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Labels Unhappy with MySpace Music Revenue
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HypeBot
The major label partners who co-own MySpace Music are pleased with the traffic that the service is generating. But during a recent closed door meeting the labels also made it clear that they are not pleased with the revenue they are receiving, according to a variety of sources.
The labels are pushing for more integration with the greater MySpace site, as well as, other changes that might drive sales. The freedom which MySpace offers users to create profile
designs has ...
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What the Music Industry Can Learn from Detroit
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HypeBot
"Companies of the future will see the public as their partner. Rather than suing customers, they'll give them blankets, and a return of all fees when a concert is canceled. There's no service in this industry. And it was the lack of service that shredded Detroit's reputation..." “We've got a long way to go to reestablish music's dominance on the popular culture landscape. It can be done, but only if the execs stop worrying about their ...
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CD Packaging Study: "It Isn't Easy Being Green"
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HypeBot
"Comparing Packaging Options For Compact Discs - A Environmental & Toxicological Assessment," a new RIAA and NARM joint study of CD packaging highlights the environmental impact of various CD packaging options.
Think moving from less plastic to more cardboard - even recycled cardboard - is the answer to going green? Think again. Some new packaging still uses a bit of plastic to hold the CD in place and that creates a “mixed" recyclable that can be even more difficult to ...
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Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics
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JamBase
By: Jim Welte
Mulatu Astatke Nearly 50 years ago, a bright-eyed Ethiopian teen arrived in Wrexham, a county borough in the northeastern part of Wales. His parents had sent him nearly 4,000 miles from home to attend a renowned boarding school that welcomed a host of Ethiopians students. Young Mulatu Astatke quickly formed a bond with the school's band teacher, developing an interest in the trumpet and clarinet.
After ...
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Listening Tip: A Sudhalter Program
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Bill Kirchner continues his Jazz From The Archives series on WBGO-FM, Newark, (88.3) and the internet with a show about a musician frequently mentioned on Rifftides. Here's his announcement.
Musician/author Richard Sudhalter (1938-2008) wrote (in the first case, co-wrote) three landmark books: BIX: MAN AND LEGEND, LOST CHORDS, and STARDUST MELODY. He also was a fine jazz cornetist in the Bix Beiderbecke/Bobby Hackett mold. As a musician, he had wide-ranging stylistic interests and was difficult to pigeonhole. We'll ...
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All Charges Dropped Against Drummer Charlie Rice!
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All About Jazz
It's a celebration! This Thursday, May 7th, at the Collingwood Community Center from 7-9PM, 30 Collings Ave, Collingswood, NJ. $10/$5 students. Free sodas and buffet. Ed Wise and his New Orleans Big Band will be appearing to celebrate Charlie Rice's victory! See Philadelphia Daily News Article below.
Jazz drummer beats gas rap By JASON NARK Philadelphia Daily News Life is back in tune for Charlie Rice, the venerable jazz drummer who was accused last year at ...
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Other Places: Charlap on Improvisation
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Last Friday, Leonard Lopate of WNYC radio in New York invited Bill Charlap to drop by the studio where Lopate does his Please Explain program and talk about how jazz improvisation works. Seated at the piano, Charlap spoke clearly about the raw materials of music and showed what jazz players do with them in the act of creation. He used “These Foolish Things" and the blues as his demonstration models. Lopate, a personification of the inquiring mind, asked good questions. ...
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Local Theremin Virtuoso Blazes New Ground
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All About Jazz
CD REVIEW “Xenovibes III - Xing Paths" Shuehli-Ong's new Xenovibes album shows that Singapore has more to export than just mainstream pop artists, says CHRISTOPHER LIM (Entertainment Correspondent, the Business Times Singapore)
CD : Xenovibes III - Xing Paths Electric Muse/Fingerfoot Music Productions Rating: A CD : This Is The One Utada (Island) Rating: B CD : Gentle Love Norihiko ...
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