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Internet Archive Distributing Free Music, Movies and Books Via Bittorrent

August 16, 2012

The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library that permanently stores a great deal of content. In particular their Live Music Archive includes a wide range of freely downloadable recording of live concerts by artists that have allowed their work to be included. Recently a partnership between The Internet Archive and BitTorrent was announced that allows ...

News: Technology

India Embracing Digital Downloads? Flyte Surpasses 600k Downloads in 6 Months

August 16, 2012

Back in February, India's largest web retailer Flipkart announced its entry into the world of digital music sales with Flyte. In less than six months, the service has already seen more than 600,000 cumulative downloads, and according to the company, is seeing nearly 5,000 downloads each day - accounting for 1% of Flipkart's overall revenue. Flyte currently offers ...

News: Rights

Soundexchange Releases List of Unclaimed Digital Performance Royalties

August 16, 2012

SoundExchange continues its mission of rewarding musicians with their unclaimed digital performance royalties by today releasing a list of 50,000+ artist and label names owed tens of millions of dollars in royalty payments. This list also includes more than $31 million in royalties that are three or more years old ranging from $10 to more than ...

News: Technology

Deezer Continues Expansion as Music Streamer Launches in Asia

August 16, 2012

Music streamer Deezer had launched in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand bringing its total to 91 territories worldwide. Deezer will exist both as a standalone service in all three markets and through partner dtac in Thailand. With promised launches in Indonesia and the Philippines in the coming weeks, Asia offers a huge opportunity for the European-based streaming ...

News: Rights

Apple V. Samsung: Are You F-ing Kidding Me?

August 16, 2012

Let me get this straight: The company that allowed massive copyright infringement with their no-copy protection music pod now wants to prevent a legitimate competitor from copying what…? Rounded corners and a touch screen?. Does anyone besides me find it ironic that Apple is suing anyone for “copying” them? Isn’t Apple the very company that railed ...

News: Obituary

Von Freeman, 1922-2012

August 15, 2012

Von Freeman had everything it took to be a world-famous tenor saxophonist. He chose, instead, to remain in his native Chicago for his entire career. Appearances at a few jazz festivals in the US and abroad were the main exceptions. Freeman’s death on August 11 was announced today. He would have been 89 on October 3. ...

News: Performance / Tour

Coming Attractions Include Jimmy Herring, Snarky Puppy, Bett Butler

August 15, 2012

Catching up with the contents of the email inbox here at StLJN HQ, here's info on three upcoming shows by touring musicians coming to town to promote new releases that may be of interest to StLJN readers: Guitarist Jimmy Herring will be coming to St. Louis to perform at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 29 at the ...

News: Interview

Millicent Martin: Bye TW3

August 15, 2012

Back when the Beatles, the Stones, Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield and all the rest were still toiling away in the U.K., one of the finest sophisto-pop vocalists on British TV was Millicent Martin. In the early '60s, the comedian, singer and film and theater actress was best known for her coiffed flip and appearances on the ...

News: Interview

Interview with Freelance Musician Tony Maceli

August 15, 2012

At Musician Wages, we’ve always believed there are as many ways to be a freelance musician as there are freelance musicians. Every musician we’ve talked to has their own combination of jobs that, combined, make up their career. We’d like to share the experiences and advice of more working musicians on our site through a series ...

News: Trends

Throwback: Beck Encourages Digital Fans to Engage with Analog Music

August 15, 2012

Last week, Beck announced that his new album wouldn't be released as a digital download, nor as a CD or a vinyl. Rather, the album Beck Hansen's Song Reader will be released in December entirely as individual pieces of sheet music by the publishing house McSweeney's. While the idea of releasing songs as sheet music is ...