ASCAP Launches Infringement Actions against Establishments Performing Copyrighted Music without Permission
NEW YORK (ASCAP) - Today, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers filed 24 separate copyright infringement actions against nightclubs, bars, and restaurants in 15 states and the District of Columbia. These establishments (listed below) have publicly performed the copyrighted musical ...
| City Canyons Joins with Music & Words for International Release of Album of Dead Can Dance Percussionist
NEW YORK (City Canyons Records/ www.citycanyons.com) - City Canyons Records announces with great pleasure its newly signed agreement with the Netherlands's independent label, Music & Words to release and distribute Peter Ulrich's new album "Enter the Mysterium" throughout the United States and Europe. ...
| Amaru Entertainment, Inc. now represented by Gorgeous PR
LOS ANGELES (GORGEOUS PR/ www.gorgeouspr.com) - Amaru Entertainment, Inc. has enlisted Gorgeous PR to represent them in its entirety, including all its multi-faceted business ventures through out the world. Amaru Entertainment, the legacy of late rap legend Tupac Shakur, has selected the Los Angeles-based ...
| Verve Music Group expands into burgeoning Adult-Contemporary Market and re-launches famed 'Forecast' Label
NEW YORK (Verve Music Group) - The Verve Music Group, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, has expanded into the burgeoning and often overlooked Adult Contemporary market with the re-launching of the famed Forecast label, the original home to many of music's most ...
| SONY BMG Music Entertainment Unveils Global Marketing Group
NEW YORK (Sony BMG Music Entertainment) - Tim Prescott, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, today unveiled the structure of the company's Global Marketing Group, and announced a series of key appointments. The Global Marketing Group is a specialized marketing ...
| IFPI report sees the digital music market taking off in 2005
LONDON, UK (IFPI) * Legal music sites quadrupled to over 230 in 2004 * Available music catalogue has doubled in 12 months to 1 million songs * Paid-for downloads up more than tenfold to over 200 million * Consumer attitudes more favourable to buying music online Music on the internet and mobile phones ...
| 25 Years Of Brutality
NEW YORK (RoadRunner Records) - 2005 is a very special year for Roadrunner Records, as it marks our 25th anniversary. 25 years is a long time to be around, and we have put up a special Roadrunner 25 page. Featured on the page is all of our upcoming releases, as well as a look back by our Senior VP ...
| Legal downloading on the rise in Canada, but file-swapping still a problem
TORONTO, Canada (CRIA/ www.cria.ca) - A report released in London, UK, today indicates a phenomenal surge in the online digital marketplace in Europe and the US. Unfortunately, Canada lags behind other industrialized countries when it comes to the business of online music sales, reports the Canadian ...
| 2004 Canadian CD shipments increase: first gain in six years
TORONTO, Canada (CRIA/ www.cria.ca) - The Canadian music industry announced today the first year-over-year increase in consumer music buying habits since 1998. 2004 numbers released today by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) indicate a modest market upturn in shipments of music to retail ...
| Music Students Get Break At Indie Music Week
NEW YORK (NASHVILLE, TN. (DaCapo Music/ www.dacapomusic.com) - Indie Music Week organizer, DaCapo Music is offering a 50% discount on registration fees for any student of an accredited Music, Music Business, or Music Industry program or trade school. Indie Music Week will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, ...
| Government meets Rock 'N' Roll: Top Brass To Attend NARIP Las Vegas Launch January 20th at Bellagio Hotel
LAS VEGAS (NARIP/ www.narip.com) - Key government decision-makers and local civic leaders will attend the National Association of Record Industry Professionals' (NARIP) Las Vegas Launch this week, right alongside record executives and top entertainment management personnel. Those present will include ...
| SXSW Music announces Brian Wilson Panel and Initial Band List
AUSTIN, TX. (SXWS Official Fans Website) - The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place Wednesday, March 16 - 20, 2005 in Austin, Texas, is pleased to announce a panel discussion of Brian Wilson's "Smile" project, in conjunction with a screening of the documentary ...
| Major Record Labels to Share Expertise at Indie Music Week
NASHVILLE, TN. (DaCapo Music/ www.dacapomusic.com) - Indie Music Week organizer, DaCapo Music has announced the first panelists for IMW 2005! IMW, taking place in Nashville March 11-12, will feature three industry panels of Major and Independent A&R, promoters, label executives, producers, managers ...
| Americana Music Association Conference set for September 8-10 in Nashville
NASHVILLE, TN. (AMericana Music/ www.americanamusic.org) - By popular demand, the sixth annual Americana Music Conference will return to the Nashville Convention Center Thursday through Saturday, September 8-10, 2005, with a full schedule of professional panels, presentations, roundtables, trade show, ...
| Rolling Stone Magazine Sponsors 10th Annual USA Songwriting Competition
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. (www.songwriting.net) - In order to help promote talent in the music community Rolling Stone magazine has announced that it will sponsor the 10th Annual USA Songwriting Competition. 'We are delighted to have Rolling Stone magazine's involvement in this exciting milestone year of ...
| Midem 2005's Opening Night Party Featuring Dj's Louie Vega & Andy Hunter sponsored by Microsoft
CANNES, France (MIDEM/ www.midem.com) - MIDEM 2005, The World's Music Market (Cannes, France, 23-27 January) will start off with a bang on the evening of Sunday, January 23. The prestigious Opening Night Party welcomes Microsoft as this year's sponsor. Not used to doing things by halves, the software ...
| JetSpeed Records continues to make headlines
LOS ANGELES (JetSpeed Records/ www.jetspeedrecords.com) - What do folk, pop, rock, punk, jazz, electronic, roots, hip-hop, blues, hard-core and country artists have in common? All have a musical voice as part of the Fourth Annual Orange County Music Awards, to be held April 2nd 2005 at the Grove of ...
| Gilbert Hetherwick Named President of SONY BMG's Classical Division
NEW YORK (SONY BMG) - Gilbert Hetherwick has been named President of SONY BMG's Classical Division, it was announced today by Michael Smellie, Chief Operating Officer for the company, to whom he reports. In his new role, Mr. Hetherwick will oversee all of SONY BMG's classical music labels comprising ...
| Independent Rap Label, Cemetery Blind, Launches in South Florida
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (CEMETERY BLIND ENT. www.cemeteryblind.com) - Driven by a passion for hip hop music and fueled by a desire to speak to the urban community, a band of brothers have formed Cemetery Blind Entertainment to independently produce, market and distribute their music. Equipped with streetwise ...
| WEA Corp. hires Christian, Country Music Executive, Jeff Willett
NEW YORK (Warner Music Group) - WEA Corp., Warner Music Group's U.S. sales and retail marketing company, announced today it has named Jeff Willett vice president, Christian & Country Music. Based in Nashville, Tenn., Willett will report to Rick Froio, senior vice president of Sales for WEA Corp., and ...
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