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Let there be music -- and let it be legal, poll shows

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) – Music really makes the world go round, with most people listing it as their favorite pastime, and one that they're willing to pay for to enjoy legally, according to a global survey.

The "Music Matters" survey of 8,000 adults in 13 countries, by market research firm Synovate, showed 63 percent ranked themselves as being passionate about music, with Brazilians at the top of the scale and Australians at the bottom.

Only 6 percent of people across the world say they "couldn't care less" about music.

"Since the beginning of humankind, there has been a passion for music," Steve Garton, global head of media research for Synovate, said in a statement.

"From the primitive beating of drums, to even before we are born when we're already used to the steady beat of our mother's heart, we are programed to have a passion for music."

This love for music drove nearly four in 10 people to buy a music compact disc from a shop, compared to the 11 percent globally who confessed to buying pirated music CDs.

More than two-thirds of respondents said they had paid for music they had downloaded from the Internet, and 8 percent said they paid for music applications, or apps, on their phone.

Music streaming is also a big fan favorite, with one in five people globally, topped by Korea at 60 percent, streaming songs in the past month from legal music streaming services.

Robert Alleyne, research manager for Synovate in Britain, said that while illegal downloads and counterfeit CDs still plague the music industry, the stigma attached to these activities had largely succeeded in reducing piracy.

"For a long time downloading illegally was easier and faster than downloading legally but not anymore. And consumers have taken to these new legal services," he said.

"I fully expect the number of people who are illegally downloading to decline over time. If it were not for the strides taken in 2009, I would have expected the 13 percent of Brits who admitted to file-sharing to be double, even triple that."

Not only are consumers willing to pay for music, they're also happy to spend cash on getting to know their favorite performers better through attending performances or gaining access to exclusive information or parties, the poll showed.

Americans are the most likely to pay extra for these "member-only" privileges while more than two-thirds of French say they're willing to pay for access to artists' other creative output such as poetry and artwork.

But, given an opportunity, most people would rather have music for free, even it means putting up with all those advertisements on music downloading sites.

Forty-four percent of people globally are happy to listen to ads if it lets them download free music while 41 percent are ok with it they can get access to free music streaming.

And almost one quarter of people globally would happily provide personal information in exchange for access to free downloads, topped by Britons (38 percent), Australian and Koreans (37 percent each).

For details, click www.synovate.com/insights/infact

(Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

Taken from: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100128/lf_nm_life/us_music_1

Upcoming local shows.....

Greta from the Hush Sound presents:

Gold Motel

at the Fine Line Music Cafe (318 First Avenue, Minneapolis)

February 23, 2010

Doors: 7pm, show: 7:30pm

Opening acts: Total Babe and Now, Now Every Children

18+ show

Cost: $7 for 21+ and $10 for 18+

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Listen to Gold Motel tracks at www.goldmotel.com, www.myspace.com/goldmotel, or via iTunes.

Indie Pop - A Blanket Sweep

Genres in music are intended to narrow the field of musicians, a way to classify and group artists and their sound. But what does one do when a band defies description, a band that borrows elements from every genre? Simple - create a generic sub-genre. Indie pop, short for “independent popular,” defines all those bands that are popular among music lovers in the underground scene, rather than the generic public. Bands, such as Stars, Death Cab for Cutie or The Sounds, who don’t sound similar to one another but also don’t sound like anything else fit perfectly in this sub-genre. These bands are perfect for those looking to increase their “music cred” with their peers, as these bands aren’t typically played on the mainstream radio stations. What bands do you listen to that aren’t mainstream? Comment and let people know!

Technology

This comes from the tangled web P2P USERS, TAKE HEART: Veteran rock act Heart is the latest group to test out the peer-to-peer waters in an attempt to use one of the news-making illicit networks as a distribution channel for legitimate licensed music. The band is making tracks from its new album, "Jupiter's Darling" (Soverign Artists), as well as the exclusive song "Love Hurts," available to fans via P2P service Morpheus in the form of Weed files -- Windows Media Files encoded with Microsoft's
e chosen format will allow fans to download the files and listen to each three times for free. After three "preview" listens, the file will lock up and the user will have to purchase it via online music distributor Weedshare to continue listening. Once a track is "shared" with another network user, it will once again allow that user three free listens before prompting for the fee.Interestingly, each Morpheus user who redistributes the tracks will be able to profit financially for his or her contribution to the distribution chain. Users will receive payback on a sliding scale of 20% for direct sales, 10% for secondary-level sales (the buyer got the track from someone who got it from the distributor), and so forth. The band hopes empowering users to take part in distributing its music and getting compensated will result in a profitable marketing opportunity. The effort marks the first time Morpheus has been involved with selling music to users via its P2P networks.YOU'RE SUCH A WIRE: MP3 blogs seem to be thriving recently in spite of the music industry's attempts to curb online piracy. One of the guiding concepts that the blogs have used to escaped the biz's wrath is to focus on music by little-known acts, primarily independent artists who consent to fans sharing their music online as a form of marketing. Swen's Weblog provides blog addicts with a fresh angle on MP3 subject matter -- it concentrates on music made by artists covered in U.K. magazine the Wire. The 20-year-old Wire certainly fits into the "flies under the RIAA's radar" category, as it covers "a wide range of progressive, adventurous and non-mainstream musics," according to its own Web site.The majority of the bands covered in any given issue of the magazine aren't likely to be found on the radio, so Swen and others of his ilk -- try The Unofficial Wire Companion -- frame their sites as unaffiliated 'services' to the Wire's readers and other fans of outré music.Then again, the magazine also provides Web-based readers with a home-cooked music trove of its own. Its site hosts a rotating free-MP3 gallery currently featuring the likes of Jim O'Rourke, Kid 606, Electrelane, Autechre and Anticon. Also in its "Web Exclusive" section is an archive of radio programs -- the Wire's creators have been hosting a weekly show on London's 104.4 FM since January 2003. The most recent 20 or so of the 90-minute shows are archived on the site, each presented as a single free MP3 download.

Chaz and the Haiti Fundraiser

Our very first recording artist, Chaz, just did a recording session last Friday. Stay tuned for updates on where you can purchase Chaz's music and see him play live! Check out more photos of the recording session at our facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Red-Vinyl-Media/191260141476?ref=nf .

Also, please come to our Haiti Relief Fundraiser/Speaker's Lounge show on February 10th. You'll be able to listen to great music and help a good cause at the same time. The show will be approximately a half hour starting at 12:30pm in the BC campus student lounge. See you there!

Twiztid!

Twiztid is coming to Minneapolis! The show is at First Ave. The tickets went on sale January 15th, 2010. Tickets cost $21. If your looking for a fun time and interesting show then you should come check these guys out. Opening artists include Blaze and Kung Fu Vampire. Personally I have never heard Kung Fu Vampire. But if they can get on tour with Twiztid then they must be good. For people that don't know Twiztid, they are a hard core rap duo. The music is mostly underground. They don't rap about your usual subjects that you hear on the radio like, money and having cars and stuff. And if they do they put a nice twist on things so it's a bit more crazier.

Nickelback

"Here's your nickel back." Mike Kroeger used this phrase while working at Starbucks and when he and his brother formed a band they chose the name Nickelback. Nickelback was formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta, Canada. The band consists of four members, three of which are original. Chad Kroeger, lead vocals and lead guitar; Ryan Peake, guitar and backing vocals; Mike Kroeger, bass guitar; and Daniel Adair, drums and back vocals. Since the band was formed they have released six albums with fifteen songs in the top 100 and six in the top 10. As a band they have been criticised by many publications such as Rolling Stone, USAToday, Blender, and World Magazine for lack of originality and generic modern rock. On the flip side ChartAttack and Billboard have praised Nickelbacks's innovativeness for pushing the confines of modern rock. By composing songs with lyrics about getting drunk, having sex, and a fellow rock artist being killed on stage, they have acquired a huge fan base. Nickelback is one of the most successful bands of the 2000's selling over 30 million records and counting.

Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan

I feel a little weird writting about this, but that's the thing that makes it all the more interesting. The death of Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, Avenged Sevenfold's drummer, left 2009 even more somber than it already was with another celebrity death. The thing that sets it apart from the others is how even if you were just a moderate fan of his band you felt like you lost a friend yourself. He was a very warm, loving, and not to mention hilarious person, and the way he always seemed to show his true self made you feel like he was a close friend of yours. He was a phenomenal drummer and one of my favorites, but not only that, he was a musical genius. He could drum whatever he wanted, though he always wrote what was best for the song and added amazing fills. He could write amazing music also, which was shown in his side band Pinkly Smooth. While the long term future of Avenged Sevenfold is uncertain, one thing that does remain certain is the the legacy of The Rev will stay intact for years to come. You're never going to come back Jimmy, but when you come back, i'll be waiting.

pro tools alternative

If you can’t spend the money to buy the new Pro Tools but still need to record your own music for free? Then audacity is a great free program that allows you to record mix and edit sound files. Created in 2009 and with updates being made all the time it is a great alternative to the expensive Pro Tools. Unlike pro tools though all you need to do is download the installation program and the plug ins and you are all set to go, FOR FREE! Audacity works for Mac, Windows, as well as Linux software. And with tutorials available online its easy to start even for a beginner at recording. With plug-ins available for download, as long as you’re willing to look, you will never get bored playing around with your music. It is a great alternative that allows people without the money to buy pro tools to record great music with fantastic software.

Download the installer here http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows

Hed p.e.

Punk, Ska, Metal, Hip Hop, Reggae these are all styles that influence Hed p.e.’s G-Punk style. G-Punk is a phrase inspired by the term used to describe the style known as "G-Funk” itself a reference to the P-Funk collective popularized by people like George Clinton in the 70s. Many people would refer to Hed p.e.’s style as rap rock. When asked if they would be considered rap rock front man Jared Gomes said "It is hard because people wanna describe music with words and that in itself is a difficult task. I think that it is a misconception that we were part of some trend or whatever. We don't look at ourselves like that. We just consider ourselves musicians, artists. We don't consider ourselves "rap-rockers" or whatever." I personally feel that no matter what you call this unique style of music, its genius and may have made Hed p.e. one of the greatest bands of all time.

Videos from the Vaudeville Show

Hey! In case you couldn't make it to the show on Saturday, you can still check it out on Youtube! I recorded the entire set and posted them online! Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/user/TeresaKenmirMgmt

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Youtube

Red Vinyl Media has started their own channel on youtube.com . redvinylmedia is the name of the channel... We have thrown up video's from the first show that we did at the Terminal bar... There will eventually be more to come.

Vaudeville Show at the 400 Bar

Hey Everyone!

If you are bored with nothing to do Saturday night, head on over to the 400 Bar and check out Vaudeville on January 9th at 8pm. They are an awesome local band and if you want to check them out before the show, here's the link!

http://www.myspace.com/vaudevillemn