Rifftides: Doug Ramsey on jazz and other matters
Todays compatible quotes aree very good. I won’t steal Doug’s thunder by copying them here, but I will encourage you to head over to Rifftides and read them.
Month: May 2006
The Impact of the Global Digital Music Economy on the Music Business Paradigm
This All About Jazz article, The Impact of the Global Digital Music Economy on the Music Business Paradigm, has some interesting looks at the new music biz. One point he makes about digital distribution is accountability to the artist.
Today, it is literally impossible to verify or truly audit these types of B2B transactions. Artists must “take the word” of the intermediary digital distributor business where sales figures and earnings are concerned.
This really isn’t that different than the old days of a label reporting how many albums they sold, as opposed to how many “broke” or were returned or whatever.
The article has some other better points. i agree with his basic premise that the new music biz is all about artist empowerment and artist control of production and distribution.
Recorda-Me: CECIL TAYLOR Indent
Recorda-Me: CECIL TAYLOR Indent
Since words (or even audio) alone cannot convey the intensity of a Cecil Taylor performance, below is a clip of Taylor performing before the cameras of Ron Mann for his documentary Imagine the Sound in 1980. It’s irrefuteable evidence that, love it or hate it, there is nothing quite like the music of Cecil Taylor.
Via be.jazz.
QMR Plus
I heard QMR Plus tonight at The Green Room in Covington. They were slammin’. It was free improv/groove stuff and they had the pretty ladies dancing to squealing saxophone over grooves in 7 and 11. It was something to hear…and see.
Indieish : Your Free Music Daily » CC Licensing For Documentary Source Footage?
Indieish : Your Free Music Daily » CC Licensing For Documentary Source Footage?
Another interesting use for Creative Commons.