Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday August 23rd, 2006
– Why isn’t there more jazz at jazz festivals? (San Jose Mercury News)
– A look inside the new Irv Gotti label deal with Universal. (NY Times)
– Bob Dylan tells Rolling Stone that the quality of modern sound recordings are "atrocious". "I don’t know anybody who’s made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really." (Reuters)
– The RIAA is pioneering almost automated lawsuits dubbed "spamigation" that according to one source could lead to for example lawsuits against almost everyone who every used Kaaza. (Boing Boing)
R.II.P. – Dave Nives Koch VP of Production and Catalog
Any album recorded by ECM shuld prove high quality recording still exist.
PS. Bob Dylan is an idiot has been. He should make a record worth listening or shush… At least Neil Young is still trying.