Cory Greenwell caught the Dead Child show at Cahoots last night (4/16/2008) and took a bunch of photos. He notes that their style is not really to his taste. that Phantom Family Halo is more his thing musically. The summary line “All in all, it was a fun performance of a couple guys just pushing their instruments to the extreme.”
Those gluttons for musical punishment via excess at Backseat Sandbar have a review of the Wax Fang/Ultra Pulverize show at Headliners, with photos. Clearly, UltraPulverize is into dress-up. Wheee.
Country Music Hall of Fame member Porter Wagoner has died at the age of eighty. His publicist said that he had lung cancer. Read more here.
The irrepressible, irascible Bob Lefsetz sums up the state of the music industry with a Top-Ten Most Hated in the music industry. If you’re in the business, it’s a must-read.
A study reported by Reuters has indicated that rock stars are more likely to die young than their non-famous counterparts. The study did note differences between British and American rockers, with the Brits generally having a higher death rate in the first five years after achieving fame, while the Americans had a high death rate for twenty-five years after achieving fame. The authors of the study blamed the discrepancy on the the American habit of ‘reunion’ tours, which exposed older artists to the hazards of the road. You can read the whole thing here.
AOL is preparing to launch a video service next month to rival YouTube. They’re currently giving away a Camera-A-Day, uploaders only eligible. Check their Insider Blog for info.
The long-rumored launch of an MP3 Download store by Amazon has been officially announced. The tracks will be DRM-free, so the tracks will play on any device. Flexible and lower pricing, with full album downloads retailing at $4.99 to $8.99 and individual tracks ranging from $.89-$.99 are rumored to be part of the package. Hypebot has more.
As is so often said these days, you can’t make stuff like this up: Edgar Bronfman Jr., the chairman and chief executive officer of Warner Music Group Corporation, filed suit against Vivendi SA, the French company to whom he sold Seagram’s for $34 billion in 2000, claiming it owes him a bigger pension. The funny, gruesome details are all laid out in this New York Post article.
Turns out that Sunday is the really slow day, music-wise, so I’m moving Thursdays Links to Sunday. This week, it’s DIY.
Check out www.junkdojo.com for instructions, discussions, photos and the like on DIY music instruments.
AT generalguitargadgets.com, there’s a bunch of DIY guitar effects boxes, for those of you who don’t want to shell out the big bucks to the corporates.
Open Source software is rather DIY as well. www.opensourceheaven.net has a list of recommended Music Production software.
Over at www.ram.org/, there’s a bunch of tips on building your own studio.
Finally, the listwrapper-upper - a site with a list of DIY sites.
Now get to work.
— PMM
The Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Department, has announced the awarding of funds to a number of Louisville arts groups. Among them are: