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What the Ad Industry Thinks of the Music Industry

Source: HypeBot
June 20, 2009

Is this what the adverting industry thinks of the music industry?

“Music is sort of like a municipality, like water from a faucet: free, of acceptable quality. If you want a more savory experience, there is always the bottled variety. In fact, this paradigm shift is already behind us."

Ouch! The solution?

“Our answer to how the cycle of life keeps on giving and evolving is the pairing of the appropriate music with the appropriate brand. Musical artists ...

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"Mom, I Need Help Marketing My Music"

Source: HypeBot
June 20, 2009

According to eMarketer, there are 32 million moms online in the US today, and the number is growing. A new pr and marketing program from Child's Play Communications dubbed Music Moms hopes to tap into that market by putting music in the hands of influential mommy bloggers. Music Moms reviews music across all genres including children's music, and Universal Motown has already used the service. Adults have not traditionally been all that interested in new music; particularly after kids start ...

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Beck Starts Record Club Listen to VU Song Now

Source: JamBase
June 20, 2009

Beck Starts Record Club Listen to Velvet Underground's “Sunday Morning" Now

Yesterday we tipped you off to Beck's new Record Club project where he joins up with various artist friends to re-record classic albums in a single day and post them to his website one track at a time.

The first project is the Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico, and today Beck has posted the first song: “Sunday Morning." You can check it out below and/or ...

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RIAA Verdict: $1.92 Million

Source: JamBase
June 20, 2009

From: http://arstechnica.com:

RIAA Verdict Thomas verdict: willful infringement, $1.92 million penalty Jammie Thomas-Rasset's federal retrial concluded today as a jury found her liable for willful copyright infringement, awarding the record labels nearly $2 million in damages

By: Nate Anderson

A new lawyer, a new jury, and a new trial were not enough to save Jammie Thomas-Rasset. In a repeat of the verdict from her first federal trial, Thomas-Rasset was found liable for willfully infringing all 24 ...

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Notes from the Net: "Miles from India" in NYC and Montreal; Elling, Bridgewater Pay Tribute to Jazz Classics, Plus News, Reviews, Interviews and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 20, 2009

Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* Let's start, as we often do, with some Miles Davis-related items. The Montreal Jazz Festival has announced that the ensemble for the “Miles From India" concert on July 4 at the Theatre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts will include ...

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Let's Prove That Artists Don't Need Major Labels to "Make It"

Source: HypeBot
June 19, 2009

Help Build A Database Of Music 2.0 Success Stories

During every interview, convention panel, startup negotiation or conversation with an industry peer, there is inevitably a moment when someone says something like, “All this talk about social networking, new media and digital marketing is exciting, but does it work? And if it does, where are all the successful artists that have made it because of music 2.0?"

They're not interested in stories of Trent Reznor, Radiohead and Jill Sobule who ...

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New York, June, 2009

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
June 19, 2009

I like New York in June. I'd like it more if we didn't have heavy rain, with more in the forecast. Umbrellas crowd the streets. People discussing the weather give that “Hey, whaddaya gonna do" New York shrug. Last night at the Tutuma Social Club, Gabriel Alegria and Laurandrea Leguia told me that in Lima, Peru, umbrellas are unknown because it never rains. Lima is their home town. They are New Yorkers now, making a name for their band, blending ...

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A Day in the Jazz Life

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 18, 2009

As days go, yesterday was pretty fabulous. First came lunch with Doug Ramsey and Bill Kirchner. Doug, of course, posts at Rifftides, has written hundreds of jazz album liner notes, and is author of Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond here. Bill is a jazz saxophonist, jazz historian who has written award-winning liner notes, and now teaches jazz at The New School University. Catching up with Doug and Bill was terrific fun. [Sunrise, 1965, by Roy ...

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