Music Industry News

Japanese Rights Body Fights Back

Source: All About Jazz
April 29, 2009

JASRAC denies monopolistic practice charge

The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC), a major rights org, has filed an appeal to the Fair Trade Commission against a February FTC ruling that Japan's current set-up for compensating holders of rights to music used on TV and radio constitutes a monopolistic practice.

Broadcasters currently sign umbrella contracts with JASRAC, which in turns compensates rights holders for tunes used on shows, using a fixed percentage of earnings from the ...

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People's Music Store Adds 300k Universal Tracks to Fan Retail Offering

Source: HypeBot
April 29, 2009

Universal has become the first major label to embrace fan powered download retailer People's Music Store. Using the UK based site, fans in set up online stores, choose music, write reviews, and market via their blogs and social pages. But People's is not another multi-level marketing scheme. Fans-turned -storekeepers earn 10% of each sale in points which can be used to buy music. I met two of the People's Music Store team ...

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Harmonia Mundi - An Indie Classical Label That's Thriving in Tough Times

Source: HypeBot
April 29, 2009

Classical Record Industry Down 30% In '09, Harmonia Mundi Up 9%

All this week on Hypebot, we're exploring how the double whammy of falling sales and the global economic downturn is effecting the music industry. This guest post by Charlie Dahan, which first appeared on his Center Of The Indie Label Universe blog, shows how one indie label is using old fashion A&R to thrive in tough times.

Diverse Musicians in Crosswalk, Pianist Lays Dead, Rapper Too Hip for His Own Good, Jailed

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2009

Defense invokes 'Crash,' blaming chance encounter for man's death Witnesses say an enraged David Jassy punched, kicked and ran Osnes over with his SUV. He faces a murder charge and is being held on $1-million bond.

Witnesses describe a brutal attack in which a driver punched, kicked and ran over a pedestrian who had hit the hood of his SUV. The driver's attorney calls it a random encounter that led to tragedy.

In a city besotted with automobiles, John Osnes ...

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Record Store Day Gives Indies Sales Boost

Source: HypeBot
April 27, 2009

Saturday's National Record Store Day provided U.S. indie music stores and labels with a tangible boost in sales.

Billboard chart analyst Ed Christman put the gain at just 1% of overall independent label sales. But Coalition Of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) outlets were up 22% over the previous year and vinyl sales jumped 222% according to the indie store alliance.

“What we have here is one more glimpse into the future," said new CIMS head Jim Fahey. “We can make ...

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A Quick Chat with Patti Wicks

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
April 27, 2009

By Katy Bourne

Patti Wicks is a highly regarded jazz pianist and vocalist and international recording artist. She spent over three decades playing in jazz clubs in New York City and also working the East Coast jazz circuit. She has several recordings in her discography and her CD It’s a Good Day received an Italian jazz award for the best jazz album in 2008.

Patti currently resides in Florida and will be appearing at Bake’s Place this weekend with Seattle’s ...

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Concord and Fantasy: A Microcosm

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
April 27, 2009

When Concord Music acquired the Fantasy, Inc. complex of labels a few years ago, the deal stirred apprehension that records preserving a wide swath of jazz history would disappear into the recording industry black hole known as Out Of Print. Concord took over the Fantasy, Prestige, Riverside, Contemporary and Pablo catalogues. More than three years later, as record companies struggle against the tide of the digital revolution or try to learn to navigate in it, listeners are still concerned that ...

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AMI Signs Mark Rapp to Artist Roster

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 27, 2009

Addeo Music International who represents Maceo Parker, Gerald Clayton, Aaron Goldberg, Steve Turre, Tom Harrell, Eldar and more has signed jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp AMI was founded in 2008 as a multi-genre, international music agency committed to fostering the careers of some of the most culturally significant and forward thinking artists in the world. AMI is led by music industry veteran Eric Addeo, who has worked in the entertainment field for over 20 years as a musician, agent, and consultant. ...

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