Van the Man Belts It Outta The Park!!!

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The Universal Pulse
Submitted by jazzfan on

Just in case people might have thought that Van Morrison was losing his edge, Van the Man comes up with one his finest live recordings to date. The new Van Morrison: Live at Austin City Limits Festival

is a two disc set released on Van's own Exile label and available through the Van Morrison web site. I believe that is was recorded in September 2006.

Live at Austin City Limits Festival

StereoPhile/Pro audio Review

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General Rants 'n' Raves
Submitted by CECE on

I see this month's Pro audio Review has a product ad quoting STEREOPHILE!!! We be getting some cross pollination here? StereoPhile should start up a section addressing pro equipment, a section that never mentions the sound of an outlet, the sound of a wood block etc. JA would be the most logical to do it. Since he does stuff based on actual measurements, and functions. It'll bring it back to reality. Less wood, more science.

Universal Music Group Rediscovers Music

Universal Music Group Rediscovers Music

Mar 18, 2007

Universal Music Group must be taking its name seriously these days. At a time when some proclaim the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/031907premature">demise of the classical recording industry</A>, the conglomerate's many subsidiaries &mdash;Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips, and Archiv, along with ECM, which has only a marketing and distribution arrangement with UMG &mdash;are embracing new projects on multiple continents with determination and optimism.

Were Reports of Classical's Death Premature?

Were Reports of Classical's Death Premature?

Mar 17, 2007

Over the last several weeks, one newspaper after another has made note of Nielsen Soundscan's 2006 point-of-purchase data, which showed classical record sales up 22.5%, making it the "fastest growing" category for the year. Hip-hop was down (-20.7%), R&B was down (-18.4%), alternative was down (-9.2%), jazz was down (-8.3%)&mdash;soundtracks were up (+19%), but everybody dismissed that, attributing it to the dominance of a single title, <I>High School Musical</I>.

Internet Radio Buh-Bye?

Internet Radio Buh-Bye?

Mar 17, 2007

On March 2, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) published a <A HREF="http://www.loc.gov/crb/proceedings/2005-1/rates-terms2005-1.pdf">"Deter… of Rates and Terms,"</A> which announced an artist and recording company royalty fee structure for Internet radio based upon a "per song" structure. As it so happens, that was the model proposed by <A HREF="http://www.soundexchange.com/">SoundExchange</A&gt;, a digital fee collection agency founded by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Something great is happening...

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The Great Beyond
Submitted by Buddha on

Hola,

I met a person at work whose son is a 15 year old violin player.

He's in the local high school (public school) orchestra and had an iPod full of classical tunes.

He is an avid file sharer (apologies to the industry) via one of those internet places teenagers go, and has almost a thousand classical music "friends" in that community.

They compare past and current performances of loads of classical pieces, and discuss and argue about which ones are better!

SXSW I

SXSW I

Mar 16, 2007

So I'm sitting in traffic on MOPAC, the north/south expressway in Austin, listening to Willie Nile sing "Streets of New York," a tune that can be thought of as his "Jungleland" from his latest album, <I>Streets of New York</I>, on the CD player of my rented Jeep Liberty.

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