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Music, Technology and Cocktails - Bandwidth Music
Written by Joseph   
Friday, 21 August 2009 20:06

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Music, Technology and Cocktails - Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference Announces Final Lineup

The Bandwidth Conference gathers music, technology, digital music, and media professionals to explore the ever-evolving music experience. Bandwidth 2009 takes place on August 27 and 28 in San Francisco.

San Francisco, CA (Billboard Publicity Wire/PRWEB ) August 18, 2009 -- Next week kicks off the fifth Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference, an annual gathering of music, digital music, and media professionals. This year's conference takes place on August 27 and 28, 2009 in San Francisco and features keynotes Livia Tortella, GM/EVP of Marketing and Creative Media at Atlantic Records; Ian Rogers, Chief Executive Officer of Topspin; Charles Caldas, CEO, Merlin; Jeff Price, founder and CEO of TuneCore and new addition Josh Rosenfeld, Co-Founder and President of Seattle indie label Barsuk Records. Each speaker will provide a unique perspective on the current state of the industry and identify the key opportunities and challenges for today's music, media, and tech professionals. 

Bandwidth explores the evolving musical experience -- how people discover, purchase, interact with, and are exposed to new music -- with a focus on marketing, fan behavior, current trends, and future forecasts. 

The conference features panels including "Hindsight is 20/20", a gathering of leaders from the early digital music companies which will check-in on their thoughts on the present state of the industry based on the early possibilities they saw and challenges they encountered. Music startups in the current economic climate and industrial landscape will be examined in the "Steel Balls" panel, and the future of the industry will be addressed in the wide-ranging "The Crystal Ball" panel.

Speakers at the conference include Jordan Kurland, Zeitgeist Artist Management; Kevin Arnold, CEO, IODA; Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic; David Hyman, CEO, MOG; Larry Marcus, Managing Director, Walden Venture Capital; David Rosenheim, CEO, JamBase; Tim Bierman, Manager, Ten Club; Steve Grady, President and COO, RoyaltyShare; Robb McDaniels, Founder, President & CEO, INgrooves; Geoff Ralston, CEO, Lala and others. 

Visit the Bandwidth Conference website for registration and further details at http://www.bandwidthconference.com

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Apple and Record Labels to Bundle Interactive Booklets with Digital Albums
Written by Joseph   
Friday, 21 August 2009 13:04

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Financial Times reports that Apple is working with the four largest record labels to stimulate digital album sales by bundling a new interactive booklet, sleeve notes and other interactive features with music downloads. 

While digital downloads are popular, the majority of those downloads are of individual tracks rather than full albums. According to those familiar with the talks, the project is codenamed "Cocktail" and aimed for a September launch. FT describes them as an interactive experience:

"It's all about re-creating the heyday of the album when you would sit around with your friends looking at the artwork, while you listened to the music," said one executive familiar with the plans.

Consumers would be able to play songs directly from the interactive book without clicking back into Apple's iTunes software, executives said. "It's not just a bunch of PDFs," said one executive. "There's real engagement with the ancillary stuff."

 

The newspaper also tries to tie Apple's rumored tablet to these rumors, though there appears to be no direct connection between the products.

 
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Music, Technology and Cocktails - Bandwidth Music

Press release distributed in partnership with ...  Music, Technology and Cocktails - Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference Announces Final Lineup The Bandwidth Conference gathers music, technology, digital music, and media professionals to explore the ever-evolving music ...

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Apple and Record Labels to Bundle Interactive Booklets with Digital Albums

  Financial Times reports that Apple is working with the four largest record labels to stimulate digital album sales by bundling a new interactive booklet, sleeve notes and other interactive features wi...

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Sony, Warner, Universal and EMI to launch CMX album download format

  The Times reported over the weekend that the "big four" record labels are planning a November launch of a new digital album format known as "CMX" that will compete with Apple'...

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JACK TO THE FUTURE - Sugar factory

  JACK TO THE FUTURE Amsterdam   House music is the uncontrollable desire to jack your body! Mr. Fingers – Can You Feel It (Trax Records, 1987)   This club night is all about the New York – Chicag...

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