First, there was Napster. Then, there were lawsuits. What’s your take on the downloading debate? Should there be anti-piracy software on CDs to prevent people from burning CDs more than a certain number of times? Some people think that such software is a good idea, to give artists what they deserve [...]
After a Bogota, Colombia, bombing three years ago that killed 36 people and injured more than 100, Colombian musician Cesar Lopez conceived the idea of this shotgun-guitar to protest violence. Lopez has handmade five shotgun-guitars so far, and the Colombian government is even using the product in its campaign to end “41 years of [...]
Technically, it could fall under the category of “freedom of expression,� but music whose sole purpose is to attract their fans to hate groups? “Uprise 2006,� a concert bringing people together to support the superiority of the white race, was held on January 28, and welcomed about 150 fans. According to one article [...]
With technology’s turn toward making everything digital, there are many laws and regulations that all labels have to follow. But one organization – VUT, the German association for Independent Labels – has recently launched a campaign to “ Respect the Music – Copy Protection Free� in an attempt to “disassociate itself from the music [...]
If you want people to recognize your name, you have to get out there and find your fan base. Bob Baker, who has been involved in the music industry for years, just came out with an audiobook, What Every Musician Should Know About Self-Promotion. This article, an excerpt from the book, offers a [...]
From now on, you’ll be able to buy CD Baby albums through BestBuy.com or in the store itself. For those of you unfamiliar with CD Baby, it’s an online record store based out of Oregon that sells CDs by independent musicians. An organization that sells CDs that come only from the musicians [...]
A New York-based organization, the National Endowment for the Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center, recently announced that their “ ambitious new educational resource, NEA Jazz in the Schools, is now entering classrooms nationwide.”
This free curriculum “is produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center, a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to enriching the artistic substance and [...]
A Houston Chronicle article on Saturday, February 4, 2006, announced that Cactus Music & Video, a large Indie music retailer run by brothers Bud and Don Daily for the last 31 years, will close for good on March 31. With a decrease of 21 percent in CD sales nationwide in 2005, and [...]
she can keep rejecting the people who brought her into the limelight. (I’ll let her keep the credit for her Grammy nominations.)
With the 5th season of American Idol under way, Kelly Clarkson, the winner of the first season, has stirred up a bit of trouble, which, after a strong response from the public, she [...]
Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto Distin, just came out with a new album, called “Black Cadillac.� After having lost her father, mother, and stepmother, June Carter Cash, in a period of 24 months, she has released an album with twelve “fearlessly unsentimental songs.�
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