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PRS for Music Partners with Myspace
The UK's PRS for Music which represents 65,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers has partnered with MySpace. The three main components are: Driving PRS Membership - using the MySpace service to communicate to new writers and musicians the importance of PRS for Music membership Benefits to PRS for Members - exclusive offers including songwriting master ...
Indie Labels March on Washington This Week
The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), as a part of The Recording Academy's Grammys On The Hill" event, will lead a delegation to Capitol Hill this week to advocate for a slate of issues of crucial importance to the independent music community. A2IM President Rich Bengloff and Vice President Jim Mahoney will be joined by ...
A2IM Goes to Washington
The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), as a part of The Recording Academy's Grammys On The Hill" event, will lead a delegation to Capitol Hill this week to advocate for a slate of issues of crucial importance to the independent music community. Taking place April 14 and 15, and including meetings and a dinner with ...
After Vegging Out, Guitar God Jeff Beck Takes a Sharp Turn
What a tabloid headline it would have made: Guitar god felled by mutant carrot!" And it would have been no Spinal Tap-ish joke. The incident occurred last fall as Jeff Beck, five-time Grammy winner, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and one-of-a-kind six-string wizard, was prepping for a dinner party at his home outside ...
Patti LaBelle to Get Honorary Degree in Philly
Veteran R&B diva Patti LaBelle is getting an honorary degree from Temple University in her hometown of Philadelphia. The university will present LaBelle with the doctorate in humane letters at its May 13 commencement ceremony. LaBelle's singing career has spanned more than four decades and includes several hit records and two Grammy Awards. She has also ...
Full Text of Amazon's Scott Ambrose Reilly's Farewell Letter to the Music Industry
Scott Ambrose Reilly, Amazon's Sr. Manager of Digital Music is shifting gears to the company's Kindle team. On Friday, he sent this email to his peers in the record label community. (Also: Did Amazon Music Just Loose It's Soul?) Subject: Sad Eyes Dear friends and music business colleagues, On ...
Nimbit Names New CEO as Competition Heats Up
Direct to fan music marketing and sales platform Nimbit has brought in Bob Cramer as CEO. He's served on Nimbit's board of directors for 3 years, and will also continue to serve as its chairman. Co-founders Patrick Faucher and Phil Antoniades remain with the company with Faucher moving from CEO to the Chief Technology ...
Hear Ella, Stuff, and Ben in 1937!
Ella Fitzgerald, Stuff Smith, and Ben Webster recorded together in the late Fifties for a Norman Granz project Ella Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook. But they had been captured on disc twenty years before in what are much more fascinating circumstances. The good news is that the CD that is so delighting me is available and intensely ...
Helping Here, Helping There
It's time to open your wallets, jazz fans, for two great, intertwined causes.The Jazz Foundation of America is getting ready to present its 9th annual A Great Night in Harlem" gala concert May 9 at The Apollo Theater to benefit the organization's amazing Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund. The concert is a principal fundraiser for JEMF, ...
JFJO Welcome Jeff Harshbarger as New Bassist
JFJO Welcome Jeff Harshbarger As New Bassist A note from jfjo.com: Continuing in the jazz tradition of evolution, we are happy to welcome Jeff Harshbarger as our new double bassist. Residing in Kansas City, Harshbarger has recorded and performed across the globe with a variety of musicians from the likes of Bobby Watson and Curtis ...


