In light of the recent announcement that the Beatles’ legendary catalog is finally coming out on remastered CD’s, one of our readers from Liverpool sent in a fun little quiz. What was the first single on Apple Records? ( surveys)
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Quiz: The One & Only Billy Shears
NY Times, Sept. 2007: Can Rick Rubin Save The Music Business?
The answer? Not quite. For all the hype surrounding Rick Rubin’s arrival at Columbia Records, you’d be hard pressed to name any acts he’s signed let alone Sony artists that he’s produced other than Neil Diamond, often referred to as “The Jewish Elvis”. He’s in the studio with Crosby, Stills & Nash, but his Sony tenure has mostly been highlighted by producing Mettalica, Josh...
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Is This Man The Next Steve Jobs?
Not! As you could see from my post last week about Qtrax, you’d have to think twice about lending him your car. Yes, it’s Qtrax CEO Allan Klepshitz. And how is the new Qtrax user experience? Does it equal or top that of iTunes? Is Kelpshitz the digital music genius he would have us all believe? Mike Barthel of idolator.com details his user experience...
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Phil Spector Gets Orange Jump Suit. Will Dye Hair To Match
LOS ANGELES (AP)– Rock music producer Phil Spector was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a film actress at his mansion six years ago. A Superior Court jury returned the verdict after about 30 hours of deliberations. The jury had the option of choosing involuntary manslaughter, but did not do so. The panel also found Spector guilty of using a...
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Poll Results: Mystery Man Identified
We’re ready to announce the results of our last online poll. A plurality of readers, 27%, recognize him as the man who sold them a used car. Vince Shlomi (aka Vince Offer), the Shamwow guy and former America’s Top 40 Countdown host Casey Kasem tied for second place with 19% each. Tony Soprano’s prodigal nephew Christopher Maltisanti scored 12% of the vote with former...
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EMI Lottery Winners Span the Globe
The EMI Lottery is such a success that I’ve been getting emails from winners all over the world. Like Earl Hargrove of Eufaula, Alabama. Earl bought an EMI Scratch Off Lottery ticket at his local Citgo Mini Mart in hopes of winning that big recording contract (Earl plays accordion in a Myron Floren tribute band at the VFW Lodge up in Seale, AL). Well,...
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Online Poll: Should This Man Be Running A Deli In Miami?
I was reading Peter Kafka’s post in ATD about the new UMG/Google venture, Vevo and was struck by Pete’s analysis. What caught my attention was Pete’s observation that the music industry’s digital/online venture track record is exceptionally poor. In fact, to the best of my recollection, its zero. Nothing these knuckleheads have tried has worked. There’s I don’t know how many 25 year-old kids...
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Passalong Passes
It appears that DSP Passalong has ridden off into the sunset, yet another victim of the crashing digital music space that exists outside of Apple and Amazon. This proves once again that the only parties that can operate in the business are the big boys who don’t rely on digital music sales for their livelihood. And, of course, the major labels don’t give a...
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