Managing Director of Phonographic Performances NZ, Kristin Bowman, responds to outrage in the NZ Herald this week at a possible music royalty fee increase for gyms, cafes and retail.
A concern for small independent music producers is the method by which music royalty fees are distributed. Unlike radio there is no record keeping of what is actually played in businesses where royalties are collected. Therefore many independent artists are seeing their royalties go to major label artists. Kristin admits the model is not perfect and it is up for review.
MsBehaviour reports on the growth areas of the entertainment industry. CD Baby have paid out over $100 million to indie artists and the stats show that contrary to some reports sales of entertainment media are on the rise… Full links and show notes are over at TheG33kShow.com.
Real Groovy’s Chris Hart gives us the complete history of a medium that is finding a new audience in 2009, the Cassette. Sony recently celebrated the 30th birthday of the Walkman and Chris reports that Cassettes are still selling strong. Is it any good as a medium for listening to music and how long will they last?
Downloads and declining CD sales have dominated the recording industry headlines over the past few years and commentators have predicted the total demise of the retail record store. What is the truth and what role do older formats have in retail music sales? Founder of Real Groovy records in Auckland explains this and more.
The news of the week in song form. Lindon Puffin on the vocals & ukulele delivers a wrap up of the stories that hugged the national headlines throughout the week. From poison berries in peas, the world’s largest piano, the super city and insulation, to The Killers, twitter, the cricket test and Easter. It’s all in the week that was waiata.
Chelfyn has created a neat little “see tune, hear tune” search hack by Chelfyn using Firefox, Diigo & Fizy to find almost any tune you read about instantly. Just highlight, search, click and the song is playing within seconds. Check out the wee instructional video over at theG33kShow.com.
Mark Roberts has been living out of a suitcase and touring the world with his band The Enright House, sharing his music with as many people as possible. That includes the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. I caught up with Mark on the way out from Austin heading to New Orleans. The band had a pretty tough show, but for Mark the best time was had watching some great musicians and cutting through the big industry nonsense. Follow Mark’s travels on Twitter.
Michael Higgins gives the run down of who is playing at next years Big Day Out. Highlights include previously announced headliner Neil Young are beat juggernauts The Prodigy, Arctic Monkeys, The Ting Tings, TV On The Radio, Tiki Taane, My Morning Jacket, Bullet For My Valentine, Headless Chickens, The Black Seeds, The Datsuns, Simian Mobile Disco, Elemeno P, Nesian Mystik, Pendulum, The Living End, Sneaky Sound System, Luger Boa, Cobra Khan, Ladi 6 and The Naked And Famous.
Anna Coddington is one of New Zealand’s foremost heroines of independent pop music, as is clearly evident on her debut, self-produced album “The Lake”, due for release in June 2008. Coddington has been quietly kicking around New Zealand’s music scene for some time now. You may have heard her singing in the background of some well known tunes by artists like Bic Runga, Anika Moa, SJD, Dimmer and more, or in the foreground of a handful of casually released pop gems by her bands Handsome Geoffery and Duchess.
In this live session recorded for the Radio Wammo show on Kiwi FM Anna plays three tracks called Never Change, Hold You Here and What a Shame off her debut album The Lake.
