Mulligan points out that as an active musician and an industry analyst, he (and we agree with him) doesn’t believe artists should be returned to some romantic position as unpaid minstrels travelling from town-to-town in hope of earning a few cents to get by on.
Posted by Jonny on November 20th, 2008 under Apple, News
Microsoft has introduced its new upgraded Xbox Experience for Xbox Live. New features in this release include streaming of TV shows and films through Netflix (in the US, so far), the ability to install games to the HDD, an avatar system, and the “Community Games platform”.
Placebo will perform with Duncan Sheik and Kate Miller-Heidke during the event, which takes place at the beautiful 12th century temple. The concert will be held at Angkor Wat in Cambodia on 7 December.
Posted by Jonny on November 19th, 2008 under Apple, News
One time manager of Pink Floyd, Sincere Management’s Pete Jenner slammed iTunes for its effect on album sales at a UK music industry event this week.
Speaking at a MusicTank conference, he said Apple’s music store has “had the disastrous effect on the record industry of debundling the album.” He complained cherry-picking tracks from albums means consumers now “buy the two album tracks that are worth buying,” Music Week informs.
A new music video site that offers back-to-back playback of YouTube clips of the top 100 songs in pop, r&b, rock, hip-hop and dance engaged in a soft launch this month.
Playcharts.com aggregates data from multiple sources to develop its charts, and then races across the internet to source relevant videos. The service also offers back-to-back playback of new music across the genres it tracks.
Posted by Jonny on November 19th, 2008 under Apple, News
Time to raise a glass to Ocarina this morning, which has swiftly climbed to the top of the App Store tree with its charming and eloquent mix of musical expression and social connection.
Owngig.com is proud to announce it’s first gig featuring The Blow Monkeys, taking place on November 22.
The website, launched just 3 months ago, allows fans to bid for which artist they would most like to see perform live, matching requests to help create a one-off event. Fans of The Blow Monkeys have recently created such a high demand that it has already made their dream gig become a reality, the release describing the achievement reveals.
A collection of leading UK musician members of the PPL have today sent a letter to Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, complaining musicians aren’t being given a fair crack of the copyright whip - effectively becoming second place figures in the UK creative industry.
Europe, as well as the French and German governments, is already pushing through legislation to extend the copyright term on sound recordings.
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