Label:Life

Shaboom & Blaktrax Records, Based in the Las Vegas of the North, Blackpool! are amongst the UKs most respected quality house / deep house labels.

With artists like BLAKKAT, SHABOOM (the artists) TAKA BOOM, the BARRIO BROTHERS, UBU, MAGIK JOHNSON, MARSHALL JEFFERSON, DJ SNEAK on the artist roster, Shaboom have a vast array of titles, most of which are published in house by Blakkat Music Ltd. meaning permission for licensing can be granted in a matter of minutes.

All titles are available for Film / TV / Compilation / Sync / Advertising / Game use etc…
If you would like a copy of the labels discography, either visit
www.shaboom.com

where you can hear mp3 clips of most titles, or

email licensing@shaboom.co.uk or call Chris Hunter direct on 00 44 1253 620039
Fax 0044 1253 620756 after which they will be happy to send you a copy.
MP3 cds of the entire catalogue are available on request.

Musicnotes, Inc., the leading source for digital sheet music on the Internet, announced today it has entered into a licensing agreement with Zomba Music Publishing and Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing to offer digital sheet music from their respective catalogues for sale and distribution on the Musicnotes.com web site. Zomba Music Publishing and Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing are units of BMG.

Under the agreement, Musicnotes has the right to display and sell downloadable digital versions of sheet music titles in the Zomba Music Publishing and Brentwood-Benson catalogues to users of the Musicnotes website around the world. Musicnotes Inc. already represents music published by Warner Bros. Publications, Universal Music Group, BMG Music Publishing, Peermusic, Universal Music Group, and Famous Music.

[more @ www.mi2n.com]

Earlier this month, 70 representatives from hardware companies, record companies, producers and recording engineers working with the SACD format in Europe met in London for a 2 day conference to talk about furthering the acceptance of the SACD format. The new group known as the Super Audio Forum is the idea of Paul Reynolds, Director of Business Development at Philips Europe who has been involved with the SACD format in Europe since the format’s inception several years ago. Reynolds said that “Super Audio CD is revolutionizing the audio industry. The Super Audio Forum provides an opportunity for all interested companies, organisations and individuals to share knowledge and experience.”

The Super Audio Forum meeting featured discussions of ways that the SACD industry participants can work together to “promote and establish” the SACD format. Attendees included key representatives from Universal Music, Sony Music and a number of independent record companies that are issuing SACD discs. Recording studio participants included Metropolis Studios in the U.K., Strongroom and Galaxy Studios from Belgium and studio equipment manufacturers including Merging Technologies, Sadie and dCS.
[more @ www.highfidelityreview.com]

Napster, once the scourge of the record industry, is to be relaunched as a legitimate service before the end of the year, it was confirmed today.
As revealed earlier this year by MediaGuardian.co.uk, US company Roxio plans to relaunch Napster as a paid-for download service along the lines of Apple’s successful iTunes, which allows Apple users to download a wide variety of tracks for 99 cents each.

Roxio, which manufacturers CD copying software, bought the rights to the Napster name last November and has since then been negotiating with major record labels in an effort to sign up a sizeable portion of their catalogues.

[more @ media.guardian.co.uk]

Not too long ago, the single was an essential instrument in getting people’s attention for new artists or for promoting new releases; a low-cost way of testing the waters, of gaining exposure, and of discovering new music. In the past 10 years, singles never made substantial amounts of profits, rather, they were simply used to create demand, and stimulate the sales of CDs (or LPs, in the old days).

What happened to this idea? What if we were to revive it, today? Could this be a way to really compete with file-sharing? Are we better off to forego the small profits from selling singles, and use the format to win the music-buying public back? Turn those file-sharing criminals into CD-buying fans?

[more @ musicdish.com]

Pop superstar Michael Jackson on Monday hit out at a proposed new US law that would make the musical piracy on the Internet punishable by a possible jail sentence.

The self-styled “King of Pop” feels that, while he would like to see the practice of stealing music off the Internet stamped out, the legislation against the downloading of copyrighted material was too harsh.

“I am speechless about the idea of putting music fans—mostly teenagers—in jail for downloading music,” he said in a statement from his Neverland Ranch in the western state of California.

“It is wrong to illegally download, but the answer cannot be jail. Here in America we create new opportunities out of adversity, not punitive laws, and we should look to new technologies … for solutions.”

[more @ news.yahoo.com]

Mercury-nominated Dizzee Rascal’s Debut album is being promoted through a new website (www.dizzeerascal.co.uk) using ground-breaking technology. The site for Boy In Da Corner, which was released by XL last Monday, allows visitors to download a selection of polyphonic ringtones and MMS downloads. It also features text written by the artist himself.

Music e-marketing company www.yrmedia.com has developed the technology for the site (C:LIVE), which Beggars new media manager Simon Wheeler says is part of a wider investment in multi-media campaigns by the label.

More @(Music Week 02.08.03) www.musicweek.com

(Anyone wishing to find out more about how this campaign was created please contact us – seth@yrmedia.com)

Music sourcing company ’ i10q ’ are looking for music for a British feature film being created in conjunction with the BBC and set in London – mainly Hackney and Clapham (sorry no further info at this stage).

They are specifically interested in Garage, Two-Step or Jamaican Dancehall for a club scene.They’re also interested in other music with Jamaican roots and US Hip Hop for other scenes in the film. The budget is very low at about #1000 per track but if any body is interested please send them some material at the below address:

F.A.O.Sophie Sheen,

Creative Director,

i10Q,

PO Box 33465,

London,

SW18 5XB

info@i10q.co.uk

For those of you who prefer something a little more gentle than last week’s bassdrum warfare, our pick of the week this week is a Beautiful track called ‘I Wasn’t Scared Of Flying’ by Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time, taken from the album ‘Keep Going’, released yesterday on ‘Folk Modern’ Records.

Beautifully recorded steel guitars set a melancholy tone that progresses into a warm, lush, wandering arrangement. You really can get lost in this one, imagining you’re in Paris-Texas or something, and that’s a good thing!.

I’m afraid there’s no audio link for this one as yet but i’m assured it’ll be up in a day or so. You might just have to go out and buy it!
In the meantime, have a look at www.stephenduffy.com

The music industry has won at least 871 federal subpoenas against computer users suspected of illegally sharing music files on the Internet, with roughly 75 new subpoenas being approved each day, U.S. court officials said Friday.

The effort represents early steps in the music industry’s contentious plan to file civil lawsuits aimed at crippling online piracy.

The Recording Industry Association of America has said it expects to file at least several hundred lawsuits seeking financial damages within the next eight weeks. U.S. copyright laws allow for damages of $750 to $150,000 for each song offered illegally on a person’s computer, but the RIAA has said it would be open to settlement proposals from defendants.
[more @ www.foxnews.com]