Category: music

“Both sides have acknowledged that the two sides are getting closer to a deal. An email sent last Thursday from management’s lawyer Bernard Plum to musicians’ lawyer Leonard Leibowitz suggests three remaining stumbling blocks…”

“During the three-and-a-half hour Grand Finale–and as people in different timezones awoke to re-broadcasts–the event was streamed 33 million times around the world to 189 countries. This included 2.8 million mobile live-streams–making it one of our biggest ever streaming events to date, on mobile and desktop.”

“The new organization will operate in two broad program areas, grantmaking and media, reaching composers, performers, and listeners in all 50 states and projecting a more visible and audible profile for new American music all over the world.”

“Mt. Wilson FM Broadcasters said Monday that after more than three years of struggling to attract listeners to a talk and then a ‘retro music’ format at KGIL-AM (1260), it would return the station to its previous incarnation as classical outlet KMZT beginning April 4.”

“Global recorded music sales fell by almost $1.5bn last year as digital piracy continued to take its toll on the industry, with the UK losing its mantle as the third largest music market after “physical” sales of CDs collapsed by almost a fifth.”

“The lawsuit argued that record companies’ arrangements with digital retailers resembled a license more than it did a sale of a CD or record because, among other reasons, the labels furnished the seller with a single master recording that it then duplicated for customers.”

“Artists and record labels rush to develop iPad applications that revive and expand the idea of the traditional album and, they hope, entice fans to buy more than just a track or two.”

Over its 125-year history, the Conservatory has developed one of the world’s best-organized exam-based systems for teaching music to children and adults of all ages and abilities. And it is ready to export this know-how.

“OperaUpClose is now working its way through opera’s greatest hits. The supplementary titles indicate the company’s approach: each opera is re-imagined both dramatically and musically, and the results have divided critics and audiences alike. Some love the immediacy, while others find the interpretations intrusive.”

“Keeping pace with contemporary theatrical values is not accomplished without criticism. Recently our live movie-theater transmissions have been questioned for possibly undermining our stage presentations. It has been suggested that some of our artists are scaling down their performances to please the cameras at the expense of the audience in our auditorium.”