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News: Performance / Tour

Toots and the Maytals: Summer Tour 2011

March 24, 2011

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR STARTS WITH WAKARUSA SET ON JUNE 5 Toots and the Maytals have announced the details of their Summer North American tour set to begin June 5 at Wakarusa and wraps up on July 22 in Cohasset, MA. Their latest album, Flip & Twist, was released digitally and in stores last May. Tour Dates ...

News: Trends

Study: Napster Had Zero Impact on New Artists

March 24, 2011

A new study argues that Napster and its predecessors have not reduced the entrance of new artists to the music market. Case in point: CD Baby just announced that new title sign-ups doubled in 2010. Piracy has made it harder to make substantial sums from the sales of recorded music, but it has not affected “the quantity of ...

News: Opinion

Why RCRDDEALS Matters More Than Spotify

March 24, 2011

Post by: Robin Davey, Head of Music and Film Development at GROWVision. Spotify has been the crux of music industry chatter when it comes to proclamations of a musical revolution, but the announcement of RCRDDEALS is a major step forward, and could prove to be a real game changer for breaking new acts and building established ones. RCRDDEALS appears ...

News: Trends

Study Shows Limewire Demise Cut Music Piracy

March 24, 2011

A new NPD study shows the percentage of U.S. internet users that used P2P to download music fell from 16% in the fourth quarter of 2007 to just 9% in the Q4 2010 when Limewire ceased its file-sharing operations. The average number of music files downloaded from P2P networks also declined dramatically as well. The stats: ...

News: Technology

Wahwah.FM - Broadcast Your Best Playlist in Public

March 24, 2011

Many apps have appeared lately that strive to rekindle the shared music experience, but Wahwah.fm is the most intriguing one yet. The free music app aims to let users create a playlist from their existing collection and broadcast their listening session to friends and strangers alike. Wahwah.fm wants to give users a way to share music ...

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News: Opinion

Bryan Adams: 'I Feel Sad for Young Musicians.'

March 24, 2011

Cake's John McCrea of and Bryan Adams must be friends. Earlier this month, McCrea said that music will be a hobby for most in 5 or 10 years. Adams is now echoing similar thoughts. “I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly... It doesn't matter ...

News: Video / DVD

D.I.Y. Bootcamp: Cash Music and the Open Source Revolution [video]

March 24, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V has produced a video series that provides a tour of tools that make a D.I.Y. music career work. In this segment, Jesse von Doom shares how CashMusic.org, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, creates free and open source applications that provide musicians with the ability to communicate, present and sell products directly to their audience, and ...

News: Video / DVD

Where to Gig when There Are No Venues [video]

March 24, 2011

(UPDATED) South East LA is a difficult place to gig because there aren't many venues to play at. Thus, kids create their own venues in the oddest of places. One guy even played a set in a funeral home. Below is a neat look into the South East LA Music scene. It offers a great look ...

News: Festival

Newport Rolls on Thankfully

March 24, 2011

George Wein is a huge fan of Esparanza Spalding. The singer-bassist (pictured) has been a Newport regular for the past few years—and with her unexpected Grammy win—will be a featured artist at the 2011 edition of the Newport Jazz Festival. This year's event runs August 5 to 7. Wein's production company didn't waste time in getting ...

News: Music Industry

25 Companies That Cracked the SXSW Noise Floor...

March 24, 2011

When it comes to 'noise floors,' SXSW practically has one glued to the ceiling. There are thousands of bands, companies, people, and events clamoring for attention, and yes—this is literally noise in many situations. Which makes it so incredibly hard to cut through, and raises serious questions about marketing strategy and investment. But who pulled it ...