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News: Interview

Interview: Albert Maysles (Part 2)

November 18, 2010

Watching Gimme Shelter with director Albert Maysles was one of my crazier long-shot ideas. But Albert immediately saw the value and agreed to do it. As we settled in several weeks ago and the film began to roll, I couldn't help but feel this electric surge. As with Sonny Rollins agreeing to take a drive uptown ...

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News: Video / DVD

Jeff Beck: Les Paul Tribute Tour, CD/DVD, PBS Special

November 18, 2010

TRIBUTE CONCERT OUT ON DVD FEB. 22; TOUR STARTS MARCH 24; SPECIAL AIRS NOV. 27 Jeff Beck paid fitting tribute to Les Paul last summer, celebrating what would have been the pioneering guitarist's 95th birthday by playing his friend and mentor's music, along with classic tunes from the era, in the same Times Square nightclub that ...

News: Festival

Gathering of the Vibes 2011 Dates

November 18, 2010

SUMMER 2011 BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE Gathering of the Vibes once again convene at Connecticut's Seaside Park on at July 21-24, 2011. The 16th annual Gathering of the Vibes kicks off the holidays on 'Black Tie Dye Friday' (November 26), when Early Bird and VIP tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Early Bird camping packages ...

News: Performance / Tour

Neil Young Tribute Concert: Keller, Roots, Mason Jennings

November 18, 2010

CONCERT TO BENEFIT MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH Michael Dorf announced today the first artists confirmed to play a special tribute concert to take place February 10, 2011, at Carnegie Hall, celebrating the music of Neil Young. The initial, star-studded lineup of musicians honoring the legendary songwriter's music include: Patti Smith, Living Colour's Vernon Reid, ...

News: Music Industry

Is Google Buying Rhapsody?

November 18, 2010

I can't call it anything more than a persistent rumor, but I've heard it now from more than one decent source: Google is (or at least thinking about) buying Rhapsody. To bolster his case, one source added that Google had put out strong feelers to a number of key digital music executives for its announced Google ...

News: Technology

3 Major Innovations That Made Large-Scale Music Collaboration Possible Online

November 20, 2010

Central to the founding ideology of Indaba Music is the notion of collaboration; they strive to empower musicians with the means to network and make music together. Since 2007 the website has grown to harbor over 500,000 musicians—from amateurs, who make music for the love of the craft, to Grammy Award winners, who've created music on ...

News: Music Industry

Beggars Group on Why They Left eMusic

November 18, 2010

In an official statement, UK based indie power house Beggars Group, which includes the popular Matador and 4AD labels, explained why, like several other indie labels, it's leaving eMusic on the eve of the subscription service's addition of tracks from UMG and major relaunch: “As those of you who buy our music from eMusic will know ...

News: Opinion

An Argument for Fan Funding: "I'd Rather Be Owned by My Fans Than by a Record Company."

November 18, 2010

Brian Hazard rattled some cages with his argument against fan-funding. So much so that several executives from leading fan-funding companies took notice and weighed in their opinions. I thought it was worth challenging an artist on this matter. Bleu, a singer-songwriter-producer, set a goal of $8,000 for his Kickstarter campaign. Almost overnight, 387 fans jumped into ...

News: Music Industry

The Sad State of Music Industry Coverage

November 18, 2010

The echo chamber of the blogosphere consumes us. News breaks everywhere. But what does it mean? There seems to be so few interested in saying something, expressing their opinion, and engaging in the deeper discourse. Writing is hard. It isn't for everyone. However, there are plenty of big questions to be asked about the state of ...

News: Economics

WMG Revenues Decline 13%, Digital Sales Grew 7%

November 18, 2010

In SEC filings this morning, Warner Music Group reported revenue of $752 million, a decline of 13% from the prior year quarter (-12% on a constant currency basis). Full year 2010 revenue declined 7% to $2,984 million (-9% on a constant currency basis). Despite declining revenue, cost cutting helped grow the company's cash war chest to ...