Future Of Music Coalition Announces 11th Annual Future Of Music Policy Summit
14 July, 2011
Future of Music Coalition (FMC) - a national nonprofit research, education and advocacy organization for musicians - celebrates the start of its second decade with the 2011 Future of Music Policy Summit, which returns to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on October 3-4, 2011. The must-attend ...
| Big Changes For Netflix Subscribers
14 July, 2011
With more than 23 million members in the United States and Canada, Netflix, Inc. is the world's leading Internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV shows. For $7.99 a month, Netflix members can instantly watch unlimited movies and TV episodes streamed over the Internet to PCs, Macs and ...
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Spotify Will Launch In The U.S.A. Today!
14 July, 2011
Spotify, the award-winning digital music service loved by millions of Europeans, will become available today morning in the United States by invitation and subscription. Spotify is a new way to listen to and manage your music, discover new tracks and share songs and playlists with friends - music whenever ...
| Dynamic Producer Commemorates 10 Year Anniversary With The 10th Annual Dynamic Producer Music Conference, Launches Industry Insider Interview Series
13 July, 2011
The 2011 Dynamic Producer Conference, held in Los Angeles on August 26 - 28, marks the tenth annual convening of some of music's most influential executives along with the hottest up & coming producers and musicians from across the world. This three day event, created to help educate and provide opportunities ...
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Songwriting Critiques Week, A Midsummer Week Exclusive
13 July, 2011
Songwriting Critiques Week, a Midsummer Week Exclusive presented by the 16th Annual USA Songwriting Competition and Sonicbids, are offering frree songwriting critiques. This is exclusively for the week of 7/12/11 to 7/19/11. Only songs submitted during this time period will each receive free songwriting ...
| 2012 NAMM Show's Hands-on Training Zone To Add Valuable Mini-conference Presentations Examining Music And Media Technologies/Operations
13 July, 2011
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) today announced that its Hands-On Training (HOT) Zone, which serves as an education center for pro audio, entertainment technologies and music business operations, will feature new mini-conference-style presentations that will run during all four days ...
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Pandora Announces Listener Milestones
13 July, 2011
Pandora (NYSE: P), the popular internet radio service, today announced 100 million registered users and 36 million monthly active users. More than 100 million people have registered to listen to Pandora's free personalized radio service across hundreds of consumer electronic devices including computers, ...
| Rhapsody Crosses 800,000 Subscriber Milestone
12 July, 2011
Rhapsody, the leading premium, on-demand music service today announced it has crossed the 800,000 subscriber milestone and now offers more than 12 million tracks to its increasingly active membership base. "Consumers are more enthusiastic than ever about on-demand music," said Jon Irwin, president, ...
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ASCAP Foundation Lester Sill Songwriters Workshop Now Accepting Submissions
12 July, 2011
The 2011 ASCAP Foundation Lester Sill Songwriters Workshop is now accepting submissions. Geared toward advanced songwriters, the Workshop will take place at ASCAP's Los Angeles office beginning in October for a series of eight sessions. Exact dates will be announced closer to the submission deadline. ...
| WiMP by Aspiro Music wins Meffys 2011 for Best Music Service
11 July, 2011
Aspiro's music streaming service WiMP was named the winner of the category Best Music Service at the Meffys last night. The global awards for mobile content and commerce was celebrated at the annual gala awards dinner in London's Covent Garden. Following its success in Scandinavia, and over 300,000 ...
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Music, Movie, TV And Broadband Leaders Team To Curb Online Content Theft
08 July, 2011
Leaders from the movie, television, music and Internet service provider communities today announced a landmark agreement on a common framework for "Copyright Alerts" - a state-of-the-art system similar to credit card fraud alerts - that will educate and notify Internet subscribers when their Internet ...
| The Recording Academy Elects National Officers And Approves Continued Evolution Of Grammy Categories At Spring Board Of Trustees Meeting
08 July, 2011
The Recording Academy (www.grammy.com) recently held its spring Board of Trustees meeting in Los Angeles, and elections for National Officers yielded the following: award-winning music video director/producer George J. Flanigen from Nashville was re-elected to a second term as Chair; recording artist ...
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A2IM Applauds The Copyright Alert Program
08 July, 2011
The American Association of Independent Music ("A2IM") joins our music community creator colleagues and their artists in thanking and applauding the Internet Service Providers who have agreed to participate in the Copyright Alert Program. A2IM's music label community includes 283 Label members and 154 ...
| Bob Lefsetz To Keynote 24th International Folk Alliance Conference, February 2012 In Memphis!
08 July, 2011
Bob Lefsetz, Santa Monica-based industry legend, is the author of the e-mail newsletter, "The Lefsetz Letter". His intense brilliance captivates readers from Trent Reznor to Tom Rush to Bryan Adams to Quincy Jones to music business honchos like Michael Rapino, Randy Phillips, Cliff Burnstein and Irving ...
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Naxos Of America Launches North American Distribution For Sacconi And Acoustica Record Labels
07 July, 2011
In July, Naxos of America, the No 1 independent classical music distributor in the U.S., will launch distribution for Acoustica and Sacconi Records in North America. Sacconi Records (https://www.sacconi.com/) features recordings from the Sacconi Quartet, one of the UK's leading string quartets. Since ...
| MusicDNA Launches Asia Academy of Music Arts & Sciences, Based in Singapore
04 July, 2011
MusicDNA Pte Ltd announced today the formation of the Asia Academy of Music Arts & Sciences (AAMAS), Asia's first-ever peer driven Academy established to honor and award excellence in the arts and sciences of music, and to foster collaboration between all sectors of the music industry across Asia and ...
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Dallas Songwriters Assoc. Hosts Beth Nielsen Chapman Writing Workshop
02 July, 2011
The Dallas Songwriters Assoc. on July 16 hosts a special Beth Nielsen Chapman Songwriting Workshop at Love and War in Texas in Plano, Texas, a Dallas suburb. The workshop will run from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. A song circle will follow until 7 p.m. For more information and registration, visit https://dallassongwritersworkshops.blogspot.com/ ...
| Specific Media Acquires MySpace
30 June, 2011
Specific Media, a digital media company, today announced its acquisition of Myspace, a leading social networking destination for consumers, celebrities and artists. As part of the deal, Emmy and Grammy winning artist Justin Timberlake will also take an ownership stake and play a major role in developing ...
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Tesco To Sell Affordable Concert Tickets
30 June, 2011
Tesco aims to help make gigs more affordable to its customers this summer by selling tickets for music concerts through its Tesco Entertainment website! The new initiative will enable customers to buy great value concert tickets to see top artists and bands perform open-air concerts at racecourse venues ...
| Industry Call To Arms! The Rock Solid Pressure Industry Showcase 2011
24 June, 2011
The nationally syndicated FM / Internet broadcast 'Rock Solid Pressure' featuring the high profile DJ team of J-Rock and Patty The Radio Girl, are currently gearing up for the 2011 'Rock Solid Pressure Industry Showcase'. The event will be held Saturday September 24th. There will also be a VIP Pre-Party ...
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