Live Music Exchange Digest – w/c 13/08/2012
Welcome to our weekly digest of news and events in industry, academia and more.
This week’s Live Music Exchange blog post:
This video from the Live Music Exchange, Leeds event features Dr. Paul Carr, Head of the Music Academy at the University of Glamorgan, discussing the research that led to his recently published report Playing Wales: the relationship between higher education and the live music industry in Wales.
Live music and the live music industry in the news:
London 2012 Olympics close with spectacular ceremony
West End rallies but takings still down as Olympics runs on
Morrissey attacks ‘blustering jingoism’ of Olympic Games
Reading And Leeds Festival boss to launch new ‘very small festival’ in 2013
Reading and Leeds ticketholders to receive free food and drink
UK Music launches music festival map while Guardian launches its own map of where austerity measures are curtailing the arts
Ear plugs are to be given out to clubbers
Survey into musicians’ pay launched by union
BBC Performing Arts Fund Fellowship Applications about to open
Arts Council England gives boost to areas of low engagement
Glasgow’s Theatre Royal, owned by Scottish Opera, set for £11m redevelopment
Writers the ‘lowest man on the totem pole’ in UK musical theatre
More support for Pussy Riot, including statements from Madonna, Peaches and Bjork, as prosecutors call for a three-year jail term and the band’s closing statement denounces Putin’s ‘totalitarian system’.
Lamb of God singer Randy Blyth maintains his innocence, states that he will return to Prague to face trial if need be and criticises the US Justice Department for failing to warn him that he would face arrest.
Sydney Opera House goes Broadway with South Pacific
Tom Petty Plays Wedding: Amazon Exec Fooled By Fake Booking Agent, Ends Up With Real Tom Petty
Selected features and comment:
London’s closing ceremony: a volunteer on the behind-the-scenes experience: Peter Baker’s first-hand account of being a cast-member for the Olympic closing ceremony.
Olympics closing ceremony music: big acts, big hits, but no big gasps: The Guardian‘s Alex Petridis reviews the music for the closing ceremony.
‘World’s bravest orchestra’ defies the bombers’: The Independent’s Paul Bignell looks at the obstacles faced by Iraq’s National Youth Orchestra as the prepare to make their international debut in Britain.
The Beastie Boy who really is a role model – to rock stars: John Harris discusses Adam Yauch’s will, refusing permission for his music to be used for adverts, in an age of pop soundtracks for promotional activities festival sponsorship.
‘For More Pianos, Last Note Is Thud in the Dump’ (with video): The New York Times takes a look at the increase in pianos being sent to landfill.
Events:
Registration has opened for the 3rd GreenEvents Europe Conference in Bonn on November 5th and 6th 2012 at the Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany.
Third Edition of Green Events Europe opens registration
Festival of Politics 2012, with Born to be Wide
The Future of the Music Industry – EDINBURGH: The Scottish Parliament – Debating Chamber, SAT 25TH AUG, 2012 17:00-18:00
Panellists include Scott Cohen, founder The Orchard; Scott Hutchison, Frightened Rabbit; Caroline Gorman, Rage Music and the Scottish Music Industry Association; Olaf Furniss, Born to be Wide; John Preston, former Chairman of BMG (Sony) and the British Phonographic Industry; and Inger Dirdal, Music Export Norway. Chaired by the Deputy Presiding Officer Elaine Smith MSP.
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