“Representatives of management and locked-out musicians will meet face to face next week at the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. In Minneapolis, these would be the first official talks since musicians were locked out Oct. 1 in a dispute over pay cuts and work rules. At the SPCO, musicians were locked out Oct. 21, but contract talks continued into early November.”
Category: music
How A Musicians’ Strike Changed The Recording Business
“Today, in the digital age, it’s hard to imagine a time when professional musicians could collectively bring the recording industry to its knees. But back in the 1940s, music and the movies dominated American culture, and the union that represented musicians ruled with an iron fist.”
Steinway Piano Decides Not To Sell Itself After All
“Steinway Musical Instruments Inc, the famous manufacturer of pianos, saxophones and trumpets, said on Wednesday it had decided not to sell itself following a 17-month-long exploration of strategic alternatives.”
Has Jazz Mummified Itself Within The Great American Songbook?
“[The] jazz fraternity seems to know two things: Despite continued artistic quality, the audience around the music is dying. And the choice of what songs jazz musicians play – and what they don’t play – may be part of the problem.”
Why Doesn’t Spotify Give Composers Credit?
“The issue in question-the lack of a “composer” field in Spotify track data and the lackluster job the company has done so far regarding composer attribution, specifically in their “classical music” categories-has been getting an increased amount of attention due to the dogged veracity of Minneapolis-based composer Abbie Betinis.”
China Says It Will Build Massive New Music City
“Beijing officials have announced plans to spend more than 10 years and £1.4bn turning the area into the “China Music Valley”, a sprawling compound that will be home to recording studios, instrument makers, music schools, five-star hotels and an arena in the shape of a peach.”
More ‘Utopian Dream’ Moments From South America’s Music Programs
“Recently, the Brazilian government declared music to be mandatory in elementary and secondary school, and officials are currently creating teacher training programs to serve all children.”
Want To Hear Beck’s New Songs? Gather Musician Friends Around And Start To Play
“Each of the 20 tunes in Song Reader is individually printed with high-contrast illustrations and detailed faux adverts straight from the first half of the 20th century.”
Minnesota Musicians and Management May Go Back To The Bargaining Table
“In announcing that shows would be canceled through Feb. 10, the orchestra’s board invited locked-out musicians to return to the bargaining table ‘without any preconditions,’ offering two dates in early January as possibilities.”
Buskers For Bach On The G Train
“For an hour, musicians tag-teamed from stop to stop in the first car of the train in a continuously repeating performance of the Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1.
In G.”