America's Music School Opens First West Coast Location In California
13 May, 2014
Bach to Rock (B2R), America's music school for students of all ages, announced today that its newest location will open next month in Folsom, Calif. To celebrate B2R's arrival on the West Coast, the school will host an open house on Saturday, June 7 from 12-4 p.m. at 82 Clarksville Road, Suite 100. ...
| Washington DC Record Label Lathan Entertainment Signs To New York City Affluent Records
13 May, 2014
New York City urban label owner and producer Oscar Sanchez continues to expand the Affluent brand by signing Washington DC metro area record label Lathan Entertainment to a new distribution deal.
"Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make ...
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The Recording Academy Statement Re: The Songwriters Equity Act
13 May, 2014
"The Senate's introduction of the Songwriter Equity Act brings us an important step closer to our mission of 'Fair market pay for all music creators across all platforms.' We thank Sens. Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, and Orrin Hatch for joining their House colleagues led by Rep. Doug Collins to help ...
| SONY/ATV Music Publishing Signs Acts Including Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, Nile Rodgers And Lou Reed For Neighbouring Rights
10 May, 2014
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has announced a series of big name artist signings to its rapidly growing Neighbouring Rights division.
Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, Nile Rodgers, Clean Bandit and the estate of Lou Reed are among the first artist deals in place for the UK-based operation, while the ...
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Mindi Abair And Joan Osborne Added To Lineup For Grammy Festival At Sea: Women Who Rock
09 May, 2014
GRAMMY-nominated artists Mindi Abair and Joan Osborne are the latest performers added to the lineup for the GRAMMY Festival at Sea: Women Who Rock, which will set sail Nov. 4 - 8, 2014, in conjunction with Norwegian Cruise Line, the official cruise line of The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Awards. ...
| Recording Academy and Latin Recording Academy Statement re: Juan Formell Of Los Van Van
05 May, 2014
GRAMMY winner and Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Juan Formell was a true renaissance man who dedicated his life to music. An arranger, a bandleader, a bass player, a composer, a producer, a singer and a songwriter, he founded the groundbreaking group Los Van Van, which ...
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Keb' Mo', Metallica & Slash To Perform At 10th Annual MusiCares MAP Fund On May 12, 2014
03 May, 2014
MusiCares Foundation:
WHO:
Honorees: Ozzy Osbourne, singer/songwriter and frontman for two-time GRAMMY-winning band Black Sabbath, and Jeff Greenberg, owner/CEO of the Village studios, at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on May 12. Greenberg will be presented with the MusiCares From the Heart Award ...
| Rolling Stone Partners With D'Addario To Recognize New Generation Of Guitar Heroes
02 May, 2014
For more than 45 years, Rolling Stone has celebrated guitar heroes like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. In an effort to welcome a new generation of players, Rolling Stone has partnered with guitar string manufacturer D'Addario to identify up-and-comers with the potential to become the next class of guitar ...
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Return Of The Roman Empire: Italian Crowdfunding Site Musicraiser Pioneers New Way For Music Industry In Uk
28 April, 2014
Since the onset of piracy and peer to peer file sharing record labels have seen their profits plummet and have had to reorganise. Crowdfunding site Musicraiser represents a new dawn for the evolving industry.
Musicraiser (www.musicraiser.com) is an international crowdfunding site run by musicians, ...
| Grammy Foundation Grant Program Awards $200,000 For Music Research And Sound Preservation
24 April, 2014
The GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program announced today that more than $200,000 in grants will be awarded to 15 recipients in the United States to help facilitate a range of research on a variety of subjects, as well as support a number of archiving and preservation programs. Research projects include a ...
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The Latin Recording Academy Launches The Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation
24 April, 2014
The Latin Recording Academy announced today, as part of the 15th anniversary celebration of the Latin GRAMMY Awards, the launch of the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation™, which will be overseen by Vice President Manolo Diaz. The purpose of the Foundation is to further international awareness and appreciation ...
| Artists And Record Companies Step Up Campaign To Be Paid For Recordings Made Before 1972
22 April, 2014
As part of a growing campaign by the music community to be paid for the use of recordings made before 1972, a coalition of major and independent record companies today filed a lawsuit against Pandora Media Inc. in New York state court. The case follows a similar lawsuit brought last fall in California ...
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Berklee College Of Music Will Offer Degrees Online
15 April, 2014
Berklee College of Music, the world leader in contemporary music education, is the first non-profit music institution to offer accredited bachelor degrees online.
The college's award-winning online division, Berklee Online, will offer 120-credit bachelor of professional studies degrees in music ...
| Record Labels Sue Megaupload For Massive Copyright Theft
11 April, 2014
On behalf of the major music labels, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today filed a civil lawsuit against Megaupload.com and its main operators for engaging in massive copyright infringement of sound recordings.
In its complaint, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, RIAA ...
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The Wu-Tang Plan: Can collector culture help artists strike gold?
11 April, 2014
The technology behind the secret album is behind the doors of the abstruse cyber tomb "EZCLZIV". claiming to be the world's first private music service. But the question begs; why so secretive? According to the website, the argument seems to be that music is being under-valued in a mass produced market.
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| MUSO Launch Major Innovations Against Piracy At MIPTV
04 April, 2014
Just months after the launch of its content protection platform for TV rights holders at MIPCOM, MUSO is unveiling a series of innovations to enable rights holders of both film and TV content to protect their content even more effectively against the threat of online piracy.
MUSO's new technology ...
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Too Bad Seek Serious Industry PR/Management/Agent With Drive To Succeed!
04 April, 2014
Hello, Too Bad here, we are currently looking for some extra support with our band. Specifically in the Manager/Booking agent type role. We are eager to get higher profile gigs opening for more well known bands, and local festivals. We also want do college tours next fall semester. We are ready to work.
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| Qello Concerts Now Available On Roku Players
04 April, 2014
Qello Concerts launched on the Roku streaming platform today, bringing users access to the world's largest collection of full-length HD concert films and music documentaries on-demand.
The Qello Concerts Roku channel offers unlimited access to thousands of hours of concerts and documentaries from ...
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Qello Concerts Launches On Amazon Fire TV
03 April, 2014
Qello Concerts, the world's leading streaming service for full-length HD concerts and music documentaries, is now available on the new Amazon Fire TV.
All-Access Pass subscribers have unlimited access to Qello Concerts' entire collection of concerts and music documentaries, for just $4.99 a month, ...
| The 2014 Raw Sounds Spring Event Will be Held On April 3, For Free Live Music, Poetry And Food
02 April, 2014
Raw Material, the music and media charity based in Brixton, warmly invites you to a performance evening celebrating the music produced by participants to our music and mental wellbeing programme - Raw Sounds.
The free Raw Sounds Spring Event 2014 takes place:
When: April 3, 7:30 PM
Where: ...
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