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JOB OPPORTUNITY FROM ALAN BEARMAN MUSIC ABM is looking for a full time administrator to undertake a variety of duties to support the company's day to day running. ABM is primarily a music agency representing a number of significant artists in the folk and roots music world. We are based in Finsbury Park, London N4. Please see www.alanbearmanmusic.co.uk for more information on our activities. There will be opportunities to get involved in projects such as festivals and conferences but in the main we are looking for reliable admin back up on the agency side of the business. If you would like any more details or to apply, please email a CV and cover letter to Alan on [email protected] Salary and benefits will be based on experience/ qualifications. Please apply by end of September. -- Advertise your jobs here: £100 for five editions - [email protected] |
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![]() YET MORE JACKSON: WILLS, FILMS AND MADONNA TRIBUTES Mrs Jackson raised concerns about Branca and McClain almost immediately, arguing that while Branca, in particular, had had a good working relationship with her son when the will was written in 2002, that wasn't the case by 2009. Branca, though, argued he had started working with Jacko again in the months before his untimely death, and that he was therefore up to speed on the singer's latest business dealings. Katherine had already persuaded the court that she should also be given a say in the way her late son's estate was managed, but it seems she is now considering applying to have one or the other of the executors removed. The problem is that under the rules of a private trust set up by Jacko, if anyone set to benefit from the will contests any parts of it they will become 'disinherited'. This would mean that if Katherine, as one of the major beneficiaries of the trust, chose to contest Branca or McClain's position as executor, she would, in theory, risk losing the benefits she is due. If that makes sense. Therefore Mrs Jackson's most recent application to the court was for confirmation that that provision of the trust would not be enacted should she make any moves to remove Branca or McClain. And the judge dealing with Jacko's estate, Mitchell Beckloff, provided that confirmation, neither executors having raised any objections. It now remains to be seen if Jackson makes any formal application to the court to have one of the executors removed from their post. Despite all these legal wranglings, Branca and McClain do seem to be liaising with Mrs Jackson on the decisions they have made regarding the late singer's estate, and the big bucks business deals they are entering into on the estate's behalf. Nevertheless, there are reports that some in the Jackson family have expressed concerns about the previously reported documentary film set to feature footage from the rehearsals for the planned AEG-promoted O2 residency, some recorded just days before the king of pop's demise. The movie, set to open in cinemas next month, is a collaboration between AEG, Sony Pictures, Sony Music and the Jackson estate. But some of Jacko's relations fear that AEG are perhaps using the documentary as a propaganda tool to counter reports that the singer was simply not fit enough to do a fifty night residency in London, and that the tour promoters had coerced him into such a big commitment against his will. It was the prospect of such a gruelling residency - conspiracy theorists argue - that led to Jackson in consuming such dangerous quantities of the prescription drugs that killed him. The AEG-produced film, some are alleging, will be edited to show Jacko to be much healthier than he really was. The New York Post quote a source thus: "He [Michael Jackson] supposedly looks fit, together and excited. The family can't speak out because money will be paid to the trust, but privately, they fear the movie is propaganda to back AEG's argument that Michael was healthy and wasn't being exploited. While fans want to remember Michael as the king of pop, the family are still suspicious of AEG and how they handled Michael". AEG, though, have pointed out that they just handed over their footage to Sony Pictures, and have left the editing of the documentary to the movie people, so have no control over how Jackson is portrayed. A spokesman for the film company, said the Post's source's claims "make no sense and don't deserve comment". Talking of Jacko tributes, Janet Jackson is planning doing more tributing for her late brother following her performance at last week's VMAs. Rumour has it she is planning on doing a joint tribute with Madonna, who apparently chatted with Janet at the MTV awards event which, also apparently, Madge only attended in the first place because she wanted to pay her respects to Jacko. Another of those sources said this: "It was a meeting of two great musical minds. Madonna was so impressed with Janet's tribute to Michael that they started talking about how great it would be to honour him by doing something together. With that one performance Janet proved she's back on top of her game. And who better to join forces with than Madonna? There was definitely something very interesting being planned between them". COLDPLAY FACE NEW RIP OFF CLAIM The latest claim isn't related to a Chris Martin-penned song, but to the video for their track 'Strawberry Swing', which was released as a single last week, of course. Singer songwriter Andy J Gallagher says that the promo for the track - which has been described as "groundbreaking new video" by Coldplay's people - is incredibly similar to one he made for his song 'Something Else' last year. You can view the two vids at the YouTube links below and make up your own mind as to whether you agree with him. They certainly both have the stop animation chalk thing going on. Meanwhile, here's what Gallagher has to say about it: "While I can't say they copied me, there are an awful lot of similarities between my video and theirs. I think it's unfair that 'Strawberry Swing' will probably be nominated for numerous awards and is being universally-acclaimed as groundbreaking, when Owen Trevor [the director of Gallagher's video] had virtually the same idea at least a year before". Andy's video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvEuvtBBG0s Coldplay's video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYtk1Z0UUuE LEONARD COHEN COLLAPSES ON STAGE -------------------------------------------------- STONE TEMPLE WEILAND HAS SEIZURE An "is there a doctor on board" call was made on the flight, and oxygen administered, so much so by the time the plane made its emergency landing the singer had fully recovered and was reportedly in good spirits. A rep for Weiland told Rolling Stone that the singer has a history of seizures but was "doing great" after this latest incident and expected to stick to his live commitments in Miami. -------------------------------------------------- AMY WINEHOUSE'S TEETH ACHE, BUT PRESUMABLY LOOK NICER A source told The Sun: "Amy's teeth were in a pretty gross state. They were brown and stained and needed major work on them and she was determined to get them back to their sparkling best. It's all major work and it's left her in almost constant pain, but she thinks the sacrifice is worth it. She's been given some very strong drugs to cope with the pain". ROC RAIDA DIES A founder member of nineties turntablist outfit the X-Ecutioners, Roc Raida, real name Anthony Williams, began DJing at the age of ten, he being the son of a member of Sugar Hill-signed group The Mean Machine. He rose to international attention in hip hop circles by winning the DMC World DJ Championships in 1995, and subsequently became known for his production work as well as his turntable skills. He also appeared as the official tour DJ on Busta Rhymes' tours. Paying tribute via Twitter, Rhymes said: "I just wanna thank everyone for your love and support and your prayers. We will never let your name die Roc... We love you and will forever miss you... RIP. I was told today. We are losing all of these great people this year as a result of God calling his army because something is about to go down!" AMELLE QUITS SUGABABES, RUMOURS SAY ASTEROIDS DO BMG DEAL TAGT are managed by ie:music, best known as Robbie Williams' managers of course, and ie's top men David Enthoven and Tim Clark have, for some time, been very public about their desire to find new ways to work with record companies and their like. Confirming the BMG deal, Music Week quote Clark thus: "Combining master and publishing rights under the same deal means that we can exploit both in a much more complimentary fashion. David and I are particularly pleased to be renewing an association with Bertelsmann that stretches back to the late 60s when Ariola licensed so many of the artists with whom we worked, and continued with Robbie Williams' successful publishing deal with BMG Music Publishing". ASH ANNOUNCE FIRST A-Z SINGLE Watch the video for 'True Love 1980' here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXl8m_IJhpY -------------------------------------------------- BRAND NEW ON THE FUTURE: NOTHING PLANNED AS YET Accardi: "Rumours are interesting because the record isn't even out and people are talking about how it's the last one we'll ever make. To be honest we're not even sure what we're going to do about anything and all people seem to talk about is how this is the end of the band. It's possible that there might not be another record for a while, our touring and recording schedule might become something different to what it is now". Continuing with the vagueness theme, Accardi added: " There is a lot of planning to be done about how this band can continue with its original members and how we can carry on doing what we do. That might involve us going away for a while but at the moment there is nothing definite planned". 'Daisy' is out today. COLD CAVE ANNOUNCE UK TOUR Tour dates: 29 Oct: Bristol, Louisiana -------------------------------------------------- THE DRUMS ANNOUNCE UK GIGS Tour dates: MPA/BLUNT SUPPORT GOVERNMENT'S THREE-STRIKES MOVES As previously reported, even though the government's 'Digital Britain' report earlier this year was somewhat non-committal on forcing ISPs to take a more proactive role in the fight against file-sharing, since last month the government has become quite keen to do just that. That news has caused some in the music industry (mainly rights holders like record companies and music publishers, or those who sell recordings) to get all smiley, while others, including the Featured Artists' Coalition, British Academy Of Songwriters, Music Producers' Guild and the Music Managers Forum have been generally critical of the new plans, arguing that suspending the net connections of file-sharers will not stop file-sharing, and will just piss music fans off. I think we knew that the big music publishers would be with the big record companies on this issue, and the MPA confirmed last week that they were supporting the "graduated response" programme the government was now proposing. And the trade body's top guard confirmed to Music Week they'd written to the government to say so. Meanwhile the artist community continues to chatter on this one. As previously reported, the artists are somewhat divided. The Featured Artists' Coalition are among the biggest critics of the government's new plans, though the Musicians' Union are in support, and a number of established artists that you might expect to find at a FAC meeting have said they support any new laws that might stop online piracy. Lily Allen has been most vocal so far, supported by Patrick Wolf. Today, it's Mr James Blunt. He writes in The Times: "At long last the government is looking to legislate to protect the industry. Peter Mandelson is looking to engage the internet service providers who, in my opinion, handle stolen goods, and should take much more responsibility. How this legislation pans out, and if it goes through at all, is critical to the survival of the British music business". -------------------------------------------------- 2ENTERTAIN BOSS STANDS DOWN Nevertheless, CEO Richard Green, who also held a post at Woolworth's eUK business, has announced he is departing the company. Music Week quote him thus: "I have been fortunate to work with many talented people and I would like to thank all my colleagues past and present for their support and commitment. These decisions are never easy, but as 2entertain prepares for its next cycle of development, the time was right for me to look for new challenges and adventures". US PUBLISHERS LOBBYING FOR MORE ONLINE ROYALTIES Of course in America, unlike here in the UK, performing and mechanical royalties are managed by totally separate collecting societies. This wasn't previously much of a problem - because it was tour promoters and broadcasters who paid performing royalties (whenever songs were performed), and record companies who paid mechanical royalties (whenever 'mechanical copies' of songs were made - ie records or CDs were pressed). But in the internet domain it gets confusing because some web music services count as broadcast-style 'performances', while others involve a 'mechanical copy' being made. Which means website owners have to deal with both kinds of collecting societies for the same music rights. In some areas - streaming for example - both kinds of collecting societies argue they are due a royalty payment, which is fun for the web service providers who negotiate one licence only to find another collecting society knocking at their door wanting money. Download services like iTunes will only deal with the mechanical royalty people, which is why ASCAP and BMI - the performing royalty societies - are feeling left out. They don't currently have a relationship with the Apple store, but reckon that certain iTunes products and services - the aforementioned thirty second clips and the inclusion of music in downloadable TV shows and films - should be providing them with a royalty income. Having already done tortuous deals with the record companies and the mechanical royalty types, Apple are understandably not keen to now sit down with ASCAP and BMI and work out why they should be paying the music publishers more cash. Which is, I think, why the collecting societies are now lobbying Congress for legal clarification as to what performing royalties are due to the publishers on the web. Whether such lobbying will succeed remains to be seen. Certainly there are plenty of people who will speak out against the introduction of any new online music royalties. Reporting on this lobbying effort, C-net wrote last week: "At a time when many iTunes shoppers are still fuming over Apple's first-ever increase in song prices, the demands by ASCAP, BMI and other performing-rights groups, would likely lead to more price hikes at iTunes. For many, this would also undoubtedly confirm their perception that those overseeing the music industry are greedy". -------------------------------------------------- JUST UNDER 10% OF SPOTIFY USERS PAY The streaming music company are generally quite coy when it comes to discussing their exact business model, the royalties they are paying, and the number of premium subscribers. Though on that last issue Spotify boss Daniel Ek was more forthcoming last week, telling a Glasshouse event in London that under 10% of Spotify's users pay to use the service. It seems they have a million subscribers, with about 90,000 paying. While that is, of course, £900,000 a month in the bank, most reckon that the streaming music company will need substantially more than that to make the company a going concern long term. Of course the service's mobile applications, which only work for premium users, are new to market, and may help boost that figure, though whether the boost will be big enough remains to be seen. Though Ek is keen to stress that it is still early days for the service, adding that his priority remains the development of the service in the short term, before worrying too much about subscription revenue versus ad income sums. Still, the cynics remain, well, cynical. Though bundling of the service into ISP and/or mobile packages does remain an as yet untested option that might just overcome the mathematical problems those cynics insist on predicting. PS: You all surely know this, but we forgot to report on it. Spotify is back to having invite-only sign ups in the UK, apparently because of a surge in demand after the launch of the aforementioned Spotify mobile apps. No word on how long it will be that only those invited by other users will be able to sign up. A long time I hope. I have seven invites going to the highest bidders. -------------------------------------------------- PIRATE BAY BUYERS FACE BANKRUPTCY CLAIM Global Gaming Factory's multi-million acquisition of The Pirate Bay has been problematic from the start, with people claiming the company's top guard didn't have the money or shareholder support for the purchase, though the company's CEO Hans Pandeya has insisted throughout that everything is on track. Even when the company was taken off the Swedish stock exchange for being so vague about their Pirate Bay plans. The bankruptcy proceedings have been launched by a former director of the tech firm who claims he is owed 1,378,525 kronor. According to The Register, the filing claims that "the debtor cannot legally pay its debts, and such incapacity cannot be regarded as 'temporary'". GGF have not, as far as I'm aware, responded to the legal claim. CHART UPDATE PETER ANDRE MOBBED IN SUPERMARKET According to reports, around 50 people camped overnight to meet the reality TV star, but a total of around 6000 turned up on the day and many jumped over barriers, into shopping trolleys, and onto shelves to try to get closer to him. The surge meant that Andre had to be rushed out of the store and police were called to regain control of the situation. back to top |
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