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The T.A.M.I. Show: 1964
On October 29, 1964, about 3,000 high school students--some with their parents--jammed into the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California to hear a concert. The event would be filmed with new Electronovision technology that its developers claimed produced more vivid results than standard TV cameras. The concert was billed as The T.A.M.I. Show--which stood for Teenage ...
The Miles Davis Movie: Filming Charlie Parker and Miles Davis at the Three Deuces
But it was at the Three Deuces, playing every night there with Bird and Max, that really helped me find my own voice. Miles Davis (excerpt from Miles: The Autobiography) In 1944 Miles Davis moved to New York to study in the Julliard School of Music. His tenure would only last a few months. Instead he ...
Opportunities for Indie Filmmakers, Pop Composers
For years it was common for studios to cross-market a film with a well known performer, but today niche artists are landing more tracks in films and reaping the spoils, especially around award season. Glancing at recent best song nominees, offbeat names like “Bird" York ("In the Deep" from “Crash"), A.R. Rahman ("Jai Ho" from “Slumdog ...
Music Choice Adds SWRV Interactive Music Channel
Cable and online music providers Music Choice have created a new a 24/7 interactive music network using the never.no technology suite. SWRV. tv features interactive shows that offers viewers the opportunity to submit content, vote for and rate videos, and take over an entire programming block. They can participate by sending text, photos, and video, either ...
Studios Step up Futures Fight
The major movie studios may have lost their first battle over box-office futures trading, but they unveiled a powerful new weapon in response. Financial reform legislation unveiled Friday by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., contains a provision that would ban futures trading based on box-office receipts. Lincoln is chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which has jurisdiction ...
Film Looks at Struggles of Indie Records Stores
“An elegy for a vanishing subculture ...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade..." - Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe “I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the ...
Grateful Dead: "Crimson, White and Indigo" to Screen in Theaters
On April 20th, Grateful Dead and Rhino Records will release the new CD & DVD package Crimson, White & Indigo. Crimson, White & Indigo CD/DVD captures their July 7th, 1989 performance at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia to an audience of 95,000. The entire full-length theatrical concert experience is fully mastered and coming to theaters nationwide this ...
Rickey Minor Replacing Eubanks on 'Tonight Show'
“American Idol" music director Rickey Minor is headed for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Minor replaces longtime music director Kevin Eubanks, who on Monday's show made his May 28 exit date official. In an announcement Tuesday, NBC said Minor is expected to debut at “Tonight" on June 7. The current season of “American Idol" ends ...
Eubanks Makes It Official: He's Leaving 'Tonight'
"Tonight Show" bandleader Kevin Eubanks has made it official: He's leaving as Jay Leno's sideman in May after 18 years with the late-night host. He told Leno during Monday's taping of “Tonight" in Burbank, Calif., that he was ready for a career change of pace, but he didn't announce specific plans. Eubanks called the NBC late-night ...
