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News: Performance / Tour

SXSW | 03.17.10 | Austin, TX - Day 1

March 19, 2010

Words by: Kayceman | Images by: Scott Dudelson & Kayceman SXSW :: 03.17.10 :: Wednesday :: Austin, TX With almost 2,000 bands performing on 80 stages throughout downtown Austin, the South by Southwest Music Conference is a music marathon fueled by Lone Star Beer and tacos. Now in its 24th year, SXSW might not be ...

News: Music Industry

Selling to Fans? Think L.I.V.E.

March 19, 2010

During yesterday's SXSW 2010 panel “Your Fans Are Your Livelihood“ hosted by Glenn Peoples of Billboard, Brian Peterson of Bandboxrecommended that the key to more sales from fans is to think L.I.V.E. Limited Offer products that are limited in time and/or quantity. Interaction Interact regularly with the fans. Value Add more value or discount the product. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

England Swings - JALC Style...

March 19, 2010

Just as New York City's attention will be focused on a bubbling array of jazz choices in late June with return of a George Wein-produced jazz festival in the Big Apple (the CareFusion Jazz Festival, running June 17 to 26), the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has teamed up for an interesting out-of-town residency. Out-of-country, off-continent ...

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News: Education

McGill Graduate Music Symposium

March 19, 2010

Im finally recovering from my whirlwind weekend in Montreal, where I attended the McGill Graduate Music Symposium, a three-day graduate student musicology conference put on by the McGill Music Graduate Students Society. It was the first time in my brief academic career that I attended a conference like this, and I had such a blast that ...

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News: TV / Film

Stewart, Fanning Glam It up in Runaways

March 19, 2010

Film is a smart showcase to help stars break out as they take on adult roles. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning star as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie in the tumultuous story of the 1970's all girl rock band, The Runaways. “The Runaways," chronicling the rise and fall of Joan Jett's first band, easily could have ...

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News: Technology

Earliest Signature of Renaissance Artist Found

March 19, 2010

Hidden beneath arabesque decorations, art experts have found what they believe is the earliest signature placed on a painting by the Renaissance master Raphael (1483-1520), who at the time was a 16-year-old boy. Featuring the words “RAPHAEL SANT" Santi was Raphael's real surname the signature has been detected in an obscure painting that has been kept ...

News: Technology

Viacom Says YouTube Ignored Copyrights

March 19, 2010

Pointing to internal YouTube e-mail messages, Viacom said in a court filing that the video sites founders turned a blind eye when users uploaded copyrighted clips so they could amass a big audience and sell the company quickly. The charge was one of many made by Viacom in filings unsealed on Thursday in its three-year-old copyright ...

News: TV / Film

Neil Young Trunk Show

March 19, 2010

Virtually from the beginning of a career that's closing in on the half-century mark, Neil Young has been both an obsessive archivist and a passionate believer in the nexus of rock music and film. That combination goes a long way toward explaining why he's made considerably more films than your average rock star and why he ...

News: Technology

Where Are Twitter Users Going?

March 19, 2010

As most Twitter users know, a significant portion of the social network's value comes from all the interesting links that send users from one part of the Web to another. Market-research firm Hitwise recently decided to see where all those Twitter users go when they leave Twitter.com. The firm found that most folks go to entertainment ...

News: Technology

Is Apple Developing a Social Networking App for iPhone?

March 19, 2010

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent that describes a location-based social-networking application for the iPhone. The patent, discovered by Apple blog Patently Apple, describes a location-based app, called iGroups, that would enable users to form a social network with others around them. The main focus is to deliver a social-networking-like service, ...