Group

Source: All About Jazz
August 17, 2009

Boosey & Hawkes (B&H) is pleased to announce its representation of Savoy Label Group, home to veteran jazz label, Savoy Jazz, for synchronization on a worldwide basis.

The deal includes all of Savoys label imprints, including the jazz catalogs of Savoy, 32 Jazz, Muse and Landmark, the classical label Denon Classics, and SLGs growing indie rock imprint, 429 Records. The labels legendary catalogs include seminal recordings by prominent artists such as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Lee Morgan, Judy ...

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Out of Exile, Back in Soulsville

Source: Michael Ricci
August 16, 2009

Al Bell, who led Stax Records in Memphis during the labels 1960s and 70s heyday, has returned to the city as chairman of the Memphis Music Foundation to resuscitate its entertainment stature.

AS the peacock-blue Cadillac with the gold trim and fur lining spun on a giant turntable in the Stax Museum of American Soul Music here, Al Bell, the final owner of the late, great record label, chuckled. Decades before 50 Cent with his customized Rolls-Royce and Akon with ...

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Ringtone Sales Fizzling

Source: Just Roots PR
August 16, 2009

Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), an organization that collects royalties for song writers and publishers, is forecasting that overall ringtone sales in the US will fall 7 percent in 2008 to approximately $510 million.

“The ringtone market continues to decline as the novelty phase wears off,” said Richard Conlon, BMI’s vice president of new media and development.

Major music companies have been counting on sales of digital products – ringtones included – to offset sinking CD sales.

Album sales, including downloadable ...

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Lesh, Weir, Russo, Lane, Chimenti: New Group "Furthur" for Sept.

Source: JamBase
August 15, 2009

Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Joe Russo, Jay Lane, Jeff Chimenti and John Kadlecik Form New Band “Furthur" / Set Dates For September

Phil Lesh The Dead's Phil Lesh and Bob Weir have formed a new band with drummer Joe Russo (Benevento/Russo Duo), guitarist John Kadlecik (Dark Star Orchestra), as well as Weir's RatDog bandmates Jeff Chimenti (keys) and Jay Lane (drums). The new band has taken the name Furthur.

As of now the band only has three dates ...

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Firefly Club, Ann Arbor's Jazz Beacon, Closed by the State

Source: Michael Ricci
August 15, 2009

Ann Arbor’s Firefly Club, a beacon for live jazz for nearly a decade and regarded by aficionados as metro Detroit’s finest all-around jazz club, has been closed and its property seized by the Michigan Department of Treasury due to a delinquent sales tax bill. Club owner Susan Chastain said the dispute boils down to overdue sales tax payments totaling just $1,000 for the months of June and July, though the club ultimately still owes the state $120,000 in back taxes, ...

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For Sale: Eternity with Marilyn Monroe

Source: Michael Ricci
August 15, 2009

Elsie Poncher wants to sell the crypt, now occupied by her husband, above the actress to help pay off her Beverly Hills mortgage. Her starting price on EBay: $500,000. The crypt of her husband, Richard, which is directly above that of Marilyn Monroe.

Richard Poncher's eternal sleep will soon be disrupted.

The onetime Beverly Hills resident, who died 23 years ago at the age of 81, will be moving out of the crypt above Marilyn Monroe's resting spot at the ...

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You're Bob Dylan? Police Need to See Some ID

Source: All About Jazz
August 15, 2009

Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighborhood.

Dylan was in Long Branch, about a two-hour drive south of New York City, on July 23 as part of a tour with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp that was to play at a baseball stadium in nearby Lakewood.

A 24-year-old police officer apparently was unaware of who Dylan is and ...

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