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Labels Unhappy with MySpace Music Revenue
The major label partners who co-own MySpace Music are pleased with the traffic that the service is generating. But during a recent closed door meeting the labels also made it clear that they are not pleased with the revenue they are receiving, according to a variety of sources. The labels are pushing for more integration with ...
What the Music Industry Can Learn from Detroit
"Companies of the future will see the public as their partner. Rather than suing customers, they'll give them blankets, and a return of all fees when a concert is canceled. There's no service in this industry. And it was the lack of service that shredded Detroit's reputation..." “We've got a long way ...
CD Packaging Study: "It Isn't Easy Being Green"
"Comparing Packaging Options For Compact Discs - A Environmental & Toxicological Assessment," a new RIAA and NARM joint study of CD packaging highlights the environmental impact of various CD packaging options. Think moving from less plastic to more cardboard - even recycled cardboard - is the answer to going green? Think again. Some new packaging still ...
Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics
By: Jim Welte Mulatu Astatke Nearly 50 years ago, a bright-eyed Ethiopian teen arrived in Wrexham, a county borough in the northeastern part of Wales. His parents had sent him nearly 4,000 miles from home to attend a renowned boarding school that welcomed a host ...
Listening Tip: A Sudhalter Program
Bill Kirchner continues his Jazz From The Archives series on WBGO-FM, Newark, (88.3) and the internet with a show about a musician frequently mentioned on Rifftides. Here's his announcement. Musician/author Richard Sudhalter (1938-2008) wrote (in the first case, co-wrote) three landmark books: BIX: MAN AND LEGEND, LOST CHORDS, and STARDUST MELODY. He also was a fine ...
All Charges Dropped Against Drummer Charlie Rice!
It's a celebration! This Thursday, May 7th, at the Collingwood Community Center from 7-9PM, 30 Collings Ave, Collingswood, NJ. $10/$5 students. Free sodas and buffet. Ed Wise and his New Orleans Big Band will be appearing to celebrate Charlie Rice's victory! See Philadelphia Daily News Article below. Jazz drummer beats gas rap By JASON ...
Other Places: Charlap on Improvisation
Last Friday, Leonard Lopate of WNYC radio in New York invited Bill Charlap to drop by the studio where Lopate does his Please Explain program and talk about how jazz improvisation works. Seated at the piano, Charlap spoke clearly about the raw materials of music and showed what jazz players do with them in the act ...
Local Theremin Virtuoso Blazes New Ground
CD REVIEW “Xenovibes III - Xing Paths" Shuehli-Ong's new Xenovibes album shows that Singapore has more to export than just mainstream pop artists, says CHRISTOPHER LIM (Entertainment Correspondent, the Business Times Singapore) CD : Xenovibes III - Xing Paths Electric Muse/Fingerfoot Music Productions Rating: A CD ...
Musicians Preferred; Loud Music O.K.
CARMEN STAAF, a 28-year-old New England Conservatory-trained jazz pianist, does what she has to do to make ends meet. Last year, she played accordion in a musical about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, starring puppets. More recently, she played ragtime piano with a xylophone band--in a dog costume. But those gigs were nothing compared with talking her ...
Weekend Extra: Fitzgerald and Peterson
Thanks to Julius LaRosa for pointing us toward a performance with the Oscar Peterson Trio by Ella Fitzgerald late in her career. Peterson sits out most of the first chorus. Bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen generates the powerful swing with Fitzgerald. Then the pianist and drummer Martin Drew join the ride. Ella is rarely singled out for ...
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