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News: Technology

New Topspin Platform is Live. We've Got Details

March 17, 2011

Early this morning Topspin opened its new direct to fan platform to all artists along with some major platform updates. With the new offering Topspin hopes to attract a broader array of artists and labels with integrated ecommerce, ticketing, fan clubs, streaming, email and widgets. New features released today include an integrated Store Builder, new tools ...

News: Technology

4 Likely Causes of Zune Death

March 17, 2011

As if the cult of Apple didn't already have enough reasons to bond, the rumored demise of Microsoft's Zune has united them in a Christmas caroling fashion. Each member has their own theory on why the Zune got killed and they're singing it as loudly as they can. Beneath the seabed of headlines, however, it's clear ...

News: Radio

White House to Radio Stations: "Pay to Play."

March 17, 2011

In a new White House report, IP Czar Victoria Espinel comes out in favor of radio stations paying artists when their music is played on-air. Espinel recommends “creating a right of public performance for copyright owners for sound recordings transmitted by over-the-air broadcast stations." Depending which side of the issue you stand on, this suggestion can be ...

News: Festival

The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Named "Festival of the Year" During Canadian Music Week

March 17, 2011

Montreal—Organizers of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal were proud to learn that their event had been named Festival of the Year by the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry during the Canadian Music Week gala, held last Thursday evening at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto. Alain Simard, president and founder of the Festival International ...

News: Technology

Announcing Rockethub's Gibson Opportunity

March 17, 2011

In the past year or so, one of the most exciting (or disturbing, depending on your politics) developments in independent music has been the involvement of major corporate brands. Thanks to Rockethub, brand partnerships have officially come to crowdfunding. Inspired by the generosity that drove Converse to open a recording studio (among other things), founders Brian, ...

News: Recording

Dave Liebman - Lieb Plays the Blues a la Trane (Daybreak Records, 2011)

March 17, 2011

During an extensive tour playing the music of Kurt Weill and Alec Wilder, tenor and soprano saxophonist Dave Liebman thought the band needed a chance to take a break and play something different. Liebman, along with Marius Beets on bass and Eric Ineke on drums dove headlong into a set of blues compositions by or associated ...

News: Technology

The iPad 2 is Totally Great! ...Except for Music Subscription Services

March 17, 2011

If you've been milling around SXSW, you can't help but bask in the sleekness of the iPad 2. Apple even set up a pop-up store in Austin to cater to tech-savvy, moneyed attendees, and what a great move that was. But the latest craze goes far beyond Austin city limits, and bullish estimates are already pegging ...

News: Music Industry

A2im Now Has 270 Indies...

March 17, 2011

Say what you will about the ageing “indie vs. major" divide, because indie-focused advocacy messages are still resonating. And, it looks like indies still have unique issues that need to be addressed. Look no further than A2IM, which has signed 15 new indie labels over the past few months. That brings the total to 270 independents. ...

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News: Recording

Rautavaara's Opera "Kavos (the Mine)" Engages Early High-Modernism

March 17, 2011

Rautavaara, I am discovering, is a composer of some depth and breadth. His 1962 opera Kaivos (The Mine) (Ondine 1174-2) illustrates this to me. It involves a dramatic story set “somewhere in Europe" in the '50s. A group of miners engage in an illegal strike. They are directed by outside forces but find that while those ...

News: Recording

Peter Scharli Trio Featuring Ithamara Koorax "O Grande Amor"

March 17, 2011

In their second recording together, Swiss trumpeter Peter Schärli and Brazilian singer Ithamara Koorax have come up with a beautiful reflection on Brazilian music that goes far above and beyond expectation. Schärli, whose attractive sound and complimentary interjections suggest the influence of Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko, and Koorax were first brought together in 2006 by the ...