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IT'S LIVERPOOL SOUNDCITY 2009! TIM AND SAM'S TIM AND THE SAM BAND WITH TIM AND SAM Q1 How did you start out making music? Q2 What inspired your latest album? Q3 How do you go about creating a track? Q4 Which artists influence your work? Q5 What would you say to someone experiencing your music for the first time? Q6 What are your ambitions for your latest album, and for the future? TIM AND SAM AT LIVERPOOL SOUNDCITY>> 22 May, Zanzibar Club |
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JACKO FANS PETITION FOR POSTPONEMENT RETHINK But we're refusing to participate in such speculation, I mean, with budgets as big as the one enjoyed by this show, in the worse case scenario, won't they be able to employ a hologram to do Jackson's bits? And there's still the elephants to look forward to. But one thing we know for certain is this. Not every Jacko fan is happy that the first night of The O2 residency has been pushed back five nights nor that the next three shows have been postponed into next March. Some fans have launched an online petition calling on Jacko to reconsider the postponements, which were announced by AEG earlier this week. The petition states: "Many of us now are left unable to go or are feeling disappointed in having taken so much effort to get tickets for the opening performances to be put to the very end of the concert run. While we have no idea who's fault this is, we...are asking for the management of the concert to please reconsider this decision". The petition adds that while refunds are available on tickets, many fans have already paid for travel and hotel accommodation for the original dates. Though, not wishing to be unsympathetic or anything, but in the same way Pete Doherty not showing up at the Babyshambles show you'd paid to see used to be part of the true "Babyshambles experience", and in the same way that paying to watch Amy Winehouse forget her lyrics and fall over on stage is part of the true "Winehouse experience", surely getting caught up in politics, delays and postponements is part of the true "Jacko experience". Actually, to enjoy the full "Jacko experience" there needs to be a lawsuit - perhaps some of the petitioners could sue. -------------------------------------------------- EMI ORDER DANGER MOUSE TRAILER BE REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE Details of the legal action in relation to 'Dark Night Of The Soul' have not been released by either party, though insiders tell us it has nothing to do with any EMI-owned samples on the album, as some had speculated, nor is the dispute anything to do with Sparklehorse's involvement in the project - he being previously signed to the major. Anyway, whatever the nature of the dispute, as part of its legal action EMI has reportedly ordered that a trailer for the project be removed off YouTube. According the Pitchfork, the major demanded the video site stop hosting the 15 second trailer even though it seemingly contains Lynch's photos with no musical accompaniment. A spokesman for Danger Mouse told reporters: "What EMI pulled from YouTube is a 15 second clip of David Lynch's photographic images from Dark Night Of The Soul. It's perplexing why they had it removed and questionable that they even had the right to censor it". -------------------------------------------------- SLIPKNOT DOES NOT CAUSE SELF HARM, SAYS TAYLOR The frontman says: "If you're setting out to hurt yourself, it's not the music that's causing it. There's something else wrong. We get a lot of kids that cut themselves but I go out of my way to try and stop it. It may feel artistic to carve our names in your arm but to us, it's just hurting yourself. As bleak as Slipknot can be, it's supposed to be positive in the long term and the last thing we want is for anyone to hurt themselves. used to be one of those kids and I always try to explain to them that I know what it's like to feel like you're the last person on Earth. All you have to do is reach out and someone will be there". -------------------------------------------------- GORY EMINEM COMMERCIAL BANNED BY TV LABELS SUE P2P MAKER THROUGH SPANISH COURTS The lawsuit, of course, is based on the assumption that the vast majority of people who download Soto's software then use it to access unlicensed content off other file-sharers. The record companies and publishers are suing for 13 million euros, based on the allegation that 25 million people have downloaded his software and the presumably conservative estimate that all those people have used the software to download at least one track, with a 50 euro cent wholesale value. P2P litigation in Spain against individual file-sharers has not generally been successful because judges there say the country's copyright law only classify file-sharing as infringement if individuals profit from their sharing. The lawsuit against Soto claims that his company did profit from the provision of the P2P technology, which was supplied to consumers to enable them to share unlicensed music. You might thing a so called 'contributory infringement' case (which is what this is, because Soto himself didn't host or distribute unlicensed music) may fail given that the people using the software are not themselves infringing under Spanish law. But there is some precedent in the record companies' favour, albeit from Italy. There, where a lack of 'commercial intent' also makes it hard to 'do' individual file-sharers for infringement, the owner of a BitTorrent tracker was successfully pursued through the courts for contributory infringement because he profited from aiding others to locate unlicensed content. Commenting on the case, the boss of Spanish music business group Promusicae, Antonio Guisasola, told reporters: "[Soto's business] is parasitical towards ours, and he is getting rich by doing it. He has created a tool for fraud, and for that he must be made responsible". Speaking to reporters outside the Madrid court this week, Soto said he simply doesn't have the money to pay the kind of damages the labels are asking for, while adding the usual defence used by though accused of infringing by providing technology that helps others to file-share: "Technology is always neutral, and you cannot accuse the developer of a program because of the use made of it by its users". -------------------------------------------------- MARTIN SAYS THAT BEING SUED IS HELPFUL In an interview for the group's official website Martin explained: "Some people are suing us at the moment and although it was initially a bit depressing, now it's become really inspiring. You think, 'Right, if everyone's trying to take away our best song, then we'd better write 25 better ones'. And so just at the point where I was thinking about getting fat and becoming complacent, I've been finding more inspiration. Now we've got more to prove than ever before". -------------------------------------------------- DOLLA SHOOTING SUSPECT CLAIMS SELF DEFENCE AllHipHop.com report that the suspect, 23 year old Aubrey Berry, acted out of fear for his own life when he gunned down the hip hopper, real name Roderick Burton, apparently because of an altercation that took place in a club in Atlanta a few weeks ago. Lawyer Howard R. Price claims that when the pair subsequently ran in to each other in a restaurant in an LA mall, Berry alleges that Burton threatened him in the toilets; he also maintains that the late rapper was connected to LA gang The Crips. Berry was apprehended at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday evening, of course, and charged with murder and two assault charges and is being detained on a now raised bail bone of $5million. He is due in court today to enter his plea. -------------------------------------------------- NAS FILES PAPERS OVER DIVORCE GAHAN'S ILL HEALTH CAUSES MORE DEPECHE MODE CANCELLATIONS It's hoped he'll be well enough to play the O2 Arena in London on 30 May. A statement released on behalf of the group said this: "Doctors have advised that more time is needed to allow singer, Dave Gahan, to fully recover from his recent illness and ensure that the tour can resume shortly. Depeche Mode apologise to all their fans for this inconvenience and wish Dave a speedy recovery". -------------------------------------------------- NATALIE COLE RECOVERING AFTER TRANSPLANT As previously reported, the singer told chat show host Larry King earlier in the year that she was facing a lifetime of dialysis if a suitable kidney donor could not be found, and was inundated with emails from viewers offering to donate their organs to her. It isn't one of those fans that provided the kidney, however. Cole was diagnosed with hepatitis in 2008, a disease which she believes was the result of her drug use in former years. PSB CHANGE THEIR LEGACY FOR CHINESE MARKET FORMER BILLBOARD MAN DIES It was Littleford's grandfather William H. Donaldson who founded the trade publication in 1894. Born in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Littleford attended the University of Cincinnati before joining Billboard in 1934, following in the footsteps of his brother Roger, who began work at the company in 1933. Both brothers worked as apprentices in the composing room. From 1943 until 1958 he was general manager, and following that became Billboard's president and CEO, and remained in the job until the sale of the magazine in 1985, when he became chairman emeritus, preserving the company's relationship with the family that had run it for more than ninety years. Littleford is survived by his sister, four children and and three grandchildren. A memorial service is to be held on 28 May in New York. IVOR'S BIG BASH Other winners on the night were Massive Attack's Robert del Naja and Grant Marshall, who won the PRS Award For Outstanding Contribution To British Music, Smokey Robinson, who won the Special International Award, and Eg White, who was named Songwriter Of The Year. The full list of winners were as follows... Best Contemporary Song: Elbow - Grounds For Divorce Album Award: The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing Best Television Soundtrack: Julian Nott - Wallace And Gromit (A Matter Of Loaf And Death) Outstanding Song Collection: Vince Clarke Classical Music Award: James Macmillan Best Selling British Song: Coldplay - Viva La Vida PRS For Music Outstanding Contribution To British Music: Robert Del Naja And Grant Marshall (Massive Attack) Best Song Musically & Lyrically: Elbow - One Day Like This Best Original Film Score: Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood The Ivors Inspiration Award: Edwyn Collins PRS For Music Most Performed Work: Duffy - Mercy Songwriter Of The Year: Eg White The Special International Award: Smokey Robinson The Academy Fellowship: Don Black -------------------------------------------------- JAZZ AWARD WINNERS Jazz Musician: Phil Robson Jazz CD: The Sam Crockatt Quartet 'Howeird' Jazz Ensemble: Ryan Quigley Sextet Jazz Venue: Fleece Jazz (South East England) Jazz Journalist: Kevin LeGendre Jazz Broadcaster: Sarah Ward Jazz Publication: jazzreloaded.com Jazz Education Richard Michael Services to Jazz Val Wilmer Excellence in Jazz award presented to Ronnie Scott's in the year of their 50th anniversary. Commenting on this year's awards, PPL boss Fran Nevrkla told CMU: "PPL is delighted to continue as the main sponsor of the APPJAG and specifically the Parliamentary Jazz Awards. This prestigious event is becoming increasingly important and we are very proud to be able to champion jazz music and the very talented jazz musicians in this country".
Speaking to RapRadar.com, Jay said he was parting company with Def Jam on good terms, thanking his former executive colleagues at the label. He said he was leaving the Universal division after enjoying "a unique and fulfilling experience" with them. ![]() ARCTIC MONKEY ON NEW ALBUM The group confirmed that they expect the new record to be out ahead of their performances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August. SPANDAU BALLET PLANNING ROCKDOC ITUNES FESTIVAL LINE UP ANNOUNCED SATURDAY AT THE GREAT ESCAPE Idlewild Sky Larkin Johnny Foreigner De De Mouse -------------------------------------------------- ALBUM REVIEW: MSTRKRFT - Fist Of God (Universal/Geffen) Buy from iTunes NEW CAREER SKILLS WEBSITE FOR CREATIVE TYPES Announcing the new venture, the boss of the first of those government funded skills type organisations, Tom Bewick, told reporters: "We are creating a new portal into a huge portfolio of quality content. Each partner organisation has authoritative content for the audiences they serve; this collaboration is about bringing some of that content together and signposting what's available to support individuals and businesses across the dynamic and fast-changing creative industries". The site, in case you wondered, which you might have done, is at www.creative-choices.co.uk. UNIVERSAL SOUND OUT RIVALS OVER VEVO They plan to provide a premium music video website powered by YouTube's technology, but controlled by the major, who would sell advertising at, they hope, a higher rate than the likes of the Google-owned video platform have so far managed, because of the official nature of the service (ie the music videos wouldn't be ripped off MTV or sit alongside videos of drunk people pretending to dance or cats falling off tables). The service would only work, many reckon, if the service offered music from all record companies. Whether the other majors will be willing to provide its catalogue to aid a rival's digital ambitions without demanding an equity stake, and whether Universal are willing to offer equity deals, is not known. With Warner and the collecting societies on the publishing side of the industry having problems with the royalties offered by YouTube, any service which aims to maximise the advertising revenue potential of music would presumably be attractive. That said, word has it EMI, Sony and Warner in the US are all also talking to American video-on-demand service Hulu about providing their videos for a new music service there. Hulu is already building a substantial subscriber base in the US by providing TV-on-demand content from a number of US TV networks. Hulu and Vevo deals are unlikely to be mutually exclusive, but if the other three majors reckon Hulu type deals offer a favourable alternative to making videos available to UCG sites like YouTube, then they may be less desperate to get into bed with rivals Universal. -------------------------------------------------- C4 DO REVENUE SHARE DEAL WITH YOUTUBE KNOWLEDGE GOES ONLINE ONLY, PLAN B GOES Knowledge mag say that their all new website makes their print version look outdated, though back issues of the magazine will be featured online in digital form, and past cover CDs will be available for download. Some will point out that many former print music mags have gone the online only route shortly before disappearing completely, though some music media do work very well thank you very much in a primarily online format. I seem to remember CMU once went from print to online only and look, we're still here. Plan B's publishers, meanwhile, said in a statement earlier this week: "We've come to the decision to close Plan B Magazine after the June issue after a lot of deliberation. The current economic climate, combined with the situation of the music industry - to which, whether we like it or not, the fortunes of a commercial monthly music mag are inextricably linked - has made it ever harder for us to continue producing the magazine the way we want to. To keep going, we'd need to make cuts in staff, content, size, frequency, print quality - and we're not prepared to do that. We're still above water, we're making some beautiful magazines, and we are quitting while we're ahead". -------------------------------------------------- FIVE BAUER DIGITAL STATIONS TO COME OFF SKY One of the issues for radio firms dabbling in the various different outputs for digital radio services (ie Sky, Virgin, Freeview, Freesat, DAB networks, the internet) is that each additional platform costs money to operate, and the longer it takes for any one platform to take off as consumers' preferred service, the more costs are associated with developing what are in the main loss-leader digital services. Bauer's Q, Heat, Kerrang!, The Hits and Smash Hits services will be withdrawn from Sky, though the Kiss and Magic services will remain. Confirming the decision, Bauer's strategy man Travis Baxter told Radio Today: "We have fantastic coverage and huge audiences on Freeview. We can't be in everything. We can't invest in every platform that's going". -------------------------------------------------- JOBS WILL GO FOLLOWING FORMAT CHANGE AT CITY TALK A spokesman for the station told Radio Today: "With great reluctance, Radio City has entered into consultation with a small number of staff regarding a proposal to re-shape the business. The external environment remains challenging and we, in line with many in the sector, are continually investigating all ways to operate more effectively to carefully manage our way through the current trading difficulties". Radio Today also report that there may be job cuts at some of Bauer's other local stations, including CFM and Metro Radio. -------------------------------------------------- OFCOM CHIEF RECOGNISES RADIO SPONSORSHIP RULES NEED RELAXING Richards said: "We know that the [radio] ad model is changing - spot advertising is at the limits of what it can do. It is often considered intrusive by listeners. These changing circumstances mean we have to adapt. We need to balance the benefits of flexibility for the industry with what listeners want, and ensuring listeners are not misled. [But] e think there is scope for the relaxation of the rules". A review of such things is ongoing, and Radio Today reports a consultation will be launched on radio sponsorship next month. BETTE MIDLER AND FIDDY UP A TREE And it's not all one sided. Fiddy seems quite taken with Midler and told reporters at a spring picnic for the Restoration Project: "Look how beautiful things are and how nice it feels when I'm around her. Me and Bette collaborating would be really hot. But I'd need to make something new for her. For the right song, we'd definitely get together." Midler added: "I really can't rap, but I'd like to sing in the background on 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'. He is such a gorgeous star - holy cow! He's like the Godfather of Jamaica, Queens." |
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