Posted Wed 3 Jun 2009 12:06PM BST
You see, raising investment for your new album through the internet
can work. The Bandstocks account for Patrick Wolf's new self-released
album 'The Bachelor' closed earlier this week having raised a neat
£100,000 from fans and private investors. 
So, how do people working in music know who's signing who, what those pesky record labels are up to, what the latest download whatnot is, who is moving and shaking, who is spending and saving, who is planning and scheming, or, for that matter, what Pete and Amy and Britney are up to? Simple, they read CMU Daily, the UK music business' biggest and most popular daily news bulletin. Now you to can get the lowdown from Team CMU, here on the CMU-Blog. You'll find even more at www.thecmuwebsite.com
Posted Wed 3 Jun 2009 12:05PM BST
Michael Jackson has reportedly claimed he only agreed to do ten
shows at The O2 in London, and that the additional forty shows were
added to his residency without his permission.
The
Sun reports that Jacko made the claim when talking to fan Posted Wed 3 Jun 2009 12:04PM BST
The Music Managers Forum will hold a briefing session for
journalists later today to reveal the trade body's plans to relaunch
itself as a bigger, better, leaner, greener and, erm, meaner (?) trade
body. Well, something like that. ... Posted Tue 2 Jun 2009 12:21PM BST
Those who know me will be surprised to hear this, given by
worldwide reputation as a leader in the latest cutting edge fashion
trends, but as I write this I am wearing a George jumper. And George
trousers. And some George trainers. Oh dear, I've o Posted Tue 2 Jun 2009 12:17PM BST
The good thing about the recent trend for major record companies to
relaunch the imprint labels they previously shut down, is that they'll
have a whole load of extra divisions ready to close the next time a
bout of streamlining is called for.
Posted Tue 2 Jun 2009 12:14PM BST
Piers Morgan has defended Simon Cowell against allegations that the
'Britain's Got Talent' chief had worked Susan Boyle too hard in the run
up to the talent show's final on Saturday, and that that had, in part,
led to the showtune warbling Scot's Posted Tue 2 Jun 2009 12:12PM BST
Sony Music will add some of its catalogue recordings to eMusic's
subscription-based download service, which is pretty big news because
eMusic has focused exclusively on independent label music since its
entrance into the digital music space in 199 Posted Mon 1 Jun 2009 11:50AM BST
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the very original Napster,
a new report from the cuddly sounding Strategic Advisory Board For
Intellectual Property says it reckons that some £12 billion worth of
copyrighted material is accessed illegally Posted Mon 1 Jun 2009 11:47AM BST
The company who own the German secondary ticketing website Ventic,
who were last week seemingly ordered by a Munich court to stop the
resale of tickets to the upcoming Depeche Mode tour of Germany, have
said the court's final ruling is not as sign Posted Mon 1 Jun 2009 11:45AM BST
Phil Spector will spend at least 19 years in jail for the murder of
actress Lana Clarkson at his Beverly Hills home back in 2003.
As
expected, the legendary producer was sentenced in an LA court on
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