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News: Performance / Tour

Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive! 35th Anniversary Tour

March 9, 2011

PETER FRAMPTON TO LAUNCH FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! 35TH ANNIVERSARY WORLD TOUR THIS JUNE Following his critically acclaimed new album Thank You Mr Churchill, Grammy-winning guitarist and songwriter Peter Frampton will embark on a world tour this June celebrating his multi-platinum-selling live album Frampton Comes Alive!, performing the legendary album in its entirety across the U.S., Canada, ...

News: Festival

Langerado Music Festival Returns to South Florida

March 9, 2011

INITIAL LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT COMING JUNE 1; 2-DAY EARLY BIRD TICKETS GO ON SALE MARCH 9, 11 AM ET After a two-year hiatus, the Langerado Music Festival returns to South Florida in 2011 with a fresh infusion of energy and a diverse, powerful lineup. During its initial six-year run, Langerado delivered the music festival experience to the ...

News: Performance / Tour

Gregg Allman: Solo Dates

March 9, 2011

TOUR STARTS APRIL 19 IN CHARLESTON, SC; LOW COUNTRY BLUES OUT NOW Rounder Records is excited to announce the first leg of Gregg Allman tour dates since the triumphant release of the universally acclaimed Low Country Blues. The album is Allman's first solo record in 14 years for the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame legend, ...

News: Career

Have You Worked on a Cruise Ship?

March 9, 2011

David Cashman, a former showband pianist, is finishing his doctorate at Southern Cross University. His doctoral thesis is on the way music is used on cruise ships and the lives of musicians who work those jobs. Obviously this fits in very well with the Chronicles of a Cruise Ship Musician, the section of our site that ...

News: Technology

Google's Music Service Found by Hackers

March 9, 2011

FOUND: Google's cloud-based music service. Hackers have exposed that not only does it exist, but it works too. Once the leaked Honeycomb music player is correctly installed on Android, users synced their music libraries to Google's servers. Since the service hasn't been made publically available, they haven't run into any storage limits. Once Google's music cloud ...

News: Technology

News Corp Bets $77m on Beyond Oblivion's Locker

March 9, 2011

Beyond Oblivion, a new music locker service, has received a massive $77 million investment from News Corp and charity Welcome Trust. Rather than fight the major labels like MP3tunes, Beyond Oblivion plans to buy its way into their heart. It has assured rights holders a $500 million revenue guarantee, and will give between 70% and 90% of its ...

News: Recording

Rebirth for Music Retail? Negotiations Begin to Charge Stores Just 80 Cents Upfront to Stock a CD

March 9, 2011

(UPDATE) UK retailer Tesco is asking record labels to accept much smaller upfront payments for CDs with an additional payout once it sells. The negotiation tests the bargaining power labels still have as CDs sales continue to decline. Similar talks have reportedly begun in the US, and the shift could motivate retailers to once again stock ...

News: Trends

DJ Dominance of Soundcloud May Be Ending

March 9, 2011

Early this year SoundCloud embedded content ID technology into its site. Due to the predominance of DJs and remix artists on SoundCloud, Hypebot feared this move might have negative and unintended consequences. According to a new report, it has. Staff writer Miles Raymer at the Chicago Reader says SoundCloud may be raining on its own parade. ...

News: Interview

Ian Kwon on Fanatic.FM's Platform to Monetize Music by Connecting Artists with Brands and Charities

March 9, 2011

Volumes have been written on how to monetize music in the post-Napster age. Most recently, streaming music and selling direct to fans are touted as industry saviors. But Ian Kwon, who I met and began advising last year offers a different solution that's a four-way win for artists, brands, charities and fans. In this interview, Kwon ...

News: Music Industry

1 Million Subs - Spotify Now Top Paid Music Service

March 9, 2011

It's official: Spotify now has 1 million subscribers which makes it the largest paid music service in the world. Its closest competitor is Rhapsody at 750,000-subscribers. According to Peter Kafka at Media Memo, Spotify reached this mark about a month ago, but is only now announcing it. This could give the company the negotiating leverage it ...