Miami Beach to Host 24th Annual Winter Music Conference

The city of Miami Beach will host the 24th annual Winter Music Conference (WMC) next month.

Industry Moves: Universal Music; Highland Capital; BBE

Universal Music Group Distribution is doing away with the division between its physical and digital services and promoted three of its executives.

Neither One

That I’m deceiving
When it comes to say good bye
That’s a simple word that I just cannot say

The Gift Economy

Can the music industry finally make song sharing work for it, not against it?

Sources: RIAA cuts up to 25 jobs

As expected, the Recording Industry Association of America, the lobbying group of the four largest music labels, has laid off between 20 and 25 workers, or about 20 percent of the RIAA’s workforce, according to music industry sources.

How To Kill The Music Industry

During The Pirate Bay trial, the music industry placed the blame for the decline in their revenues squarely on the shoulders of file-sharers. Their logic is clearly flawed, but it could sway the verdict if no alternative explanation is presented.

Will Spotify change the music biz?

Unsurprisingly, Roberta Maley from Spotify was convinced that this was a game-changer, not just another me-too service. She did give me some new figures on its growth – 250,000 UK subscribers, 800,000 worldwide, with Sweden and Spain the biggest markets.

Colleges ready to try blanket music licenses from Choruss

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNAK) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 27, 2008.

Info on The Funklordz 7 Yr Anniversary

Funklordz Anniversary

Plaintiffs: Pirate Bay Is ‘No. 1 Source Of Illegal Music’

The head of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Wednesday described Swedish bit torrent site The Pirate Bay as the “No. 1 source of illegal music.”

The Music Industry Loves Rhapsody Users

David Card of Forrester Research had some numbers of his own to present at the Digital Music Forum East show in New York. Similar to NPD’s data, Card says that even a big increase in digital music sales won’t restore the music industry to growth (ouch).

Passion

My 1st ex-boyfriend (or 1st to break my heart) from some time back ask me years after the relationship what is passion.

Eminem’s Potentially Industry-Changing Digital Royalties Suit Goes to Trial

Eminem’s two-year-old lawsuit against Universal Music Group over digital music royalties finally entered a courtroom today, the Wrap reports.

The Way You Love Me (1988)

And I love the way you love me, I place no one above, I don’t want true love…
And I love the way you love me, and baby no matter what,
I love the, I love the way you love…

‘Let Freedom Sing’: 70 years and 58 songs of civil rights

When Barack Obama became the nation’s first black president in January, many said he stood on the shoulders of those who fought for and sacrificed for civil rights.
Some of the most important music from the past 70 years of the movement is collected in Let Freedom Sing, a new three-disc, 58-song Time Life collection that [...]

So, Prema LaNay is recording a didley with Stanza…

This song is a classic just to give you the heads up…

Last.fm denies data handover to RIAA – ‘Whole story made up,’ claims co-founder’

Last.fm has hit out at an uncorroborated report that alleged the music streaming website passed user data over to the Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA).

The Concert Industry Goes To Washington

Today was concert day in Congress as heads of Live Nation, Ticketmaster and several indie promoters appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary’s antitrust subcommittee to discuss the planned Live Nation / Ticketmaster merger.

A Serious Pic of T.I.

Dis bad man you get shot, anyways
Bad man nuh tek back chat, no day
Jamaican bad bwoy seh dat zigga, zigga
We always gonna stay ‘pon top always
Dis bad man you get shot, anyways
Bad man nuh tek back chat no day
Jamaican bad bwoy seh dat zigga, zigga
We always gonna stay ‘pon top, always

DJ DIBIASE presents…Attack of The Clones: Yung L.A. vs J-Money

DJ DIBIASE presents Attack of The Clones Yung L.A.vs J-Money

What up yall, wanted to share my new project with you guys on the net before it hits the streets later this week. Those of you that know me know that I have a strong appreciation for LOCAL music, indie to hood, so this mixtape only made sense for me to do!

“97.1 AMP Radio,” A Completely Integrated On-Air, Online, On-Site And Mobile Audio Destination, Launches On Friday, Feb. 20

On Friday, Feb. 20 at 5:00PM, PT, Los Angeles listeners, and hundreds of thousands more across the country, will be introduced to CBS RADIO’s newest radio station, 97.1 AMP RADIO. Playing “All the Hits,” AMP RADIO will combine the power of its on-air position with myriad online and digital applications creating a full 360 degree [...]

Champion Sound Offers Free Fan Promotion And Guest List Management Online, On The Phone And At The Club

Musicians with a fan base in MySpace, Facebook, iLike or other social media sites can now do more outside the confines of the standard social network. Champion Sound, a collection of promotional tools for musicians, promoters and venues, today introduced a mobile application available on the iPhone and Blackberry, as well as many other mobile phone models.

The NPD Group: 4 In 10 U.S. Internet Households Subscribe To Premium Entertainment Services

According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, 38 percent of Internet-enabled households in the U.S. subscribe to premium entertainment services for DVD delivery, music downloads, and/or gaming downloads.

It’s Business Time

Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy award-winning folk/pop/comedy duo comprised of bret mckenzie formerly of The Black Seeds, Video Kid, and Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra fame and Jemaine Clement formerly of The Humourbeasts, who met in 1998 while studying film and theatre in Wellington, New Zealand.

Repost: The Prince and Prema Face Off

So, (I’ve been told) my hair looks like Prince on his first LP??
I take this as a an accomplishment. Only a woman (or male hairstylist) knows how much work this look takes. You feel just as tired and vulnerable as he looks in the pic.
Hold up…the comparison better be of the hair on his head [...]