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PopKOMM Forecasts A Bright Future For The Music Industry
Between September 19th and 21st, Berlin, Germany will become the centerpiece worldwide for the music industry with the 19th annual popKOMM music conference and festival. In 2007, popKOMM will once again be the gathering ground for all facets of the music industry from managers, artists, labels, studios and the media. (06/04) ReadYou may also like
Can bad TV save a bad music career?
Times Colonist | 23/06/08 
Janet Jackson will soon be roaming the backstreets and church choirs of America on the hunt for "the next big thing" in pop. Naturally, it's all for ... More
Labels eye variable pricing for digital sales
Reuters | 07/06/08
Arguably the No. 1 item on record labels' to-do list for the year is, "Establish variable pricing for digital downloads."
As luck would have it, ... More
A new harmony for music labels, TV
Los Angeles Times | 07/06/08
It's the sobering reality of today's music business -- a record company executive can sign a new act and then tell her, "Keep your day job."
That ... More
Music execs stuck in old time rock'n'roll
The Guardian | 11/05/08
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How much should music cost?
Los Angeles Times | 06/05/08
hree interesting developments today on the issue of music pricing and price elasticity, a subject close to my heart. While one label starts flirting with ... More
Bands are getting into bed with consumer brands
Timesonline | 04/05/08
Gabriel Hubert, horn player with Damon Albarn's favourite street-jazz collective, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, speaks with the unashamed zeal of a convert: ... More
Music can be path to language and math
AP Google | 01/05/08 
The challenge was to come up with an idea that can transform public education, particularly in poor communities. The winner: an educator with a passion ... Read
No One Likes The Music Labels. Who Cares?
Silicon Alley Insiders | 21/04/08
Newsflash, courtesy of PR agency Edelman: Young people don't feel warmly about the music industry, presumably because they are harshing their mellow and ... Read
Music biz lawyers wary of labels' new grab
Reuters | 29/12/07
Like it or not, major record companies are expected to continue drafting their artist contracts so that labels share a piece of most -- if not all -- of ... Read
Further lack of harmony between EMI and top acts
Timesonline | 19/12/07
The relationship between EMI and some of its leading artists soured further yesterday as the record label suggested Robbie Williams's potential departure ... Read
David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars
Wired News | 19/12/07
I used to own a record label. That label, Luaka Bop, still exists, though I'm no longer involved in running it. My last record came out through Nonesuch, ... Read
EMI to exit IFPI
Variety | 10/01/08
In a move designed to get major music trade organizations to reorganize, EMI has made the first step to exit the British trade group IFPI. Top operating ... Read
Why (And How) I Just Canceled All My Music Subscriptions
Wired News | 28/12/07
Now that three of the four major labels have decided to sell music without DRM, I've finally decided to drop it too. I've subscribed to Napster, Rhapsody, ... Read
Uni Blaze Burns Musical History
Deadline Hollywood | 02/06/08
It looks like more was damaged or destroyed in today's Universal Studios fire than anyone previously thought. I've learned that Universal Music, which ... More
The Who release first album for a generation
Soundgenerator | 25/08/06
The Who's first studio album in over 25 years will also be released alongside a compilation of Pete Townsend's rock opera, 'The Boy Who Heard Music'. ... Read
Toussaint explores life after Katrina, outside the Big Easy
Scripps Howard News Service | 15/05/07
Allen Toussaint never left New Orleans. He spent virtually his entire distinguished career playing piano, singing, writing songs and making records with ... Read
Ever so Kylie rated
Timesonline | 09/03/07
Calvin Harris, creator of the MySpace hit Acceptable in the 80s and now stardust-sprinkling producer to Kylie Minogue, is squeezing his 6ft 3in frame through ... Read
Music producer Phil Ramone a humble genius
Reuters | 23/10/07
Grammy-winning record producer/engineer Phil Ramone has twiddled the knobs for some of modern music's biggest-selling, most influential performers: Barbra ... Read
Pioneering venture
Haaretz.com | 22/12/06
One of Nahum Heiman's main tools in recent years is cotton ear swabs. Last Tuesday the composer sat in one of the rooms of his home, which he calls "the ... Read
Wild Predictions for a Wired 2007
Wired News | 02/01/07
Here are some predictions for 2007: Google Stock Hits $1,000 per Share Internet Traffic Doubles ... to 5,000 petabits per day by the end of 2007. And 80 ... Read
Suin' safari: Beach Boys' legal hits keep on comin'
SignonSanDiego.com/ | 01/12/06
Good vibrations? Not always. On stage and in the studio, Brian Wilson, his cousin Mike Love and the rest of the Beach Boys produced some of rock 'n' ... Read
Def Jam Brings Musical Fight to Next-Gen
Kikizo | 20/10/06
Melding hip-hop and fighting may seem like an odd idea for a game series but that hasn't held back EA's rapper-blessed Def Jam series from bloodying ... Read
MySpace will block illegal use of music
Boston.com | 31/10/06
News Corp.'s MySpace.com yesterday said it had licensed a new technology to stop users from posting unauthorized copyrighted music on the social networking ... Read
For iTunes hacker, the freedom of the open code
CNET | 24/11/06
He was 15 years old at the time and quickly became known in hacker circles as "DVD Jon," a wunderkind of reverse engineering who tore down cumbersome ... Read
Christina Aguilera's Unreleased X-Rated Song
HollywoodRag.com | 13/02/07
Christina Aguilera has recorded a song about oral sex, but has vowed never
to release it. The 'Dirrty' singer revealed she laid down the X-rated track ... Read
Mike Watt Talks (and Talks) Stooges Recording
Pitchforkmedia | 13/10/06
Iggy Pop and the reunited Stooges (with former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt replacing the late David Alexander) began recording their previously reported ... Read
YourGuitarist Offers Musicians Internet-Based Custom Guitar Tracks
| 18/08/06
YourGuitarist.com announced the launch of its web site, offering Internet based development of custom guitar tracks for artists worldwide. YourGuitarist ... Read
Stevie Wonder gives Taste-y performance
Chicago Sun-Times | 30/06/08
Saturday afternoon Stevie Wonder returned to Taste of Chicago with a concert that was generous, adventurous, populist, humorous and amorous.
"A lot ... More
Jay-Z Quiets Critics With Indie Cred
ABC News | 30/06/08
The world's largest music festival is wrapping up in the rolling hills of Somerset, England. For three raucous days, revelers at Glastonbury can always ... More
Fez music festival builds bridges
BBC | 30/06/08
Artists from all over the world converged on its ancient city of Fez, to the east of the capital Rabat.
While the Saudi gathering was made up of only ... More
Death of the folk song
Nationmedia.com | 16/06/08
THE TURKANA CULTURAL FESTIval, organised by the German Embassy, debuted recently to showcase the promise of a region that lacks the advantage of numbers ... More
Obamaroo: Days of love, peace, music
The Baltimore Sun | 16/06/08
Comes word on this sunny Father's Day, from a child on the road, that the annual music and arts festival which has convened in a 700-acre pasture at Manchester, ... More
Festival of Microtonal Music Breaks Musical Barriers
The Arcadia Weekly | 04/05/07
The Festival of Microtonal Music will allow local audiences to hear cutting edge contemporary music when its three month, six performance program, the ... Read
Historic buildings at risk from rock concerts
The Guardian | 14/09/07
Rock concerts at some of the UK's most important historic buildings have put them at risk of damage from powerful bass note vibrations, according to research ... Read
Jagger gets rocks off at Indian music festival
Reuters | 03/11/07
Mick Jagger was a surprise visitor to the inaugural Rajasthan International Folk Festival, held October 25-29 in the Indian city of Jodhpur. "I wouldn't ... Read
If it's Bihu, let the music play
Telegraph India | 06/04/07
Bihu is synonymous with music, dance and festivities. So, when a group of experienced and young artistes got together for a music album, they decided to ... Read
Marianne Faithfull shines as grandmother-turned-sex worker
ABC News | 13/02/07
Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull plays a grandmother in dire straights who becomes a sex worker in London's seedy Soho, in a touching yet hilarious ... Read
Ghana Music Awards festival takes off
The Statesman | 08/05/07
Interspersed with exciting live stage performances by old time greats such as George Darko and Nana Kwame Ampadu I, as well as young and not so young artistes ... Read
Glastonbury 2007 review
The Sun | 25/06/07
AFTER Glastonbury was cancelled last year, the rush to get tickets for this summer's festival was on. The muddiest annual music bash attracts everyone ... Read
Batman Samini Is King Of Reggae Music In Ghana
Ghana Music.com | 15/05/07
Ghana's most famous hip life artiste, Emmanuel Samini (Batman) was astonished when his name was mentioned as the best Reggae Artiste of the year at the ... Read
Dubai Original Music Festival Attracts A Surprise Sponsor
World Music Central | 08/05/07
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After an anemic start, Rage Against the Machine delivers at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.
Los Angeles Times | 01/05/07
Zack de la Rocha crouched in front of Brad Wilk's drum kit and surveyed the nearly 60,000 people at his feet. All around him crested a noise that had ... Read
Archdeacon against Sir Elton John's visit
Jamaica Gleaner | 16/03/07
Controversy is emerging over the sexual orientation of British entertainer Sir Elton John with one local religious leader opposed to bringing the singer ... Read
Singing Waitress To Play Music Festival
Sky News | 29/05/07
Teenager Victoria Hart will play on the John Peel stage for up-and-coming artists. She became an overnight sensation when she landed the gig of a lifetime ... Read
Music on the border
Nepal Times | 20/04/07
Live music and mild summer evenings are a superb combination. But The Last Resort has found a way to make it even better. On the weekend of 28-29 April, ... Read