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Zappa Threatening Zappa Over Zappa Plays Zappa
In this most recent copyright upset, the children of the late Frank Zappa are attempting to take legal action against one of their siblings, the unfortunate Dweezil Zappa, alleging that his attempt to tour under the name “Zappa Plays Zappa" is infringing on the rights of the Zappa estate. Guest Post by Mike Masnick on Techdirt ...
Music Festivals: Revenue For Event And Host City Is Staggering
For the last decade, live music has been a ray of sunshine in the music industry's otherwise often cloudy skies. In the last few years, mega-festivals seem to be cropping up everywhere often generating huge revenue for both presenters and the host town. By Steve Baltin for The Grammys April is festival month at the Empire ...
Using Music To Re-Architect Hospitals [George Howard]
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Following his recent stay in hospital, George Howard reflects on music's potential to positively transform a hospital environment, in a manner which is not only cost effective for the hospital, but also benefits artists and rights holders. Guest Post by George Howard on Forbes You might have noticed that it’s been relatively quiet in George-landia. My ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 6-12
As we get closer and closer to the Twin Cities Jazz festival (June 23-25), we seem to be revving up the jazz engines with a strong slate of gigs and concerts in coming weeks. Some outstanding visitors as well as local heroes are on the schedule for early May! BIG GIGS THIS WEEK Friday, May 6. ...
Fran Jeffries: the Sixties
Many female pop singers who were young adults in the mid-1960s ran into career trouble. Most had come up in the late 1950s with their hearts set on becoming traditional pop singers and had dreams of being signed by Capitol Records. But the powerful rock and Motown incursions of the pop charts mid-decade completely changed the ...
Back To The Future: Old Music Is Selling More Than New Music
Out with the new in with the old! According to recent study, 2015 saw catalog sales edging out new releases, in spite of the release of commercial heavy hitters like Adele's 25. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Nielsen's latest music report is out and, as always, it's very revealing about what we listen to in ...
Two Acts In Congress Could Make It Easier For Artists International Acts To Tour The US
The U.S. has a somewhat unfortunate reputation in the music industry as being a difficult country for international acts to tour in, whether it's an issue with visas, payment or issues with customs. Still, some of this could soon change, owing to two new acts which have recently been introduced to congress. Guest Post by Jeremy ...
TuneCore Encourages Members To Opt-In To $25M Spotify NMPA Settement, Artist Advocates Cry Foul
Spotify and the NMPA are contacting artists and publishers encouraging them to sign on to the $25 million settlement they negotiated over unreported and unpaid royalties for unlicensed streams. This week, TuneCore reached out to the artists using their music publishing platform encouraging them to opt-in. TuneCore sent an email this week to the tens of thousands of ...
How Live Music Can Save Itself From Disruption [Cortney Harding]
While the live music market is strong and getting stronger, it may soon struggle, as increasing numbers of potential concert goers opt for a night in. It's time that the music industry take steps to make live shows more enticing. Guest post by music industry and music tech consultant Cortney Harding The timing for this piece, at first glance, seems ...
Reaching Millennial Fans Using Old School Billboards At Music Festivals
How to market to millennial consumers is a great mystery for most main stream marketers. It turns out that one of the best ways to reach millennial music fans- particularly superfans- is a very old school form of advertising- billboards. By Clyde Smith for Dash Two With Coachella kicking off the music festival season and images ...
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