Billboard Dance Music Summit (NYC) on Sept. 20-22, 2004
NEW YORK (www.billboardevents.com) - Just Announced... Billboard Q&A With World Renowned Dj/Producer Paul Van Dyk! Also...Legendary Producer Giorgio Moroder Is Confirmed For "The Pioneers Of Dance/Electronic Music" Panel! Billboard Dance Music Summit Sept. 20-22, 2004 Union Square Ballroom, NYC www.billboardevents.com ...
| ColleaguesRecords.com has arrived to get all the artist Sony, BMG, WMG, Universal ignored
NEW YORK (www.colleaguesrecords.com ) - ColleaguesRecords.com (International) has launched, The World's First Serious Online Record Label. We have launched the radical online record label with heavy investment in fact over budget to make sure we challenge the Majors. And already we are attracting high ...
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BPI release Second-Quarter figures
LONDON, UK (www.bpi.co.uk) - The second quarter of 2004 demonstrated another strong performance from the UK record industry with total value up 4% on the same period last year. Among a slew of good news for the UK industry – the primary investor in new British music talent – were the following: ...
| Stereotype Records founded, formed, and fed up
LOS ANGELES (www.stereotyperecords.com) - Stereotype Records was formed by three friends with the common conviction that there was great music being made by great musicians that wasn't getting a proper chance to be heard. With the industry fixated on marketing the next musical sub-genre, force-feeding ...
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Infinity Music launches New Record Label for Eclectic Mix of Recording Artists
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL. (Infinity Music/ www.infinitymusiccorp.com) - Infinity Music Corp. has launched a new record label called Infinity Records St. Augustine. The company already has labels geared toward the country music market and the Christian music market, but the new label is geared toward a wide ...
| Americana Music Association announces performers for 2004 Conference
NASHVILLE, TN. (Americana Music Association/ www.americanamusic.org) - The Americana Music Association has announced some of the performers for the 2004 Americana Honors & Awards, scheduled for September 24th at 7:00 p.m. at the Nashville Convention Center during the 2004 Americana Conference. Artists ...
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Grammy Foundation seeks grant applicants
SANTA MONICA , CA. (Recording Academy) - The GRAMMY Foundation today announced that its 2004/2005 grant program will award $650,000 to music archiving, preservation and research projects in the coming year. The online application is available immediately at www.grammy.com/grants/ and the deadline to ...
| Peer-to-Peer companies Grokster and StreamCast win in court!
NEW YORK (PC World Magazine) - Peer-to-peer file-sharing services Morpheus and Grokster are legal, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The decision is a blow for record labels and movie studios which sued the peer-to-peer operators claiming that the services should be held liable for the copyright ...
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Top songwriters, artists and producers unite to fight racism at the 2004 Songwriter's Summit
LOS ANGELES (Oneness/ www.oneness.org) - Top music industry artists, songwriters, and producers gather for the 2004 Songwriters' Summit for Oneness on August 21, 2004 at the Los Angeles Recording Workshop in Hollywood. The event is hosted by the non-profit organization, Oneness, and 2004 sponsors include ...
| Aretha Franklin sets up her own record label
NEW YORK (Aretha Franklin Fans Website) - The queen of Soul, singer Aretha Franklin has set up her own record label 'Aretha Records.' The 62-year old 'So Damn Happy' singer opened the record label because she wants complete creative freedom while releasing her own music with the label. 'When you're ...
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Lil iROCC Williams and the family make major move in the Industry
ATLANTA, GA. (Lil iROCC Williams press release) - Authority Music, LLC., a family-owned label for Lil iROCC Williams and Whitaker Entertainment – a new division of the 'power publishing house' – Whitaker House, Inc. recently announced their strategic alignment with the signing of a major ...
| Univision Music Group leads Latin album sales in US with 48 in Top 100
NEW YORK (Univison Music Group) - According to Nielsen SoundScan Report, Leading Latin Music Label Reached An Impressive 55% of All Latin Sales in U.S. and Puerto Rico Univision Music Group, the country's leading Latin music label set a new record in Latin music history with an enviable 55% share of ...
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The Orchard completes licensing deals with leading Greek Labels for digital distribution
NEW YORK (The Orchard/ www.theorchard.com) - The Orchard, the world's leading supplier of independent music, today announced worldwide digital distribution of a broad range of popular Greek music from some of the leading independent Hellenic labels. The signing covers a wide range of Greek music - ...
| Kevin Liles joins Warner Music Group as Executive Vice President
NEW YORK (Warner Music Group press release) - Warner Music Group announced today that Kevin Liles, the former president and CEO of Def Jam Records and executive vice president of parent company Island Def Jam Music Group, has been named executive vice president of Warner Music Group. Reporting to Lyor ...
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The Recording Academy names Ron W. Roecker Vice President, Communications
SANTA MONICA, CA. () - The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences today announced that it has named Ron W. Roecker as its Vice President, Communications. Roecker, who recently has served as the Senior Director of Communications, will continue reporting directly to Neil Portnow, President of the ...
| Napster brings digital music to the US Military!
LOS ANGELES (Napster/ www.centricmall.com) - Napster, a division of Roxio, announced an agreement with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) that gives all branches of the United States military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard - access to the innovative Napster 2.0 music service ...
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NARM Convention to bring music biz heavy-hitters to San Diego
SAN DIEGO (NARM announcement) - Clive Davis To Keynote Dual Disc, In-Store CD-Burning Technology To Debut Gretchen Wilson, Jason Mraz, Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Chick Corea & The Electric Band, Others To Perform Insights & Sounds.04, the 46th Annual Convention & Marketplace of the National ...
| Jeff Green named New Director, Americana Music Association
NASHVILLE, TN (Americana Music Association/ www.americanamusic.org) - Longtime music, radio and trade association executive Jeff Green has been appointed Executive Director for the Americana Music Association, effective October 15. Green succeeds founding AMA Executive Director J.D. May, who is joining ...
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Plastiman Live Show to unveil unprecedented technologies at Mutek
WINDSOR, ON. (www.mutek.ca) - Up until now, Richie Hawtin and his production team for the Plastikman Live show at Mutek 2004 have kept a very tight lid on the technology being developed for the show. They have begun lifting the curtain on a set of technological advances that will alter the course of ...
| Sony Music Entertainment and BMG unite to create Sony BMG Music Entertainment
NEW YORK (Sony Music Entertainment/BMG press release) - Sony Music Entertainment and BMG have completed the creation of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, a global recorded music joint venture with a roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local artists and international superstars, ...
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