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The Financial Rise and Fall of RIAA and Major Labels
(Update 2) Revenue reports from RIAA member labels and edited notes compiled by Ccomp5950 via Techdirt. Be sure to read @billboardglenn's corrections and clarifications in the comments section. Year: $ In Millions (revenue) 1993: 10046.6 (price of CD players drop) 1994: 12068 1995: 12320.3 1996: 12533.8 1997: 12236.8 1998: 13723.4 (Napster sued ...
Sonicbids Acquires ArtistData
Exclusive Interview With Sonicbids CEO Panos Panay Sonicbids has acquired ArtistData, a popular platform that many musicians and labels use to simultaneously update their content across the web. The move signals an expansion for Sonicbids beyond its popular electronic press kits and gig opportunities to also helping artists promote their shows after they've been booked. ...
Robert Plant: Band of Joy
NEW ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 14 Robert Plant Robert Plant is back with Band of Joy, his first album since 2007's six time Grammy winning Raising Sand. Band of Joy was recorded in Nashville and will be released on September 14. A plunge into Americana, the album was co-produced by Plant and Nashville mainstay Buddy Miller. ...
How to Get a Job in the Music Industry
Kyle Bylin,Editor --(@kbylin) I. The Rise of a Rebel In August 2008, Bruce found me. At the time, I was twenty-year-old college student and an intern at an indie record label in Minneapolis, MN. I had just published my second blog post--ever. My readership was small--which is a polite way of saying that the ...
Jose James and Jef Neve at Regattabar in Cambridge on June 16
Jazz vocalist Jose James and Belgian pianist Jef Neve are performing at the Regattabar Jazz Club at Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge, on Wednesday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online or by calling 617 395-7757.The show celebrates the release of their new CD, For All ...
Canadian Drummer Tyler Hornby Releases Second Solo-Project Album
The new album from jazz drummer Tyler Hornby, A Road to Remember explores contemporary jazz at its finest. The music features original compositions inspired by his travels across Canada, the US, and particularly Europe over the last 3 years. A Road to Remember explores the human journey, the ups and downs that we experience--moments of elation, ...
Playboy Jazz Festival, Day 2
It's dangerous to speculate which program of the two-day Playboy Jazz Festival will be the better one just by glancing at the lineup. Most of the time, you will be wrong. Someone might be having an off-day, one act doesn't flow comfortably into the next, an overlooked veteran or a newcomer will suddenly get hot, the ...
Pipe Organ Returns to Alice Tully Hall
Skepticism stirred when Lincoln Center spirited the pipe organ out of Alice Tully Hall before the building's renovation in 2006, promising its eventual return. The skepticism only grew when the renovated hall reopened in early 2009 with no sign of the organ. But Lincoln Center promised all along, and now it has delivered. The 19-ton instrument, ...
Sting's Classical Effect
The former Police front man is touring with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Unlike his former band's reunion tour, he is enjoying himself. As the afternoon sun poured through the living room window of his grand apartment overlooking Central Park, Sting was calmly reflecting on his trying reunion with the Police, and anticipating, with genuine excitement, ...
A Movable Feast of a Festival
The best way to fight a pervasive assumption is to pretend it doesn't exist. The organizers of the first Undead Jazzfest, which ran Saturday and Sunday night at three clubs in the center of the West Village. Le Poisson Rouge, Sullivan Hall, and Kenny's Castaways are not necessarily hostile to the idea that jazz audiences like ...

