fair music weblog

Since Harald Quendler received the 2007 fair music Award more than 30 releases were awarded with the fair music seal of approval. Among this releases Franz Haunzinger, Otto Lechner and Anne Bennet are amazingly interesting.

Harald Quendler has shown more than 30 years of commitment for cultural diversity in the Austrian music market. With his business Extraplatte – label, distributor and record store rolled into one – Quendler co-operates with musicians to make them stand on their own two feet – from music production to cover and booklet arts design to marketing and distribution. Extraplatte is an established niche service for innovative, off-key and exotic music. It is a synonym for a diverse choice of folk, jazz, world music, classical, advanced pop and contemporary music. Successful careers and trends which were knocked off by Extraplatte produce a long, long list. Promoting unknown musicians still is instrumental to Quendler. fair music rewards the commitment to cultural diversity and freedom.

Further information: www.extraplatte.com

Yesterday started Capitol Records v. Jammie Thomas, the first file-sharing case to go to trial, in Duluth, Minnesota. After a calm morning session the afternoon brought a revelation during the questioning of Jennifer Pariser, Sony BMG’s head of litigation, according to Eric Bangeman’s report on Ars Technica: “(…) a Sony executive said what many observers have suspected for a long time. The RIAA’s four-year-old lawsuit campaign is costing the music industry millions of dollars and is a big money-loser for the record labels. “Saying that the record labels have spent ‘millions’ on the lawsuits, she then said that ‘we’ve lost money on this program.’”, says the report.

The international renowned band „Einstürzende Neubauten“(”Collapsing New Buildings”) was founded in 1980 and broke new ground by using new means to establish direct communication with their fans and supporters. They developed an interactive website and a subscription model. (weiterlesen…)

ROOTS & ROUTES scouts, inspires and coaches young talented musicians, dancers and media makers with diverse cultural roots and offers these urban talents talents new routes to realize their professional career. ROOTS & ROUTES supports art schools and other educational institutes in diversifying their curriculum.

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The emphasis of IMA is on unearthing female productions in the field of electronic arts, analysing their place in the overall historical context and making them visible for a wider public. With this research priority, the Institute could position itself at an international level and join the network of the few existing institutions that are also active in this field.

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Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated, the publishing units of the hip-hop star Eminem, last month filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Apple’s iTunes music store. There are currently two similar suits running but as Greg Sandoval reports on ZDNet, that this isn’t about Apple or copyright infringement: “What the musicians and writers really want is to challenge the claim by record labels that they have the right to negotiate Internet sales on their behalf.” As CD sales go down and royalties get squeezed, more and more artists are growing dissatisfied with their share for digital downloads. “A growing number of performers, publishers and songwriters want a bigger share of that download revenue and want to see an overhaul of recording and publishing contracts”, writes Greg Sandoval.

Hey Eminem, blame the system, not Apple - ZDNet