Home » Jazz Musicians » File
File
German Keyboardist And Pianist Jonathan Romppel Tapped To Perform With Esteemed Artists For High-profile U.s. Concert Series
Source:
All About Jazz
Renowned German pianist and keyboardist, Jonathan Romppel, has been enlisted by an array of renowned artists and bands for multiple high-profile concert series in prominent music venues across the United States. Romppel, whose flawless technique and genre-crossing style have made him highly sought after in international music circles, is now set to work with a star-studded roster of artists who have hired him to be the lead pianist/keyboardist of their bands. These include L.A.-based Aimee Vant, whose discography includes the ...
read more
David Lowery Reminds Musicians To File For Share Of $10M Rhapsody, Napster Songwriter Settlement
Source:
HypeBot
David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker led a class action lawsuit against Rhapsody (aka Napster). The case, which alleged the streamer had unlawfully reproduced and distributed copyrighted compositions, has preliminarily settled, and musicians may be entitled to compensation. “I’m really proud of my advocacy on behalf of independent musicians. (No pun intended) It's been a David vs. Goliath kind of story," Lowery tells Hypebot. “The good news is the heavy lifting is done. We’ve been able to settle ...
read more
How To Embed Metadata In Music Files And Why It's So Important [Video]
Source:
HypeBot
Living as we now are in the digital age, it has become increasingly important for artists to attach metadata to their work, and by doing so providing key information like artist name, copyright holders, and contact info. Here we break down the fairly straightforward process of attaching this info to your music. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix In the digital age, metadata plays an increasingly important role in the music business. Metadata used to be a term people heard ...
read more
iHeart Media Files For $100M IPO As It Nears Bankruptcy Exit
Source:
HypeBot
iHeartMedia, the dominant player in US radio broadcasting, has filed a $100 million IPO offering of Class A shares, just as it nears exiting bankruptcy. With 855 stations and numerous digital properties, iHeartMedia estimates a monthly reach of 275 million listeners over the age of 6, outpacing Google (251 million) and Facebook (215 million) in terms of digital U.S. audience, as measured by Comscore in February of this year. “We believe our advantage is driven by our unique ability to ...
read more
Class Action Filed Against Eventbrite Over Ticketfly Hack
Source:
HypeBot
Eventbrite is facing a class-action lawsuit in the wake of a highly publicized hack of the company’s Ticketfly subsidiary that crippled dozens of major concert promoters and venues for days and compromised the data of 27 million users. In a class action lawsuit brought against Eventbrite in Chicago, attorneys for plaintiff Shanice Kloss accused the company failing to properly protect user’s personal information, breach of contract, and negligence. Kloss alleged that Ticketfly failed to “implement reasonable data privacy and cybersecurity ...
read more
6 Major Takeaways From Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's Fast Company Profile
Source:
HypeBot
Fast Company has published the first in depth interview with Daniel Ek in three years and the first behind the scenes look at the world's biggest streaming service since it went public. While there are no big reveals, it offers a well sourced portrait of a company deeply committed to and quite capable of truly transforming the music business. 6 major takeaways from the Fast Company Spotify profile: Sweden is the key to Spotify's success and its corporate ethos. Asked ...
read more
Eventbrite Files For IPO [Report]
![Eventbrite Files For IPO [Report]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/allaboutjazz/photos/news/32b673005af3f70ce8659fce23fc7e9e.jpg)
Source:
HypeBot
Eventbrite, the popular indie and D.I.Y. ticketer, has reportedly filed for an IPO for later this year. The company’s lead underwriters are Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase, according to the Wall Street Journal. Eventbrite has raised $330 million to date, and helps sell more than three million tickets to concerts, festivals and other events every week. It provides ticketing for millions of events in more than 180 countries, with $10 billion in cumulative sales since launch. In 2017, Eventbrite acquired U.S. ...
read more
Sonos Files For IPO At $3 Billion Valuation
Source:
HypeBot
Sonos is filed to go public as early as June, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. According to documents filed with the SEC, Sonos hopes to be valued at $3 billion for the IPO. The Sonos IPO comes on the heels of Spotify's successful direct public stock offering, and strong signs Tencent Music, the giant Chinese based music streamer, while file for an IPO in the coming weeks. Vivendi, the parent of Universal Music Group, has also publicly stated ...
read more
Shutting File Sharing Sites Could Harm Artists, Industry [STUDY]
Source:
HypeBot
While the music industry has long flailed against online copyright infringement in sometimes harmful and often ineffective ways, a new study is out suggesting that shutting down the file sharing sites which are so often havens for this type of infringement would hurt new artists and the industry as a whole. Guest post by Timothy Geigner of Techdirt The evolution of the music industry's response to the fact that copyright infringement exists on the internet has been both plodding and ...
read more
Cumulus, Owner Of 446 U.S. Radio Stations, Files For Bankruptcy Protection, Stock Falls 45%
Source:
HypeBot
Cumulus Media, the third biggest owner of U.S. broadcast radio stations,as well as Westwood One, has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. Top broadcast radio owner iHeartMedia has also been on the brink of insolvency for more than year. Broadcast radio may not be dead, but it certainly is on life support. Cumulus Media has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, as it struggles with $2.4 billion in debt. Cumulus was delisted from the NASDAQ last week, and earlier this ...
read more
Photos
Similar
File
