24 December 2007
David Byrne, as intelligent as he ever was: Before recording technology existed, you could not separate music from its social context. Epic songs and ballads, troubadours, courtly entertainments, church music, shamanic chants, pub sing-alongs, ceremonial music, military music, dance music — it was pretty much all tied to specific social functions. This point is also brought up really well in Atalli's Noise. The recording age was an odd thing. It was this bizarre separation of the original social musical event ... more...
1 December 2007
"We're not going to continue signing artists for recorded music revenue only," Bronfman said during a conference call with Wall Street analysts. What I keep saying to all of my indie label friends : Indie labels also have to give up on just being labels. It doesn't work. The artists (especially more successful DJs) are making lots of touring money, but they never consider sharing that with the label. So the only model that is working is that where the ... more...
4 August 2007
CD sales have collapsed. Live shows, touring and merchandise income are robust. Prices for concerts are way up. Elton John charged a record $690 for top seats in Las Vegas. Gerd Leonhard, a music business consultant, predicts that by 2010, recorded music sales will make up only 30 per cent of a successful label's revenues. The rest will be generated by artists' extra-musical brand extensions. Like those $20 T-shirts. "Record sales as we know them are in long-term decline," says ... more...
4 February 2006
In the UK you may not DJ in public using an mp3 even if you bought the original vinyl record. You need to get a license to permit the copy to be used in a performance setting. DigitalDJ and PPL will sell you this license. If a copy of a sound recording is made in order to play that sound recording in public, PPL controls the relevant copying rights and so can grant you a licence to ensure that your ... more...
13 November 2005
From an old Wired interview with the recently deceased Peter Drucker : We have to rethink the whole concept of intellectual property, which was focused on the printed word. Perhaps within a few decades, the distinction between electronic transmissions and the printed word will have disappeared. The only solution may be a universal licensing system. Where you basically become a subscriber, and where it is taken for granted that everything that is published is reproduced. In other words, if you ... more...
5 December 2004
A Ambulance Oranienburger Straße 27 10117 Berlin Apollo Saal in der Staatsoper Unter den Linden 7, Berlin Arena Berlin & Glashaus Eichenstrasse 4, 12435 Berlin A former Bus depot, quite large. The backroom club is more intimate. Atomschutzbunker Uhlandstrasse 107, 10717 Berlin Atomic bunker built by the US for command and control to survive. Occasional trance and techno parties. Really great weird location. Autosalon Ost Saarbrückerstrasse 20, 10405 Berlin B Babylon Kino Rosa Luxemburg Strasse 30, 10178 Berlin Bastard Club ... more...
5 December 2004
promoters: http://www.techstylism.com http://www.idealrecordings.com/ in Gothenburg more...
5 December 2004
see also [[Annuals and Festivals]] [[Venues Germany]] [[Venues Sweden]] great american music hall SAN FRANCISCO http://www.gamh.com Gabe's Oasis 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 354-4788. Current Info: 800.805.7597 massarts festival, http://www.massart.edu/~eventworks BOSTON, MA boston cyberarts festival http://www.bostoncyberarts.org BOSTON, MA the Ottobar BALTIMORE, MA http://www.theottobar.com, monozine@yahoo.com kulturwerkstadt-kaserne, basel, switzerland http://www.kaserne-basel.ch/ rhiz and b72 wien, austria rohstofflager, z�rich, switzerland http://www.rohstofflager.ch/ Beursschouwburg brussel, belgium arts centre vooruit, Gent, Belgium http://www.vooruit.be/start.htm theater kikker, utrecht, nederlands http://www.kikker.demon.nl/ more...
5 December 2004
You will make more money touring than you will selling records. You will sell more records if you tour more, and you will tour more if you make more records. You can make good extra money selling product while on tour. [[Venues]] [[Booking Agents]] [[Booking Contracts]] photo by sean smuda more...
5 December 2004
_Winter Music Conference_ (Miami) March http://www.wmcon.com/ _Sonar_ (Barcelona) June 14.15.16 2001 http://www.sonar.es/ _Mutek_ (Montreal) May 30 to June 3 2001 http://www.mutek.ca/ _Detroit Music Conference_ (Detroit) _Transmissions Festival_ (Chicago) August 6-12 2001 (plus pre-series events) http://transmit.org/ _Beer and Sausage Festival_ (NYC) May 10-12 2000 http://www.red-stone.org/ _Safety In Numbers_ (NYC) http://sinfestival.com [[Brighton antifestival]] May http://www.midem.com (in Cannes, france) http://www.popkomm.de (in Cologne, germany) Berlin (transonic festival Haus der Kulturen der Welt ) http://transmediale.de ARCHIPEL FESTIVAL salle communale de plainpalais, rue de carouge 52 ... more...
5 December 2004
this website cannot in any way take any legal responsibility whatsoever for anything you do or sign. This is something the artist would send to the promoter to sign. Obviously this contract is meant for club/rave type gigs, and you may well not be in a position to ask for hotel or equipment or travel. Alter to suit your needs. Remember, the promoter/club has signed and seen more of these agreements than you have. No mention is made here of ... more...
5 December 2004
|1| NEW anti-FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED in BRIGHTON THERE IS A NEW BRIGHTON anti - MAY FESTIVAL THIS YEAR -LISTINGS DEADLINE APRIL 10. I AM ORGANISING VARIOUS LIVE ARTS EVENTS, MUSIC AND ETC. FOR IT. AS THE BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL IS TAKING THIS YEAR OFF, I HAVE DECIDED TO ORGANIZE A SALON DE REFUSES FOR ARTISTS INTERESTED IN PLAYING BRIGHTON IN MAY BUT WANT TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MAIN FESTIVAL OR WERE REFUSED BY THEM. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS ... more...
