Along with its library of 2 million songs, Amazon.com is bringing something else to the online music marketplace: competition. When it opened Sept. 25, Amazon’s MP3 digital download store undercut iTunes’ prices on many albums. Its tracks, most of which sell for 89 to 99 cents, have higher sound quality than standard iTunes tracks and come without copy restrictions - known as digital rights …
This year’s CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival came and went like a flash, but that didn’t stop our own staff from running around to shows, panels and film premieres all week.
British and Dutch police have shut down the OiNK website, which the recording industry claims is one of the world’s biggest sources of illegally downloaded music.
Considered one of the world’s largest illegal sources of prerelease music, members-only service was focus of a two-year investigation. British and Dutch police shut down one of the world’s largest sources of illegal prerelease music on Tuesday and arrested a 24-year-old man. The raids in Amsterdam and…
China on Monday blocked a US request for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to rule on a complaint that Beijing restricts the import of cultural goods such as books, music and DVDs.
China on Monday exercised its right to temporarily block a World Trade Organisation (WTO) investigation into Chinese rules affecting the sale of U.S. films, music, books, magazines and newspapers, diplomats said.
On Monday, mobile service giant AT&T said it would begin offering wireless downloads of full-track songs over the air from Napster. AT&T’s deal with the once-controversial digital music subscription service extends an existing agreement.
AT&T Inc. is making Napster Inc.’s entire music catalog of more than 5 million songs available for wireless download starting early next month. The service, which AT&T is unveiling Monday, will expand the company’s over-the-air download offerings…
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Music artists from Manitoba took home the most hardware at the Western Canadian Music Awards presented Sunday night in Moose Jaw, Sask., capturing eight trophies.
Composer Tan Dun led the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in a fascinating cultural journey through Russian and Asian music Thursday night at the Music Center at Strathmore.
Werner von Trapp, a stepson of Maria von Trapp, the Austrian woman who married a widower with six children and helped create the musical family made famous by the 1965 movie “The Sound of Music,” has died. He was 91.
Margaret Carson was widely regarded as the leading lady of classical music publicists in New York, who shepherded a generation of singers through the Metropolitan Opera.
Snocap Inc., a developer of technology for buying music downloads on MySpace.com, has laid off more than half its work force so it can focus on a strategy to sell the company.
On Saturday, November 3, the Museum of Making Music, located at 5790 Armada Drive in Carlsbad, is hosting a day of educational and entertaining ukulele-related activities, including: a workshop, panel discussion and concert featuring legendary recording artist Lyle Ritz. Tickets for this event are $15; $12 for Museum members.
Seated on a throne wearing an orange-and-red robe, the Dalai Lama stepped into the spotlight at Radio City Music Hall on Friday - following in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and countless other performers.
Universal boss Doug Morris is reportedly planning to launch a new, label-owned subscription service called Total Music: give people free, unlimited music subscriptions with the purchase of portable devices.
Music is in the air this weekend in downtown Richmond.This is a look at the 69th National Folk Festival. It officially kicked off last night on Brown’s island. The river front event celebrates the roots, richness and variety of American culture through music, food and much more.
It appears that Madonna is closing in on a decision to walk away from Warner Music Group (WMG) once her contract is up. Rather than re-up with the major label that’s been her professional home for her entire career, the Material Girl is expected to sign a record deal with concert promoter Live Nation (LYV), the Journal reported Wednesday evening.
Down from its inaugural 24-hour length, one of Symphony Center’s choice events, the Day of Music, nonetheless packs a ton of action into its 8-hour time span.
There’s only a few days left until this year’s CMJ Music Marathon takes over New York City, and today is the last day to pre-register, so head on over to cmj.com/marathon before its too late. Not a fan of Internet purchasing?
Madonna’s possible move from her long-time record label Warner Brothers to concert promoter Live Nation Inc underscores how shrinking music sales are turning former partners into competitors.
Universal Music plans to launch a new subscription service for a few bucks a month, but with a twist: it will be free to consumers. Ars has some suggestions on how Universal could make such a service truly game-changing. Read More…
NPR.org , October 12, 2007 Apart from a few popular composers who wrote memorable melodies Copland, Gershwin, Debussy the music of the 20th century is still viewed with a surprising amount of skepticism.
LOS ANGELES - Forty-five years into the rock ‘n’ roll wars, Bill Medley hasn’t lost that lovin’ feeling, not for the music nor a musician’s life on the road.
The recording industry has won a major fight in its effort to stop illegal music downloading with a U.S. jury decision to impose $222,000 damages against a Minnesota woman who used a Web service to share music.
The music industry has won a key legal victory in a US civil trial on illegal downloading, a case likely to send a strong message on piracy through cyberspace.
Jammie Thomas makes $36,000 a year but says she’s not looking for a handout to pay a $222,000 judgment after a jury decided she illegally shared music online. “I’m not going to ask for financial help,” she told The Associated Press on Friday. But she added, “If it comes, I’m not going to turn it down, either.” Record labels have sued more than 26,000 people they accuse of downloading and …
NEW YORKBritney Spears is finally catching a break. Her new song, “Gimme More,” is now a success on the music chartsdespite the pop star’s turbulent personal life and the humiliation of her much-panned performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards.
An attorney for six major music companies urged a federal jury Thursday to find a Minnesota woman liable for damages for illegally downloading and sharing music online, activity he said has gnawed at the industry’s bottom line.
The first trial of a person accused of illegally sharing music online went to the jury in Duluth, Minnesota today, but regardless of their verdict, the record industry plans to keep suing listeners.
Britney Spears is finally catching a break. Her new song, “Gimme More,” is now a success on the music charts — despite the pop star’s turbulent personal life and the humiliation of her much-panned performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards.
A Minnesota woman, who record companies say illegally shared music online, testified in federal court Wednesday that she didn’t do it, though she acknowledged giving conflicting dates for the replacement of her computer hard drive.
Viewership of music videos moved from TV to the Web at such a fast pace that few saw it coming. Yahoo, the Web’s top music destination, streams 240 million music videos monthly. MTV, which defined the young music video medium but now devotes nearly all of its airtime to non-music video fare, attracted 1 million viewers in prime-time viewing in August.
BRUSSELS, Belgium — European regulators reaffirmed Wednesday their decision to clear the combination of the music businesses of Sony Corp. and the German media company Bertelsmann AG.
The European Commission gave Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG unconditional clearance Wednesday to combine their music units concluding that the deal, originally approved in 2004, was not monopolistic.
Japanese electronics giant Sony (6758.T) and Germany’s Bertelsmann won competition clearance from the European Commission on Wednesday for their recorded music joint venture, in a move which angered independent music labels.
In the first US trial to challenge fines levied by music companies for sharing copyrighted music online, a single mother from Minnesota has gone to court to prove she did nothing wrong.
EU competition regulators gave Wednesday a new green light to a recorded music joint venture between Sony Music and Germany’s BMG, after a court ordered a reassessment of the merger.
Rio Caraeff, executive vice president of Universal Music Group’s digital division, eLabs, spoke with USA TODAY’s Jefferson Graham about how music videos have shifted from TV distribution to the Web, and turned into a profit center.
A preliminary talk should be presented on the need for the form in the music. It must specify that we cannot be understandable without him, that which it is not enough to have a language with our order; we must have the _shape_ in order to give our ideas to others. The child should realize that the large artists in all arts are under the same need as the youngest beginner in composition. The inspiration must be built-in a defined form, or others cannot share the vision of the beauty.
An amateur musician and 11 other jurors were seated Tuesday in the trial of Jammie Thomas, accused by the recording industry of sharing music online in violation of copyrights.
Radiohead has joined a short but growing list of recording stars who have indicated their willingness to depart from the conventions of music sales and the control of the four multinational corporations that dominate the industry.
President Hugo Chavez has released a CD of traditional Venezuelan folk music that features him singing, and which will be distributed free inside the country, presidential sources said.
A group of record companies says Jammie Thomas has illegally shared music files including Enya and Swedish death metal online. Today, she will become the first of 26,000 people who have been sued by the recording industry to take the case to trial.
Experimenting with synths, software and other high-tech gear can distract musicians from what arguably should be their main goal: making great music. The jazz cat who rode “Rockit” to fame tells how he keeps current while plugging in to the soul of music.
A jury of 12 people, including an amateur musician, was seated Tuesday in the trial of Jammie Thomas, who is being sued by the recording industry for allegedly illegally sharing music online. More Tech News More Consumer News
An amateur musician and 11 other jurors were seated Tuesday in the trial of Jammie Thomas, accused by the recording industry of sharing music online in violation of copyrights.
Radiohead has joined a short but growing list of recording stars who have indicated their willingness to depart from the conventions of music sales and the control of the four multinational corporations that dominate the industry.
President Hugo Chavez has released a CD of traditional Venezuelan folk music that features him singing, and which will be distributed free inside the country, presidential sources said.
A group of record companies says Jammie Thomas has illegally shared music files including Enya and Swedish death metal online. Today, she will become the first of 26,000 people who have been sued by the recording industry to take the case to trial.