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News: Technology

Will More Indie Labels Return to eMusic?

January 15, 2010

During 2007-08 several prominent indie records labels pulled their product from eMusic. Epitaph, Anti, Victory, Urge, Red House, Silva America, Tzadik and others left siting lower payouts - 30-35 cents vs. 65 cents from iTunes. When Epitaph and sister label Anti left, then eMusic CEO David Pakman felt compelled to rebut the departure on the official ...

News: Music Industry

Major Label Price Fixing Lawsuit Reinstated

January 15, 2010

(UPDATED) The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has reinstated an antitrust lawsuit accusing all four major record labels of conspiring to fix prices for music downloads. The lawsuits accuse the labels of agreeing to an online wholesale price of about $.70 per song even though their cost for each sale is far ...

News: Technology

RealNetworks Chief Glaser Steps Down

January 15, 2010

RealNetworks chief executive and founder Rob Glaser has stepped down, RealNetworks said Wednesday. Glaser, who founded Progressive Networks (later RealNetworks) in 1994, said he would “step down from day-to-day operations," remaining as chairman. He will be replaced by Bob Kimball, Real's general counsel and vice president of corporate business development. Kimball said that he would work ...

News: Technology

Top 10 U.S. Music Sites

January 15, 2010

(Updated) A launch week filled with technical problems did not stop new video hub VEVO from becoming the most trafficked music web site music in the U.S. according to data from comScore though 90% of that traffic came via it's YouTube channel. MySpace was #2 and music lyrics hub ToneFuse came in at #8. Last.fm just ...

News: Technology

Gartner: Mobile Web Will Outstrip Other Platforms

January 15, 2010

New research from Gartner indicates that the mobile Web--as in cell phones and smartphones--will overtake PCs as the most common devices used for Web access sometime during the next three years. MediaPost reports that it's a more aggressive projection than the one Morgan Stanley issued, which had forecast five years as the time frame. To put ...

News: Recording

Celebrating the Tension Between Art and Science

January 15, 2010

The guitarist David Gilmore has a pronounced fondness for metric convolution, jigsaw complexity and a near-mystical spirit of intrigue. So it makes sense that Numerology is the name he has chosen for his new suite, created with a grant from Chamber Music America and presented at the Jazz Standard this week. With its whiffs of occult ...

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News: Interview

A Saxophone is Her Only Constant

January 15, 2010

Some young jazz musicians find their style and move in lock, stock and barrel, making little refinements over the years but basically keeping their place. Ingrid Laubrock, a German saxophonist who started her career in London and has spent the last 15 years playing there, sounds happily unsettled. On tenor and soprano, shes omnivorous and pointed, ...

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News: Music Industry

The Jazz Community is Bigger Than You Think

January 15, 2010

Over at A Blog Supreme, Patrick Jarenwattananon has a beautifully-articulated essay that really sums up my thoughts about this weekend, and my hope for the future of jazz. Between carving my way through the Winter JazzFest, discussing the future of jazz at the Jazz Journalists Association mini-conference, digging Conrad Herwigs Latin Side All-Stars at the Blue ...

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News: Performance / Tour

New Mastersounds, Trom Shorty Salvador Santana Tour Dates

January 15, 2010

THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS TOUR WITH TROMBONE SHORTY AND SALVADOR SANTANA The New Mastersounds Kicking off 2010 with an international tour including Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom, The New Mastersounds are already jet setting their way across the globe. The band's first U.S. tour will begin March 3 in Boulder, CO at The Fox Theatre with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Garage a Trois | 12.19.09 | New York

January 15, 2010

Words by: Jarrod Dicker Garage A Trois :: 12.19.09 :: Bowery Ballroom :: New York, NY Garage A Trois New York City was covered by snow on this Saturday night, whiting out the city landscape with an awe-inspiring touch of gray. There was no ...