From Wired’s Listening Post: Jenner: $50 Per Year from Every Music Fan Would Save/Reinvent Music Industry

At a SXSW panel called “Reinventing Payment Models for Digital Music,” Cambridge-educated economist-turned-music-manager (Pink Floyd, The Clash, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Billy Bragg) Peter Jenner put a figure on how much each music fan who buys music would have to pay in order for access to every song ever recorded while maintaining or increasing music sales.

He said that $50 per year from every person who listens to music would “meet or exceed the current over the counter sales of the music industry at a far lower cost,” but that because of deeply-entrenched flaws in the outmoded business models used by the labels that have evolved over the years, we’re unlikely ever to see such a system put in place — despite the fact that it would increase profits while allowing people far greater access to music.

I find myself both enthralled and slightly disgusted by the cover to Scribbler’s new CD [self titled?]:

It’s almost too late but not quite for you to go out and catch the CD release show this evening at Gus’ Pub [google map].

Also on the bill tonight: (more…)

Their long awaited debut recording is released tonight in Hell’s Kitchen and tomorrow at an all ages show at the Pavilion.

In addition to catching their shows, you can also read about them in today’s issue of the Coast [and see them on the cover]:

Halifax rock trio Great Plains finally gets its outstanding, long-simmering debut, Home of the Totem, into the world this week. “You have to put something out of quality,” says singer Sean MacGillivray, “something with substance.”

“Ultimately, I am at the point where I am only doing things I am passionate about. I don’t do anything in my life that is monotonous,” says Sean MacGillivray. “It’s been my goal and the way I’ve structured my life, and structured the decisions I’ve made and who I play with.”

“Do you think it’s fine that a CD plays in all CD players but that an iTunes song only plays in an iPod? I don’t. Something has to change”
-EU Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva

EU takes aim at Apple over iTunes

UPDATE- from Coolfer: The European Union’s consumer chief backed away from her harsh statements on Apple’s closed iPod/iTunes system. She simply wanted to start a debate about developing the nascent digital music market. Job well done.
Reuters

Elliott Brood is in town tonight with special guest Angela Desveaux.
The show starts at 9PM and is only $2 cover.
Venue is The Grawood (DAL SUB) [google map]

Elliott Brood’s most recent album, AMBASSADOR, was put out by six shooter records which probably has one of the best tag lines in the history of indie labels: life is too short to listen to shitty music.

Indeed.

Elliott Brood will also be playing the following east coast dates:
15/03/2007 Paramount Lounge , Moncton, NB
16/03/2007 Elwood’s, St. John, NB
17/03/2007 Baba’s, Charlottetown, PEI

What are the odds that former colleagues BMN (worked at CAPR together) and TT (worked at The Coast together) would both reference the group Chicago within a 24 hour period? Pretty damn good, apparently:

Chicago “Chicago 17″ (1984) (and, for a paragraph, REO Speedwagon’s “I Can’t Fight This Feeling”) | Defending…

The summer of wuss rock: Now somebody book Chicago (with Peter Cetera)! | The Coast’s Blog Horn

My thoughts on the matter: Isn’t it funny how some people say “chi-cargo”?

CBC Radio 2 has named it’s new slate of evening programs that start on Monday, March 19:

• 6PM–8PM: Tonic (jazz) with Katie Malloch (weekdays), Tim Tamashiro (weekends)
• 8PM–10PM: Canada Live (concerts) with Matt Galloway (weekdays), Patti Schmidt (weekends)
• 10PM–1AM: The Signal (”contemporary music”) with Laurie Brown (M-Th), Pat Carrabré (F-Sun)
• 1AM–6AM: Nightstream (?) with Danielle Charbonneau

And for those listeners that are missing Brave New Waves, dig deep into the streaming interview archives and hold back the tears [via radio free canuckistan].

The “news“: Paris Hilton is to be dropped by her record label within the next few weeks.

This will be hopefully the only time I ever mention this poor excuse of a human being anywhere in public [and I’m certain my ban will last longer than the AP’s - it was only suppose to be a week - how sad].

The real surprise: “She’s totally lost interest in the project” - the project being her pop “career”.
Get the fuck out!!! I’m shocked! Dumbfounded even!

Has this ______ ever committed to anything? As long as labels want to sign “artists” like this in an attempt to make a quick buck they deserve to watch their sales and revenues spiral down and down and down. [EDIT: For the year, album sales are down 16%. - from Coolfer]

TOMORROW:
Hopefully some real news on important music issues such as voluntary collective licenses and the current threat facing internet radio producers [another swift move supported by the RIAA].

digital audio insider is a blog I read all the time and for some reason only recently realized it was missing from my RSS reader.

So I went looking and found a couple great links, quotes etc. covering a digital store comparison, Sting being Sting, and more (more…)

UPDATE: This is the full, uncut version of the Bob Lefsetz interview. This is exclusive to the web, it will not be aired on televsion.

I mention him on numerous occasions, now you can see what he looks like, hear what he sounds like. You can watch his segment with George Stroumboulopoulos over on The Hour’s site and then visit Mr. Lefsetz’s site to read about the taping.
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