SAO PAULO (Reuters) - New York-based Downtown Music Holdings is selling its entire songs catalog to music rights company Concord Music for about $400 million, two sources close to the matter said on Tuesday.
California-based Concord, which is controlled by pension fund Michigan Retirement Systems, and Downtown Music announced the deal on Monday without disclosing the value.
Downtown Music has built the catalog over the past 14 years and will reinvest proceeds in the music services sector, which will become its core business.
Lunchtime concerts bring a dash of free music with your food | Music | buffalonews.com
Free lunchtime music has been a staple at the Sportsmen's Tavern for more than a decade. Geno McManus and Frank Grizanti perform as patrons watch from the first floor and balcony.
Carol Caserta, left, and Georgia Perris have a coffee and chat as Jim Vozga plays behind them during a lunchtime concert at Daily Planet Coffee on Hertel Avenue.
Sportsmen's Tavern (326 Amherst St.) in Black Rock ( sportsmensbuffalo.com ) features three weekly lunchtime gigs. The famed venue, opened in 1985, started its afternoon programming in 2007. Concerts on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays cater to different musical tastes, drawing divergent crowds who watch, socialize and lunch. It's quite a switch seeing daylight streaming through Sportsmen's upper-level windows while watching bands perform.
Seating is set up with tables on the ground floor each accommodating up to six music fans, several demarcated spots on the second floor and countertop seating on the newly opened seasonal patio deck. Tables may be reserved, but it's not necessary.
Things get underway promptly at noon, and some regulars grab their preferred tables at about 11:30 a.m. Geno McManus and Frank Grizanti, performing as Geno & Frank, play Beatles covers on Tuesdays with much lighthearted inter-song banter. "We tune because we care," Geno jokes mid-set. Geno & Frank perform two sets that have audience members singing along to choruses of Fab Four favs.
Josephine and John Mirabella were among the approximately three dozen lunchtime attendees at a recent Geno & Frank show, sharing that they come "once a month, usually," John said. "We like the reasonably priced lunch and the great music: This is always a neat place."
Josephine adds: "I don't get to come much when I'm working, I'm a school bus driver and have to enjoy entertainment any way I can."
Geno McManus performs during the long-running lunchtime music series in the Sportsmen's Tavern. Every Tuesday, he performs a free concert with Frank Grizanti as Geno & Frank.
Tuesdays at noon, Baudo Jazz Lunch hits the stage until 2:30 p.m. with keyboardist Dr. Joe Baudo leading this four-piece ensemble. His big band lunch shows are on hiatus at this time as 17 musicians can't distance enough on the Sportsmen's stage. Vocalist DeeAnn DiMeo performed recently with the band that also includes guitarist Stu Weissman.
How to use Apple Music on Mac | TechRadar
Apple Music is one of the most popular music streaming services around the world. Though you might spend most of your time listening to your favorite tunes on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV, the service is also available on other devices, including Macs.
Follow the directions on the screen, which include signing into your Apple ID. If you don't have an Apple ID, you can create one during the setup process.
Apple Music allows you to play unlimited content across various platforms, including Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Android, and the web. It's also available through HomePod players and supported smart televisions.
The Music app on Mac is also where you'll find iTunes music purchases and other audio content. The iTunes Store is also in the Music app in macOS Big Sur.
Note: historical and recommended content is based on your Apple Music experience across multiple platforms and devices. In other words, not just what you're doing on your computer.
Under 'Listen Now', you'll find different subsections, including 'Top Picks', 'Recently Played', 'Made for You', and others. 'Top Picks' includes a little bit of everything, such as playlists, new albums, and favorite artists. 'Recently Played' is where you'll find quick access to the songs and albums you played most recently.
Scrolling down, 'Listen Now' includes additional content largely based on your listening habits, new music, and time of day or year. Under 'Stations for You' are radio stations automatically created based on your favorite songs, artists, and playlists. There's also music arranged by category.
When the iPhone maker first launched Apple Music in 1995, one of its biggest selling points was the 'Beats 1' radio channel. Now called 'Apple Music 1', the 24/7 radio station airs worldwide and features presenters in Los Angeles, London, New York City, and Nashville.
Apple Music to launch a 'Top 25' specific to each of these cities — based on the number of plays
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple AAPL, +0.09% Music is coming to a city near you — the streaming service has launched daily music charts focused on particular cities around the world, including New York City, Tokyo and Lagos.
The streaming service unveiled City Charts on Monday for more than 100 cities, and the Top 25 songs on each local chart are based on the number of plays in the particular city.
More than 25 of the new City Charts are based in North America, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Miami, San Francisco, Honolulu, Toronto, Vancouver and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
In Europe, City Charts will be available in Paris, Berlin, Dublin, Rome, Madrid, London and more cities.
City Charts will also launch in Africa (Nairobi, Johannesburg); Asia (Seoul, Bangkok, Manila); Latin America (Rio de Janeiro, Bogotá); and the Middle East (Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Dubai).
'Time to shake things up': music industry confronts climate crisis as gigs resume | Music | The
"The music industry has the opportunity to lead here," says Lewis Jamieson, a spokesman for Music Declares Emergency. "It can become the exemplar of a green recovery, and help the public to understand and support what that idea means."
Much will depend on forces beyond the music industry's direct control. "We need change in the transport networks to make our record distribution more sustainable. We need change in the energy networks to reduce the footprint of the pressing plants we use," says Peter Quicke, co-chief of Ninja Tune.
Achieving that will require commitment from various sections of society – and Chiara Badiali of Julie's Bicycle says: "The pandemic has provided the chance for that reflection to happen in the arts." Reflection alone is not enough but if the music industry can get its own house in order, maybe it can set the tone for a journey out of the climate crisis.
School of Music annual Concerto Competition slated for Sunday | Fredonia.edu
Winners of the competition usually perform some time in the following year with a major School of Music ensemble.
Joshua Bellis, marimba (Dr. Kay Stonefelt)
Chris Mantell and Matthew Gioia, saxophone (Dr. Wildy Zumwalt)
Daniel Barna, voice (Joe Dan Harper)
Lucille Horn and Shane Keyes, voice (Julie Newell)
School of Music judges to date include Drs. Sarah Hamilton and Paula Holcomb, Laura Koepke, Barry Kilpatrick, Dr. Kay Stonefelt, David Rose and Lynne McMurtry.
Sarah McKenzie has been chosen as the 2021 Marion Fellow with her project "To See Inside: Understanding the People and Architecture of the US Prison System."
During the spring semester, Dr. Leonidas Lagrimas of the School of Music has been busy with a number of virtual/remote presentation opportunities across the country.
Songtradr Acquires Film, TV And Gaming Music Data Platform Tunefind
LOS ANGELES , April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Songtradr, the world's largest B2B music licensing marketplace, announced today that they have acquired music technology and data company, Tunefind. Tunefind is the world's most comprehensive database and online source of information for music in television, film and video games.
"Tunefind is a key trusted industry resource for music use across all major entertainment formats. The depth of its database and coverage are unparalleled," says Paul Wiltshire , CEO of Songtradr. "As we continue our ambition to develop the best tools for B2B music discovery, Tunefind's encyclopedia of music used in TV, film and gaming has considerable unrealized value, and equally our extensive data from advertising music use will expand the Tunefind offering."
Along with an active community of millions of monthly users, Tunefind partners with over 250 of the world's leading Music Supervisors to source song data directly from the experts responsible for selecting the music to be featured in TV shows, movies, and video games. Tunefind's interviews with Music Supervisors highlight the craft and recognize their important role in storytelling.
"We're very excited about this new phase in the Tunefind journey," said Amanda Byers , Managing Director of Tunefind. "The Songtradr ecosystem and technology accelerates Tunefind from a product and data perspective so we can continue to provide the best resource for the industry."
Tunefind also provides API data services under contract to clients such as Plex, Chartmetric, and other key music industry partners. In addition, the platform powers the Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter TV Music Chart.
Tunefind is the second music data venture Songtradr has completed after investing into Jaxsta Limited in September 2020 . Songtradr and Jaxsta recently completed their first integration providing Jaxsta users seamless access to claim Neighboring Rights via jaxsta.com, the largest music credits database in the world.
Songtradr is the largest B2B music licensing marketplace in the world, providing music creators and rights owners with a complete tech-enabled solution for rights management and monetization while providing B2B music users such as brands, advertisers, filmmakers, SVOD and broadcast networks, gaming, streaming and social media platforms with highly-efficient, AI guided access to music. https://www.songtradr.com/
Downtown Announces Exclusive Focus On Music Services And Unveils New Business Unit
Across Downtown's operating brands, the company currently manages more than 23 million music assets on behalf of more than 1 million creators and 2,500 enterprise clients, making it the largest pure-play service provider in the global music industry. Collectively, Downtown is projecting to generate over $600M from its music services businesses in 2021.
"Our strategic review confirmed a clear opportunity in the market for a truly neutral provider to meet the changing needs of creators and their partners. This is further evidenced by the strong performance and scale of Downtown's service platforms and the global trends driving growth in the music industry," said Downtown Founder and CEO Justin Kalifowitz . "The idea of serving creators has been core to Downtown's ethos since our founding in 2007. Divesting our owned IP enables us to advance our position as the world's leading music services provider, empower a rapidly expanding global creative class and, ultimately, is the most expedient way to help realize our vision of a more equitable music industry."
Downtown Music Services will be led by Mike Smith , the respected industry veteran who joined Downtown last year as Global President of the company's music publishing business. DashGo Founder and President Ben Patterson will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer with continued oversight over distribution, marketing and promotion.
"What drives me forward is empowering artists and songwriters to take control of their destiny. With the establishment of this new business unit, Downtown is enabling creatives to maintain ownership whilst still getting the access, resources and support of a global music company. Ben and I are both excited by the truly unique offering that combines our services, knowledge and expertise," said Smith.
Downtown's decision to focus exclusively on music services for creators and businesses at all stages follows several significant investments into the creator and label services sector. In recent years, Downtown has acquired CD Baby®, AdRev®, DashGo, Soundrop® (Q1 2019); FUGA℠ (Q1 2020); Simbals℠ (Q2 2020), and Found.ee℠ (Q1 2021). Last year the company also established Downtown Neighbouring Rights℠, a stand-alone business unit dedicated specifically to performance royalties that represents clients such as the Estate of Ella Fitzgerald and Justin Bieber . Additionally, its music publishing administration platform, Songtrust® has expanded its royalty collections to cover 145 countries, and now represents more than 3 million songs and more than 350,000 songwriters.
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Make Music Day 2021 Returns On Monday, June 21
Completely different from a traditional music festival, Make Music Day celebrates and promotes the natural music maker in all of us, regardless of age, ethnicity, background or skill level. Make Music Day is an open invitation for everyone to make, enjoy, perform, teach, learn and experience music on the longest day of the year. Due to the pandemic, last year's celebration was largely virtual, but many in-person events will return in 2021.
Launched in France in 1982 as the Fête de la Musique , Make Music Day has become an international phenomenon, celebrated by hundreds of millions of people in over 1,000 cities in 120 countries. Make Music Day is presented in the U.S. by The NAMM Foundation and coordinated by the nonprofit Make Music Alliance.
Another new international program highlights an exquisite musical instrument that is hidden in plain sight: the leaf. Leaf Music , where a humble tree leaf is blown to create a simple reed instrument, has a long history in China , Cambodia , Australia , Brazil , Japan and Nepal . Leaf Music programs on June 21 will include an International Leaf Symposium over Zoom, a Track Meet where leaf musicians will collaborate sequentially with other musicians to produce new musical tracks, and instructional videos to help anyone turn their local greenery into a symphony of sound.
About Make Music Day
Held annually on June 21 to coincide with the summer solstice, Make Music Day is part of the international Fête de la Musique taking place in more than 1,000 cities across 120 countries. The daylong, musical free-for-all celebrates music in all its forms, encouraging people to band together and play in free public concerts. This year, over 90 U.S. cities and the entire states of Connecticut , Hawaii , New Mexico , Vermont and Wisconsin are organizing Make Music celebrations, encompassing thousands of music making opportunities nationwide. Make Music Day is presented by The NAMM Foundation and coordinated by the nonprofit Make Music Alliance. For more information, please visit www.makemusicday.org
Bay Village music teachers have had to shift keys during the pandemic - cleveland.com
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Music students perform prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bay Village teachers had to improvise, but still managed to teach music during the pandemic. (Photo Courtesy of Karen Derby-Lovell)
BAY VILLAGE, Ohio -- The music teachers in the Bay Village City School District had their work cut out for them during the pandemic, trying to figure out just how to teach their students.
Those challenges didn't stop the school district from being honored for its music education. Bay Village Schools was recently recognized by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) with a "Best Community for Music Education" award, the 19th consecutive year the district has been honored.
Elaine Dwyer is the music teacher for grades three and four at Westerly Elementary School. She has been there for four years after teaching music at Bay Village High School for five years. Dwyer is certified to teach grades K-12, and vocal music is her emphasis, especially choral music.
"Pre-COVID, we did a lot of singing, folk dancing, utilizing Orff instruments -- which are percussion instruments like xylophones. We teach kids how to read music and play and sing a lot of folk songs, and a lot of (the songs) are from other countries," she said.
"We also taught a fourth-grade chorus, and did musicals in the springtime with probably 125 kids singing and performing. Music is a big deal in Bay Village."
Teaching these things during the pandemic has been very challenging, but she came up with an intriguing solution.
"In lieu of a concert," she said, "we do it in sign language and make homemade instruments from items at home."
Time in "class" on Zoom also became compressed, she said, in that students normally had two 30-minute classes a week and now it is once a week for an hour.
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