British newspaper Express & Star has published an interview with Ian Gillan where he takes potshots at showbiz in his home country:
We’d play almost anywhere. But the climate in the UK is not friendly. Nothing wrong with the fans, […]
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Posted in News by Nick Soveiko on 2009-11-07
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A Russian court has fined Deep Purple for “illegally” performing their own songs, according to russiatoday.com.
The concert in question took place on October 19, 2008 in Russia’s southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
According to the court’s ruling, the musicians – […]
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Posted in News by stephen on 2009-07-03
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German record company SPV has filed for bankruptcy protection on May 25 in the District Court of Hanover. On May 27 the court has appointed a provisional insolvency administrator. This does not mean that the company will cease operations immediately, but […]
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Posted in News by Nick Soveiko on 2009-05-30
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British band Alabama 3 has a cover of Smoke On The Water posted on their web site (Flash plugin required). Strictly speaking, it’s not really a cover, it’s a new song with new lyrics and melody, with the familiar riff featuring […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick Soveiko on 2009-04-14
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In case you have not seen this in your morning newspaper, Metallica has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. James Hetfield started his acceptance speech with a list of bands which where important influences implying (to […]
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Posted in News by Nick Soveiko on 2009-04-06
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My previous copyright rant sparked a lively discussion with Mike Eriksson who argued
Personally, I still buy my music and my DVD´s and I do not like all this downloading. If somebody, like this author, wants to give his stuff away […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick Soveiko on 2008-08-22
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We’ve discussed previously the state of music business and where it’s going. Music is not alone in this state of transition. Every form of art is.
In preface to his recent novel Little Brother, Cory Doctorow writes:
If I could […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick Soveiko on 2008-07-03
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At the end of the last year we have started discussion about the state of the music business where a lot of people lamented demise of the physical medium as a primary way of distributing the music.
Nine Inch Nails have recently […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick Soveiko on 2008-03-08
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