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News: Technology

MOG's Hyman: Subscription Music's Time Has Come

March 16, 2010

Most of this video form paidContent's 2010 conference panel “The Truth About the Subscription Business" is an informative look at print media's struggles and plans with paid subscriptions. But starting at about 7 minutes in, MOG CEO David Hyman explains why now is the time for subscription music and reveals that MOG will soon add seamless ...

News: Music Industry

Digital Growth Offsets CD Decline First Time in UK

March 16, 2010

Growth in digital music sales in 2009 offset the continuing decline in CD sales for the first time according to UK collection society PRS For Music. Digital revenues grew 73% (12.8m) to 30.4m in 2009 as platforms such as Spotify, MySpace Music, Amazon and iTunes expanded. That compared to an 8.7m drop in physical revenues through ...

News: Technology

'Dot Com' Domain Celebrates 25th Birthday

March 16, 2010

Monday marked the 25th anniversary of the .com domain, according to VeriSign. On March 15, 1985, Symbolics.com was the first domain to register via a “.com" address. Though it took another decade for .com to really catch on, there are now 80 million .com Web sites, including 11.9 million e-commerce and online business sites, 1.8 million ...

News: Music Industry

OTMG to Work with Stax Records on New Compilation

March 16, 2010

On Target Media is pleased to announce that we will be handling the digital marketing for the upcoming Stax 50th Anniversary compilation record, Stax Number Ones. The new record is a compilation of 15 chart-topping hits by Stax' best-known artists and is scheduled for release March 30th via Stax/Concord Records. Included are #1 hits by Booker ...

News: Radio

Dave Samuels Podcast Interview Now Online

March 16, 2010

Jazz St. Louis has put online the latest in their series of podcast interviews with musicians who are coming to St. Louis to play Jazz at the Bistro.The latest installment features a conversation with vibraphonist and marimba player Dave Samuels of the Caribbean Jazz Project, who will be here this week to perform Wednesday, ...

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News: Recording

Gabriel Riesco Reviewed Today at Jazz Chicago

March 16, 2010

GR Project Sculptures in Time (WUC Records) Eduardo Chillida was a highly acclaimed sculptor who built massive abstract structures that suggest movement through the use of form and space. Guitarist Gabriel Riesco used Chillada's work as the inspiration for his Sculptures in Time. A former student at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Berklee ...

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News: Recording

Celebrated Pianist Geri Allen to Debut Ambitious and Diverse Recordings on Motema

March 16, 2010

Celebrated Pianist Geri Allen To Debut Ambitious and Diverse Recordings on MotemaFlying Toward The Sound (Available March 30th)Geri Allen & Timeline - Live (Available June 8th)It is a sign not only of greatness but vitality when artists repeatedly challenge themselves and their listeners through works that both affirm and expand the legacies of ...

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News: Recording

Brian Landrus - Forward (Cadence Jazz Records)

March 16, 2010

Caliber of teacher is often a reliable gauge for quality of student. Evidence of the truth in that relational adage, reedist Brian Landrus came under the tutelage of a number of jazz luminaries over the course of his educational endeavors. Several of those able to join him on this debut recording include saxophonists George Garzone and ...

News: Recording

"Rpeduo" (UK) Digital Album Release

March 16, 2010

US Trumpeter Matt Postle and Polish Live Electronics Artist Radek Rudnicki release first digital only album entitled Rpeduo. Both Radek and Matt are currently studying for their PhDs at the University of York (UK) and maintain active performance careers playing throughout the UK and Europe. The album explores interaction between trumpet and live electronics, exposes how ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Fishtank Ensemble: Gypsy Wagons, Slap Bass and Mad Loves

March 16, 2010

Gypsy Wagons, Slap Bass, and Mad Loves: The Unseen Musical Forces behind Fishtank Ensemble Parked next door to a sandwich truck sits a hand-built, mule drawn “Gypsy wagon," like an apparition from a bygone era, in the driveway of a contemporary hillside home in Hollywood, California. Belonging to Fishtank Ensemble, it embodies the wild and wooly ...