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Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM to Hit Xbox Live
Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm all will debut on the Microsoft Xbox Live service beginning on Nov. 17, Microsoft officials said Thursday. Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten made the announcement at the NewTeeVee Live conference on Thursday, according to a company spokesman. Users will be able to update their Facebook status or send and read Twitter ...
Are Billboard and the Hollywood Reporter for Sale?
Billboard Editor Bill Werde is fond of saying, I'm on the crossroads of two of the most challenged industries in the world: music and publishing. But I still like the view". Unfortunately, his view may be a bit cloudier today. Several Nielson publications including Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Brandweek and Mediaweek are set to be sold ...
New Digital Music Software Popularity Ranking
Digital Music Doctor has released its Music Software Internet Popularity Index for Third Quarter 2009. During Q3 the top five products - DigiDesign Pro Tools, Steinberg Cubase, ImageLine FL Stu dio, Cakewalk Sonar, and Apple Logic - maintained their previous positions. Ableton Live, Apple GarageBand, and PG Music Band-in-a-Box moved up in the rankings pushing down ...
Tunecore Partners with Ehealth to Offer Musicians Health Insurance Resources and Options
President Obama may be moving as fast as he can to bring affordable health care to everyone, but TuneCore decided not to wait for legislation to help musicians. It took a national debate on healthcare to remind me that health care is a basic need for musicians because you can't perform if you're sick," said Jeff ...
Notes from the Net: Phil Perry Recovering; the Continuing Legend of Miles Davis; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More
Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest.* Starting, as we usually do, with some Miles Davis items, it seems that the ...
What Will Fans Pay For?
This guest post first appeared on Debbie Chachra's blog zed equals zee. Debbie is a Cambridge, MA based academic, music fan, and geek, not always in that order. You can also follow her on Twitter. I know that there is ideology on both sides: people who feel that all music should be free, and people who ...
Discovering New Music Artists in the Digital Age: Interscope Digital Distribution Reaches Beyond DIY
Deal With TuneCore Connects Musicians With Interscope A&R Executives SANTA MONICA, CA - The promise of the digital revolution in the music industry takes another step forward with the creation today of Interscope Digital Distribution (IDD), by Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records. Through interscopedigitaldistribution.com, IDD will work in conjunction with TuneCore to distribute new and independent artists' original music ...
Master of the Mutable, in an Idiom All His Own
On a recent Sunday, in the home stretch of a concert at Roulette, a new-music institution in SoHo, Henry Threadgill shut his eyes and flashed an enigmatic smile. His longtime ensemble, Zooid, was nearing the end of a labyrinthine, nearly hourlong world premiere, and the atmosphere in the room packed beyond capacity, with people crowded in ...
Hamsa Lila, Airto Moreira: S.F. Green Fest After Party
CHART-TOPPING WORLD MUSIC BAND HAMSA LILA TO PERFORM WITH AIRTO MORIERA FOR OFFICIAL GREEN FESTIVAL AFTER PARTY BENEFITING COMMON VISION Hamsa Lila World music band Hamsa Lila will be returning to the San Francisco Bay area after a three year hiatus to headline a gala event benefiting Common Vision and featuring the legendary Brazilian ...
IFPI: "Illegal File-Sharing Reduces Legitimate Sales" What Do You Think?
Global recording industry trade group the IFPI predictably responded to a new UK study that downloaders of unauthorized music also spend more money than average adding to their music collections legally. The net effect of illegal file-sharing in the UK and elsewhere has been to reduce legitimate sales. This is why spending on recorded music ...


