French filmmaker Michel Gondry is going to release a second compilation DVD of his music videos, called Michel Gondry 2: More Videos Before & After DVD 1, due April 14 via Gondry’s website. Gondry has been in the music video business since 1988, and is well known for his resourceful and inventive techniques. Read more...
14.4.09
Congress Launches New Fight Against Global Piracy
In a hearing on Monday with music and movie industry executives in Los Angeles, Representative Howard Berman discussed how badly file sharing is affecting the economy as a whole, and planned to work more closely with other governments to fight international piracy. Continue reading...
12.4.09
Songs For Pennies or Stream for Free?
With all the music streaming and download services available, it’s difficult to decide which one to use. iTunes recently introduced their tiered pricing, but Amazon is selling top-tier songs at a cheaper price. Even though iTunes controls the download market, fans looking to buy music might be enticed by Amazon’s price drop.
On the free streaming front, Spotify released libspotify Tuesday night, which allows third-party developers to write applications for the service, and YouTube, though reported to have blocked “premium” videos in the UK and Germany, still provides most music for free, through user-made videos. Continue reading...
Kill Rock Stars Signs Distribution Deal With Redeye
Indie labels are far from extinction, a fact that was illustrated today by the deal between northwest indie label Kill Rock Stars (KRS), and indie distributor Redeye. KRS lost its distribution in February, when Touch and Go stopped providing manufacturing and distribution services for the independent label. Read more...
11.4.09
Manu Chao Speaks Out Against Mexican Government
Last week, french musician Manu Chao was in risk of being deported from Mexico, and went as far as cancelling a performance, after authorities investigated a political comment he made about the 2006 uprising in San Salvador Atenco. While attending the Guadalajara International Film Festival, he told journalists:
Continue reading...“What happened in Atenco was, in some way, state terrorism. [Officials] are saying ‘don’t say a word when we seize your land, because you better watch out, the same thing will happen to you, as happened in Atenco.’”
Yahoo! Launches Artist Pages Linked To iTunes and YouTube
Tuesday, Yahoo launched “artist pages“, which provide band tour dates, music videos, reviews and connect to Internet radio services like Last.fm and Pandora, as well as YouTube. Now you can have easy access to updated information about your favorite bands through Yahoo’s extensive network. Continue reading...
8.4.09
The Free Music Debate
The ongoing battle over music licensing and revenue sharing has been producing new ideas, business models and even some contradictory statistics. Free music seems to be on the rise, as major labels supported Google’s free music download service in China last week. But PRS for Music, which criticized Google for trying to pay artists unfairly, reported that UK musicians are doing better than ever, and earned $30 million more from licensing and tours in 2008 than the year before. Continue reading...
U.S. Senator Proposes Ticket Law Against Resellers
On Sunday, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer proposed a law that would give ticket buyers a two-day waiting period before ticket resellers, like TicketsNow, can buy everything up and raise the prices. After an outburst from fans and artists against fraudulent practices in the resale market, it appears as though the government is responding to consumer worries. Read more...
Justice Remixes U2’s Get On Your Boots
U2 has requested the services of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, a.k.a. Justice, to remix the lead single, “Get On Your Boots”, off their recent album No Line on the Horizon. Justice has already remixed the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and MGMT, and now U2 is getting the † treatment.
Justice makes good use of supplementary piano tracks and string section, while cutting the beat in half and adding their traditional bass line. The song is practically unrecognizable, with a completely different chord progression and, suddenly, Bono’s singing is tolerable. Listen to the track after the cut, and compare with the original: Continue...
5.4.09
Noripcord News: EU File Sharing, Music Streaming, Ed O'Brien, Cover Art
The EU make a decision about the "3 Strikes" law, how music streaming is evolving, Ed O'Brien talks about money, and an online Cover Art Exposition. Read the news at Noripcord...
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