Music Industry News

Killing Itself to Live: How the Record Industry Conceived It's Own Demise

Source: HypeBot
June 26, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor

Throwaway culture, while, perhaps, not limited to commercialized music, appears to stem from highly and quickly popularized songs that are file-shared and listened to for a short period of time. And are, then, later deleted or 'disposed of' from the listener's computer or MP3 player, typically, once the song starts to fade into obscurity or has grown tiresome to the user, due to circumstances such as novelty, over-exposure, or a 'change of taste.'

Success Begins in the Niche

Source: HypeBot
June 26, 2009

niche: a specialized market; a place, employment, status, or activity for which a person or thing is best fitted; a habitat supplying the factors necessary for the existence of an organism or species In the new music industry, success begins in the niche. Start where you are wanted. Use that base to build a bigger and broader audience. Then repeat the process. Whether its Irish partiers, thoughtful thirty-somethings, redneck blues loving punks ...

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The Sheldon, Cardinals Care Teaching Young Baseball Players About Jazz

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 26, 2009

Once again this year the Sheldon Concert Hall and the St. Louis Cardinals' Cardinals Care charity are teaming up to teach a new generation of potential fans and players about the connections between two great American pastimes: jazz and baseball.The two organizations are sponsoring free educational jazz concerts featuring the Jeff Anderson Quartet for kids participating in the “Redbird Rookies" program, starting at 7:00 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, June 24 and again at the same time tomorrow at the ...

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Jazz This Week: Todd Mosby, Legacy Jazz Quintet, Funky Butt Brass Band, a Jazz St. Louis Benefit, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 26, 2009

There's only time for a very short post this week, so here, in abbreviated form, are some of the jazz and creative music performances worth checking out over the next few days in St. Louis:Tonight, guitarist Todd Mosby and his group will do a free concert for the Whitaker Music Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden, and tomorrow night, the summer Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University will present a free concert by the Legacy Jazz Quintet.

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Michael Jackson -- Cardiac Arrest

Source: Michael Ricci
June 25, 2009

Pop star Michael Jackson was rushed to a hospital this afternoon by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.

[Updated at 3:15 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors this afternoon after arriving at a hospital in a deep coma, city and law enforcement sources told The Times.]

[Updated at 2:46 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson is in a coma and his family is arriving at his bedside, a law enforcement source told The Times.]

Capt. Steve Ruda said ...

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Composer Joseph Brooks Faces Trial for 11 Rapes

Source: Michael Ricci
June 24, 2009

The Oscar-winning composer and director behind “You Light Up My Life" raped 11 women he lured to his apartment with the promise of a starring role in a movie, prosecutors said at his arraignment in New York on Tuesday.

Joseph Brooks, 71, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, where he was arraigned on a 91-count indictment. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of first-degree rape.

Brooks won the Oscar for best original song for ...

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Phil Spector Will Be Allowed Jam Sessions with Fellow Prisoners

Source: Michael Ricci
June 24, 2009

Phil Spectors permanent assignment in the state prison system is a massive Central Valley penitentiary with special accommodations for older and disabled inmates. And even behind bars, the man credited with inventing the “Wall of Sound" will still be allowed to create music.

The 69-year-old record producer, serving at least 19 years for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, arrived Monday at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, corrections officials said.

A prison spokesman said ...

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35,000-Year-Old Flute is Oldest Known Musical Instrument

Source: Michael Ricci
June 24, 2009

The discovery, reported in the journal Nature, suggests that the first humans to occupy Europe had a fairly sophisticated culture. The instrument was excavated from a cave in Germany.

The wing bone of a griffon vulture with five precisely drilled holes in it is the oldest known musical instrument, a 35,000-year-old relic of an early human society that drank beer, played flute and drums and danced around the campfire on cold winter evenings, researchers said today.

Excavated from a cave ...

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