Sound Recording Industries

Five more coveted Colorado music-industry jobs

In our series of coveted Colorado music-industry jobs, so far we've covered a range of jobs, from being a guitar tech and handling publicity to being tasked with overseeing digital music delivery from a vast electronic music catatlog to band management. Today, we bring you five more coveted gigs. Ke ... More >>

Free money! Denver bands have unclaimed SoundExchange royalties. Are you on the list?

The bad news is you didn't win a gazillion dollars last night in Powerball -- some lucky jerk in Michigan did, apparently. The good news is, however, you may still have some cashola coming your way that you weren't expecting. Think of it as finding a crisp twenty in the pocket of pants you haven't w ... More >>

Five world-changing albums that wouldn't have existed if blog buzz determined greatness

One day, historians will look back and marvel at how blogs changed the music industry -- that is if they can avoid being distracted by the next big thing long enough to think analytically about history. Where just a few critics used to shape the tastes of music fans across country, now an army of bl ... More >>

Artists like Springsteen and Dylan can start applying to regain copyrights of 1978 recordings

​When copyright law was revised in 1976, there was a provision that gave artists control of their work after 35 years, provided they applied two years in advance. The law didn't go into effect until 1978, but now artists like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Loretta Lynn can start a ... More >>

Google further monetizes YouTube, which means enduring ads on every music video

​After a four year legal battle with over 3,000 independent music publishers, YouTube has agreed to pay licensing fees to the National Music Publishers Association. While this doesn't affect YouTube's preexisting contracts with the four major labels, it does change the way YouTube and its pare ... More >>

Library of Congress and Sony Music team up for massive collection of free vintage recordings

The Library of Congress has just turned on its new streaming audio service, which includes a large piece of the national archives totaling around 10,000 titles. The joint venture of Sony and the Library of Congress gives users access to many Sony-controlled recordings that have long been out of circ ... More >>

Grooveshark challenges Google and the music industry in a battle of legalities

​In case you haven't been paying attention, there are some heated battles going on in the digital space right now with regard to digital music distribution rights. Just three weeks ago, Amazon launched their cloud storage and streaming services much to the chagrin of the major labels. As we wa ... More >>

Amazon gives us the first big cloud, but the major labels want to take it away

​On Tuesday, Amazon surprised everyone by introducing Amazon Cloud Drive. Everyone was literally surprised, including the record labels, consumers, journalists -- nobody had a clue this was coming. In case you've missed it, Amazon Cloud Drive is an online file locker where you can store your f ... More >>

LimeWire wins legal consolation prize, but remains screwed

​File sharing site LimeWire is currently at the front lines of the battle over online media distribution. They've already lost the suit brought against them by thirteen record companies, the site is boarded up and now they're negotiating damages. This is where things get interesting for the ca ... More >>

How the music industry will change in 2011

​In the past decade, the music industry has seen a lot of changes, but it has struggled to keep pace with technology, piracy and consumer demands. Already this year we've started to see a few more changes take shape, from crackdowns on piracy websites, a resurgence of interest in the currently ... More >>

LimeWire shut down by permanent injunction

​Looking for WMAs of Third Eye Blind? You're going to have to look elsewhere. Effective immediately, LimeWire, the popular peer-to-peer file sharing service, has gone the way of pagers, payphones and the Walkman. In 2006, the music industry filed a suit against the service for a "massive sca ... More >>

The French are fighting piracy in a new and interesting way, but could it work here?

​The French government has revealed a plan to combat piracy that could either be the most brilliant gesture ever or the most monumental waste of government resources of all time (okay, maybe not all time, but close). The proposal: French residents can buy a 50-euro gift card with which they ... More >>

Fueled by venture-capital funding and a love for unknown bands, can Boulder's Next Big Sound predict the next rock star?

$16 million to recover $391,000: The RIAA just blew a lot cash. Here's ten more of the industry's greatest wastes

[via Flickr]​Last week, it was revealed the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) spent $16 million to recover $391,000 from lawsuits involving peer-to-peer file sharing. No, we didn't print that backwards; you don't need to adjust your screen -- they really did waste that much mone ... More >>

Court cuts peer-to-peer file sharing penalty by a factor of ten

​Back in college, perhaps you found yourself loading up Kazaa and Limewire after a drunken night of revelry, trying desperately to find a copy of "Man! I Feel Like a Woman," before passing out at your desk, not realizing you were sharing an entire library of music the whole time. If you manage ... More >>

Album Sales Are In The Crapper, But The National Is Doing Just Fine

This week's signs of the music industry's apocalypse: 1. The National had the highest selling debut album in the country this week, good for number three overall (behind Justin Beiber and Lady Antebellum). 2. This was the worst week for album sales since SoundScan started keeping track in 1991. ... More >>

OK Go's Damian Kulash weighs in on viral marketing

There was an interesting op-ed in the New York Times this weekend by OK Go's lead vocalist Damian Kulash that dealt with his label's inability to update their business model to incorporate YouTube. It's worth a read for his insiders perspective, even if it's a problem most of the Internet has been c ... More >>

Flier of the week: U.S. Pipe CD release

I pretty much fell in love with the pop-art styled hippy/hottie take on Shiva (I think that's Shiva -- my Hindu mythology is a little shaky) on this U.S. Pipe CD release poster the second I saw it. The style, the subject matter, the detail -- all brilliant! Good to know that even as the music indust ... More >>

Q&A with Santogold

Kanye West pedicabbin’ in Denver

Major Fables

It's finally dawned on record companies that they're screwed. But is it too late?

Spin Master

Home Stand

A decline in sales forces Suburban Home Records to scale back.

Pearl Jam

Sunday, July 2, and Monday, July 3, Pepsi Center, 303-830-8497.

Yule's Tide

Searching for gems in the flood of seasonal discs.

The Beatdown

A NARAS board gets the 411 on the RIAA.

The Beatdown

For your ears only: You can listen to the music, but by God, don’t share it.

Free Bird

Me'Shell NdegéOcello may not have platinum sales, but she's got peace of mind.

The Beatdown

The music industry is in a shambles, but Suburban Home is celebrating independence day.

Do the Math

The music industry says online piracy's killing the biz. A UTD prof says it ain't.

Unchanged Stripes

Jack and Meg White resist the spoils of success.

Digital Dilemma

Will new royalty fees kill Web radio?

Bang to Hype

At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band.

Industrial Revolution

Napster's gone, but the record industry's copyright woes aren't.

Stop Your Sobbing

In the wake of September 11, Ray Davies reconsiders his past and looks to the future.

Best New Online Music Resource

www.bandguru.com

Ransom Notes

Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their “free” music?

Backwash

Lawyers rock and roll.

Backwash

The downfall of Napster is wussifying the Web.

Five Alive

The country revisionists behind BR5-49 play Nashville's numbers game.

Risky Business

Rapper Dannell McNeil takes a chance with his own record label and a new album.

Hit Pick

This week's local music pick: Acoustic Junction

Cleared for Takeover

Backwash gets caught up in merger mania!

Net Profits

Online music distributors are banking on indie musicians' lack of business savvy.

MP3's Company

The hottest digital audio format -- and Web site -- on the Net is changing the way local bands view the future.

Monster Magnets

After nearly twenty years, Electric Frankenstein has rock down to a mad science.

Feedback

Westword Music '96 Awards Showcase

1 night, 5 bucks, 7 venues, 39 bands Sunday, September 22 6 P.M.-1A.M. in LoDo

CRITIC'S CHOICE

ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SINGERS!

THE KINGS OF CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC BELIEVE THAT THEIR PRAYERS ARE ABOUT TO BE ANSWERED.