Results for "Music Industry"

How Your Father Influenced the Music You Love [infographic]

June 18, 2011

There are are many reasons why you listen to the music you do today. But for many, one of their influences was the music that their father played on the home stereo or maybe a concert Dad took them to.  Perhaps you loved it, or maybe you swore to never listen to anything like it again. ...

Spotify Closes New $100 Million Funding Round, U.S. Launch Nears

June 18, 2011

Spotify has closed another round of funding totalling $100 million based on a $1 billion valuation. (By comparison, Pandora's IPO this week valued the streaming music service at over $2 billion.) Spotify has been working on this deal for more than 6 months and in the end investors DST, Kleiner Perkins and Accel stepped up, according ...

Music Publishers Association Names New Board

June 17, 2011

The National Music Publishers' Association announced the results of its biennial election of its Board of Directors on Wednesday. The list includes many veterans of music publishing: Martin Bandier, Sony/ATV Music Publishing; Caroline Bienstock, Carlin America; Helene Blue,Helene Blue Musique Ltd.; Bob Doyle, Major Bob Music; John Eastman, MPL Communications; Roger Faxon, EMI Music Publishing; Neil ...

The 25 Richest Artists of 2011...

June 17, 2011

Agogic with Cuong Vu, Andrew D'Angelo: Something Good Going On in Seattle

June 17, 2011

Things have been happening for Cuong Vu since he moved out to Seattle. One of them is Agogic (T & C 001). Maestro Vu's trumpet locks in with Andrew D'Angelo's serpentine alto and bass clarinet, and they are held buoyant by the boldly blistering bass and drums of Luke Bergman and Evan Woodle, respectively. Add some ...

Petition Seeks Better Pay for Musicans at Jazz Festivals

June 17, 2011

The Undead Jazzfest, now in its second year, will employ dozens of jazz musicians next week, in more than 50 sets, from Thursday through Sunday, in New York. But the terms of that employment have drawn criticism, according to a petition posted online. Available at winterundeadmusicians.wordpress.com, the petition—which addresses both the Undead Jazzfest and a longer-running ...

John Coltrane Home Listed as Endangered Historic Place

June 16, 2011

I originally read about this on jazzblog.ca. The U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation, a non-profit organization recently listed the home of John Coltrane as one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. The website also offers the opportunity to text $10 to help save the places on the list. From the NHTP: One ...

Exclusive: Jim Griffin, WIPO Spearheading an 'International Music Registry'...

June 16, 2011

If there's one question this industry can't reliably answer, it's 'who owns what?' And a close second, 'how do you locate these owners?' Some songs are easy, but others have complicated ownership structures and splits that traverse recordings and publishing, or cross international borders. And, it can be incredibly complicated to contact, license, or pay the ...

Art Pepper and the Clarinet

June 15, 2011

Art Pepper recorded on clarinet sporadically during his career. He doubled on the instrument on his first recording session with Stan Kenton in 1943, while in Charles Mingus' bebop band in 1949 and in Kenton's Innovations Orchestra in 1950. As Laurie Pepper notes below, his decision to perform on the instrument in small groups later often ...

Time Warner's CEO: "Let's Cheer Up. This is Not the Music Business..."

June 15, 2011

In case you were wondering, 'poster child' is officially stamped onto the forehead of the music industry. So much so that other declining industries make themselves feel better by comparing themselves to music. “Let's cheer up," Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes told fellow executives at the NCTA Cable Show this week (as quoted by GigaOm). “This ...