Music Industry News

St. Louis Jazz Presenters Get NEA Stimulus Funds

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 4, 2009

Thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act recently passed by the U.S. Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts got additional funding to distribute to arts organizations across the country. Those funds are intended to help preserve jobs that otherwise might be threatened by the recession, and according to an item on the Post-Dispatch's Culture Club blog from classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller (and this report from the St. Louis Business Journal that was picked up by business ...

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The Album is Dead, Long Live the App

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2009

The iTunes music store sells single songs at approximately the same price, with artist presented in more or less the same way.

Apples app store, however, is still somewhat like the wild west (at least as far as music goes), where the rules are being made up in real time. Artists and labels can sell music alongside other digital offerings through the app store at any price from zero to $999.99.

As we suggested last summer, this creates an opportunity ...

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Michael Jackson Was Killed by a Shot of Powerful Painkiller Demerol Given by an Aide as His Personal Medic Dr Conrad Murray Slept

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2009

Dr Murray is reported to have confessed to cops that he had ALREADY given the singer surgical anaesthetic Propofol that same day. Jackson is feared to have woken when the effects wore off and demanded pain relief.

The Demerol was duly administered by the compliant aide - with devastating effects. The combination of Demerol and Propofol, known by the brand name Diprivan, triggered a massive heart attack.

Sources have claimed the cardiologist was asleep and therefore not paying attention when ...

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Conditioned to Steal: Popular Music and Obsolescence in America

Source: HypeBot
August 3, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor

To understand the MTV Generation, the Millennials, and the epidemic of file-sharing that has preceded them, Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author of The Tipping Point and Outliers, might argue that not only do you have to look beyond the individuals, but also you have to understand the culture that they are a part of and where they came from. With this, you must be able to appreciate the idea that the values of the world ...

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10,000 Lakes | 07.22 - 07.25 | MN

Source: JamBase
August 1, 2009

Words by: Herschel Concepcion | Images by: Norman Sands

10,000 Lakes Music Festival :: 07.22.09 - 07.26.09 :: Soo Pass Ranch :: Detroit Lakes, MN

10KLF 2009 The 7th annual 10,000 Lakes Music Festival saw the return of Widespread Panic (who last played the fest in 2005) as well as newcomers Wilco and the Dave Matthews Band. The caliber of these world-class acts ensures 10KLF's position as a major contender in the festival circuit. With an attendance of 18,000 ...

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MXP4 - Engaging Gimmick or Pointless New Format?

Source: HypeBot
July 31, 2009

The music industry is in a desperate search for new ways to re-engage fans to the point where they are willing to hit the buy button. Most recently we learned that Apple is exploring a new interactive album format code named “Cocktail" and WMG's Rhino is releasing a series of digital 45's with bonus content.

Another attempt comes from MXP4 whose interactive music technology, the album files (first in widget form) incorporates multiple tracks, liner notes, video, images, news, ...

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Study Shows Promise of Ad Supported Music

Source: HypeBot
July 31, 2009

A “TEMPO Digital Music Discovery & Purchase Process" report from Ipsos MediaCT shows that ad supported music services and in particular MySpace Music may offer hope for frustrated rights holders trying to find a way - any way - to monetize music.

Consumers describe their current music habits as:

The 39% that MySpace Music ...

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When the World is Your Stage....

Source: HypeBot
July 30, 2009

Globalization Opens New Doors For Niche Artists For decades music executives and even artists themselves have shied away from many musical niches because their potential audience was too small to achieve an acceptable level of success. But now. with the global marketing and sales reach offered by the int coupled with affordable world travel, is any niche really too small to find audience? While certainly not as small as some musical niches, ...

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