The discrepancy between the way digital download storefronts like iTunes and streaming platforms like Spotify value the worth of a song is going to be hard to reconcile in a satisfying way. - The New Inquiry
After conducting two acts of Berlioz's Les Troyens at a festival in France, Gardiner allegedly berated bass William Thomas, slapped and then punched him, all in front of the other musicians. Gardiner has withdrawn from the remaining dates of this touring project, including the BBC Proms. - MSN (The Telegraph, UK)
These tools are mainly targeting creators, who can use copyright-free music in their videos or podcasts. The developers are also hoping that musicians notice their tools and blend them into their sample or song-making process. - TechCrunch
“Work has come to a halt … The offer of European gigs simply dried up … My band simply can’t make any kind of living in the tiny UK market, so we basically have folded as a working band.” - The Guardian
"Developed by the Philadelphia-based company Music: Not Impossible, the device consists of two ankle bands, two wrist bands and a backpack that fastens with double straps over the rib cage. ... (These) suits are unique because the devices turn individual notes of music into specific vibrations." - The New York Times
Even before the comparatively meek technology of two-channel stereo sound was standard in every home, Karlheinz Stockhausen and others were using more complex mixes for works involving electronics or taped elements. - The New York Times
"The stunning success testifies to potency of confrontational works that cater to an audience that believes it is underserved, but also: the increasing savvy of promoters and fans — including conservatives — who have mastered digital platforms and guerrilla marketing tactics to dominate culture industries they say have marginalized them." - The New York Times
"The truth is I'm not necessarily concerned about not upsetting traditionalists. I think people who love our art form are still gonna love it because we're still gonna play some Puccini and Verdi. To me it's — it's never about not upsetting. And if some people are upset, well, too bad." - CBS
"Despite being in very close to playable condition, the organ has sat in pieces in underground storage near San Francisco City Hall for most of the past three decades. The city is trying to find a forever home, essentially free to anyone with the space and several million dollars to move and install it." - San Francisco Chronicle
“It seemed strange to me that there wouldn’t be a piano festival in such a major arts city, where there are in places that are far smaller.” - San Francisco Chronicle
"When people make the trip to Broadway and Sixty-fifth, they surely aren’t looking for an awkward transplantation of cultures that exist in more authentic form elsewhere in the city. They more likely want an encounter with something radically other—a world distant in time or space." - The New Yorker
"For too long, the record industry has treated artists as adversaries. They have tricked musicians with unfair publishing deals, dubious accounting tricks, and many other bad practices. This is not how you reward talent in a talent-driven business." - The Honest Broker
Paul Rogers plays "a hybrid of the baroque-period viola da gamba, double bass and Indian sitar, seven rather than four playing strings, as well as 14 'sympathetic strings.'" It doesn't even have a name. - The Guardian (UK)
The musicians voted just before the season begins. The union local's president said, "Management has shown that musicians are a cost to be contained, rather than the most important asset." - The New York Times
New haptic suits take individual notes, and turn them into specific spinal, ankle, and other vibrations. Cool??: "Wearing one of them feels a little like a full-body bear hug from a massage chair." - The New York Times
