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Correspondence: About Mark Murphy

October 16, 2010

Mark Murphy may have had his problems the past few years, but rumors that he is not singing well appear to be unfounded. Rifftides reader and occasional correspondent Jim Brown sent a report with evidence.A year or two ago, there were suggestions that Mark was in bad health, perhaps had dementia, and that he might not ...

News: Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Victor Garcia (Part 3)

October 18, 2010

Most great musicians simply know that they will have a career in music, and that inner belief drives them into a fierce momentum. Even as children, they are drawn to their instrument consistently, spending more time playing music than any other activity. By the time they reach their teens, most driven musicians have found a specific ...

News: Interview

Interview: Dionne Warwick

October 18, 2010

Two weeks ago, the phone rang and the voice on the other end said, “Hi, this is Dionne Warwick." Though the call was expected (we were due to talk for my Wall Street Journal profile that appears today here), I was still taken aback. There, on the phone, was that signature husky voice that had racked ...

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News: Recording

Norah Jones: Collaborations Collected on New Album

October 16, 2010

FOO FIGHTERS, TALIB KWELI, RYAN ADAMS & MORE TAP SINGER On November 16th, Norah Jones will release ...Featuring, an album of collaborations from the past decade. The 18 songs include duets with OutKast, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli and more. “A lot of the people on this record are people I've worshiped since I was a kid, and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Prince Tour?

October 16, 2010

WHERE? WHEN? WHO'S YOUR TAILOR? WHY NO APOLLONIA REUNION? The biggest musical star without an official website held a press conference at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem yesterday to sort of announce a new tour project called Welcome To America, over which his five-foot-nothing Purple Majesty would reign as MC and central attraction. However, Prince didn't ...

News: Opinion

Should New Albums Cost $1?

October 16, 2010

Rob Dickens, a former Warner Music executive, told BCC News that he thinks music prices should be radically reduced. He thinks that is albums were marked down to $1, sales would explode. If fans wanted a new album, they'd just go buy it. At a time when some in the industry are worried about fans thinking ...

News: Trends

Google Shares Impressive YouTube Stats

October 16, 2010

Google shared some impressive Q3 earnings numbers this week and for the first time broke down a bit more of how they achieved it. While Google didn't share specific revenue numbers for YouTube, they did say that they are now monetizing an impressive 2 billion views per week. That's a jump of 50% from last year. ...

News: Trends

MTT: The Music Manipulation Curve (Theory)

October 16, 2010

Bruce Warila discusses the constant trend of moving toward easier listening formats that allow for personalization on demand. Sites like Pandora utilize user feedback and hire professionals to break down songs and figure out what to recommend to listeners. Bruce thinks that services that feature “ubiquitous, on-demand streaming (or even downloading) of any song, brilliant user ...

News: Technology

Program or Be Programmed: It's Your Choice Now

October 16, 2010

When we talk about the young and the digital, we tend to reflect on the significance of them living cradle to the grave with access to digital technologies and their proficiently with them. Technology appears to be intuitive. We focus solely on their use of technology and say little of how they're getting used by it. ...

News: Music Industry

10 Truths About the Modern Recording Industry

October 18, 2010

(UPDATED) Fellow music industry journalist and net friend Jason Feinberg published a post yesterday on MediaShift where he chronicled the ten things that he believes to be true about the modern music business. Not to be left out of the fun, I decided to form my own list of truths. Over the course of the last ...