British Rapper Raps EMI Over Royalties
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Aug 8, 2012
Just in case you think it's That Awful Man (the artist formerly known as Chuckles Fripp) going on about major labels failing to account for sales, here's another artist of the younger persuasion experiencing a similar degree of frustration.  

ProjeKct One Tour Bundle
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Aug 6, 2012
The classic run of concerts at London's Jazz Cafe by ProjeKct One are now available as a tour bundle. You can now nab all four shows in FLAC for just $38 and $29 in MP3 format. 

And The Winner Is...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Aug 6, 2012
Congratulations to Greg Guillot of Dallas, Texas. Greg was able to tell me that the name of the solo album by Jakko Jakszyk we were looking for was indeed The Bruised Romantic Glee Club. For his troubles Greg nabs himself the CD/DVD-A edition of A Scarcity of Miracles by Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins. 

Read About Red On The Dork Report
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Aug 4, 2012
KC's output is the subject of much consideration on the avenues and alleyways of the internet. In the latest installment of an ongoing series on The Dork Report covers the artwork of Red. Elsewhere, Everybody's Dummy blog also takes a look at KC. 

RF Talks To The FT
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Aug 3, 2012
Long-term readers of RF's diary will know that he reads the Financial Times on his visits to Blowers bistro. Well, tomorrow he'll be reading an interview that he did with the FT recently. Now published online ahead of tomorrow's print edition, you can check it out here. 

Tony's iPad Book Funded
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Aug 2, 2012
Just days after it was launched on Kickstarter, Tony's electronic version of his Crimson Chronicles has been funded. You can read about the book in this piece. Elsewhere, progress on pledge funding the new album by Stick Men is going well and there's still time for you to get in on the act. Check it out here. 

And Through The Wires
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Aug 2, 2012
Trey Gunn has been preparing for his appearance as part of the Security Project alongside Peter Gabriel alumni Jerry Marrotta and Last Fast. Writing on his Facebook page, Trey notes. "Worked through a gear-related anxiety attack today. For the last several years, I have gone completely digital with my setup (Ableton Live with plugins.) But for The Security Project I wanted to get my bass side happening purely analogue and bypass the computer entirely.

Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Aug 1, 2012
This great cartoon about the music industry currently doing the rounds at the moment. 

Lose Lose Situation For Artists
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Jul 30, 2012
According to this article on TorrentFreak it seems the big labels won't be funneling any cash gained as a result of the legal award against Pirate Bay in the direction of the artists. Meanwhile, CMU  reports that UMG are preparing for what it calls a 'radical divestment' to ensure the deal for EMI goes through. You can read Simon Raymonde of the Bella Union label's take on the UMG /EMI takeover here, as well as Panegyric's Declan Colgan's equally forthright views on why the deal will be bad outcome for artists. 

Jakszyk Collins & Fripp Giveaway
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Jul 29, 2012
JFC’s A Scarcity Of Miracles is one of the albums used to test drive this speaker system. All of which is a timely reminder that we have a copy of the special edition of the  CD/DVD-A version of the album to give away.