Record Making With Duke Ellington (1937)
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Duke Ellingon making a direct-to-disk cut
Independent Label Market : Spitalfields
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
After the success of London and Brooklyn, ILM and AIM hosted a special Christmas market for the labels that lost their stock when rioters burnt down the Sony/PIAS warehouse in Enfield, August 2011.
Independant Label market
Independant Label market
The Brit Awards Nominations 2012
Friday, 13 January 2012
Ed Sheeran is expected to be the big winner at next month's Brit Awards after receiving more nominations than even Adele.
The Suffolk songwriter, whose song "The A Team" received 20 million YouTube views, earned four nominations, one more than Adele and Jessie J. But Sheeran has been called the leader of "the New Boring", a cultural movement which supposedly includes Adele and Coldplay.
The nominations reflect a year in which singer/songwriters have dominated the charts, at the expense of traditional guitar-based rock.
The British Female category is now the most competitive in the list. Last year's winner, Laura Marling, defends her crown against Florence and the Machine, Jessie J, Adele and Kate Bush.
2012 BRIT Awards nominees:
British male solo artist
Ed Sheeran
James Blake
James Morrison
Noel Gallagher
Professor Green
British female solo artist
Adele
Florence + the Machine
Jessie J
Kate Bush
Laura Marling
British breakthrough act
Anna Calvi
Ed Sheeran
Emeli Sandé
Jessie J
The Vaccines
British group
Arctic Monkeys
Chase & Status
Coldplay
Elbow
Kasabian
British single
Adele, Someone Like You
Ed Sheeran, The A Team
Example, Changed The Way You Kissed Me
Jessie J ft. B.o.B., Price Tag
JLS ft. Dev, She Makes Me Wanna
Military Wives/Gareth Malone, Wherever You Are
Olly Murs ft. Rizzle, Kicks Heart Skips A Beat
One Direction, What Makes You Beautiful
Pixie Lott, All About Tonight
The Wanted, Glad You Came
Mastercard British album of the year
Adele, 21
Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto
Ed Sheeran, +
Florence + the Machine, Ceremonials
PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
International male solo artist
Aloe Blacc
Bon Iver
Bruno Mars
David Guetta
Ryan Adams
International female solo artist
Beyonce Knowles
Bjork
Feist
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
International group
Fleet Foxes
Foo Fighters
Jay-Z/Kanye West
Lady Antebellum
Maroon 5
International breakthrough act
Aloe Blacc
Bon Iver
Foster The People
Lana Del Rey
Nicki Minaj
Outstanding contribution to music award
Blur
Critics' choice
1st: Emeli Sande
2nd: Maverick Sabre
3rd: Michael Kiwanuka
British producer
Paul Epworth
Flood
Ethan Johns
Shut Up & Play the Hits - the trailer
Thursday, 12 January 2012
On April 2nd 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring that the band would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career. The instantly sold out, near four-hour extravaganza did just that, moving the thousands in attendance to tears of joy and grief, with NEW YORK magazine calling the event "a marvel of pure craft" and TIME magazine lamenting "we may never dance again." SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS is both a narrative film documenting this once in a life time performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision.
Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace
Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace
The Kills 'The last Goodbye' video
Actress Samantha Morton has directed the video for the Kills' new track, 'The Last Goodbye'.
The video celebrates ten years of the band and was shot in a photobooth by Morton, who recently made her directorial debut with the film The Unloved.
The video celebrates ten years of the band and was shot in a photobooth by Morton, who recently made her directorial debut with the film The Unloved.
Velvet Underground get legal with Apple over banana
The Velvet Underground, the band formed by Lou Reed and John Cale in the 60s, has taken legal action against the Andy Warhol Foundation for selling his iconic Banana album design to Apple.
The artwork was originally used on the 1967 album 'The Velvet Underground & Nico'.
The lawsuit this time claims the image is symbolic of the band and fans relate to the image as The Velvet Underground. They claim that by selling the image to Apple for iPad and iPhone products that the Andy Warhol Foundation is cheapening the name of The Velvet Underground and associating them with a product they would never endorse.
However, the artwork was never copyrighted because Andy Warhol originally licenced the image from an ad.
The album was a commercial failure in its day. It entered the Billboard chart in May 13, 1967 at no. 199 and was out by June 10, 1967 after only getting to no. 177. The group disbanded in 1973 and in years to come the album went on to become one of the most important records of its time.
This Day In Bob Dylan app
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Software maker This Day in Music Apps has released a new downloadable application dedicated to Bob Dylan for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This Day in Bob Dylan delves into the artist’s biography, catalogue and more, providing fans with multimedia assets and historical details on-demand.
This Day in Bob Dylan
This Day in Bob Dylan
BBC Sound of 2012 winner - Michael Kiwanuka
An unassuming soul singer from London has won the BBC's Sound of 2012 award.
Michael Kiwanuka came top of the poll of music industry insiders to find the most exciting new artist of the year.
Previous winners include Adele, Jessie J and Ellie Goulding.
Fender unveils Johnny Marr guitar
The former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has modified the original Jaguar and put his name on it.
Marr is best known, of course, as the strikingly dynamic and influential anti-hero guitarist-arranger-all-around-musical-wunderkind behind Manchester quartet the Smiths, which virtually redefined and ruled U.K. pop throughout the 1980s. A master of melody, layering and texture, Marr has always brought his own instantly identifiable ringing, jangling genius to the proceedings, as he has done in post-Smiths stints with The The, Electronic, the Pretenders and Johnny Marr and the Healers, and right up to the present with Modest Mouse, the Cribs and innumerable guest appearances.
Johnny Marr
Paul Ainsworth Awarded Honorary Diploma
Monday, 9 January 2012
It is a pleasure to work with you Paul!
http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Business/Paul-Ainsworth-awarded-honorary-diploma/?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BDaily&c=R3pr6Z0dLoAxLlMZiLGdmqGZyp8cPetz
Toni & Guy to speak at Retail Marketing In-Store Communications Conference
Friday, 6 January 2012
The line up for the Retail Marketing In-Store Communications Conference is stunning!
Taking place on the 2nd February 2012 at The Commonwealth Club in London guest speakers representing some the best of retail speak about the very latest trends and innovations and provide attendees the opportunity to gain invaluable insights and market intelligence from high profile brands and retailers.
Toni & Guy TV is a service delivered by Imagesound plc.
http://www.popai.co.uk/Events/February-2012/Retail-Marketing-In-Store-Communications-Conference.aspx
Toni & Guy TV is a service delivered by Imagesound plc.
http://www.popai.co.uk/Events/February-2012/Retail-Marketing-In-Store-Communications-Conference.aspx
Imagesound - Asia Press Release 6th January 2012 written by Diane Whalley, Sales Director @ Imagesound plc
www.imagesound-asia.comwww.imagesound.co.uk
In-store music provider Imagesound is further branching out by expanding its marketplaces wider. The latest worldwide venture is the introduction of Imagesound-Asia who opens for business this month. Based in Hong Kong the company will provide business music, retail radio and on-screen media solutions across Asia.
Peter Day, Regional Sales Manager Imagesound Asia commented:
“It gives me much pleasure to join Imagesound Asia and be part of the group’s expansion strategy. As a fast developing in-store music provider in the international market and with the blooming marketing in the Asian Retail, leisure and hospitality sector, Imagesound represents endless challenging opportunities to me”
Michael Clark Managing Director Imagesound Plc commented:
‘This is an exciting time for Imagesound Plc we are very successful with our highly bespoke MusicStyling brand in the Asian hospitality sector and feel that the time is now right to launch our core Imagesound model’
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