Electronic Music NewsMillions of Us Launches Artist-in-Residence Program
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- Millions of Us Launches Artist-in-Residence Program
- Amazon Says Profit Jumped in Quarter
- Music Calendar Ryan Adams The Saints Gringo Star
- Kittur Utsav proves to be a big draw
- The Cleveland Free Times :: Music :: Local Dirt :: Shaun f The Dead
- A Pug’s Life page 1 – Music – Riverfront Times – Riverfront Times
Millions of Us Launches Artist-in-Residence Program
PR Web – PR Web (press release) – Oct 24, 2007
The first artist-in-residence will be UK-based Rob Wright known as "Robbie Dingo" in Second Life. Wright has won widespread acclaim for a short film – a 3D interpretation of Van Gogh's "Starry Nights" – that was produced entirely in Second Life. His first project commissioned by Millions of Us is a film interpretation of the song "Meteors" by Kirsty Hawkshaw (co-produced by Ulrich Schnauss); Hawkshaw is a prominent figure in electronic music known for her distinctive vocals and her work with the band pus III. She has become a leading performer and cultural figure in Second Life. The "Meteors" video can be seen on the Web at:.
Amazon Says Profit Jumped in Quarter
New York Times – Oct 24, 2007
“Amazon’s investment in its own operations is still considerable: it spent $181 million on what it calls technology and content development over the last three months. But the rate of that investment is slowing and the investments are starting to yield fruit. In September the company introduced the Amazon MP3 digital music store to sell tracks without the antipiracy technology known as digital rights management or D. The music companies EMI and Universal are participating in Amazon’s store making the service a significant competitor to… Now the onus is on us to continue to convince music labels that this is a good way to sell their music. “This fall Amazon is also expected to introduce an electronic book device and an online store where users can download e-books. Another nascent but promising area for Amazon is its Web services business in which it rents out parts of its computing infrastructure to other Web businesses. More than making up for those developing businesses is the overall increase in e-commerce sales. The research firm Hitwise reported double-digit increases in traffic to Internet retail sites during the summer of 2007. Amazon got the largest chunk of that traffic with 11.
Music Calendar Ryan Adams The Saints Gringo Star
Cleveland Free Times – Oct 24, 2007
- JNMatthew Dear's Big HandsFor over five years Ghostly International Music a small imprint out of Ann Arbor has cultivated a roster of electronic and indie artists most of whom have blown beneath the mainstream radar. Its biggest name is Detroit DJ Matthew Dear who's the headliner on this tour celebrating the label's fifth anniversary. Backstroke his first album for the label is an eight-song EP that features slowly percolating beats (they call it micro-house) accompanied by voices (including Dear's own) that he's remixed and reconstructed through electronic wizardry. His latest effort Asa Breed finds him backed by a live band that he's dubbed Matthew Dear's Big Hands. The band gives his psychedelic soundscapes a more organic feel.
Kittur Utsav proves to be a big draw
Hindu – Oct 24, 2007
People arrived from different parts of the district to witness the annual cultural festival organised by the Veerarani Channamma Vijayotsava Samithi Kittur the Kannada and Culture Department and the district administration. Inaugurating the cultural festivities in the evening poet Chandrashekar Kambar criticised the media particularly the electronic media. Influenced by globalisation the electronic media were converting viewers into mere consumers of products manufactured by MNCs. Their major concerns appeared to be commerce and politics. He said the Government should choose whether to encourage such commercial media or protect the genuine interests of the people and the country. Earlier in a brief chat with media he said the literary meets should be held as scheduled. The absence of an elected Government should not be an excuse for not holding such important annual events… Angadi MP and other prominent citizens of the town. Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council Sachidanand Khot flagged off the colourful “Janapada Vahini” consisting of folk and cultural troupes. People lined up on either side of the route of the jatha to witness the folk artistes in their colourful and traditional costumes singing folk songs playing folk music and dancing to the beat of the drums. The jatha culminated on the fort premises the venue of festivities. Thirty-five tableaux and cultural troupes were part of the jatha depicting the heroic fight of Rani Chennamma with the British forces the Anubhava Mantap Dasa Sahitya and a statue of the queen in front of Parliament House. Hegde inaugurated an industrial exhibition.
The Cleveland Free Times :: Music :: Local Dirt :: Shaun f The Dead
Cleveland Free Times – Oct 24, 2007
Wednesday ctober 31. It'll feature music by local DJs Mike Filly Goodlife Mike and Misterbradleyp – and you dancing in costume. That costume gets you in free – but make it good. – APWheeler's Theremin dysseyIts electronic tremolo has been heard on numerous vintage sci-fi soundtracks and utilized by Beach Boy Brian Wilson. The theremin was created in the early 20th century by Soviet scientist Leon Theremin before he was shanghaied into a USSR Batcave to become Stalin's mad genius assigned to invent secret death rays and force fields (true story; see the documentary Theremin: An Electronic dyssey). But what of his best-known achievement? Designed to be played without being touched the musician waving arms between its diverging antennae the theremin has been mastered by few… It'll feature music by local DJs Mike Filly Goodlife Mike and Misterbradleyp – and you dancing in costume. That costume gets you in free – but make it good. – APWheeler's Theremin dysseyIts electronic tremolo has been heard on numerous vintage sci-fi soundtracks and utilized by Beach Boy Brian Wilson. The theremin was created in the early 20th century by Soviet scientist Leon Theremin before he was shanghaied into a USSR Batcave to become Stalin's mad genius assigned to invent secret death rays and force fields (true story; see the documentary Theremin: An Electronic dyssey). But what of his best-known achievement? Designed to be played without being touched the musician waving arms between its diverging antennae the theremin has been mastered by few. But it has a cult of practitioners some building their own models. ne is Robert Wheeler of the avant-garde band Pere Ubu.
A Pug’s Life page 1 – Music – Riverfront Times – Riverfront Times
Riverfront Times – Oct 24, 2007
The Twilight Sad) but the college-food court atmosphere lends itself to hilariously surreal tableaux (cf. The Twilight Sad Tries to rder Burritos Is Too Late). And so it is with no small amount of glee that fans of great music (and surrealism) await Menomena’s gig this week. The Portland regon band’s albums are full of gorgeous noisy experimental rock. Its videos are full of food fights tiny dirigibles and perpetual motion-machine prototypes… I send her a chipper e-mail and casually refer to her as Menomena’s “wrangler. ” She fires back “I am not familiar with this ‘wrangler’ you speak of but I assure you that my clients receive my undivided attention with each and every stride along their journey towards unparalleled success both in a business (tangible) and spiritual (intangible) sense. ” This is just the beginning of an electronic conversation filled with scolding (Menomena’s manager) apologizing (me) and rationalizing (my husband who says “Sounds like that pug’s just fucking with you. “) Yes Menomena’s manager is a pug — an adorable black pug to be exact. Her name is Geddy Lee she wears DJ headphones in her MySpace photo and she seems to have better typing skills than many of my colleagues. “Geddy has always been brilliant with the press” imparts Danny Seim who shoulders the dual roles of Menomena member and pug dad. “She’s still coming around in the not-pooping-in-the-house department though.