Lionsgate Inks Distribution Deal with Narnack Records.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-24 June 2008-Lionsgate Inks Distribution Deal with Narnack Records(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com LIonsgate continues to expand and diversify its musical repertoire, adding Grammy winner Lee "Scratch" Perry to its roster in a distribution deal with independent record label Narnack Records, it was announced by Lionsgate...

GAMA: 2007 Another Record Year for General Aviation Manufacturers.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-13 February 2008-GAMA: 2007 Another Record Year for General Aviation Manufacturers(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Leaders of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) have announced that the 2007 year-end shipment figures for the general aviation industry have led to another record high in industry...

Revolutionizing children's records; the Young People's Records and Children's Record Guild series, 1946-1977.
9780810859197 Revolutionizing children's records; the Young People's Records and Children's Record Guild series, 1946-1977. Bonner, David. Scarecrow Pr. 2008 345 pages $65.00 Paperback American folk music and musicians; #9 ML405 ...

Compulsory licensing of musical works in the digital age: why the current process is ineffective & how Congress is attempting to fix it.
"Intellectual property law cannot be patched, retrofitted, or expanded to contain digitized expression..." (1) Essayist John Perry Barlow made this statement in 1994. (2) His words are no less true today. As the use of computers and the Internet has grown since the mid-1990s, it has become...

The Mars Volta deserves a listen.
Byline: Scott McLennan COLUMN: CD REVIEW The Mars Volta "The Bedlam in Goliath" (GSL/Universal Records) * * * * Memo to record company execs: Listen to The Mars Volta. With so much music out there...

Medievalism and exoticism in the music of Dead Can Dance.
In 1991, the alternative rock band Dead Can Dance released an album that caught the attention of music reviewers by constructing an aural allegiance to the Middle Ages. Suitably called A Passage in Time, the album was described as imitating medieval chant, troubadour and trouvere music, Latin hymns, and...

Digital Watermarking Alliance Supports Music Industry Efforts to Sell MP3 Music Downloads and Enhance Consumer Experiences.
As Record Labels Move Toward Distributing Music in Unencrypted MP3 Formats for Download, the DWA Encourages the Industry to Identify and Manage Those Assets With Proven and Readily Available Digital Watermarking LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA), an international group of industry...

Notes from the underground: what the ailing record industry can learn from a successful subway musician.
Every two weeks or so, I pack up my Taylor acoustic guitar, fill my backpack with CDs of my music, and head down into the New York City subways to busk away. I make good money, and I get to watch and study people, too. For example, I can...

Simon Woods, somebody to watch out for in the record industry.
Charming looks, bubbly sense of humor, endearing singing voice and a great talent in musicality, these are words that best describe _ Simon Woods. A free spirited 18-year-old unconventional lad, which will introduce a new face in the local music scene, and prove to the international market...

Powerman 5000 powers up for busy tour; Frontman Spider undeterred by peaks, valleys, nastiness of recording industry.
Byline: Scott McLennan Maybe that freaky sci-fi air of indestructibility Powerman 5000 emanates is more than an image for the band. After all, it does seem sort of supernatural that the hard-rock act led by singer Spider is still around, having survived lineup changes, record-label...