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Interview: Steve Knopper of Rolling Stone and Appetite for Self-Destruction (PT. 4)

August 20, 2010

Read Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3 Kyle Bylin: In a desperate attempt to preserve existing cultural and social norms or potential damage to the current social institution, the traditional record industry has gone to war with everything from the phonograph to player pianos to home-taping, claiming that these new technologies would effectively kill of ...

Industry Bloggers Bite Paul McGuinness Back

August 20, 2010

As reported earlier this week, U2 manager Paul McGuinness had some humorous and colorful things to say about industry bloggers and the state of music in general. A number of those “bloggers" decided to respond and critique his new GQ essay. Naturally, none of these perspectives are from any sort of the “anonymous gremlins“ that McGuinness ...

Fat Beats Closes Last Remaining Retail Locations

August 20, 2010

Early this September, hip hop label Fat Beats will be closing its two remaining iconic retail locations in New York and Los Angeles. The label will be throwing a series of blow-out sales and tribute parties, open to the public, to celebrate the 16 years that the stores were in operation. To Fat Beats, their ability ...

MidemNet Lab Music Startup Showcase Now Accepting Submissions

August 20, 2010

MidemNet Lab has opened the application process for its January 2011 Cannes showcase. This international pitch platform helps launch and expose innovative international music start-ups and mobile apps.  This year, applicants can submit to one of three categories: mobile apps services for the industry services for the consumer Each finalists will pitch to a jury of ...

Mellencamp Likens the Internet to Atomic Bomb

August 20, 2010

John Mellencamp. What a well-known, thoughtful artist, who always has such insightful things to say about the music business. His erudite commentary on the evolution of our culture is intelligent and will be a hot topic for further discussion: “The Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb. It's destroyed the music business. ...

One Track Mind: Ethan Keller "Fallen Idol" (2010)

August 20, 2010

By Pico “All eyes on the judges, who tabulate the score..." So where are we on this whole American Idol saga, anyway? I heard that Simon Cowell and Ellen Degeneres had vacated their judges' chairs (this was the first I've heard of Degeneres even being on the show). And Kara DioGuardi was fired. Just the other ...

Antibalas - Who is This America? (2004, 2010 Reissue)

August 20, 2010

By Pico The American Afrobeat movement hadn't bubbled up from the underground all that long ago, but maybe it isn't too soon to look back at what have been the key releases from this revival. At least that's what Ropeadope Records thinks in re-releasing this week Who Is This America from Antibalas only six years after ...

Ensemble Joys: "Say 'Si Si'"!

August 19, 2010

The New Orleans musicians—even the ones who took expansive solos as the nature of jazz changed—knew how important inspired ensemble playing was. It would have been very bad form to cut short a romping group effort and simply dilute its force into a series of solos with the rhythm section. And this principle is perfectly demonstrated ...

Savory Delights

August 19, 2010

Like many other jazz fans, I first heard the name Bill Savory in the liner notes (by George Avakian) to a series of Benny Goodman airshot performances issued on Columbia Records after the astonishing success of their 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert issues. I learned that Savory was a pioneering engineer, friend to many jazz musicians, ...

Video: Kruder and Dorfmeister Live

August 19, 2010