PinkFloyd & other: 2008

Tuesday, 9 September 2008

Tom Waits takes on ticket scalpers

Becomes first artist to use paperless ticketing

Paperless ticketing is emergent as a potential weapon in the efforts of some touring acts to eliminate resellers from the ticket-buying equation.

Tom Waits became the low gear recording artist to enjoyment Ticketmaster's paperless ticketing technology during his 13-date U.S. theater tour of duty earlier this summer. Ticketmaster first offered paperless tickets during the NBA's 2007-08 season, when they were used by the Phoenix Suns, the Orlando Magic and the Miami Heat.

Ticketmaster's expansion of its have secondary ticketing business this year through and through its $265 million attainment of TicketsNow raises questions about how motivated the ticketing giant would be to promote other touring artists to drop paper tickets. But even if paperless ticketing doesn't needfully pose a threat to the overall secondary ticketing industry, it does provide a new option for artists keen on fracture down on resellers.

Ticketmaster senior vp music David Marcus said that more touring artists "are exploring this and trying to translate how it fits into their touring mix. ... I expect over the approach year we'll see it implemented here and there."

For Waits' sold-out Glitter and Doom spell, which visited 1,400 to 4,600-seat theaters in June and July, fans were given deuce options to buy tickets -- via Ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster charge by phone. To win access to the show, concertgoers were required to bring the credit bill of fare they secondhand to make the transaction, along with a valid photo ID. Only 2 tickets could be purchased per home, and both guests were required to be submit at the time of entry. Ticket prices averaged about $85, plus regular service fees.

The idea to go paperless was a conscious conclusion to "take the secondary market kayoed of the mix," said Stuart Ross, Waits' engagement agent at Music Tour Consulting. For the singer-songwriter's 2006 U.S. tour, the Waits summer camp instituted a will-call-only routine where either the entire venue or just the best seats were only available for pickup at the box office. The process was effective in keeping tickets out of resellers' workforce but created long lines at the venue that delayed performances, Ross said.

With paperless ticketing, "we ar now able to retrace a 100% will-call pickup with no lengthy lines, ensuring that all of the tickets are sold to the end exploiter at face value," he said. "Everyone wins, except for the brokers."

Ross admitted that a handful of tickets in each market place were posted for cut-rate sale on Web sites such as Craigslist and eBay. "But it was pretty minor," he recalled. "You're talking some two or three per city, and I don't even know if they sold them."

A notable drawback to paperless ticketing is that concertgoers can't give them out at the 11th minute. "People own legitimate problems that come up, and a concert becomes secondary to a more pressing situation," said Danny Zelisko, chairman of the Southwest for Live Nation, which promoted Waits' June 17-18 stand at Phoenix's Orpheum Theatre. "If it's an ironclad deal and you can't get out of it, it will scare certain people off from buying tickets."

Wendy Garrett, director of theaters at the Plaza Theatre in El Paso, Texas, says her venue faced a different problem for Waits' show. "There are some people here world Health Organization don't possess credit cards, so they couldn't grease one's palms tickets to the event," she said. "I don't know if they were able to come."

These types of challenges lead some secondary ticketers to believe that paperless ticketing doesn't pose a direct terror to their business. "It certainly takes some of the power to resell out of the particular venue, but at the end of the day it brings no real added value to the fan," says Sean Pate, head of communications at StubHub, the leading participant in the secondary marketplace. "The industry is talk about what is charles Herbert Best for (itself), and never thinking about the winnow first."

Sunday, 31 August 2008

Mp3 music: Arash

Artist: Arash: mp3 download

   Genre(s):

Dance
Trance

Arash's discography:

Tike Tike Kardi - Mixes

Year: 2005

Tracks: 6

Arash

Year: 2005

Tracks: 14

Boro Boro

Year: 2004

Tracks: 2

Arash is a pop vocaliser, societal dancer, and producer based in Sweden. Born Arash Labash in Iran, the vocaliser touched with his family to Sweden about age tenner. After graduating from college in 2005, Arash released his self-titled debut criminal record album, which garnered him several hits throughout Europe. A yr later, he released his soph overwork, Crossfade.

Monday, 11 August 2008

JoJo Turned Down Hannah Montana Role

JoJo has revealed how she was originally offered the function of Hannah Montana in the

Wednesday, 2 July 2008

Beckham in shock after meeting Roberts

Posh Spice Victoria Beckham has admitted that she was so in awe of Hollywood star Julia Roberts that she did a curtsy when she met her.
According to The Mirror, Beckham said that she views the actress as a "legend" and was thrilled to meet her.
"What do you do when you meet someone like Julia Roberts? She's a legend," Beckham said.
"There was a red carpet lineup and as I came to greet her, I found myself bending to curtsy."
"Incredibly, she knew who David and I were and we got on really well. She's very down to earth. We're both mums with young children, so we had a lot to talk about," she said.
"We've swapped numbers and I'm looking forward to catching up with her again."

Monday, 30 June 2008

Charles kynard

Artist: Charles kynard

   Genre(s):
Jazz

Discography:

Reelin' With the Feelin'

Year: 1969
Tracks: 11

Organ, electric bass. Charles Kynard is an organist whose jazz-funk leanings rival his predecessors and peers, though non eclipsing them. Solid, though never sporty. He too plays electric bass. Kynard's album Reelin' With the Feelin' has been sampled and appears on several acid nothingness releases.

A Canorous Quintet

Artist: A Canorous Quintet

   Genre(s):
Metal: Death,Black

Discography:

The Only Pure Hate

Year: 1998
Tracks: 10

As Tears

Year: 1995
Tracks: 4

Sunday, 29 June 2008

Stars call for 'no' to Union deal in US

The threat of an acting strike in the US has taken another step toward becoming reality with major stars including Jack Nicholson, Ben Stiller and Martin Sheen campaigning against ratification of a new deal with studios.
The 'Hollywood Reporter' is reporting that Nicholson, Stiller and Sheen were signed up by the major acting union, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), to speak out against a labour agreement negotiated by the other acting union, the AFTRA.
Tom Hanks, Kevin Spacey and more than 100 other actors have already gone on record to support the AFTRA deal.
The SAG is currently engaged in what has already been a lengthy and fraught negotiating process. But if the AFTRA, many of whose members are also in SAG and which has already concluded separate talks with studios, votes in favour of the proposed deal, SAG's position at will be considerably weakened.
The result of the vote are expected on 8 July. It is expected to play a significant role in either extending or ending a dispute which has already resulted in delays to Hollywood productions and could potentially result in a complete shutdown similar to that which occurred during the 100-day writers strike if it escalates further.

Saturday, 28 June 2008

Fabrizio de Andre

Artist: Fabrizio de Andre

   Genre(s):
Pop
   Rock: Pop-Rock
   Rock
   Other

Discography:

In direzione ostinata e contraria CD3

Year: 2005
Tracks: 15

In direzione ostinata e contraria CD2

Year: 2005
Tracks: 17

In direzione ostinata e contraria CD1

Year: 2005
Tracks: 21

Ed avevamo gli occhi troppo belli

Year: 2001
Tracks: 8

Peccati di Gioventu

Year: 2000
Tracks: 16

Da Genova

Year: 2000
Tracks: 14

Vol. 1

Year: 1999
Tracks: 10

Una storia sbagliata

Year: 1999
Tracks: 2

In Concerto

Year: 1999
Tracks: 15

Mi innamoravo di tutto

Year: 1997
Tracks: 11

Anime Salve

Year: 1996
Tracks: 9

La Canzone di Marinella

Year: 1995
Tracks: 16

Le Nuvole

Year: 1990
Tracks: 8

Creuza De Ma

Year: 1984
Tracks: 7

Fabrizio de Andre - Indiano

Year: 1981
Tracks: 8

Arrangiamenti P.F.M., Vol. 2: Album d'Oro

Year: 1980
Tracks: 8

Arrangiamenti P.F.M., Vol. 1

Year: 1979
Tracks: 10

Rimini

Year: 1978
Tracks: 10

Vol.8

Year: 1975
Tracks: 8

Canzoni

Year: 1974
Tracks: 11

Storia di un Impiegato

Year: 1973
Tracks: 9

Non Al Denaro,Non All'Amore...

Year: 1971
Tracks: 9

La Buona Novella

Year: 1970
Tracks: 10

Vol. 3

Year: 1968
Tracks: 10

Tutti Morimmo a Stento

Year: 1968
Tracks: 10

II Raccolta Nuvole Barocche

Year: 1968
Tracks: 10

Collaborazioni e rarite

Year:
Tracks: 13

With the death of Fabrizio De AndrÃ© from malignant neoplastic disease on January 11, 1999, Italy lost one of its most modern singer/songwriters. Inspired by the songwriting of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, De AndrÃ©'s songs encompassed Genoese folk songs, French protest/social comment, beatnik "current of consciousness" poetry, and the soundtracks of Italian film Westerns. A native of the Genoese state of Liguria, De AndrÃ© was born into a flush menage. His father's criticism of the fascists world Health Organization controlled Italy caused he and his kin to go into hiding in Asti during World War II. The experience leftfield a permanent print. Although he returned to Genoa following the end of the war in 1945, he continued to be careworn to political and social issues. Entering university as a pre-law bookman, De AndrÃ© institute music a more good manner for expressing his views. Having studied violin as a youngster, he set up his natural musical voice after getting his first guitar at the years of 16. American jazz guitarist Jim Hall served as an early influence. Launching his professional career as a member of piano player Mario DeSantis' jazz band, De AndrÃ© increasingly veered toward more pop-minded genres. Forming a nation & western isthmus, Crazy Cowboy & Sheriff Ore, he began writing his have songs about felo-de-se, prostitution, and drugs. His debut individual, " Nuvole Barocche," was released in 1958. Scoring his first hit, "Marinella," in 1965, De AndrÃ© released his first album of raw material, Tutto Fabrizio De Andre, the following year. He remained seclusive, even so, refusing to appear on television and non playing his beginning concert until March 18, 1975. He continued to asseverate a small profile for the rest of his life, seldom appearing in concert. De AndrÃ© attracted international aid when he was kidnapped, along with his compatriot Dori Ghezzi, in August 1979 and captive for four-spot months by Sardinian criminals.

York

Artist: York

   Genre(s):
Trance

Discography:

Experience

Year: 2001
Tracks: 12

Specializing in enchantment with an organic pull, York has proven to be nonpareil of the standout acts of the Apostles on the burgeoning German dance scene. The project is a collaborationism between two brothers, JÃ¶rg and Torsten Stenzel, whom you may know as established artists in their possess correct. Torsten was ab initio taken by classical medicine, only affected into dancing during the early '90s and has since become one of the to the highest degree prolific trance producers in Europe. Apart from York, his other main gig has been working aboard Ralph Armand Beck on the Taucher and Diver & Ace projects; merely he has too remixed and/or produced for such names as Moby, DJ Sakin, Faithless, Ayla, Kai Tracid, and Vanessa-Mae. JÃ¶rg, on the other helping hand, grew up with an interest in strand instruments ahead shifting his attention to trance and house. He has besides well-endowed up an impressive list of credits to his call, working aboard Beck as well as DJ Sakin & Friends and DJ Tandu. His guitar work for York has received a great deal praise over the long time and is often cited as one of the independent factors behind the duo's considerable success. York's aural ravishment on the baseball club scene began in 1998 with the melodic spell single "Waking up." The track became a massive graph winner the world over, including in the U.K. and on the far-famed company island of Ibiza, where German DJ/producers had become all the passion. In 1999, the brothers Stenzel chose to couch out a cover of the old Chris Rea tune "On the Beach." The move proven a astute one, with the track making it into the Top Five on the U.K. singles chart. That same year, York was featured on Andre Tanneberger's (as well known as ATB) popular enchantment number "Fields of Love." York's next foray into dreamy trance was the single "Leave-taking to the Moon." A collide with end-to-end Europe, it featured the vocals of Pat Appleton.

Matt Costa

Tilda Swinton Is Some Kind of Wonderful

Here's lovely Oscar winner Tilda Swinton (left) at a men's fashion event in Milan on Sunday -- and "Some Kind of Wonderful" star Eric Stoltz back in 1984 (right).
Tilda Swinton and Eric Stoltz