Music Industry News

Is Live Music Feeling the Ecomomic Pinch?

Source: HypeBot
August 18, 2009

Live music has been the one place left where many musicians can count on making money, but this summer have been signs that ticket sales are in toruble. This latest in a series of weekly announcements from Live Nation arrived in my inbox just this morning: Concert Fans say 'Give us one more week!' Live Nation extends end of summer blow-out sale with $10 all-in lawn tickets and $15 all-in reserved, ...

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Earthecho International and the Vans Warped Tour

Source: Just Roots PR
August 18, 2009

EarthEcho International, an nonprofit environmental education and youth leadership organization working to restore and protect the world’s oceans.

Today announced a collaboration with the Vans Warped Tour and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to clean up the waterways surrounding Monterey Bay on August 18, 2009.

The third annual clean up will be led by more than 100 band and crew members from the Vans Warped Tour (http://www.warpedtour.com), the music industry’s most successful and ...

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MFLA Seeks Donations of Musical Instruments, Cash

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 18, 2009

The good folks of Musicians for Lifelong Achievement (MFLA) are just about ready to launch their annual drive to collect donated musical instruments, which will be held this year from September 11 to October 11. MFLA is a not-for-profit organization based at the Sheldon Concert Hall that seeks donations of used and new musical instruments, then donates the instruments to school and community music programs serving disadvantaged young people. MFLA also raises funds for instrument repair and musical ...

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The Orchard Reports Revenue Increase of 13% in Second Quarter 2009 as Compared to Second Quarter 2008

Source: Just Roots PR
August 18, 2009

The Orchard reported financial results for the second quarter of 2009.

Second Quarter Results

For the second quarter of 2009, revenues were $15.1 million, compared to $13.4 million for the second quarter of 2008, an increase of 13%.

The Orchard’s gross profit margin was 27% in the second quarter of 2009, as compared to 26% in the second quarter of 2008.

As of June 30, 2009, there were approximately 1.5 million music tracks available for sale, an increase of 29% ...

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Jackson Had Long History with Estate Executor

Source: All About Jazz
August 17, 2009

Michael Branca met the King of Pop when they were both in their 20s and was the mastermind behind the deal to buy the Beatles song catalog.

A week after Michael Jackson died, his longtime lawyer and friend, John Branca, was summoned to meet with the singers family. He carried the pop stars will, and with it, an answer to their eagerly awaited question:

Who was to benefit from the King of Pops estate?

It was very difficult, ...

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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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